Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G: The Content Creation Workhorse

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Whether you are an aspiring content creator or want to get creative on the go, the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G is the workhorse that helps you get there with its powerful raw performance, an 108MP camera that takes cinematic 8K video recording and up to 50x Super Resolution Zoom, and the useful S-Pen that lets you do more than just scribbling notes. In fact, the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G is more powerful than most PCs for what it can do on the go, and here are several features that you can try out.

Feature #1: Single Take – Getting the right shot is no longer difficult

Are you that terrible photographer who usually takes really bad photos of people and can’t even  take a good looking selfie? Single Take can save you from embarrassment and instantly turns any photos into Instagram worthy shots, simply launch the camera app on the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G and swipe to the Single Take mode, once your subject is all set in the frame, tap the shutter button and have them do any cool pose.

Single Take captures your subjects by activating all four cameras of the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G and using an intelligent algorithm, it automatically picks the best shot and creates several other interesting shots and short clips that will probably surprise you, you definitely can’t go wrong with Single Take if you are up to the task of taking a good looking social media photo, people might even call you a pro after that.

Feature #2: Powerful Photo Editor, no additional apps required

There’s no need to download or purchase a separate app to make your photos look better, because the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G has a full-fledge photo editor built right into the Gallery app that you can take advantage of.

The built-in photo editor doesn’t just let you add filters or crop photos, but also make them look better by being able to adjust things such as contrast, white balance, exposure, saturation and more. To top if off, go wild and get creative by adding some stickers or AR emojis to make your photos look different from the rest, effortlessly.

Feature #3: 4K Video Editing, can your computer do this on the go?

Shooting 4K videos is possible on most smartphones, but editing 4K videos isn’t. All thanks to the raw processing power of the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G. Using the super functional S-Pen, you can edit your 4K videos on it more precisely by choosing the right time to include the right effects. Like your photos, you can also apply filters and tune video colors like you do on a computer – just that without any signs of lag.

What makes video editing on the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G even more fun is that you can record annotations and scribbles to be inserted in your video, this isn’t possible even on the most powerful PC and would probably require more tools to make it happen.

Want a good background music to go with your video? The Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G has got you covered with a comprehensive list of royalty free music in the video editor, now who says a great vlog or adventure video can’t be done on the go?

Discover more of the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G
here
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Nothing CEO Carl Pei reviews the iPhone 14 Pro

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It’s common for a smartphone brand to unbox and talk about their phones on YouTube, but to have its own CEO reviewing a competing smartphone is just a refresher, as Nothing has published a video with CEO Carl Pei reviewing the iPhone 14 Pro, and spoiler alert, he is actually pretty good and didn’t try to hard sell the Nothing Phone (1) over it.

Carl used the iPhone 14 Pro as a secondary device, he commended the Dynamic Island but laments that it might have been a bit overhyped as it doesn’t really change the way you interact with a phone, while he is certainly annoyed that many have said that the Nothing Phone (1) looks a lot like the iPhone, he ultimately concedes to that argument but still mentions that the Phone (1) has a different speaker grille and a really different (unique looking) back.

Carl further explains the BOM (bill of materials) cost of the iPhone 14 Pro versus the Nothing Phone (1), where the latter costs much lesser to build and no profit margin due to it being given to carriers and retailers, which he is fine with it as a startup company and treats it as a show ticket to enter the smartphone industry.

When it comes to the camera department, Carl commends the iPhone 14 Pro for having one of the best camera systems out of any smartphone cameras today, he makes a valid explanation that not many really cares about the number of megapixels you are getting on a phone camera, as they would want to feel confident that it is going to be a good photo when they tap on the shutter button.

As he compared camera samples to the Nothing Phone (1), he feels the Nothing Phone (1) is also just as capable despite having a different tuning profile and it is probably the best smartphone camera within its class.

Despite being a mere comparison and review video, this is probably one of the best videos that we have seen from a smartphone brand that doesn’t try to shame its competition, and I definitely want to see more of this from Nothing.

And yes, they returned the phone to the Apple Store at the end of the video, the Apple Store Employee with a masked voice has unsurprisingly said that he would wait for another 2-3 years to upgrade to a new iPhone.

The Nothing Phone (1) can be purchased at Good Deals by KLGG
here
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Nothing ear (1) Black Edition launched in Malaysia for RM499

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Back in October this year, Nothing
launched their first ear (1) buds
, with a lot of excitement surrounding its release because of its unique design. Now, the Nothing ear (1) Black Edition is finally available for purchase in Malaysia through their collaboration with Crossover Malaysia.

The biggest change on the new Nothing (1) earbuds is the design that is now available in an all black colorway, along with that the case that comes with a full black body and a dark tint on the plastic cover; opposed to a white case and white head on the previous earbuds.
Other than the design, the hardware stays the same. But just to recap, the Nothing ear (1) comes with ANC and transparency modes that can be accessed through the app and uses touch controls for better convenience with the earbuds. Other features included are: automatic in-ear detection, multi-device support, and an IPX4 water and dust rating.

In terms of battery, each earbud has a 31mAh battery while the case has a 370mAh battery that charges via Qi wireless charging or a USB-C. Additionally, Nothing claim that you can get up to 5.7 hours of listening time on a single charge, up to 34 hours with the case, and up to 1.2 hours of playback with just 10-minutes of charging.

The Nothing ear (1) is now available today for RM499, via
 Crossover’s online store
 for pre-order, or when you go to their physical stores in Malaysia, you can purchase them on a first come first serve basis. It will also be available starting on the 17th of December at
12:00am via Nothing Malaysia’s
Official Shopee Store

for the same price.

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Nothing Ear (1) will be arriving in Malaysia soon: You can even win a free one

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Carl Pei’s Nothing is setting up shop here in Malaysia and we’ll be the first in the region to welcome the new
 Nothing Ear (1)
 earbuds, the brand’s first-ever product.

To celebrate, there will be a giveaway contest happening on their new
Shopee page
 – and you’ll need to follow and share the page to participate.

There are three tiers of rewards that correspond to the number of followers gained – RM50 vouchers + 50 Shopee Coins for 1,000 followers, RM100 vouchers + 100 Shopee Coins for 2,000 followers, and 1x Nothing Ear (1) for 3,000 followers.

For the uninitiated, there’s plenty of hype surrounding Nothing, which stems from Pei’s reputation as OnePlus’ co-founder. The device was unveiled in July and offers quite the unique design thanks to its partly transparent body and charging case.

Elsewhere, the earbuds offer “advanced bass, mid, and treble performance” with their 11.6mm drivers; three high-definition mics, and it can drown out wind noise that travel up to 40km/h.

On top of that, there’s ANC – you can choose between Light and Maximum modes depending on how much noise you want to cut out.

In terms of battery life, the Ear (1) offers up to 4 hours of listening time with ANC turned on, or up to 5.7 hours with the feature disabled.

The earbuds support Bluetooth 5.2 and has an IPX4 water-resistance rating.

Visit Nothing’s Shopee page
here

to learn more about the launch and giveaway campaign.

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Carl Pei’s Nothing launches its first product, Nothing Ear (1) earbuds

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Nothing Ear (1) is a brand-new product from the similarly new brand Nothing by OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei – the product has officially been
revealed

on Nothing’s Malaysian website.

Nothing ear (1) – Raw Beauty. Pure Sound. State-of-the-art Noise Cancellation.
#SoundOfChange
https://t.co/pLWW073xhx

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— Nothing (@nothing)
July 27, 2021

From the get-go, the Ear (1) boasts a unique design where the body and stem are translucent, while on the back are the bandings along the vents. The earbuds use silicone ear tips.

Each earbud packs an 11.6mm driver which Nothing claims can offer “advanced bass, mid, and treble performances”; then there are three high definition microphones for clearer calls; with the help of software, the device can drown out winds of up to 40km/h speeds.

Speaking of drowning out sound, the Ear (1) also comes with ANC – there are two modes for you to choose from, Light and Maximum.

The earbuds offer up to 4 hours of listening time if you have ANC on, or up to 5.7 if you have it off. The charging case can give the earbuds 1.2 hours of listening time with a short 10-minute charge. In total, you’re looking at up to 34 hours of listening time with the use of the charging case, and if you have ANC disabled.

The case also supports Qi wireless charging, which will take up to 2.5 hours to fully power, or you can opt to charge it wirelessly, which will take about 52 minutes to juice up.

As of now, the earbuds only seem to come in white, and there’s no word on whether it’ll ship with other options when it’s made available. The device is priced at USD99 (about RM418), and will be available in 45 countries this August 17. There’s no word on the local availability and pricing yet, but check back on our website for more updates.

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Nothing introduces Ear (2) wireless earbuds for RM599

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Nothing has introduced the Ear (2) wireless earbuds through an intriguing YouTube video, which we highly recommend you watch it to enjoy all the laughs as CEO Carl Pei does the presentation mimicking top tech YouTubers.

The Ear (2) may resemble its predecessor a lot with the same transparent case design, but the earbuds are in fact smaller and weighs even lighter at just 4.5g per piece.

Nothing claims to have improved the Ear (2)’s sound performance by introducing a new chamber design and 11.6mm dynamic driver, it also supports the LHDC 5.0 codec which can transmit up to 1Mbps of data over Bluetooth 5.3 to enable Hi-Res audio.

Image Credit: The Verge

With Bluetooth 5.3, the Ear (2) can be paired to two devices simultaneously, while Nothing has made it switch between two devices easier than before. For instance, when paired to a computer and smartphone and while you are playing music on the former, it automatically switches to your phone when there’s an incoming call and pauses the music on the computer, resuming playback after you end the call.

The Ear (2)’s ANC performance has also significantly improved as it cancels noise at up to the 5000Hz frequency with a -40dB reduction in ambient noise, an interesting claim that we will have to find out when we get a review unit.

Battery life of the Ear (2) now goes up to 36 hours with the case and ANC off, while turning on ANC will greatly reduce that to 22.5 hours with 4 hours per session, the case continues to feature Qi wireless charging at 2.5W, which a 10 minute charge will give you up to 8 hours of listening time.

The Nothing Ear (2) retails at RM599 in Malaysia and preorders begin on March 23, which sees a RM100 increase in price from its predecessor no thanks to increased manufacturing costs and inflation, general availability will be made on April 8 which you can purchase it at Nothing Malaysia’s official Shopee and Lazada stores.

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Nothing is expected to launch a new smartphone on March

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It would seem inevitable that Nothing, the company founded by OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei, is about to make its next move on smartphones after debuting its much hyped Nothing Ear 1 wireless earbuds.

Back on Android

— Carl Pei (@getpeid)
February 15, 2022

Carl Pei has apparently shown the prototype of the Nothing smartphone to Qualcomm executives during Mobile World Congress, the phone is expected to take design cues from the Nothing Ear 1, while Carl Pei has teased followers with ‘Back on Android’ tweet which the official Android Twitter account responded to.

Last year, Nothing bought rights into Essential, a smartphone company that’s founded by Andy Rubin, who is dubbed as the father of Android, which has so far only released one smartphone in 2017 and has cancelled subsequent phone launches since then, hence it would seem about time that Nothing did something with its investment, and we could probably expect some DNA from OnePlus as well and won’t be surprised if BBK Electronics is the company to manufacture the device.

Well, March is definitely a fun month for smartphones, let’s hope the Nothing Phone, or whatever it is going to be called, will live up to its hype.

Source:
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Nothing officially introduces Phone (2) from $599

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Nothing has finally unveiled its second smartphone, which has been teased and hyped as usual, the Phone (2) introduces many upgrades over its predecessor and is now powered by a more powerful Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor, and it features an upgraded Glyph interface that now works with third party apps, and users can even compose their own ringtones and lighting styles with a composer.

The Phone (2) may look the same like its predecessor, but Nothing has done some subtle updates to its design, including a 2.5D curved glass on the back, slimmer screen bezels and by moving the front camera punch hole cutout from the side to the center, it also gets an improved IP54 dust and splash resistant body.

The display of the Phone (2) has also been increased to 6.7-inches and is now a LTPO panel that refreshes adaptively at 120Hz, brightness has also greatly improved at 1600nits peak brightness.

In terms of cameras, the Phone (2) has a dual camera setup that comprises a main 50-megapixel Sony IMX890 camera with OIS and a 50-megapixel Samsung JN1 ultrawide camera, the main camera is capable of capturing up to 4K 60 fps videos, while the front camera also sees a resolution bump from the Phone (1) to 32-megapixel but still takes 1080p videos.

Nothing has increased the battery size of the Phone (2) to 4700mAh and now supports 45W USB PD charging, which can be fully charged in 55 minutes, it also supports 15W wireless charging and 5W reverse wireless charging.

The Phone (2) will ship with Nothing OS 2.0 based on Android 13, which features new customizations and a selection of widgets, the brand promises up to 3 years of OS upgrades and 4 years of security patches, that’s an impressive commitment for a startup phone brand.

Nothing will be selling the Phone (2) in 12GB+256GB and 12GB+512GB storage variants in Malaysia, and we will be sure to update this space when we get the pricing on 14th July.

The Phone (2) will be available exclusively at Crossover Mid Valley on 15th July, and general availability will be on 22nd July, where customers can purchase the Phone (2) at Yes 5G, DirectD, TMT, URBAN Republic, TAC Mobile, Vivid Concepts, official Nothing Lazada and Shopee stores.

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Nothing Phone (2) set to launch in Malaysia at 14 July

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Nothing is set to launch the Phone (2) smartphone in Malaysia on 14 July, as the company has recently got MKBHD to show off the new Glyph Interface of its second smartphone, the Phone (2) is powered by a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset and features a slight design change from its predecessor.

Nothing’s smartphone have been widely commended for its semi transparent case and unique Glyph interface, which is a row of LED strips that lights up when the phone receives a notification and syncs with the phone’s preloaded ringtones, it can even serve as a video recording light.

The Phone (2) now features a different light strip arrangement where instead of a G-shaped strip arrangement, it is now split into six parts on the center where each of them will light up individually, which allows a fancier light show than the previous design.

Nothing has also previously teased that it has been working with Swedish Mafia House on the Glyph interface composer and ringtone, so we can expect a whole lot of different ringtones on the Phone (2) this round.

The Phone (2) will make its global debut on 12 July, which isn’t too long from now and Nothing seems to have prioritized Malaysia as one of its key market, it will also be the first phone that the company will start selling in US markets, while at the same time, Yes will be the exclusive telco partner for the Phone (2), so expect some great deals to happen when you sign up to the telco’s Infinite Postpaid plan.

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Nothing to hike Ear (1) price to US$149 on October 26th

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The Nothing Ear (1) earbuds is about to receive a price hike soon.

Citing ‘an increase in cost’, CEO Carl Pei announced that the popular earbuds will see a US$50 increase from its usual US$99 price tag, this will come in effect starting October 26th and while there hasn’t been any announcement yet for the Malaysian market, we will definitely see an even more significant price hike considering the weak Malaysian Ringgit currency exchange against the US dollar.

On October 26, we’ll be raising the prices for Ear (1) to $149 due to an increase in costs.
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— Carl Pei (@getpeid)
October 18, 2022

Pei continues to justify in a follow up tweet on how much development effort has been done on making the Ear (1) over its product cycle, which to date it has received 15 firmware and tuning updates, making it a completely different product when the company first launched it.

Inflation has most certainly hit the global market hard enough and many tech companies have resorted to price hikes as a result to maintain profitability, hence if you are still looking to buy the Nothing Ear (1), it’s time to do it now before the price hike kicks in.

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Nova Launcher 5.0 arrives with a slew of new Nougat features

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Popular custom Android launcher Nova Launcher turns 5 today, and it is no surprise that the launcher has a new version on the rollout in conjunction with its 5th birthday. Version 5.0 to be exact, to mark 5 years since Nova’s humble beginnings back in 2011.

The latest update might take a couple of hours to show up at your Google Play Store, hence Cliff Wade, one of the main developers for Nova Launcher has taken the liberty to list out the things we can expect with Nova Launcher 5.0. The rollout comes with a new swipe to open app drawer feature, like seen on the Pixel launcher on Google’s Pixel handsets. Another Pixel inspired add-on is the Pixel style search bar.

Nova Launcher 5.0 also includes a new search view, with tabs for Frequent, Recent and New/Updated apps. The rest of the newly added features include new double tap to swipe gestures, dock backgrounds to draw under navigation bar, quick start to easily change major settings, a brand new “Timeout” screen lock system, plus shortcuts from the Android 7.1 launcher.

Beta users are lucky enough to have experienced some of the aforementioned features first hadn before anyone else. Once again, do bear in mind that the new version might not appear on your Play Store this instant. The APK download and the full list of updates can be found in Cliff Wade’s Google Plus post at the source link below. Are you a Nova Launcher user?

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Nova Launcher Prime now available for only RM1

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Nova Launcher is undoubtly one of the most popular and widely acclaimed Android home screen launchers out there. Just last week, the app has turned 5 years old and the company celebrated it by rolling out Nova Launcher version 5.0, with a bunch of Android Nougat and Google Pixel style features on board its launcher. This time round, Nova Launcher Prime has been discounted by over 90 percent.

Nova Launcher Prime works on top of Nova Launcher, unlocking a slew of extra features that aren’t available on the free Nova Launcher. The unlocked extras include gestures, unread count badges, the ability to hide apps, custom drawer groups and a few more. Normally, Nova Launcher Prime is priced at at RM 17.99, but TeslaCoil Software has since slashed the price of the app to a mere RM 1.00.

The price slash means an almost 95 percent discount on Nova Launcher Prime, and for a RM 1.00 price tag, it is definitely a steal, given the additional fact that it goes for 99 cents in the US, a rough 80 percent discount. So do grab this deal while it lasts, before paying an extra RM 16.00 once the deal goes off. Do bear in mind that the discount varies according to region. What do you think?

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Now we know why older batteries don’t last as long

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Have you wondered why your phone battery doesn’t last as long as it used to? Well, TechInsider has recently a posted video detailing the reason why battery life degrades over time.

According to TechInsider, lithium-ion batteries make use of chemical reactions created by the materials its built with. There are a few layers of material stacked against one another inside the battery – one a negative graphite and copper material while the other is a positive aluminum and lithium material. In between the layers is gel polymer electrolyte that’s responsible for allowing electrons to travel across the layers.

It’s true — your iPhone’s battery is weakening over time
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— Tech Insider (@techinsider)
March 4, 2019

By turning on your phone, the chemical reactions in your battery power your device because there is a flow of electrons. The higher energy electrons in the anode move to the lower energy environment of the cathode and this gives your device energy. In doing so, positively charged lithium atoms are left behind in the anode. In order for it to achieve its natural neutral state, the lithium atoms travel through the gel polymer electrolyte in search of electrons which are crucial for it to become neutral. The atoms now reach the cathode and there is a build up of lithium atoms.

When you apply electricity to these atoms by way of charging, it forces the atoms back to its anode layer while charging them with electrons. You now have a fully charged device. By doing this however, lithium atoms get lost in the process and this is a form of wear on the materials inside. In turn, your battery is unable to hold as much charge as it used to.

According to TechInsider, after 400 charges, the battery loses 20% of its charging capability. Within two to three years, your battery would have reached its intended shelf life.

Perhaps this explains why a bigger capacity battery lasts longer, because it contains more atoms and retain a significant amount of lithium atoms more than smaller batteries, hence longer battery life. Well, now we know.

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Now you can keep track of your kids whereabouts with Tencent QQ Watch

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With all the rampant kidnappings and rising number of missing children, keeping tabs on your kids is now a neccessity. With that in mind, Sibyl World Sdn Bhd has launched Tencent QQ Watch in Malaysia to allow you to not only know the whereabouts of your kids, but to communicate with them as well without needing to buy them a mobile phone, since most schools don’t allow it.

The QQ Watch uses Tencent Big Data platform, which consists of Tencent Map, Tencent Big Data, and Tencent foundation. Tencent, known for its popular social online platform WeChat, is one of the China’s largest Internet community. With such a background, the QQ Watch also sports communication features such as group chat and two-way conversation, to keep communication between the child and 16+5 set members available at all times. In addition, the QQ Watch make and receive calls, but all these are controlled by the admin, so that the child is not able to communicate with strangers via this device. Most importantly, you can keep track of your kids with its GPS locater, and other information via QQWatch app on your smartphone.

Since the QQ Watch works like a regular watch, children can wear it to school. Made from food grade silica gel, it is hypoallergenic and anti-static, and has an IP65 rating.

The QQ Watch comes in three colours – yellow, blue, and pink, and offers other accessories such as a lanyard to wear it as a necklace. Priced at
RM499
 during a 1-month promotional period, after which it will retail as
RM569
. Available at Popular Book Stores and Watsons stores end of May 2016.

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Nubia brings the M2 Play to Malaysia with an affordable price tag of RM799

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Two months ago Nubia launched their latest camera phone, Nubia M2 Play in China, after seeing its success and realizing that there is a demand for a good camera phone here, they decided to launch the phone in Malaysia on September 1st.

The Nubia M2 Play comes equipped wit ha Snapdragon 435 octa-core processor with 3GB of RAM, 3000mAh battery, fingerprint sensor and Andreno 505 GPU to support all your gaming needs. It will be running on Android 7.0 along side the Nubia UI 5.0 and have 32GB of internal storage expandable to 128GB via microSD card. The screen is an HD 5.5-inch with DTS surround sound which offers great visual and audio experience. The rear is a 13MP camera which has intelligent noise reduction and 3D noise reduction which helps to reduce noise when taking shots in low light. On the front is a 5MP wide angle lens, it also has features like  Skin Retouching 2.0 software which provides 9 Filters Powerful Beauty Mode to enhance your beauty, smoothen your skin texture, enlarge your eyes, eliminate eye bags, whiten teeth, eliminate light spots and beautify your nose.

The Nubia M2 Play is currently available for purchase with a price tag of RM799 across all Nubia authorized dealers as well as on their official website and exclusive online store partners, Lazada, 11street, shopee and DirectD. Only the Matte Black colour will be available for now.

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Nubia delays launch of the Red Magic 5G as MWC gets cancelled

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When MWC was cancelled, even those who planned to attend the event had to cancel their plans. This includes Nubia who initially wanted to launch the Red Magic 5G during the show.

According to the statement released by Nubia, the company will have to delay the launch of the phone due to the outbreak, but will launch the phone in China in the near future. It is believed that the global launch will come soon after its China launch.

Nubia also revealed several key specs of the 5G phone such as a display with a 144Hz refresh rate, a combination of liquid cooling and air cooling and of course, 5G support. As it is a gaming phone, we should also be expecting a 5,000mAh battery with fast charging and at least 6GB RAM and 128GB storage.

Nubia isn’t the only one who had to postpone its launch; the same goes to OPPO, vivo, Xiaomi and more.

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Nubia has unveiled its Red Magic gaming phone, comes with LED lighting on the back

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Nubia has finally unveiled the Red Magic gaming smartphone, likely to go against the Razer Phone and the just unveiled Xiaomi BlackShark gaming phone. The major feature that the Red Magic has over the Razer Phone and Xiaomi BlackShark, LED lights!

Specs wise, it might not meet the expectations of gamers as it comes with a 6-inch 2160×1080 pixel display and it does not support a 120Hz refresh rate like the Razer. It also comes with a Snapdragon 835 processor and not the latest 845. Other than that, it comes with 6GB RAM 64GB of storage or 8GB RAM and 128GB storage. In the photography department, it comes with a single 24MP rear camera and an 8MP front camera, powering the device is a 3,800mAh battery. Nubia has also mentioned that they are using a GameBoost software to offer better performance in gaming.

The Nubia Red Magic is available for pre-orders starting 25 April in China, the 6GB RAM/64GB storage variant will retail for 2,499 Yuan (RM1547.45) and the 8GB RAM/128GB storage retails for 2,999 Yuan (RM1857.06).

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Nubia has unveiled their gaming smartphone brand, Red Magic

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Its official, gaming phones are becoming a thing with the recent news about Xiaomi’s BlackShark gaming smartphone coming really soon and the Razer Phone already in the hands of gamers. Nubia has unveiled their gaming smartphone brand called Red Magic.

The company has mentioned that they are launching a full line-up of products that will “provide a more complete gaming experience for the masses.” They have also claimed that they went through all possible specs before creating their phone, in the end, they have created a device which they again claim will “bring all gamers, casual and compertitive, together.

The new phone from Nubia will be launching around the world very soon. Razer has started the spark in mobile gaming and for a good reason, as more people find that gaming on the go is much easier than being stuck on a desk or your couch while you game. Xiaomi took the second step with its BlackShark brand and now Nubia. We will have to wait a while more before we can see what Nubia and Xiaomi has to offer for the mobile gamer

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Nubia has joined the Malaysia smartphone market by introducing three unique phones

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There is a new smartphone player that has joined the Malaysian market and they are called Nubia, who offers innovative and affordable smartphones to consumers and today they have just announced three new smartphones, Nubia M2, Nubia M2 Lite and Nubia N1 Lite, to the market.

Nubia M2

The M2 is a smartphone made for consumers who want a mid-range phone that offers high performance and to top that off, it comes equipped with a dual 13 MP Sony CMOS sensors with one RGP CMOS sensor and the other is a monochrome sensor which both are protected with sapphire and features NeoVision 6.5 camera technology. The camera also provides 3D noise reduction, giving you reduced noise in low light and produces clear high-quality images anytime and comes with an array of features such as multi-exposure, light painting, electronic aperture, slow shutter, star trail, slo-mo, time laps, video maker, trajectory, DNG, clone, macro camera, PANO and more. The 3D Stero Camera is a camera function to change the perspective when you move by combining various angles and dynamic conditions to create interactive 3D animated graphics.

The front camera is a 16 MP ISOCELL CMOS and has a Portrait of Beauty feature which allows for 10 levels of adjustment, giving you a perfect selfie every time. On the specs side, it comes with a 5.5-inch Super AMOLED Full HD screen, Snapdragon 625 2GHz processor, 4GB RAM, 64GB internal storage expandable to 200GB, 3,630 mAh battery that supports fast charging and will ship with Android 6.0.1. For people that love audio, the M2 supports Dolby Surround 7.1 and DTS HEADPHONE:X that gives you a unique way to listen to music.

Nubia M2 Lite

The M2 Lite is generally a toned down version of the M2 that comes with a 5.5-inch 720p screen, 8-core MediaTek MT6750 Helio P10, 4GB RAM, 32GB internal storage expandable to 128GB, 3,000 mAh battery, 13MP rear camera, 16MP front camera and comes shipped with Android 6.0.1. It will also have all the NeoVision camera technology from the M2.

Nubia N1 Lite

This phone will feature a 5.5-inch 720p display and comes equipped with 1.25 GHz MediaTek MTK6737 quad-core processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage expandable up to 32GB, a read 8MP camera, front 5MP camera, 3000mAh battery and will be shipped with Android 6.0 as well as a rear fingerprint sensor.

All these phones are available now with the Nubia M2 coming in either Black Gold or Champagne Gold with a retail price of RM1,699, the Nubia M2 Lite will also have the same Black Gold or Champagne Gold colors and comes with a retail price of RM1,099 and finally the Nubia N1 Lite will come in Black Gold with affordable retail price of just RM599.

Nubia Z11

Nubia has also answered to the demands of the Malaysian market by bringing in the Nubia Z11 which comes with a Snapdragon 820 chip and 6GB RAM for a low price of RM1,899.

 Finally, Nubia also showed off the Nubia Z17, a powerful phone with a massive 8GB RAM and powered by the latest Snapdragon 835 processor which will be coming to the Malaysian market somewhere in August.

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Nubia M2 Review: Decent smartphone that stands a chance in the competition

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Nubia, a name that has recently rose to fame with the announcement of the Snapdragon 835 powered
Z17 flagship with 8GB of RAM
, have finally made its entrance into the Malaysian market, despite the already tough smartphone competition, the company thinks that there’s still space for it to appeal customers here, and has therefore launched a couple of models here. Similar to other phone makers, Nubia has pride itself as a “Mobile Photography Expert”, and the Nubia M2 aims to show that with its dual cameras, even though I merely have a week to spend time with it, this has become one device that I have no problems using as a daily driver, but what else is there to look out? We find out.

Design and Hardware

There’s no denying that the phone looks largely familiar with some phones we have reviewed in the past. To make things a little different, the Nubia M2 has some pretty interesting design elements, for instance a red circle is printed on the home button that also serves as a fingerprint scanner, nubia also considers this as it’s phones design signature, which you will find it present across its devices. In addition, the phone’s capacitive buttons pulses in red when notifications come in, something unique that I have yet to see on other devices.

While the phone’s metal unibody has a pretty attractive matte black finishing, what’s even more interesting is that the company has giving it a gold chamfer finishing, which makes it less boring that just being black, that detail has certainly got a lot of my friends noticing it, and you will not find any smartphones having this design at this point of time.

Nubia has been rather attentive to hardware specifications for its smartphones, and in this case the Nubia M2 is pretty well equipped with the efficient Snapdragon 625 processor we have been  very satisfied with, the phone comes with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage, users can also expand the memory with a Micro SD card using the second SIM slot, there’s also a reasonably huge 3630mAh battery that powers the device.

I was also rather impressed with the M2’s display, not only it is a pretty bright one when used outdoors, the slim bezels make the 5.5-inch display pretty reachable by my mid-sized Asian hands, Nubia has also opted for an on-cell technology AMOLED panel for the M2, which produces great color saturation and one you will really enjoy watching content, the display is also very responsive to my touch and that allows me to work fast on texting.

Software and User Experience

During the review period, the Nubia M2 is running the company’s Nubia UI 4.0 based on Android 6.0.1, while it is slated for an Android Nougat update later this year, its still pretty disappointing as you don’t get to enjoy the latest software out of the box. If you can look past that, then the Nubia M2’s software works perfectly well as an everyday smartphone operating system, and it has some cool features that makes it different from others.

For instance, my favorite feature would be the Edge Gestures, which allows you to perform certain actions by swiping  or tapping the edge of the display, such as switching between apps, going back to the previous screen, quickly jump to a home screen, and clearing the phone’s memory to optimize performance. These tricks aren’t perfect of course, as it could sometimes recognize the wrong gestures if not done properly, but it is pretty ingenious considering that it doesn’t require any special hardware to achieve this, and this could be something that Samsung could consider for its edge displays.

Overall, the Nubia M2’s software is pretty snappy and reliable, I have not find any fault using it and unless you don’t like the paginated home screen, you might just want to install a custom launcher to keep your home screen organized, and I really hope that Nubia will soon issue an OTA update  to upgrade the phone’s software, don’t be the next Oppo and Vivo.

Camera

As dual cameras on smartphones are getting common these days, the Nubia M2’s dual cameras aren’t exceptionally unique in this department, you might even be mistaken that the cameras are Leica certified with the red ring around the camera lenses, as the sensors take RGB and monochrome colors respectively at 13-megapixels. However, what’s really disappointing here is that the M2’s dual camera sensors are limited with a maximum f/2.2 aperture, it also lacks optical stabilization as well, which you are not going to expect good photos in low light.

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If you have set your expectations of the camera’s performance to be on par with Huawei’s implementation, then you might be disappointed as it doesn’t produce sufficient contrast and dynamic range in pictures, as you can see in the camera samples above, photos lack sharpness and there’s visible noise in low light.

Let alone the imaging performance, the phone’s NeoVision 6.5 camera software offers a number of interesting shooting modes, the clone feature is actually pretty impressive if used in good lighting, which allows you to shoot different subjects in a single frame. I haven’t had the opportunity to test out features like Star Trail and Trajectory, which is supposed to create artistic light trails of fast moving subjects.

Battery Life

Like many other Snapdragon 625 powered devices, I have no problems of using the Nubia M2 without having to charge in the middle of a working day, with an SOT (screen-on-time) of 3 hours, I will still usually get around 60-65% of juice at the end of the working day, and if I happen to run low on battery the next day, the included NeoCharge charger will get me back up in no time, while the phone doesn’t get warm when it is charging.

Verdict

At RM1,699, The Nubia M2 is truly a stylish dual camera phone that will definitely appeal to those looking for a smartphone with a unique design without breaking the bank, if you can do without having the latest Android software and the dual camera’s mediocre performance, then you won’t find any major issues on the Nubia M2, it is a reliable smartphone that gets the essentials right.

The Good

Fast and reliable performance

Stylish and unique design

Interestingly usable software features

Decent battery life

Camera software

Good loudspeakers and audio quality

Reasonably priced

The Not so Good

Dual camera performance could be better

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The Nubia N2 boasts a 5,000mAh battery

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ZTE’s subsidiary company Nubia has been playing its cards well lately. Just a month ago, the manufacturer launched the first ever Snapdragon 835 smartphone with a whopping 8GB of RAM – the Nubia Z17. The Nubia M2 has also recently been launched in Malaysia, and now we have the Nubia N2.

Unveiled in India, the Nubia N2 basically focuses on battery life, alongside Nubia’s NeoPower technology. But first, the Nubia N2 sports a 5.5-inch 720p HD display on the front under 2.5D curved glass. MediaTek finds a spot in its internals, featuring a MediaTek MT 6750 chipset, plus 4GB of LPDDR3 RAM. Given its entry level to mid range specs so far, 64GB of internal storage alongside the ample 4GB memory sounds like a plus. Storage can be further expanded via the micro SD slot.

The rear camera of the Nubia N2 is a 13MP Sony PDAF sensor with f/2.2 aperture. The front facing shooter is of Samsung instead – a 16MP fixed focus wide angle lens with an aperture of f/2.0. As the title states, the battery of the Nubia N2 is of a huge 5,000mAh. The NeoPower technology by Nubia allows the N2 to give out up to 11 hours of video streaming on a single charge. One letdown of the phone is that it runs on the ancient Android Marshmallow, considering that Android O has already been announced.

With a battery as huge as that, the Nubia N2 is definitely an excellent addition to Nubia’s existing devices like the M2 and the Z17. The phone will likely remain exclusive to India via Amazon for the time being.

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Nubia Play 5G is the new midrange 5G device with a 144Hz display

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Nubia recently unveiled a 5G gaming phone called the Nubia Play 5G. Just like the Red Magic 5G that was launched last month, the new Nubia phone will support a 144Hz refresh rate on its AMOLED display.

The Nubia Play 5G is bringing a 6.65-inch display and a 48MP quad-camera setup. Apart from its main shooter, it’ll also have an 8MP ultrawide lens and two 2MP sensors. Under the hood, the device will come with up to 8GB RAM and 256GB storage, in addition to sporting a Snapdragon 765G chipset and a 5,100mAh battery.

The launch of this phone can mean trouble to the upcoming Pixel 5 — after all, the Pixel 5 is reported to sport the same Snapdragon 765G chipset instead of the premium 5G processor to cut cost. With the Nubia Play 5G priced at ¥2,399, this could cause consumers to think twice before purchasing the Google Pixel 5.

In addition to that, Apple also recently launched the iPhone SE that comes with the A13 Bionic chip found in the iPhone 11. There’s a slim chance that the Pixel 5 will be priced similarly or cheaper than the iPhone SE, but even if we take that into account, the iPhone SE is still more powerful than the Pixel 5.

On the other hand, we should expect the Pixel 5 to excel in several aspects such as its software updates and photography quality.

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Nubia Red Magic 3 confirmed to sport new Snapdragon 855 Plus chipset – expected to arrive soon

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We know that ASUS’ ROG Phone 2 will come with the recently announced Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus chipset, and there were reports suggesting that the much-anticipated Samsung Galaxy Note 10 could sport the chip too; but a chip like that is made for gaming, and Nubia takes note.

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The Chinese brand has confirmed that they will be making Snapdragon 855 Plus editions of their Nubia Red Magic 3 gaming smartphone. The current model comes with the regular SD 855, so it remains a question if the new SoC will replace what we have now or exist alongside it, to boost options.

We reported yesterday that Qualcomm has claimed that their newest and baddest chipset is set to offer 15% percent better performance from the GPU along with an increased clock speed form the Kryo processor.

The chipset is also said to improve VR, AI and 5G connectivity support, so the new Nubia Red Magic 3 could become a whole other beast compared to the current version. As a bit of a refresher, the Red Magic 3 is a 6.65-inch device that boasts an AMOLED display that pushes 90Hz refresh rates.

A single 48MP rear camera comes equipped while the selfie shooter is a 16MP lens – nothing fancy in the imaging department. But it is a gaming phone after all – and a gaming phone needs a massive 5,000mAh battery – which, of course, you get here.

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Nubia Red Magic 5G confirmed to have 144Hz display, 55W fast charging, new cooling system and low-latency cast feature

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Ahead of its launch, the folks over at Nubia has shared a roundup of the phone’s key specs in a teaser video, and it looks impressive.

Being a gaming smartphone, you’ve got to have the 144Hz refresh rate display – this definitely has that. Besides that, the phone also has a 4,500mAh battery and has support for up to 55W fast charging.

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Another important feature is a new active cooling system which uses spinning fans which woks together with what looks like exhaust vents on the phone. Nubia also looks to claim that the phone can stay at a cool 32 degrees Celsius when under load.

In the video, we also see Nubia flexing a low-latency casting feature which lets the users display their games on a TV with minimal lag.

Tomorrow will be launch of the new gaming phone, so we’ll have to see what else the Nubia Red Magic 5G packs.

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Upcoming Nubia Red Magic 5G might excel at both gaming and photography

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Nubia couldn’t show off its Red Magic 5G at MWC since the show was cancelled, but it will be announcing its phone on March 12. While Nubia’s previous phone models have been solely focused on gaming, Nubia is making sure this upcoming phone will also excel in photography.

The Red Magic 5G has several of its specs confirmed; this includes the Snapdragon 865 chipset, a 144Hz refresh rate display and up to 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM. Now, the company has also revealed the phone will be featuring a 64MP triple camera setup that will be using the Sony IMX686 sensor for its main lens.

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Nubia CEO Ni Fei even shared some of its sample photos and a video to demonstrate the phone camera’s capabilities. In the video, the Red Magic 5G showed great stabilization while it’s recording a skateboarder.

Previously, Nubia has already mentioned that the phone will come with air-cool liquid cooling technology that can dissipate heat evenly and more efficiently. Now, the company announced that the phone will be shipped with a 55W fast charger. This will be convenient for gamers out there, especially since the phone is expected to have a 4,500mAh battery.

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Nubia Red Magic 6S Pro launched with 165Hz display and Snapdragon 888+ chip

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The Nubia Red Magic 6S Pro has been launched in China with several upgrades, including a Snapdragon 888+ chipset and a 165Hz display.

This gaming device has a large 6.8-inch OLED screen that pushes FHD+ resolution and supports up to 720Hz touch sampling rate. It comes with a glass front and back paired with an aluminium frame and is quite similar to the Red Magic 6’s design.

Bad news: It’ll still overheat quickly

The Red Magic 6S Pro is powered by the Snapdragon 888+ chipset, but according to
GSMArena
, the heating issue still persists. Apart from that, the phone comes with up to 18GB of LPDDR5 RAM and up to 512GB of storage. It houses a 4,500mah battery that supports 120W fast charging, so a full charge will only require 17 minutes.

Better and quieter cooling system

Nubia also enhanced the cooling system by introducing a built-in fan that spins at 20,000 rpm, plus it’s quieter than the fan in the previous model. The company even added RGB lighting to the cooler to give users the gamer feel.

Red Magic 6S Pro: Price and availability

The Nubia Red Magic 6S Pro is available in China from today onwards, but its local availability has yet to be confirmed. However, the price has been revealed — the lowest variant (8GB + 128GB) is priced at $620 (RM2,572.07) while the highest variant (18GB + 512GB) is priced at $991 (RM4,111.16). However, it’s not the first phone to sport 18GB of RAM – the
ROG Phone 5
 has long taken that title.

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Nubia Red Magic Watch launched: Priced from RM376

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The
Nubia Red Magic Watch
 is something that has come out of left field, mainly because it’s probably the first time we’ve seen a gaming smartphone brand introduce a smartwatch of all things.

Design

The design of the device doesn’t boast a lot of gamer-centric aesthetics, but rather just a simple circular watch face and a few strap options to choose from. The case is available in silver and gunmetal black.

The display uses a 1.39-inch AMOLED display that pushes a 454×454 resolution so you can expect pretty good
colour
 and sharpness from the Red Magic Watch.

Features

When it comes to features, the watch comes with 5 ATM water-resistance rating, 16 sports modes, including football – it’s worth mentioning that for this mode, you get a heat map that details your most active positions after a match; useful if you’re looking to improve your positional play.

Under the hood is a Sony CSD5606 GNSS receiver which equips the watch with GPS, QZSS, and
Beidou
 satellite support. On top of that, there’s a GH3011 health sensor that uses AI to track heart rate, and SpO2 levels.

The Red Magic Watch can stay online for 15 days on a single charge, and even up to 23 days in the watch’s extended mode. With that being said, we struggle to find any real gaming-centric features; but we’re reserving judgement until we get a chance to use it.

Price and availability

The watch will be available this March 11 in its native China, and will be priced from 599 Yuan (about RM376.45). There’s no word on when it’ll arrive in Malaysia yet, but we’ll be sure to keep you updated when we get more information.

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nubia RedMagic 6R launched in Malaysia: Priced from just RM2,099

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We don’t always hear from the gaming-focused nubia RedMagic brand, but when we do, we can always expect quite a doozer of a product.

The new RedMagic 6R has just arrived in Malaysia and it’s another phone that packs the very powerful
Snapdragon 888

chipset. Also under the hood is up to 12GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage.

The RedMagic 6R is supposed to be a more affordable version of the RedMagic 6 and 6 Pro – it comes with a smaller 4,200 batter with support for 30W of fast charging, it’s also got a smaller 6.67-inch AMOLED panel that supports up to 144Hz refresh rate, as opposed to its siblings’ 165Hz refresh rate displays.

For imaging, you get a 64MP camera setup too, but the RedMagic takes the cake here as it packs two extra lenses in the form of the 5MP macro lens, and the 2MP depth sensor.

Other cool features that the phone comes with include a pair of touch-based shoulder triggers that you can bind to any control you want viz the RedMagic Game Space app.

To sweeten the deal, the RedMagic 6R is only priced at from RM2,199, which makes it arguably the cheapest Snapdragon 888 smartphone around. You can visit RedMagic’s Shopee page
here

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Nubia is releasing a gaming phone, rumors indicate it could be the Z18

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It looks after a long period of silence, Nubia has just confirmed that the company is planning to build a gaming phone. Nubia CEO Ni Fei, mentioned this during a King of Glory held a gaming event recently in Shenzhen, China.

He did not reveal any information on the upcoming phone but speculations point to the Nubia Z18 which will be built to handle intensive games. The Z18 is rumoured to come with a Snapdragon 845 and 8GB of RAM, as the Nubia Z17 and Z17S comes equipped with the same amount of RAM. During the gaming event in China, players were seen using an unidentified phone to play the game, but it could very well be the Z18 or last year’s Nubia Z17S. All we can see is that it comes with very narrow bezels.

Following in the footsteps of the Razer Phone, the Nubia Z18 might come with a high refresh rate screen which is a very useful feature when playing games as it improves response rates as well.

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Nubia set to reveal Z11 series on confirmed April 19 event

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Nubia, a sub brand of ZTE like how Honor is related to Huawei, has announced an upcoming event on April 16. Last year saw the launch of the Nubia Z9, Z9 Mini and Z9 Max in late March, so it looks like Nubia will most likely be unveiling the Z11 lineup of devices this coming 16th.

One of the devices, the Nubia Z11 Mini already had its specs spilled all over the web last month, with its alleged TENAA approval. The Z11 Mini will be sporting a 5-inch 1080p display, an octa-core processor clocked at either 1.2GHz or 1.5GHz, 3GB of RAM alongside 64GB of internal storage which is expandable via micro SD. It will either come with an 8MP or 16MP rear camera and an 8MP selfie shooter, powered by a 2,750mAh battery.

The flagship Nubia Z11 on the other hand is rumored to feature a QHD 5.2-inch screen, the flagship standard Snapdragon 820 SoC with 4GB of RAM and a whopping 128GB of internal storage. It is also tipped to sport a huge 20.7MP rear camera and a 13MP front facing camera. What’s odd is the Z11 Mini is rumored to run Android 5.1.1 Lollipop out of the box and the Z11, Android 6.0. Also expected is a Nubia Z11 Max but we don’t have much details regarding the handset so far. On another note, the ZTE Nubia event is less than two weeks away. What are your thoughts?

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Nubia Z17 Mini is now open for pre-order with freebies worth RM500

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Nubia Malaysia has finally brought the Nubia Z17 Mini to Malaysia and you can pre-order the phone from the 21 to 31 of August and receive your unit from September 4 onwards. Customers that pre-order will receive a tempered glass, and leather case totalling up to RM199.

That is not all, pre-order units will also take advantage of the Nubia Smartphone Protection Plan which covers broken display, water damage and total damage worth RM299, terms and condition apply. The phone will retail for RM1,699 but for the pre-order period, you can get the phone at a discounted price of RM1,599. The phone will come with a 5.2-inch Full HD display, Snapdragon 653 chipset, 4GB of RAM and 128GB internal storage expandable via microSD to 256GB. The rear camera is a dual 12MP camera and a 16MP camera on the front. Powering the device is a 2,950mAh battery with NewPower2.5, giving the phone 2.1 days of common use.

The pre-order is also available in Blue colour variant and can be pre-ordered now from Nubia Malaysia Online Store or local e-commerce partners Lazada, Shopee, 11street, DirectD and all Nubia Malaysia Authorized Dealers nationwide.

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The Nubia Z17 Mini is a stripped down Z17

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The Nubia Z17 was just unveiled last week, what might be the most powerful smartphone to date. The Z17 sports Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 processor and up to a staggering 8GB of RAM underneath the hood. Nubia has since launched a mini variant of its flagship device. The company has just unveiled the Nubia Z17 Mini, which happens to be a smaller version of the Z17, and in a tamer form.

The Nubia Z17 Mini is meticulously designed just like its larger sibling, with a metal unibody build and a textured finish. The phone has a 5.2-inch Full HD display on the front protected by Gorilla Glass. Underneath the hood lies a mid range processor instead of a high end one – a Snapdragon 652 chipset. Alongside that are 4GB of RAM and 64GB of expandable storage.

The smaller phone still has a dual camera setup on the back, with an attractive accented red rim around it. The dual cam configuration consists of two 13MP Sony sensor – one is an RGB sensor and the other a MONO sensor. This package will translate to better low light photos and heavier bokeh shots. Nubia did not go light on the front facing camera as well, featuring a 16MP Sony sensor. The battery packed by the Z17 Mini matches its overall specs, with a capacity of 2,950mAh.

The Nubia Z17 Mini will only be available in India for the time being, exclusively via Amazon India. The phone carries a price tag of INR 19,999 (RM1,325.96) which makes it a good buy.

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The Nubia Z17 is possibly the most powerful smartphone ever

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Most Chinese smartphones are always about their spec sheets, while Nubia is no different with their smartphone lineup, it has gone all out with its latest addition to the team – the Nubia Z17. It is quite the feat for Nubia, ZTE’s sub brand, plus the fact that the Z17 has an astonishing 8GB of RAM.

But first, let’s start from the top. The Nubia Z17 features pretty much the same design elements from Nubia’s flagship line, the only difference being that it is now splash proof. Display remains the same as well with the same 5.5-inch size and 1080p resolution.

Underneath the hood, the Nubia Z17 is powered by a Snapdragon 835 processor, along with a whopping 8GB of RAM as mentioned earlier. The only known 8GB RAM smartphone before the Z17 is the yet to be released ASUS ZenFone AR. There is a lesser 6GB RAM model. The Nubia Z17 also comes in two storage variants – 64GB and 128GB.

The handset went with a dual rear camera configuration, which seems to be a rising trend – a 23MP + 12MP sensor, capable of 2X optical zoom and claimed to be better performing under low light. The front facing camera has also been bumped up to 16MP from 8MP.

The Nubia Z17 packs a 3,200mAh, which sounds just about right. One possible deal breaker is that the phone does not have a headphone jack. Another thing to note is the lack of expandable storage. Other than those, everything looks pretty darn impressive on paper.

The Nubia Z17’s price tag starts off at 2,799 CNY (RM1,764.01) and maxes out a 3,999 CNY (RM2,520.29). Is this truly the most powerful smartphone to date?

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nubia z17s launches in Malaysia for RM2,599

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After a long wait, the highly anticipated nubia z17s flagship has finally entered the Malaysian market, this announcement is made in conjunction with nubia Malaysia’s launch of its new concept kiosk over at Sunway Pyramid, the nubia Z17s features a gorgeous 5.73-inch 17:9 display with a 2040×1080 resolution, Snapdragon 835 processor, 8GB RAM and 128GB of storage. What’s impressive about it is the phone’s camera system, it has a 12MP+23MP dual camera with an f/1.8 and f/2.0 aperture respectively that delivers 2x lossless zoom, while the front comes with two 5-megapixel cameras, all of these comes with a price of RM2,599, for what it offers the price tag sure looks pretty attractive.

The nubia z17s is currently available at all nubia stores nationwide, customers who visit the company’s new concept kiosk at Sunway Pyramid during this weekend will also get to have great deals on nubia smartphones, the list of phones going on sale are listed as below:

Nubia Z17 mini Aurora Blue – RM1,599, free 8000mAh Powerbank and Earphone, discount and free gift worth RM300

Nubia M2 – RM1,399, free 8000mAh Powerbank and Earphone, discount and free gift worth RM300

Nubia M2 Lite – RM949, free Earphone, discount and free gift worth RM150

Nubia M2 Play – RM799, free Earphone, discount and free gift worth RM150

Nubia N1 Lite – RM499, free Earphone, discount and free gift worth RM50

Nubia’s Sunway Pyramid concept kiosk is located at Lot F1.RINK.A, head on over there to check out the phones.

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Nubia’s Red Magic 2 has 10GB RAM with dual cooling system

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Nubia is not to be left behind as it’s launching the Red Magic 2 gaming smartphone soon to keep up with the Razer Phone 2, the ROG Phone and the Black Shark Helo by Xiaomi.

The gaming smartphone will be powered by Snapdragon 845 paired with 10GB RAM, like the Black Shark Helo. It will also have a dual cooling system consisting of air and liquid cooling system to ensure that the smartphone will not be overheated even when users are gaming extensively.

The smartphone will also have 3D surround sound output and 4D shock feature which enhances gaming experience. Similar to the other gaming phones, the Red Magic 2 will have LED lights and similar to its predecessor, it will have a single rear camera.

While other specs are yet to be confirmed, rumours has it that the Red Magic 2 will either be launched together with Nubia X at the end of this month or in the month of November.

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Nubia’s Red Magic 3 is officially available, priced from $479

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There aren’t many gaming phones out there but there will be, especially since the number of mobile gamers just keep increasing. Nubia has already launched several gaming phones in the past, and now the company is launching the Nubia Red Magic 3.

Nubia does its best to make the Red Magic 3 a worthy gaming phone, and it is apparently the first phone to come with a built-in fan. Just like some gaming PCs, the phone uses a liquid cooling system paired with a fan to prevent overheating.

In addition, the Red Magic 3 has a 6.65-inch AMOLED display with 90Hz screen refresh rate, and it has a headphone jack and a fingerprint sensor on its back. It also features dual front-facing speakers for a good audio experience and has capacitive sides which can function as shoulder buttons. Apart from that, the phone also has a 48MP main camera paired with a 16MP front camera.

The Red Magic 3 also ships with Android 9 Pie, in addition to sporting a Snapdragon 855 chipset that almost guarantees a smooth sailing performance. It also comes in two configurations — 8/12GB RAM and 128/256GB storage. It has a hefty 5,000mAh battery that charges via USB-C, so it will definitely be able to support extensive gaming hours.

The Red Magic 3 starts at the price of $479, which is around RM2,007 when you convert it to Malaysian Ringgit.

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NUR Alert to be implemented in Grab to help fight child-related crimes

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Leading ride-hailing app Grab has today launched their #SaferEveryday campaign – a joint initiative with Polis DiRaja Malaysia (PDRM) to put focus on the safety of our country’s children.

The initiative will see Grab implement the National Urgent Response (NUR) Alert system into their drivers version of the app. NUR Alert is a government-aided program that alerts the public of a missing child report via different social platforms. Currently NUR Alert is partnered with several notable organizations such as Astro, Maxi and Facebook.

With this new partnership between Grab and PDRM to feature NUR Alerts, drivers from across 35 townships in the country will be alerted by the system, so a wide-spread group effort can be achieved in the search for the victim.

Present during the launch of the campaign was Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister YB Hannah Yeoh, who said the NUR Alert system is a key factor in quick, decisive action in protecting the country’s children; and the addition of Grab’s driver-partners to the network alerted citizens is crucial in locating the victims.

YB Hannah Yeoh has also said that she will allocate RM50,000 to fund the D11 division of our police force to help in this endeavor. The funds are to be used to expand the reach of NUR Alert so that victims can be located faster.

This is an added safety feature to Grab’s already existing ones such as the “share my ride” and emergency button feature. Although the effectiveness of NUR Alert is yet to be seen, the intention to bolster security and shine light on the importance of crime prevention in the country in the digital world is a good leap forward to becoming a safer country.

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NVIDIA set to acquire Arm for $40 billion to drive AI development

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American giants NVIDIA has officially announced that it will acquire equally-massive chip makers Arm. The deal will see $40 billion go to previous parent company SoftBank, which is based in Japan.

According to NVIDIA’s newsletter, the company plans to utilize Arm’s existing repertoire of technology to help boost their own AI developments. In relationship looks to be a symbiotic one with the new parent company plans to boost Arm’s R&D efforts by building an Arm-powered super computer, as well as training facilities in its
Cambridge base.

Image credit: Silicon UK

When it comes to the company’s existing list of customers, Arm will still be allowed to maintain its long-standing open-licensing model and will continue to practice customer neutrality, which is important since one of Arm’s biggest
clients
 is AMD, who competes with NVIDIA in the GPU market.

This acquisition is an exciting one for end-user consumers like us as we’ll likely see more interesting innovations in the semiconductor field, which could pave way to better chips to power our
smartphones
 and PCs.

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Nvidia and Baidu team up to develop A.I. platform for self-driving cars

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In a move that isn’t all that surprising, Nvidia and Baidu have announced a partnership today that would see both sides working together to develop an artificial intelligence platform for self-driving cars.

The announcement was first made at the Baidu World Conference where Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang took to the stage to announce that both companies will be merging their individual technical capabilities to create a new self-driving car architecture from scratch. Nvidia isn’t exactly new to the car tech industry as the company has been showcasing their Drive PX supercomputer for years now. Meanwhile, Baidu has been testing out various forms of automated driving vehicles in both the United States and China.

With Baidu looking to have a self-driving shuttle roaming the roads of China by the end of 2018, this partnership may prove to be a fruitful one for both sides. Should everything proceed according to plan, Baidu aims to mass produces autonomous cars in five years’ time.

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Nvidia announces GeForce GTX 1650 and GeForce GTX 1660 Ti cards for notebooks alongside GTX 1650 for desktops

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It’s been a while coming since the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti was launched – the card boasts impressive power at affordable prices; and people wanted cheaper and have been asking for a smaller GTX 1650 to arrive, for both desktops and notebooks.

Nvidia has official announced the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti as well as the GTX 1650 for gaming notebooks. Both, of course, built on Nvidia’s Turing architecture; meaning that it has the capacity to support ray tracing, but not the GTX 1650 sadly. Nvidia had pushed an update to allow basic ray tracing support for their GTX models, including the GTX 16-series, but it will only be available for the GTX 1060s and above as well as the GTX 1660 Ti. The American company says that these cards are not ideal for ray tracing and their GeForce RTX-series of cards should be your product of choice for it because it’s made specifically to  support ray tracing.

The GeForce GTX 1650 notebook version will feature 1024 Cuda cores, a significant increase from the GTX 1050 mobile cards which have 768 Cuda cores. The GTX 1650 has a base clock speed of 1020 to 1395MHz; and can be boosted up to 1560Mhz. It utilizes 4GBs of GDDR5 VRAM and pushes a memory bandwidth of 128GB per second.

As for the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, it has a Cuda core count of 1536, its base clock speed ranges from 1140 to 1455 and can be boosted up to 1590. It comes with 6GB of GDDR6 memory and pushes 288GB/s memory bandwidth. On Nvidia’s official website, it is noted that this card will not support real-time-ray tracing, so albeit contradictory to its promise to bring ray tracing support to its GTX cards, we reckon they may enable this feature in a future update.

Meanwhile, Nvidia had also announced the GTX 1650 for desktops and it will be available from $149 (RM615), and will be available via partner manufacturers such as ASUS, EVGA, MSI, Zotac and more. Read our coverage
here
.

Going back to the mobile cards, a host of partnered brands will equip their laptops with the new GTX 1660 Ti and GTX 1650 cards include Lenovo Legion, Gigabyte Aero, Acer Nitro and MSI GF-series.

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NVIDIA announces GTX980 for laptops, performs like desktop

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This is one of the most exciting thing that was announced this week by NVIDIA is the GTX980 for laptops; not a GTX980M, not a separate chip for mobile graphics, but a full working GTX980 GPU chip just like how you would get on a desktop GPU. Is that even possible or comparable? Let us give you a rundown from our experience at the press conference and handson.

Now, one question I am sure you guys will be asking is, how in the world did NVIDIA fit a GTX980 GPU in a mobile PCB? Is the GPU different from the desktop PCB? Well, we were told that NVIDIA actually select GTX980 GPUs that has certain requirements fit for laptops, all from the same batch of GPUs used for the desktop. Quite an amazing feat since this is quite tedious and resource consuming. I was told that the GPU you see on the mobile PCB is exactly the same chip found on the desktop PCB, which is probably why the performance is comparable between the both.

On the mobile PCB of the GTX980, you will also find 7GBPS DRAM memory, 4-8 phase power supply (the current GTX980M has 3-4 phase), while the inductors and capacitors has been tweaked to get 50% higher peak current in order to give the mobile GPU enough current to power it.

Well, good news for overclockers. This new chip has unlocked GPU and CPU, allowing enthusiasts to overclock their gaming laptops to however they want it to be. Apparently, there is also twice the amount of cooling although fan controls is based on the manufacturers discretion. As for overclocking performance, it also depends on individual brand and models, but to give it a general benchmark, you can overclock to about 50% faster.

 To ensure this GPU is future ready, the GTX980 for laptops is VR ready, hence it can be used to offer the first VR notebook in the world. Since VR is demanding, needing at least 5 million pixels in 90fps to generate a scene, the GTX980 in a laptop would be able to cope with such a demand with an all-rounded platform.

During the press conference, we were given a chance to have a good look at how the GTX980 performs on a few laptops from Aorus, Clevo, Asus and MSI. These were then compared with a desktop running on GTX980 and benchmarked side by side. All of the laptops on demo were on Skylake except for the Aorus, which was on the Broadwell CPU. Check out our images of the benchmarks and a video of the Auros notebook being hooked to 3 1080p monitors.

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NVIDIA announces the GeForce GTX 1650, the most affordable Turing GPU yet

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NVIDIA has announced the most affordable member of its Turing family yet, the GeForce GTX 1650. The new card starts at $149 (RM615) in the US. Thanks to its 75W TDP rating, the GeForce GTX 1650 is a great choice for gamers looking to build a power-efficient PC.

The new GeForce GTX 1650 uses the TU117 Turing GPU, smallest yet in the Turing family. It features a total of 896 CUDA cores, 56 TMUs, and 32 ROPs. The card comes with 4GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 8 Gbps with a 128GB/s bandwidth.

Unlike the more expensive GTX 16-series GPUs, the budget-friendly NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 does not support
RTX real-time raytracing
. However, it does offer some other Turing features such as support for concurrent floating point and integer operations, unified cache architecture with larger L1 cache, as well as adaptive shading. As mentioned above, the card consumes less than 75 watts of power at maximum load. Most GTX 1650 cards will not even require an additional power connector.

Custom GeForce GTX 1650 cards from brands such as MSI, ASUS, EVGA, Gigabyte, Palit, Zotac, and more have already been announced. NVIDIA has also confirmed that more than 80 new
notebooks featuring the GTX 1650 and GTX 1660 Ti GPUs
 will be arriving in the near future.

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NVIDIA announces the GeForce GTX980M and GTX970M with increased performance and power efficiency

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A few weeks back, NVIDIA announced it’s
next generation desktop graphics
 based on the Maxwell chipset, it offers improved performance and aims to take gaming to the next level with the introduction of Gameworks that allows game developers to make realistic and beautiful graphics on games. Shortly after that week, NVIDIA again announced the mobile version of its next generation graphics chip, which is also based on the Maxwell architecture, the new GeForce GTX980M and GTX970M will dramatic improvements in notebook gaming over its predecessor with improved performance and power efficiency.

Gaming on Notebooks is a challenge when it comes to power consumption and smooth frame rates, that is why the new GTX980M and GTX970M are introduced to address this challenge, the new mobile GPUs will promise gamers 75% performance of its desktop equivalents.

With the advanced capabilities of the Maxwell chipset, gamers will be able to unleash the chipset’s power on playing games beyond 1080p resolution, NVIDIA’s improved BatteryBoost technology promises improved battery life and playable frame rates with on battery auto optimization for the most popular games.

With BatteryBoost, the new GTX980M will only draw a mere 100W power on battery and promises almost double of its battery life while maintaining a playable frame rate.

The new GTX980M and GTX970M will also feature NVIDIA’s Dynamic Super Resolution that enables higher-than-native game resolutions and downscale to the display’s native resolution, which will bring extremely high density graphics quality to your gaming experience. NVIDIA’s MFAA and VXGI will also be available on its mobile GPU as well, all of these advanced graphics capabilities will be available soon with an updated GeForce driver.

Probably the most impressive feature on the new GTX980M and GTX970M is NVIDIA GameStream, which will allow you to stream your notebook gaming experience wirelessly over to GameStream ready devices, and that means devices that run on the Tegra K1 chip such as the NVIDIA SHIELD and Xiaomi Mi Pad.

The GeForce GTX980M and GTX970M will be first debuted on the following notebooks – the ASUS G751, MSI GT72, Gigabyte Aorus X7, Clevo P150, and MSI GS60, these notebooks will be available in respective markets after October 7. Check out some images down below as we’ve taken a first look at these new Maxwell powered notebooks.

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NVIDIA announces three new laptop GPUs: RTX 2050, MX570 and MX550

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Nearly
3 years
 after its release, NVIDIA has added onto the 20 series, with the addition of a 2050 graphics card for laptops, alongside an MX550 and MX570 for work and gaming. A lot of affordable work and gaming laptops still use older chips like the GTX1650 and MX450, but now NVIDIA has announced these 3 new GPUs for better performance on affordable devices.

RTX 2050

The most notable release was the GeForce RTX 2050, which is meant to be a good mid-range gaming GPU for upcoming laptops. It will pack 4GB of VRAM with a memory bandwidth of 112GB/s and will have 2,048 CUDA cores and a thermal design power (TDP) of 30 – 45W. Additionally, it has the same amount of CUDA cores as the RTX 3050 but won’t perform as well because it is limited to a 64-bit memory interface width.

The RTX 2050 also uses the Ampere architecture that the RTX 30 series had, rather than the Turing architecture that was used in RTX 20 series. This graphics card also will not have G-Sync or VR Ready support, but it does have Real-Time Ray-Tracing, deep learning super sampling (DLSS), NVIDIA BatteryBoost support, and more.

GeForce MX570 and MX550

We did not get any specifications revealed about the MX570 or the MX550, but NVIDIA did claim that the MX570 graphics processor will be the fastest MX GPU. Its focus is on work and gaming and will have more power-efficient CUDA Cores and faster memory speeds. So you can expect it to be more efficient for editing, gaming, and work compared to their previous MX GPUs.

In terms of the MX550, it will be a successor to the MX450 and would be focused more on performance for creative work. NVIDIA promises a “leap in performance” and improved speeds for photo and video-editing tasks while using Adobe apps. They also mentioned that it will include more CUDA cores for some light gaming.

We didn’t get an exact date on when these chips would be fully revealed, but NVIDIA did say that they are coming in Spring 2022. Especially with CES 2022 on the way, you can expect more information on these chips to come out soon. If you want to see more about the new NVIDIA graphics cards, you can head to their
official website
.

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Nvidia brings Virtual Reality to SEA

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Once the dust was settled regarding Nvidia’s DesignWorks VR briefing, we had the chance to spend some time with two VR headsets. The first was the Oculus Crescent Bay, the other being the HTC Vive. After spending some time with both devices, we can safely say that the HTC Vive was our favourite, mainly because we actually need to physically move around when we were using it.

First off though, we put through the Oculus CB1. If you’ve had the opportunity to try one out during some of the roadshows that occured in Malaysia, you may already have an inkling of how the tech works and feels. For people like us who have yet to try it out, it was a very interesting experience. We’ve manage to play the EVE: Valkyrie demo on it, and it feels so bizzare because, as a former EVE player myself, being this close to the various corvettes and capital ships in EVE is just incredibly awe-inspiring.

However, our curiosity is centred solely on the HTC Vive, mainly because we have heard so little about it. From our time with it, we can safely say that the HTC is the more unique VR headset out of the two, mainly because the headset registers body motion as well. We’ve managed to try out the HTC Vive with Valve’s Portal and a sunken ship, and we can safely say that the HTC Vive has us reaching for our credit cards when it releases.

Check out more VR developments by NVIDIA in this video clip:

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NVIDIA bundles Destiny 2 with selected GeForce graphics cards

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Next week is going to be a very exciting week as Destiny 2 will be releasing on PC on 24 October 2017. This is the first time that this series will be coming to the PC and NVIDIA wants to celebrate this occasion by bundling the game with selected GeForce cards. This is thanks to the close partnership that NVIDIA has had with Bungie and Activision to make the PC release as smooth as possible.

NVIDIA is relaunching its GeForce GTX Destiny 2 Bundle, where gamers that purchase the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti or GeForce GTX 1080 based cards or laptops will receive the game at launch. NVIDIA has also gone through the trouble of preparing a
Destiny 2 Graphics & Performance Guide
 on the
GeForce official website
. In the guide, they have broken down the GeForce cards that will run the game at 4K, 2K and 1080p resolutions and give you 60 FPS and above performance. I have played the beta on both the PS4 and PC, NVIDIA recommends that to play the game in 60FPS at 1080p will require a GTX 1060 graphics card, however, I was running the game on a GTX 960 4GB edition with an FX-6350 processor and could play the game on the High settings with 60 to 70 FPS no problems. It could be that that was the beta and the official release might be different.

The GeForce GTX Destiny 2 Bundle will run from now until 29 November 2017. So if you are looking to get a new computer or upgrade your current one, then this is a really good time to do so.

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NVIDIA Bundles Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain with selected Graphics Cards

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Remember the first launch of the Batman: Arkham Knight and how it fails so badly on the PC version with lots of bugs that cannot be fixed before the end of this year. The green team – NVIDIA always bundles their GPU with the latest graphic card force to change the current
GeForce
 bundle from Batman: Arkham Knight to a new triple A title.

Finally, the company decided to give away “Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain” with
GeForce GTX
 980 Ti, GTX 980, GTX 970, GTX 960, and notebooks with GTX 980M and GTX 970M. Apparently, there’s no info on whether the game goes the company’s GameWorks varnish, but NVIDIA will try their best by giving a proper support package (Game Ready driver with SLI profiles and
GeForce
 Experience settings).

The Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain requires a minimum Intel Core i5 2300 or an AMD FX-6300, GeForce GTX 650 or Radeon HD 6790, 4GB of RAM. The impressive requirement for a triple A title like this and the graphic on Phantom Pain is extremely real and details. There isn’t any news when this bundle is going to be released, but we expected it will be available after the game is released.


Nvidia calls out Intel over inaccurate benchmarks shown on slides

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Benchmarks surrounding Intel’s upcoming Knights Landing Xeon Phi cards has managed to court some controversy as Nvidia claims that Intel has published some incorrect “facts” about the performance of the Xeon Phi.

The problem stems from the slide above that was presented by Intel at a high performance computing conference called ISC 2016. According to the slide, Intel claims that the Xeon Phi provides 2.3x faster training for neural networks and 38% better scaling across nodes. Nvidia believes that the chart above is misleading as Intel has supposedly used an old version of the Caffe AlexNet benchmark, resulting in benchmarks that favours Intel. Nvidia further states that if Intel used an up-to-date version of Caffe AlexNet, the Maxwell system would actually perform 30% faster, and for Pascal-based systems, could potentially be 90% faster.

Not surprisingly, Intel believes that they did not do anything wrong. “It is completely understandable that Nvidia is concerned about Intel in this space. Intel routinely publishes performance claims based on publicly available solutions at the time, and we stand by our data,” says Intel in a response to Ars Technica.

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Nvidia could be opening an official Lazada Store in Malaysia

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Excellent news for all you Nvidia fans, yesterday night, the Nvidia GeForce Malaysia Facebook page posted that they will be opening an official store here in Malaysia and that got a lot of people really excited.

No other details were shared in the post except for the image that read ” TIME TO GET LAZ-Y”. We are not sure if they are opening a physical store where customers can walk in, browse and buy the product, our speculation is that it’s going to be a Lazada Official Store because of two reasons. Let’s focus on the LAZ-Y, the “LAZ” could be an indicator that is going to be a LAZada store, which kind of make sense as MSI’s Lazada Store is also selling graphics cards. The second part to this clue is the entire message, “TIME TO GET LAZ-Y”. This could indicate the convenience (Laziness) of online shopping which most of us here in Malaysia use. If we take the two points and look at them as a whole, it does pretty much point to a Nvidia Official Lazada Store.

https://www.facebook.com/NVIDIAGeForceMY/photos/a.1574299189508102.1073741828.1566664293604925/2140731036198245/?type=3&theater

Now again, these are all guesswork as we, ourselves are not a hundred percent sure what their plans are for their official store in Malaysia, so take it with a grain of salt. Regardless if it’s an online or brick and mortar store, we can soon expect to be buying official Nvidia merchandise here in Malaysia. Perhaps, even the Founders Edition graphics cards?

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NVIDIA expected to launch new SHIELD Tablet for 2016

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So far, two SHIELD tablets have been launched by NVIDIA, with the SHIELD Tablet K1 launched last year, stripping away a couple of accessories that came with its predecessor for a lower price tag. The original NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet was priced within the budget spectrum to begin with. Also, the SHIELD tablets are known for their close-to-stock, or pretty much a stock version of Android. Ultimately, these tablets are known for their powerful NVIDIA mobile processors, which allows users to play console game titles on the tablet itself via NVIDIA’s Game Stream.

NVIDIA looks set to refresh the gaming tablet as a SHIELD Tablet appeared on the FCC website, with a couple of minor indications of the tablet’s specs. For now, all we know about the alleged tablet is that it will support 5GHz and 2.4GHz 802.11ac WiFi, Bluetooth Low Energy and it will feature a micro-USB port. Major specs haven’t been leaked but we should expect a more powerful NVIDIA processor like the Tegra X1 compared to the Tegra K1 under the hood of the previous SHIELD tablets, plus a possibility of an additional GB of RAM, making it 3GB in total.

By the looks of the image, the upcoming SHIELD tablet will likely sport front facing speakers like its predecessors. Whether or not the tablet will come packed with a stylus remains to be seen. Till then, stay tuned!

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 specifications potentially leaked

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Once upon a time, many thought that the 3GB GTX 1060 would be rebranded as the GTX 1050. That turned out to be false as the 3GB card remained as part of the GTX 1060 series. Today, BenchLife has released details on the actual GTX 1050, and it looks like its going up against AMD’s Radeon RX 470.

From what the leaked GPU-Z image shows, the upcoming GTX 1050, also known as GP107, will come with 768 CUDA Cores, a clock speed of 1318MHz, which can be boosted to 1380MHz. It will also come with 4GB of GDDR5 memory which is clocked at 7GHz, giving the card 112GB/s bandwidth along the 128-bit bus interface. Perhaps the most interesting part of the GTX 1050 is its TDP. According to BenchLife, the GTX 1050 has a suggested TDP of 75W, meaning that the card itself doesn’t require additional PCI-e power connectors to work. While the reference card will probably omit the power connectors, the same probably cannot be said for the AIB cards.

As for availability, the GTX 1050 is expected to launch in mid-October. Pricing for the GTX 1050 is expected to be around the USD150 (RM611) mark.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition Review: Improvements are Significant

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Two years ago, NVIDIA showed us how well the GTX 980 could perform with the efficient Maxwell architecture, we are impressed with the significant improvements in performance and power efficiency, we then witness the unveiling of the GTX TITAN X which is claimed to be the most powerful GPU ever made, and finally on how the company wanted to make MOBA gaming better with the entry-level GTX 950 GPU. Today, the company has combined what it has learned in two years time and unveiled its most powerful and GPU ever made, the company claims that it has gotten gaming perfected with the new GeForce GTX 1080. The GTX 1080  Founders Edition has been installed on our test bench for a while now, and its time to find out how it has worked for us.

Design and Hardware

NVIDIA has done some effort to make the GTX 1080 Founders Edition a really handsome GPU for the sake of calling it a ‘Founders Edition’, the GPU’s metal made shroud has a nice polygonal shaped design that makes it less boring than a reference card. In a nutshell, the GTX 1080 Founders Edition is a very premium looking product with a very satisfactory heavy weight to hold.

The redesigned shroud isn’t made for nothing though, as NVIDIA has also included an advanced vapor chamber built around a radial fan that offers superior cooling performance on the GPU, in my usage the fan has been performing significantly quieter when compared to its predecessor, even at full load, it sounds even softer than your desk fan.

While the PCB backplate doesn’t look any different from the GTX 980, NVIDIA claims that it has installed a new low profile backplate that not only protects the GPU but also draws heat away from the PCB, this explains on how the GPU is able to achieve such reasonably low temperatures when it is idle, not to forget to mention that the Pascal architecture is so efficient that it merely requires 180 watts of power through a single 8-pin power connector. But still, the GPU can get as hot as 80˚C and you really don’t want to touch the card at that time.

In addition, the SLI connectors have also been updated to support NVIDIA’s new HB SLI connector, which is able to deliver double the available transfer bandwidth of its predecessor, the new SLI interface runs at 650MHz as opposed to the previous 400MHz speed, while old SLI bridges may work with the GTX 1080 with some improvements in performance, NVIDIA recommends the HB SLI bridge to achieve the optimal performance if you intend to have a surround monitor set up.

The GTX 1080 Founders Edition has the same amount of ports as the GTX 980, there’s a DualLink-DVI port, one HDMI 2.0b port and three DisplayPort 1.4 ports, the latter will support multiple monitors and a maximum resolution of 7680×4320 @ 60Hz.

Test Bench Hardware Specifications

Motherboard:
 ASUS Z97 Sabertooth Mark I

Processor:
 Intel Core i7 4790K

CPU Cooler:
 DeepCool Gamer Storm Captain 240 White

Casing:
 CoolerMaster Test Bench v1

RAM:
 Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB DDR3-1866MHz x 2

Storage:
 Apacer AS720 256GB SSD, WD Blue 1TB

OS:
 Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, GeForce Game Ready Driver 368.39 WHQL

Monitor:
 Philips Brilliance 288P6LJEB 4K Monitor

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition Specification

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Game Benchmark Results

Ever since last year’s GTX 980, we have already seen decently high frame rates in games with maximum graphics settings enabled on a Full HD resolution, the GTX 1080 Founders Edition continues to excels in modern games and have achieved average frame rates of at least 60 fps in the games we tested. If you have a GPU clock speed on screen display enabled, you may actually realize that the GTX 1080 has a rather impressive boost clock speed when gaming, there are times that the GPU exceeds the actual 1734MHz boost speed and the lowest that I’ve ever experienced would be around 1690MHz, which still isn’t too bad, this is all thanks to NVIDIA’s GPU Boost 3.0 feature on the GTX 1080.

Now things won’t be fun if there weren’t a little bit of overclocking effort, by using EVGA’s PrecisionX OC, I was able to easily offset the GTX 1080 Founder Edition’s GPU Clock at 260MHz and Memory Clock at 580MHz, I also applied the maximum allowed voltage to the card at 20% and was thankful that these settings have been really stable on the applications I tested. As you can see in the chart above, the GTX 1080 Founders Edition is able to achieve 8-10 fps more in games with an overclocked speed.

Previously, the Maxwell architecture didn’t do too well in 4K gaming which even the TITAN X struggles to perform properly in games like GTA V with barely playable frame rates. The GTX 1080 Founders Edition may have the power to finally do what the previous Maxwell GPUs can’t do, however our test results indicate that the GTX 1080 might still be far from ready for 4K gaming despite having achieved an average 30 fps in some games with maximum graphics setting, you may want to lower some graphics setting or consider purchasing a second GTX 1080 to create an SLI bridge for better 4K gaming performance.

Benchmarks – 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra and Unigine Valley

The GTX 1080 Founders Edition delivers better scores over the GTX 980 in the 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra as a single card, however when compared to the experience back in our MSI Vortex first look, the GTX 1080 isn’t much better when compared to a dual GTX 980 SLI configuration. After I applied the initial overclocking settings, only the GTX 1080 manage to score better results than the dual GTX 980 SLI setup.

Unigine Valley is a GPU Stress Testing tool that runs on DirectX 11, graphics setting is set to maximum with 8x anti-aliasing and tested in both Full HD and UHD resolution, the average frame rates between two resolutions is a huge difference, even though it still manages to record an average 31 fps on 4K.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 specs and pricing leaked ahead of launch next week

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NVIDIA is set to expand its graphics card lineup based on the Turing architecture next week with the introduction of the GeForce GTX 1650. Days before its formal launch, specifications of the card have surfaced online, courtesy of listings on Amazon France.

The upcoming NVIDIA GeForce GTX1650 will have a total of 896 CUDA cores, higher than what rumors had been suggesting. It will also have 4GB of GDDR5 memory with a 128-bit bus width. As expected, the GTX 1650 will have lower clock speeds compared to the
GTX 1660 series
. The affordable graphics card will have a 1486 MHz base clock and 1665 MHz boost clock.

Thanks to a low 75W TDP rating, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 will not require any additional power connectors. However, the folks over at Videocardz note that some factory-overclocked models of the card will have a 6-pin power connector.

Similar to the GeForce GTX 1660 series, there will not be a reference-design GTX 1650 option. We expect GTX 1650 cards from NVIDIA partners such as ASUS, EVGA, Zotac, Gainward, and Palit Microsystems to be made available for pre-order in various markets on April 23. It is being speculated that NVIDIA may even launch the GTX 1650 Ti alongside the standard GTX 1650. The GeForce GTX 1650 will reportedly be priced at USD149 (RM618).

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 coming on 17 August, 2015

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There were a lot of rumors on the web that NVIDIA will be launching their value
series
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 graphics cards the GeForce GTX 950 on 17th August. Usually, the number of GTX x50 or GTX x50 Ti will be one of the best budgets to get a perfect graphic card for your build. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 will get the GM206 GPU (GM206-250-A1) with six SMM units that house 768 CUDA Cores, 48 texture mapping units, and 32 ROPs.

This new upcoming new graphic card will feature 1150 to 1250 MHz range with 1350 up to 1450 MHz boost clock speeds which beneficial to most of the upcoming game. Besides that, the graphic card also will have at least 2 GB of GDDR5 graphics memory that run over a narrow 128-bit bus likely up to 7 Gbps and it feature a 90W TDP. Input include a Dual-Link DVI-D/DVI-I, HDMI 2.0 and a Display Port 1.2 connectors that most of the users will be using.

Comparing the GTX 950 with the previous predecessor that has a base clock of 1020 MHz and boost clock of 1085 which shows the improvement on the latest generation will signify. However, NVIDIA chooses to stick with 128-bit memory interface that surprise me. The thing that remain the same will be the awesome 6-pin power connector to power up the graphic card and this is one of the main reasons people purchase this graphic card.

We are looking forward to the official announcement on the new GeForce GTX 950 from NVIDIA and we are anxious to get hands on to test the potential of the graphic card.

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti is finally here

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A few months ago, NVIDIA Titan X has been announced and is the most powerful single GPU that available on the market at the moment. At the moment some of the hardware enthusiasts still await the next flagship graphic card from NVIDIA which will completely replace the previous generation, GTX 780 Ti and today NVIDIA proudly announced their new flagship graphic card, the NVIDIA GTX 980 Ti. The graphic card is equip with a blower style cooler with a black heat sink inside the housing on it which will cool down the graphic card by sucking fresh air at the front and exhaust at the back of the card. Let’s get started to review more information about the graphic card.

The GTX 980 Ti reported 3 times faster than GTX 680 and 2 times faster than GTX 780 Ti on 4K resolution benchmark which isn’t surprise due to its new GPU processor architecture is based on 28nm GM200-310 GPU with 22 SMM units, or a total of 2816 CUDA cores. In addition, the graphic card has 6GB Memory which is half of the Titan X and GPU speed clock of up to 1076 MHz, memory clock at 1753 MHz, 348-bit memory bus and 336 GB/s bandwidth which is identical to the GTX Titan X. Despite the powerful processor and high video card memory, the GTX 980 Ti just merely draws 250W of power which is quite impressive.

This little beast has built in DirectX 12 which makes better gaming experience by producing a new graphic effect; smoke (using Sparse Fluid Simulation), fire, and lighting/shading. With the help of latest DX12, your CPU can will use lower processing power compare to last time. Despite that, NVIDIA includes Ray Traced Shadows that will allow conservative raster been switch on then allows gamer to have perfect shadows on their game.

The NVIDIA GTX 980 Ti reported will price at RM 2,799. Stay tuned for our upcoming full review of the new NVIDIA GTX 980 Ti.