Portrait Expert OPPO Reno8 T 5G does more than just take photos while making your wallet easy

This post is sponsored by OPPO Malaysia
The mid-range smartphone market is always the hottest battlefield in the industry as brands are tearing each other apart by packing as much value into their offerings while keeping retail prices affordable to stomp over other competitors.

As such, the balance game between the feature set and the cost is often the most brain-burning consideration for both the manufacturer and its consumers.
But when we take a look at OPPO’s Reno family of products, its smartphones from about 3 generations ago have started to aim for a better photography experience through the mastering of portrait photography while maintaining the trendy looks as usual.
The OPPO Reno8 T 5G, which is today’s subject, is not only about the style points and gorgeous camera work but also priced nicely with an all-rounded performance suitable for everyone. Let’s take a look at what it has.
Fantastic looks both inside and outside

Although being the first model to get a ‘T’ in its model name, the Reno8 T 5G is still one of the members of the Reno family and as the latest member, of course, it has a great design with this time being the Dual Micro-Curved factor that goes from the front to the middle frame for a lightly-rounded look and combining with the 3D back cover sporting the iconic OPPO Glow design bringing the ever-changing Sunrise Gold color to life, you get a device that can rival against top-notch flagship in terms of fashion points.
High refresh rate OLED screen making life easier

Nobody likes laggy transitions. Be it during daily usage or gaming. Hence, the Reno8 T 5G’s 120Hz display will make everything move buttery smooth and essentially more fluid and soft for the eye, not to mention its 3D micro-curve at 56-degree showing a rather unique visual output than the traditional flat panel.
First in the brand’s history – 108MP Portrait Camera

The Reno8 T 5G’s existence also carries an important mission – the realization of a 108MP Portrait Camera lens in such an affordable device that comes with a combo of 40X zoom Microlens and 2MP Depth Sensor to cover the photography needs of the mass public with ease.
This is further elevated by the software side through the NonaPixel Plus binning technology and OPPO AI Super Resolution algorithm to output a high-resolution image capable of being further edited and cropped with losing details. The microscopic world is also much closer to us than before through Microlen’s ability to capture minuscule subjects with ease.
Take a look at these sample pictures taken with the Portrait and Microlens.
Portrait Camera

Microlens

Let’s show you a simple before and after cropping a photo taken with the 108MP lens as well.

A big block of juice for all-day usage + SuperVOOC fast charge for the emergencies

The Reno8 T 5G itself comes with a 4,800mAh battery which for most people is enough for the entire day such as online learning or live streaming and even 2 days for light users.

Forgot to charge it upon waking up? No worries, the 67W SuperVOOC fast charge technology can fill it up from 0 to 100 in just 44 minutes or up to 80% in half an hour. Heck, even 5 minutes of quick charge can provide 5 and a half hours of call time!
4 years of the same old feel which is a good thing

The ‘Used – Like New’ in the second-hand marketplace is a gray term when it comes to describing the offered product but the Reno8 T 5G is tested and guaranteed to operate and provide an experience that is as close to fresh out of the box as possible for 48 months via hardware and software optimizations delivered throughout the years to come.
Conclusion

To sum everything up, the OPPO Reno8 T 5G is the brand’s new strategy to push the Reno name towards a fierce competing mid-range market by matching the prices against its competitors while offering a lot more in the aspect of camera, design, screen, and more. Now everyone can enjoy an endgame-like experience without breaking the bank.

As such, the device is currently available across multiple digital platforms such as Shopee, Lazada, and the OPPO official website alongside its offline experience outlets and authorized resellers at the price of RM1,799.
Additionally, all purchases made before March 12 will see a surprise bundle of Enco Buds2 TWS, 1-Year Screen Protection, and Extended Warranty totaling up to RM377 included for absolutely free!
For more information about the phone, click here!

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Mass Luminosity got their own mouse

Well that title seems a little ambiguous… but let’s see, Mass Luminosity, a social media community giant for gamers and technology enthusiast, as they said it themselves, got nearly 800k fans and is coming up with an exclusive mouse, in partnership with Cooler Master. They actually announced it on Facebook yesterday with the picture of how the mouse will look like.

Personally I think the mouse looks totally minimalistic with the glows of green to highlight its essence, with full side buttons for your gaming goodness.
Releasing their press release on Facebook is funny, but here is what it says.

Message from our CEO, Angel Munoz:Mass Luminosity reversed the traditional business model by first creating a fan base, without having a specific product or service for the general public. Our motto and guiding principle was (and still is), “Bring the fun back to PC gaming culture.” And for over a year we have done just that, via constant promotions and giveaways for our amazing global community.
During this process we’ve realized that we have a unique opportunity to introduce quality branded products for the PC gamers that follow us from all over the world. With this is in mind, seven months ago, we started chatting with our friends at Cooler Master Americas about manufacturing the first ‘Human Power Icon’ branded-mouse exclusively for our fans.
Next week we will introduce this limited edition gaming mouse at an attractive price. Beyond being a collector’s item, because of it’s limited production, it gives PC gamers all the tools they need for complete customization and maximizing their potential.
Stay tuned for details on how to reserve yours.
Angel Munoz, CEOMass Luminosity2 ∞ & →

They also explained why the power button sign with a matchstick man there.

[Admin comment: The human power icon is a symbol created exclusively for the global Mass Luminosity community. The icon is a unique combination of the ‘power button symbol’ indicating that a control activates or deactivates a particular electronic device, and the ‘Helvetica man’ originally designed in 1974 for the U.S. Department of Transportation to represent a person. The icon has come to represent the raw power of the large Mass Luminosity /Gaming Tribe global community.]

Source : Mass Luminosity (Facebook)

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Samsung Galaxy Note10 Lite is now official

While the Samsung Galaxy Note10 series was just announced not too long ago, we now have yet another new addition to the Galaxy Note10 family – the Note10 Lite. This smartphone is – in my opinion – a little weird.
In terms of the phone’s aesthetics, it seems like the Note10 Lite is pretty similar with the S10 Lite with a flat screen and a tiny Infinity-O notch at the center-top for the selfie camera. All the buttons are moved to the right side. Of course, the phone also comes with the S Pen and has Bluetooth LE connectivity. That means you can indeed use the S Pen like a remote control.

As for the specs of the Galaxy Note10 Lite, here it is:

6.7-inch Super AMOLED display with 2400×1080 pixels in resolution

Infinity-O notch at the center-top

Unnamed chipset (10nm with 4x 2.7GHz + 4×1.7GHz cores)
Up to 8GB RAM
128GB of internal storage (unsure if expandable via microSD)
Triple rear-facing cameras

Main: 12MP f/1.7 with dual-pixel AF
Ultrawide angle: 12MP f/2.2 with OIS
Telephoto: 12MP f/2.4 with OIS

There are a few key differences between the S10 Lite and the Note10 Lite. Firstly, the chipset. From what we can guess, the Note10 Lite seems to be using an even older chipset. We can’t confirm which chipset it is as of now.
Then secondly, the cameras. The Galaxy Note10 Lite does have the commonly-found main, ultrawide angle and telephoto cameras – but it lacks the new super steady OIS that is found on the S10 Lite. It also lacks the macro camera, by the way.
As of now, there is no price regarding the availability or pricing of the Samsung Galaxy Note10 Lite. It is going to be difficult to price the Note10 Lite as it is trading blows with the basic Galaxy Note10.

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Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro Announced; RM2,299

Samsung’s brand new Galaxy C9 Pro has been leaking all over the place for the past week, and now it’s official. Just how powerful it is – that’s another story for the future.
Here are the specs, and then we’ll go further from there.

Galaxy C9 Pro

Design
2.5D Glass + Full Metal Unibody

Display
6.0” FHD Super AMOLED

Camera
16MP PDAF (f1.9) Dual LED Flash Rear + 16MP (f1.9) Front Camera

Processor
1.95GHz Octacore

Network
LTE Cat.6

Memory
6GB RAM + 64GB

microSD Slot (up to 256 GB)

Battery
4,000 mAh

Fast Charging

Dimension
162.9 x 80.7 x 6.9

188 g

Others
USB Type-C

Fingerprint

Dual SIM

AOD

So, the value of the Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro is quite vast. You get a 16MP rear-facing camera with f/1.9 aperture alongside with PDAF and a 16MP front-facing camera which seems to be the same as the Galaxy A7 (2017) that we’ve reviewed here, and massive 6-inch display with 1080 resolution, massive 6GB RAM and 64GB storage. Lastly, there are that massive 4,000mAh to top it all off. Impressive.

However, it’s quite insane for a smartphone to be beyond RM2k these days – especially the Snapdragon 653 chipset that it’s using here. Coupled with a 1.95GHz octa-core processor,  Samsung claims to have a smooth user experience. For its battery life, however, I’m not so sure. But then again, the Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro has Fast charging capability for when you really need a quick juice-up.

Should’ve opted for a Snapdragon 625 instead. Can’t go wrong with FinFET-manufactured chipsets after all. In whichever the case, though, the Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro is wrapped in 2.5D glass and full metal unibody chassis after all, and still retains the always-on display feature.
The Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro will be available in stores nationwide starting from 10th March 2017 onwards at RM 2,299.
They’re available in a few different colors too. You can choose between Black, Gold, and Pink Gold.
I mean, who doesn’t want a gold phone?

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UTHMSTU2019 sets to transform classrooms this 17th and 18th November

The education space has been pretty much the same over the past years. The consumer market has evolved drastically over a few short years with smartphones being deeply integrated with our daily lives. Now, Intel®, together with industry partner SNS Network (M) Sdn Bhd, are going to transform how we learn.
This coming 17th and 18th November 2019 from 9am to 4pm, the Seminar Technology Update (Teknologi Pendidikan Digital) will be held at Dewan Sultan Ibrahim, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia. This event is also known as UTHMSTU2019.

The event will also be officiated by our Minister of Education, YB Dr. Maszlee Bin Malik, and accompanied by relevant education ministers. SNS Network (M) Sdn Bhd’s Managing Director, Mr. Ko Yun Hung will be giving a presentation on ICT solutions.

Both Intel® and industry partner SNS Network (M) Sdn Bhd aim to show how learning can be transformed to be more interactive and effective for the students of the next generation by hosting a diverse array of activities through exhibitors’ showcases. These showcases highlight the usage of ICT solutions in schools.
Currently, it is estimated to have 200x institution representatives attending the event. These institutions range from K12, Higher Education & Technical, and also to Vocational Education and Training.

Through this 2-day event, participants will be exposed to different ICT solutions and how these solutions can help the teachers, lecturers, and coaches to further improve the teaching and learning experience in schools. As technology is already deeply integrated into everyone’s life, the next step is to transform the classrooms too.
To do that, SNS Network (M) Sdn Bhd will be introducing and demonstrating the ideal digital classroom with the JOI® Smart Classroom, presented in the JOI® Smart Truck.

The Smart School Solution that will be shown at UTHMSTU2019 is the flexibility in learning approaches for different environments and settings. As we humans are all unique from one another, a personalized learning method will drastically improve the effectiveness and motivation of how a student learns. It can also encourage more interaction and discussions to further exercise the brain. The Smart Classroom utilizes a personal computer, education software, compliant local area networks, and special access to academic websites.
There will be food trucks ready for participants’ recreation and leisure.

If you are interested to check out the latest developments in the revolution of the classrooms, you can register via this link here: http://bit.ly/kehadiranstu19
If you like to inquire more information about UTHMSTU2019, you can reach out via these channels:

Hotline: 1700-817-616
Whatsapp: http://bit.ly/0129787616
Location: https://goo.gl/maps/VaVVKdNWqgAKApTg6

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Beloved Messenger’s death date

It’s been a long time since I first started using Microsoft’s IM service – I think it was back in 2001? I still remember their main rival was ICQ, but amazingly Microsoft shadowed over ICQ, which remains triumphant until Facebook came out with its messaging feature which really decreased the use of Microsoft’s IM service.

Remember the old MSN Browser? Pretty, but impractical and a total resource hog. Then a few years passed and MSN got renamed to Windows Live Messenger – a part of the entire Live suite, where they changed Hotmail to Live too. Then the logo became this one.

Then a few more years passed and 2013 reached, where its death arrives, which is today. Good bye MSN/Windows Live Messenger. I wanted people to use you more but then now you’re going to die in just a matter of hours, so…

Rest in peace.

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Anker now officially available for Malaysians through Shopee

Introducing, Anker. They’re from the United States and they’re also one of the world’s renowned brands of power banks. It’s now officially available in Malaysia through its official Shopee store.
To commemorate the arrival of Anker to the Malaysian shores, they’re also offering up to 80% off during this 12.12 mega sale. Anker also has products ranging from power banks to even robot vacuum cleaners and portable video projectors now.

This 12.12 sale, Anker is having special price cuts for some of their products as shown below. Also, remember to apply the promo code ANKER1212 to further cut RM15 (minimum spend of RM100) off your order. Only for 12th December, though.

Product
Original Price (RM)
Promo Price (RM)
Discount

ANKER Soundcore Liberty Neo Wireless Earbuds
329.00
199.00
-40%

ANKER PowerCore Select Power Bank 10000mAh
119.00
69.00
-42%

ANKER PowerCore Select PIQ2.0 Fast Charge Power Bank 20000mAh
239.00
139.00
-42%

ANKER PowerLine Apple MFi Lightning Cable (0.9m)
99.00
19.90
-80%

ANKER RoboVac 11S Slim Cleaner
1399.00
899.00
-36%

ANKER Eufy Smart Wireless Digital Bathroom Scale
199.00
159.00
-20%

ANKER PowerDrive 2 2-Port Car Charger + Micro USB Cable (1m)
99.00
35.00
-65%

ANKER PowerDrive 2 Dual USB Car Charger + Lightning Cable (0.9m)
139.00
45.00
-68%

All products bought from the Anker Shopee store is guaranteed 100% authentic with an 18-month warranty. You can also send in your inquiries regarding the warranty to the Anker customer service via Shopee.
To visit the Anker official store on Shopee, click here: https://shopee.com.my/ANKER.os

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The HONOR MagicBook Pro and Watch GS Pro is coming to Malaysia very soon

HONOR Malaysia has confirmed that Malaysians will be one of the very first to receive shipments for the products previously announced during the IFA 2020 keynote.
The particular products in question are the HONOR MagicBook Pro and the HONOR Watch GS Pro where both are built upon the previous experience and enhanced them to better fit their 1+8+N Intelligent Lifestyle ecosystem.

To recap, the enhanced Pro version of the fan-favorite HONOR MagicBook has better horsepower with a better processor, RAM, and storage with a great display while the HONOR Watch GS Pro is built to meet the 14 MIL-STD-810G standards with a 25 days battery.
Click here to find out the rest of the announced products of IFA 2020 and stay tuned to HONOR’s official e-commerce website and information portal at http://hihonor.com/my, or check out the official Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/HonorMY/ for the latest updates on the upcoming products.
P/S: I’m interested to see how the HONOR MagicBook Pro actually feels and performs. It claims to have super quiet fans and using AMD Ryzen 5 4600H processor instead.

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Samsung launches the Galaxy S10+; Galaxy S10; Galaxy S10e

The highly-anticipated smartphone from the blue giants has arrived – the Samsung Galaxy S10 series. Leaks, rumors, and speculations tracing back from months ago has finally come to a conclusion as Samsung just officially launched the brand new series of Samsung Galaxy S10, with 3 smartphones in the series – the Galaxy S10+, the Galaxy S10, and also the Galaxy S10e.
Our initial look at the 3 smartphones is actually pretty accurate. We have the general specs of all the 3 smartphones pretty much on the dot – but we now know even more as the announcement also unveiled the full camera specs of all the 3 smartphones.

Galaxy S10+

Samsung Galaxy S10+
Samsung Galaxy S10
Samsung Galaxy S10e

Display

6.4-inch 19:9 aspect ratio
3040×1440 pixels in resolution
Dynamic AMOLED HDR+
Infinity “O”notched display
Gorilla Glass 6

6.1-inch with 19:9 aspect ratio
3040×1440 pixels in resolution
Dynamic AMOLED HDR+
Infinity “O”notched display
Gorilla Glass 6

5.8-inch with 19:9 aspect ratio
2280×1080 pixels in resolution
Dynamic AMOLED HDR+
Infinity “O”notched display
Gorilla Glass 5

Chipset
Exynos 9820

Max 2.8GHz + 2.4GHz + 1.7GHz

Exynos 9820

Max 2.8GHz + 2.4GHz + 1.7GHz

Exynos 9820

Max 2.8GHz + 2.4GHz + 1.7GHz

RAM
Up to 12GB LPDDR4X
Up to 8GB LPDDR4X
Up to 8GB LPDDR4X

Storage
Up to 1TB
Up to 512GB
Up to 256GB

Rear-facing cameras

Main camera: 12MP f/1.5 or f/2.4 dual aperture, DPAF, OIS
Telephoto: 12MP f/2.4; PDAF, OIS, 2x optical zoom
Ultrawide: 16MP f/2.2 with 123°; fixed focus, 0.5x zoom

Main camera: 12MP f/1.5 or f/2.4 dual aperture; DPAF, OIS
Telephoto: 12MP f/2.4; PDAF, OIS, 2x optical zoom
Ultrawide: 16MP f/2.2 with 123°; fixed focus, 0.5x zoom

Main camera: 12MP f/1.5 or f/2.4 dual aperture; DPAF, OIS
Ultrawide: 16MP f/2.2 with 123°; fixed focus, 0.5x zoom

Selfie camera(s)

Main camera: 10MP f/1.9; DPAF
8MP f/2.2 RGB depth sensor

10MP f/1.9; DPAF
10MP f/1.9; DPAF

Battery
4,100mAh
3,400mAh
3,100mAh

Others

Ultrasonic fingerprint reader
Face recognition

Ultrasonic fingerprint reader
Face recognition

Side-mounted fingerprint reader

Firstly, Samsung has confirmed that these 3 smartphones does indeed have wireless power transfer as well. That means these 3 smartphones can reverse wireless charge other devices – something like what the Mate 20 Pro can do. Though, this feature is advised to be only charging the wireless earphones like the Galaxy Buds, which was also announced here.
Samsung Galaxy S10 Ceramic
Also, I’ve never thought of saying this – but the audio jack is now an additional feature instead of something that we find on all smartphones. Luckily for all of us, all 3 smartphones from the Samsung Galaxy S10 series has a 3.5mm audio jack!
Another thing that Samsung revealed is the use of an ultrasonic fingerprint reader which was first shown during SDC in October last year, is also found in both the Galaxy S10 and the Galaxy S10+.

Moreover, the Samsung Galaxy S10 series has done away with the depth sensor in favor of ultrawide and telephoto cameras. The inclusion of both ultrawide and telephoto cameras means that everyone can take pictures with high amount of flexibility.
The Samsung Galaxy S10+ also has an additional RGB depth sensor for the selfie camera which enables additional selfie effects. We’ll have to try for ourselves before commenting on this feature. I’m personally most interested in the HDR10+ video recording capabilities. This is the first ever smartphone can record HDR10+.
The Galaxy S10 series is available in these RAM and storage configurations with these color options.

RAM and storage configurations
Colors

Samsung Galaxy S10+
6GB RAM + 128GB storage
Prism White

Prism Green

Prism Black

8GB RAM + 512GB storage
Prism White

Prism Green

Prism Black

12GB RAM + 1TB storage
Luxurious Ceramic Black

Luxurious Ceramic White

Samsung Galaxy S10
6GB RAM + 128GB storage
Prism White

Prism Green

Prism Black

8GB RAM + 512GB storage
Prism White

Prism Green

Prism Black

Samsung Galaxy S10e
6GB RAM + 128GB storage
Prism White

Prism Green

Prism Black

8GB RAM + 512GB storage
Prism White

Prism Green

Prism Black

As for the local Malaysian availability of specs and price, click here!

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The BlackShark 3S will be available on September 8; Starts at RM3199

The new and updated Xiaomi BlackShark 3S is finally arriving in Malaysia. Featuring more powerful hardware than the original BlackShark 3, I wouldn’t say it is overkilled if a stutter less gameplay can be guaranteed, especially they are one of the competitors trying to push the boundaries of gaming smartphones even further every single year.
Anyways, let’s start off with the updated specs of this monstrous device.

6.67-inch AMOLED screen

120Hz refresh rate
1080p resolution

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset
LPDDR5 12GB RAM
Up to UFS3.1 256GB storage
Triple rear-facing cameras

Main: 64MP f/1.8 with PDAF
Ultra-wide angle: 13MP f/2.3
Depth sensor

20MP f/2.2 selfie camera
4,729mAh battery

65W Fast Charging
18W Magnetic Charging

Xiaomi is also introducing the BlackShark Game Triggers that uses OMRON micro switches for the clicky and responsive feedback which is pretty nice especially for shooting game players. Major Android and iOS devices are supported so its not a BlackShark exclusive, that’s pretty cool too.
Finger… socks??

I know, gaming on a touchscreen is always scraping away your skin which feels incredibly painful after an exhaustive session. So Xiaomi made this to protect them I guess. Reportedly, it is anti-sweat and comfortable to wear without disrupting the touchscreen response, I doubt this thing would be super popular though.
Act fast, free Shark Carry case for the first 50 customers

The BlackShark 3S is priced at either RM3199 or RM3499 depending on the storage configuration. But no matter which model you buy, the first 50 customers are going to get a Shark Carry Case, the Fun Cooler, 1-year screen protection, RM100 vouchers, and some mysterious goodies. If you’re not rushing or doesn’t care about the carry case, you can opt-in for the Gamepad 2.0 Left and Holder 3.0 instead.
Meanwhile, the BlackShark Game Triggers is priced at RM89 and all of these will be available starting September 8 exclusively on Shopee.

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Review – HONOR 20 Lite: Triple camera fun

HONOR, in a global scale, is going through a big change. We saw their magnificent HONOR View20 – which we loved – is selling like hotcakes. As for the mid-range segment, we have the HONOR 8X, the HONOR 10 Lite, and now with the HONOR 20 Lite. It is also known as the HONOR 10i in certain countries. Names aside, we’re calling it the HONOR 20 Lite in Malaysia.
How does the HONOR 20 Lite perform and compete in the dense mid-ranger smartphone market? Let’s find out in this in-depth review.

Unboxing
The HONOR 20 Lite comes with the same packaging color scheme as the HONOR 10 Lite – but of course, it now has the new updated HONOR logo and font as well.

At the back we have no specs list and again, certifications are laid on a row there. Also again, the TÜV Rheinland certification is there as well.

Inside our review unit, we found the charger, a microSD cable, and also the HONOR 20 Lite itself – with a screen protector pre-installed. We were told that there will be a TPU case included in the retail package.

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The all new HONOR 20 Lite actually looks and feels quite similarly to the 10 Lite. I still like its super lightweight body, the comfortable curved edges from the back which makes it extremely pleasant to hold. If you held the Xiaomi Mi A2 before, then you know exactly what I mean here.

Then comes the fancy back design of their phones. Like any other HONOR smartphones, the back of the HONOR 20 Lite now comes with the beautiful reflections that we have seen on the HONOR 8 and also the HONOR 10 Lite – but with a twist.

Introducing the Phantom Blue color. Underneath the mesmerizing reflections, the HONOR 20 Lite now comes with a gradient color from purple at the bottom to blue at the top. This creates a really beautiful color, by the way.
The HONOR 20 Lite also comes in Phantom Red color as well whereby the color gradient is from purple to red.

But then again, with beautiful reflections come ugly lint and fingerprints. The HONOR 20 Lite is just a fingerprint magnet. All my pocket lint will be stuck around the perimeter of the camera – which I don’t even bother cleaning.
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With most of the other smartphones around this price range, the HONOR 20 Lite does not have 5GHz AC WiFi support. Not exactly a problem given that 2.4GHz does indeed have better range.

The overall ports of the phone is pretty much the same comparing with the HONOR 10 Lite. Starting off with the right side, we have the volume rocker and also the power button.

At the left side we have nothing at all. It’s extremely shiny when looked from the left side, though.

The top is where we’ll find the the secondary microphone and also the card tray. Once again it is showing similarities with the HONOR 10 Lite as it has a nano SIM + hybrid slot.

At the bottom of the HONOR 20 Lite is where we’ll find the 3.5mm audio jack, micro USB port, and also the speaker grill. Nothing extra and nothing short of what we’re used to.
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The new HONOR 20 Lite comes with the exact same display as the HONOR 10 Lite too. A 6.21-inch display with a waterdrop notch and 2340×1080 pixels in resolution.

They both have the same display technologies too – with the COF technology to hide the display driver under the display itself, even has the same bezels and waterdrop notch.
The display is once again really saturated – especially when looking at the home screen and the wallpaper.
Like the HONOR 10 Lite, the reds on this display is once again, much punchier than the greens and blues.
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This is HONOR’s first ever smartphone with a triple rear-facing camera setup. It is quite interesting to see that because of how mid-range smartphones get refreshed faster, they always get the new features first. The HONOR 20 Lite is no different here.
The HONOR 20 Lite comes with these cameras:

Triple rear-facing cameras (top to bottom)

Ultrawide: 8MP f/2.2 fixed focus
Main: 24MP f/1.8 with PDAF
Depth sensor: 2MP f/2.4

Selfie camera

32MP f/2.0 fixed focus

As always, click here to visit our full album at Shutterfly with the full resolution images alongside all the metadata. Though, the metadata on our HONOR 20 Lite is unusable gibberish.
Rear-facing cameras
Let’s start off with our usual places to take pictures. Once again, the camera in bright light condition is great, and turning on the AI mode does improve the dynamic range.
Without AI.
With AI.
Now, the HONOR 20 Lite also comes with an ultrawide angle camera – which is new. The same logic applies here – AI has a better dynamic range but the ultrawide angle camera itself does have a smaller aperture.
Without AI.
With AI.
Then we had some fun and take some other shots around the deck. I am honestly, quite impressed by the camera overall. Though the ultrawide camera does have a different color profile.

Also do take note that the ultrawide camera has a fixed focus of about half 100cm.
Main camera focuses and takes very good pictures.
Ultrawide angle camera is darker and has a fixed focus, hence the plant at the back is sharper.
HONOR also automatically fixes the ultrawide angle camera distortion by default. What you see on the ultrawide angle camera is not what you get – so bear that in mind. There is no option to disable this fix for fisheye lens distortion. Some people actually prefer the fisheye lens distortion for a more artistic feel – but no luck with that here.
Distortion is automatically fixed.
Then comes the night mode. Yes, this is a mid-range smartphone that comes with the long exposure night shot as well. This decreases the megapixel count to 8MP, but the results are impressive.
Without night mode.
With night mode.
Without night mode.
With night mode.
Selfie camera
In terms of the selfie camera, the HONOR 20 Lite can some pretty decent selfie. I have to highlight again that I’m not really a fan of selfies to begin with.

Camera UI
The overall camera UI itself did not change much compared to any other HONOR smartphones in the market, honestly. The only big difference here is the button to swap between the main camera and the ultrawide angle camera.

The position of this button could’ve been better as placing it at the side makes it quite difficult to reach. Once again, the camera UI shows the fisheye lens distortion but the software automatically fixes it when the picture is taken.
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It dawned upon me as weird when I realized that the HONOR View20 that we love so much is using Magic UI. We thought moving forward, all of the HONOR smartphones will be using Magic UI instead of EMUI. But we’re wrong – the HONOR 20 Lite comes with EMUI 9 instead.

It’s using the same software as the HONOR 10 Lite and I’m once again drawing the similarities here. There’s nothing wrong with EMUI in general – but at this point of time, I’d say that it’s nothing special too. Functionally, EMUI works and it works pretty good too. Aesthetically, maybe a little outdated – especially with the lack of a system-wide dark mode.

The usual batter saving features are here as well, and surprise, surprise – the HONOR 20 Lite does have a performance mode option here. Does it actually make a difference? Let’s move on to the next section to find out.
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The HONOR 20 Lite has a tradeoff in terms of specs compared to the 10 Lite. Though the core specs are the same, the HONOR 20 Lite’s RAM and storage configurations have been bumped up. The specs are as such:

6.21-inch IPS LCD display with 2340×1080 pixels in resolution

Waterdrop notch

HiSilicon Kirin 710 chipset

4x 2.2GHz Cortex-A73 + 4x 1.7GHz Cortex-A53
Mali-G51 MP4 quad-core GPU

4GB RAM
128GB eMMC 5.1 storage
3,400mAh battery
Android 9.0 Pie with EMUI 9.0.1 (comes with GPU Turbo 2.0)

With such similar specs, we expect the benchmarks to be more or less the same as well – given that more RAM does indeed help in certain benchmarks and in multitasking.

Not sure if it’s more RAM or EMUI has been optimized further to run better on the Kirin 710 chipset, but I do realize that some of the benchmarks do indeed run better.
Obviously with more RAM, you do get better multitasking capability as well. In day-to-day usage, that 4GB RAM is actually adequate for most users.
The HONOR 20 Lite also comes with performance mode which can be enabled in the battery settings menu – like the HONOR View20. We also did a comparison benchmark with performance mode turned off and on to measure how much of a performance boost we are taking about – but it’s not that much.

We suggest to turn off the performance mode instead.
Gaming
Honestly, no difference with the HONOR 10 Lite or the HONOR 8X. However as mentioned earlier, the HONOR 20 Lite does come with performance mode. We are going to use it to test the gaming prowess of this phone.
Honkai Impact 3 runs fine at highest settings at 30FPS. Once again, if God Kiana is involved, then please lower the graphical settings as the Kirin 710 found in the HONOR 20 Lite just can’t keep up.

Asphalt 9 runs fine at the highest graphical settings too – so no issues on that. I’m honestly impressed by how smooth the gameplay is, actually.
Then comes PUBG Mobile. Balanced graphics at high frame rate with anti-aliasing turned off is all it can do, and I can actually enjoy the game quite well on the HONOR 20 Lite.
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The HONOR 20 Lite comes with a 3,400mAh battery – which is pretty adequate given that the Kirin 710 is pretty power efficient to begin with. With that said, the HONOR 10 Lite can still last nearly 11 hours in our standard battery test.

Still, if you are thrifty with the battery, it can last for the whole day.
Charger

The HONOR 20 Lite does come bundled with a 5V 2A charger to charge its 3,400mAh battery. Once again, pretty standard.

It takes about 33 minutes to reach 50% battery charge and 57 minutes to reach 75% battery charge.
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The HONOR 20 Lite, to me, feels the HONOR 10 Lite with more RAM and storage, and have another additional ultrawide camera.
That makes the HONOR 20 Lite unique in its own way. Mesmerizing back, beautiful display with triple rear-facing camera, pretty powerful hardware and lots of storage too.

Considering everything that it offers, the price of RM949 is actually justifiable. It’s definitely not the cheapest mid-range smartphone in the market right now, but the most feature-packed in terms of camera. I think it’s a unique proposition.

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Review – Plextor M9PeY PCIe NVMe SSD

There comes a time where NVMe SSDs are simple add-on cards that plug into the PCIe slot. Then thermals come into play, and that means heatsinks are needed. As it time goes by, the heatsink designs evolve to look good too. Then, the uprising of flashy RGB systems last year happened. The Plextor M9PeY is the culmination of those things, and it’s the pinnacle of Plextor’s SSDs.
Following the trend of the M8Se family of NVMe SSDs from last year, the M9PeY also has a total of 3 members in the family – a PCIe version, an M.2 version with a heatsink, and also another M.2 without the heatsink.

Let’s take a deep dive to see what the Plextor M9PeY truly offers. The one we have here is 512GB in capacity.
Unboxing

Funny enough, the box itself has a look that reminds me of Transformers where the image is zoomed into its left eye. The Plextor M9PeY’s packaging shows a fan-like eye with blades and with a multicolored gradient, starting from red on the left all the way till blue on the right. Even the M9Pe lexicons are in bright colors.
Also, there are a few feature highlights at the front of the packaging including “colorful RGB fusion” on for the M9PeY.

At the back of the packaging lists out the specs of the Plextor M9PeY and also what’s included in the box itself. Again, the one we have here is 512GB in capacity.

Opening up the box reveals yet another box. Opening the other box reveals a user manual on how to install the Plextor M9PeY. Underneath the user manual is the hard plastic shell that holds the Plextor M9PeY itself alongside with a half-height bracket and a screw.

Design
Plextor boasts that the Plextor M9PeY comes with an “advanced heat sink design” and by the pure looks of it, it’s pretty aerodynamic. When viewed from the top, the protruding fins is similar to what you’ll find on BMW’s M-series of vehicles’ shark fin when slicing the air at high speed. The protrusion of these fins also increases the surface area, hence better cooling.
We’ll see how the heatsink helps during our test later.

In contrast with Plextor’s M8Se from a year ago, the M9PeY now has the Plextor logo in red instead.
While looking from the side, the Plextor M9PeY has its width taper off as it approaches the right side. Of course, here’s where the magical color happens too. See that translucent strip? That’s where the RGB light will shine through.

The RGB lighting cycles through all of the color with a smooth transition when idling, and goes psychedelic when there are read/write operations. Not sure why, but that’s how the Plextor M9PeY behaves.
The Plextor M9PeY cycles through the color wheel when idle.
As of now, there is no way to control the RGB LED yet. The latest firmware update changelog states that it adds compatibility to the upcoming PlexTool that will come soon. Perhaps the Plextor M9PeY’s RGB can be controlled through the PlexTool upcoming? The new PlexTool has yet to be released by Plextor as the time of publishing this review.
The Plextor M9PeY while under load.
Plextor also included the half-height bracket which can be swapped by removing 2 screws from the back of the card.
Speaking of the back, the Plextor M9PeY comes with a blacked out color scheme – the heatsink and the PCB are black, with the Plextor logo in off-white color and printed at the corner.
Specs
The specifications vary between capacity to capacity – and the one we have here is the 512GB variant.

Performance

Sequential Read Speed*
Up to 3,200 MB/s

Sequential Write Speed*
Up to 2,000 MB/s

Random Read Speed*
Up to 340,000 IOPS

Random Write Speed*
Up to 280,000 IOPS

Environment and Reliability

Power Requirement
DC 12V 1.0A (Max.) at PCIe Slot

Temperature
0°C ~ 70°C / 32°F ~ 158°F (Operating)

Shock
1500G (Max.) , at 1 msec half-sine

MTBF
>1,500,000 Hours

Endurance (TBW)
320

Warranty
5 years

Compatibility

Operating System Supported
Microsoft Windows 8.1, 10/ Linux OS

Agency Approval
UL, TUV, FCC, CE, BSMI, VCCI, RCM, KCC, EAC, ROHS, WHQL

Command Set Support
TRIM, S.M.A.R.T, IO queue, NVMe command

Interface
M.2 PCIe Gen 3 x4 with NVM Express

Firmware Upgrade
Supported

Form Factor and Connectors

Form Factor
Standardized PCl Express Card with Half-Height/Half-Length

Power Connector
DC 12V PCI Express Slot

Data Connector
PCI Express Slot

Dimension and Weight

Dimension (L/W/H)
176.33 X 121.04 X 22.39 mm / 6.94 X 4.77 X 0.88 inch

Weight (Max.)
200g / 7.05oz

Package Contents

Drive
256GB / 512GB / 1TB SSD

Accessory
Half-Height Bracket

Documents
Quick Installation Guide

Testing Setup

Test hardware configuration

CPU Cooler
Noctua NH-D15

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 1700

GPU
Palit GeForce GTX 1080 GameRock

Motherboard
ASRock Fatal1ty X370 Gaming K4

Memory
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 16GB

Primary Hard Drive
Plextor M8SeGN

Power Supply
Cooler Master MasterWatt 750

Chassis
Sharkoon BW9000-W

Fans
Noctua NF-F12

Benchmarks
Plextor claims that the M9PeY has a maximum sequential read speed of up to 3,200MB/s and the sequential write speed of up to 2,000MB/s. That’s an impressively high number and about 1,000MB/s faster in both read and write speeds compared to the M8Se from a year ago.
According to the results I got from CrystalDiskMark, the speeds were actually higher than the speeds stated. That raised my eyebrows high.

Using ATTO, the Plextor M9PeY proved itself once again that it is speedy by scoring an impressive 2GB/s write speed when it reached >256kB file size. The read speeds however, skyrocketed to 3GB/s once it reached >256kB file size.

On Anvil’s Storage Utilities benchmark, the Plextor M9PeY is still able to score 2.6GB/s on sequential 4MB writes but only about 650MB/s in sequential 4MB writes.

Lastly, AS SSD benchmark shows that the Plextor M9PeY can still perform well while bombarded with incompressible data.

Real use case scenario
I’ve been editing many video these days and usually I’m using this Pendrive M.2 SATA III SSD as my project host drive and also my cache drive. The video that we take are from a total of 2 different DSLRs, hence I do need a really speedy drive to scrub through the footage smoothly.
I’m glad to say that the Plextor M9PeY manages to deliver this without a hitch. While editing the an intense video using this speedy SSD, I have zero complaints about the scrubbing lag. It is as if I have forgotten about the issue and it didn’t exist at all.
Temperature test
Last year, we did mention that temperatures of NVMe SSDs can rise to the point where it needs to thermal throttle itself to prevent any damage. This is particularly true for M.2 NVMe SSDs and we’ve also showed how to prevent it from happening. As for the Plextor M9PeY, it has all the components on the card moved away from any major heat-producing component and has a large heatsink slapped on it.
This is where the Plextor M9PeY shines – literally. While it’s in psychedelic mode under our synthetic load stress to ramp up the temperature, it only raised 10°C – from its idling 36°C to a measly 46°C. According to its specs sheet, the M9PeY’s thermal limit is at 70°C so there is quite a lot of thermal headroom here.
Wrapping up the Plextor M9PeY review
The Plextor M9PeY that we have here has the capacity of 512GB and it’s priced at USD $285. Doing some quick maths like Big Shaq reveals that it only costs about USD $0.5566 per gigabyte. That translates to about ~RM2.17 per gigabyte. Of course, the higher capacity NVMe SSD is thanks to Toshiba’s 64-layer NAND flash technology.
Compared to the M8Se from last year, the brand new Plextor M9Se series is just better in every single way. It now has RGB lighting, it’s much faster, and most important of all – it is available at a much cheaper price.
Though, the RGB lighting is still uncontrollable at this point. We’ll just have to wait for Plextor to release a brand new PlexTool that supports RGB control for the M9PeY.

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Honor Malaysia Reaches Out To Hadi & Farah; Sponsors Honor 8X

Wedding is supposed to be a once-in-a-lifetime event and meant to be as special as it can be. People spend thousands to hire photographers and videographers to create the most beautiful video to immortalize this special day – but Hadi & Farah had a big problem with their wedding video. For the past few days, Malaysians all over had been sharing this particular video on social media.

The video had quite a lot of issues. A few things that many people pointed out. First of all is the music choice, where a song about breakup is chosen, then a Metallica track, and lastly, Evanescence’s My Immortal.

Seriously though, it’s a wedding video – why would Christina Perri’s Jar Of Hearts be chosen? Many comments were also made about the 3D objects imposed on the video and the blurring effect that was wonky at best and also overused.

The post was originally posted by Farah, the bride, and the post went viral.

Honor Malaysia is quick to respond to this debacle that went viral by offering Hadi & Farah to get in contact with Honor Malaysia because Honor Malaysia wants to give them a brand new Honor 8X smartphone.
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Hadi & Farah has gotten in contact with Honor Malaysia and they’ve also conversed via Facebook. Farah also shared her thoughts about the whole incident here.
The Honor 8X is still not officially released in Malaysia yet – but it’s coming soon. We think that Honor Malaysia’s quick response to this incident and taking the extra mile to make the couple happy is a good marketing stunt and it’s just wholesome in general.

Let’s hope that Hadi & Farah is able to obtain the raw video footages of their wedding so that they can edit it for themselves or find another 3rd party company to do it for them. We already saw some good samaritans volunteering to edit for them.
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Shopee will be screening KCON:TACT 2020 Summer concert for the first time

Shopee has announced that they are partnering with Asia’s leading entertainment and lifestyle company CJ ENM to bring KCON:TACT 2020, the world’s largest Korean culture festival, online for the first time.
KCON is a highly-anticipated annual event for Kpop fans around the world and 2020 is the 9th year of the ultimate Korean culture fan experience that goes online for the first time in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, with Shopee as the official live stream partner for the KCON:TACT 2020 Summer concert and is free for all users to watch.

The festival will kick off starting 10 June that aims to meet the growing demand for online entertainment amid social distancing measures in the region. Popular Kpop groups will also make special appearances on Shopee Live, while Shopee users can enjoy daily Kpop themed streams and challenges.

On 10 Jun 8 p.m. WSJN will lead the stream while Weki Meki’s turn will be on 15 Jun 8 p.
Stay tuned for more updates on KCON:TACT 2020 Summer and Shopee Live Kpop Fest at https://shopee.com.my/m/live-kpopfest-2020

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OnePlus 2 summary; will be in Malaysia soon

It’s probably the phone we deserve, and definitely the one (Two, actually) that we need right now. And we’ll hunt it. Because OnePlus can take it. But they’re our hero. OnePlus is a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A flagship killer – 2016 it is, killing 2015 flagships are too mainstream apparently.
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It should be noted that Maxis – the one who is in charge of bringing in the OnePlus One to Malaysia – tweeted out saying that they’ll be bringing the OnePlus 2 soon, though by invitation only.

The phone itself got a major improvement in the design department. It’s much more beautiful now, has better flushed looks and even the build quality is improved – that means a magnesium-aluminium alloy rim around the side and no reflective metal like it was on the OnePlus One.
Now it carries some extreme hardware upgrades too.

64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 octa-core processor running at 1.8GHz
Adreno 430 graphics
LPDDR4 RAM
5.5-inch 1080p IPS display
Oxygen OS based on Android 5.1 Lollipop
13MP rear-facing camera with 6-lenses, optical image stabilization, larger CMOS pixel sensors, with laser focus
5MP front-facing camera
USB type-C
3,300mAh lithium polymer (LiPo) battery
Touch-based fingerprint sensor
Dual 4G nano SIM
Customizable capacitive keys
Alert slider

The thing I like the most on this phone is the laser focusing system on the flush designed rear camera with OIS. That’s not an easy task to do – look at Apple’s iPhones and Samsung’s flagships – their cameras just bulge out and stick out like a red painted sore thumb in a sea of blueness!

There are however a few things to be noted – the OnePlus 2 does not have these things : 1) NFC; 2) Qualcomm Quick Charging; and 3) wireless charging. Though I don’t really bother all these features much, but it’s definitely really nice to have – especially NFC.

The Alert Slider is definitely the first of its kind. In Lollipop, you can select your notifications to be completely turned on, off, or in partial mode – depending on what type of notification it is. To change the modes however is tedious – typically you’ll have to press any of the volume button and press it on the screen. OnePlus 2 offers a physical switch to change it directly.
Holy OMG this is excellent!
There is a little issue – OnePlus offers their new flagship killer at a surprising USD $329 (approx. RM1,250.63) for 16GB storage and 3GB RAM, and another version of USD $389 (approx. RM1,478.71) for 64GB storage with 4GB RAM. I’d really hoped that USD $329 version would have been at least 32GB though – but sadly not. Though that extra $60 means a complete upgrade to 64GB storage and another extra gig of RAM.

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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip teardown reveals glass

When the first video came out, everyone was messaging me with the same message. “Have you seen the teardown yet? It says that the Galaxy Z Flip is not using glass!” And I’ve been saying the same thing – the Galaxy Z Flip has a protective polymer layer on top, and that durability test is testing that polymer layer instead. Samsung already mentioned that polymer layer, by the way.
And then comes Jerry Rig Everything. Well-known for his durability tests – particularly since the days of bending iPhone 6, made a name for himself in testing phones’ durability.

I looked up to him on many of his tests, but the Galaxy Z Flip durability test is filled with misinformation. Jumping into conclusion and calling it “fake glass” is literally fake news.

I know he’s testing the polymer layer. A lot of people who know its polymer on top of glass, started pinging Jerry Rig Everything on Twitter and telling him the situation.
And after two days of misinformation, Jerry Rig Everything finally posted a video clarifying that he did indeed find glass.

So yes, calm down – there is a layer of ultra-thin glass as advertised, but it’s just not what we’re touching. There is still a layer of polymer on top. Ripping out the polymer layer like this will indeed shatter the thin layer of glass, which is expected since thinner glass has lower strength. We presume there’s a special solvent to either dissolve or soften the polymer layer.
Comparing the Galaxy Fold with the Galaxy Z Flip.
The thing I’m trying to say here is simple – don’t jump into conclusions. It will only spread misinformation.

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HTC One S Launches In Malaysia 15th June.

The HTC One S is launching in Malaysia on 15th June and we will be covering the event.
Granted, HTC is having a rough ride in 2012. That said, the HTC One S might be an interesting device for an open market segment.
What do you hope to see in the HTC One S?
Share with us your thoughts.

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Apple still leads true wireless earbuds market

As the world move towards wireless audio, the new question is “which true wireless earbuds are the best?” and unsurprisingly, Apple still takes the lead. But the gap between Apple and the other brands is huge.
Apple launched the original AirPods and axed the headphone jack, sending ripples to other brands to follow suit. That kickstarted the industry of true wireless earbuds and with Apple’s branding on it, we still refer to the AirPods as the “golden class” of true wireless earbuds.

This is an imitation AirPods, by the way.
According to Yonhap News Agency, Apple holds a total of 54.4% of the entire true wireless earbuds market.7 million units of the AirPods – putting them in the number 1 spot.
As for number 2, it’s Xiaomi. Technically, there’s no surprise since Xiaomi does make a lot of products and they have multiple different true wireless earbuds in the market at affordable prices, as we have talked about here. And that’s only for Malaysia alone. The Redmi AirDots (review) is still one of the best-selling budget true wireless earbuds.
Xiaomi shipped a total of 9.1 million units of true wireless earbuds, holding an 8.5% market share. We’re not sure if the data shown here is inclusive of other Xiaomi-related companies like the Haylou.

Number 3 on the list here is Samsung. It is reported that Samsung sold 7.4 million units of the Galaxy Buds (review) – and remember, that is the only true wireless earbuds that the company has. This earned Samsung 6.9% market share.
Without a doubt, there are lots of copycats too, as we have talked about here. Some companies are also blatantly copying Apple’s design – which we shall not name here because you can already see it with your own eyes.

This data just goes to show that Apple doesn’t need any sort of heavy marketing or noise around its products to sell extremely well. They still dominate the market by a wide margin.

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Digital classroom experience now more accessible thanks to HP’s Chromebook x360 11 G3 great affordability

HP Malaysia has officially brought in the new Chromebook x360 11 G3 to elevate the digital classroom experience of our country.

The Chromebook x360 11 G3 is designed to be purely educational use that helps students and teachers to stay connected and productive in the midst of the pandemic. As a result of COVID-19 causing drastic economical crashes, the new device is made to be easily affordable while armed with features that typically only appeared in high-end devices such as touch-enabled display and pen support to make sure the education sector continues to move forward without hindrance.
The starting specs, however, are somewhat lackluster and can’t really be considered as a machine dedicated to the highest level of productivity. But if you have any reason to gatekeep a machine’s performance and low cost is also part of your priority, it’ll tick most of your boxes for a Chromebook easily.

Intel Celeron N4010 with UHD Graphics
4GB LPDDR4 2400MHz RAM
32GB eMMC Storage
11.6-inch 720p IPS Convertible Display with Touch
2x USB-C 3.1 Gen 1, 2x USB-A 3.1 Gen 1, Universal Audio Combo Port
720p Webcam
Bluetooth 5.0
47WHr Battery

Pricing and Limited Time Discount
Starting at a base price of RM1,499, HP Malaysia is currently hosting an offer for the Chromebook x360 11 G3 that cuts RM200 off and dropping it down to RM1,299 at 3 available platforms which are Lazada, Shopee, and HP Online Store. For even better accessibility, installments are also provided to ease the pressure of buying it whole upfront.

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PSA : Brought down by haze? Cheer up with some hashtags!

Well yes, Facebook just launched their new hashtag system since – oh, I don’t know – the world spammed Facebook updates with hashtags?

And we all know how horrible the haze in Malaysia and Singapore is, especially the southern area. Even I woke up with the smell of haze and had to literally go through days with haze filling my lungs whilst in my bedroom. Then I though – why not have some fun with hashtags? Before that, here’s a song dedicated to everyone.

I can only think of the three main social media sites for hashtags fiesta – Twitter, Instagram, and the new Facebook. Surprising? Apparently there’s also a hashtag search on Facebook, which I tried it out while searching for #haze.
Here are some on Facebook.
Spreading the message of school closure, happiness everywhere!
Some businesses uses the opportunity to promote products.
Hey, even myBurgerLab made a PSA, telling you to best takeaway instead of sniffing the haze at their store.
Indonesia, Y U NO INVITE?
Speaking from a non-smoker, it’s sad we have to suffer through the haze AND the smokers.
As usual, Twitter has some very serious tweets about the haze too. Seems like everyone is concerned.
Best way to learn is to experience it yourself, don’t you agree?
But oh –  some DJ had a performance at a nightclub called Haze in Las Vegas too, who tweeted with the hashtag #haze.
A little misleading…
Then again, it doesn’t stop anyone from having jokes about the current hazy situation.
Natural Instagram filter? Only in Malaysia and Singapore!
Which then brings me to Instagram…
That’s #nofilter alright…
We know how horrible the haze is in Malaysia and Singapore. The air is horrible as it smells like your modem just got struck by lightning. Pictures look as though they’re back in the 50’s but with fading and washed out colour. The most horrible feeling is that we all feel sick and heaty! We just have to endure a little longer until the air is better to be sniffed again.
Stay safe, and drink lots of water!

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Transcend announces new M.2 SSDs

M.2 SSDs are relatively new, albeit its first debut was several ears ago. With the current momentum on both desktops and laptops opting for M.2 SSDs for smaller form factors and sleeker rigs, everyone wants to be in the M.2 scene these days – and that’s where Transcend’s MTS series of SSDs comes in.
There’s 3 different models of the SSD, MTS400, MTS600, and the MTS 800. Each of them utilizes the SATA III bus, which has a max speed of 6Gb/s. The only prominent difference here is the size itself, as the MTS400 is the shortest and the MTS800 is the longest. Each of them can go up to 560MB/s read and 460MB/s write speed, except for the MTS600 where their website states it goes only up to 550MB/s reads and 46MB/s writes. Might be a typo there, but that 10MB/s is quite negligible at such speeds.

All these SSDs are available in different capacities, with the MTS800 available in 32GB~1TB capacities, two other Transcend’s MTS400 and MTS600 M.2 SSD models are also available in 32GB~512GB. All the MTS series are backed by Transcend’s Three-year Limited Warranty.
Check these SSDs out here at this link!

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Malaysians are increasingly dependent on e-commerce platforms for their daily necessities, says Shopee

The latest data from Shopee reveals that Malaysian is favoring e-commerce more than ever to get the daily necessities on a regular basis.

Taken from the data set between June 202 to January 2022, Shopee analyzed the month-end payday shopping trends to find out how Malaysians spend their paycheque. Needless to say, consumables like MILO, instant noodles, biscuit, sambal, and cereal in addition to other stuff like toilet rolls, diapers among others are consistently appearing in the top 20
most purchased items while mobile and fuel prepaid top-up vouchers are climbing their way up the leaderboard as well. For those with a bit more budget to spend, Malaysian shoppers also took the chance to browse through home appliances, smart gadgets, accessories, beauty, and health products. Last but not least, shoppers around Kelantan, Pahang, and Putrajaya are the ones who acquire face masks the most frequently through Shopee.
Therefore, Shopee’s Feb 25 PayDay Sale will be around until tomorrow that includes bonuses like free shipping with minimum RM5 spend, daily Shocking Sale for extremely low-priced goodies, Shopee Coins cashback, and more. Launch the Shopee app on your smartphone or go through the website on your PC or laptop to start shopping before it ends.

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Motorola to make right-sized phones

Motorola’s design chief, Jim Wicks, just said that the company’s new batch of devices will have the ‘just-right’ size of phones, not the large phones a la the large Huawei Ascend Mate.

As said by Wicks, “Certain people like a large screen, but there’s a sweet spot for consumers that we’re currently exceeding in the market. There are some people that like a big display, but there’s also a lot of people that want something that’s just about right.”
I would gladly love a phone with just the right size, and Motorola said that their future phones will have the pure Android experience – finally fulfilling the Google prophecy since its acquisition.
This phone might actually just be the hints to the new Motorola Phone X that we covered earlier, and I’m feeling quite impressed already.
Source : PC Mag

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Comic Fiesta 2015 – Konami’s Sound Voltex & MÚSECA

Konami together with Exit Tunes brought their two famous arcade games to Comic Fiesta 2015. The latest Sound Voltex III – Gravity Wars and MÚSECA.

Credit: Raymond Choo BY-NC-ND

Particularly, Sound Voltex has been a dream for Malaysian rhythm game players to play it locally. The nearest unit available is in Singapore and it has been a few while that people has been saying that there was no arcade in Malaysia that had the budget to bring them in. Just on the event day, Cobay announced that they are the ones who are bringing in the two machines over.
Credit: Raymond ChooBY-NC-ND

Konami bringing it to Comic Fiesta 2015 was unannounced until the day itself. Together in the Konami booth, the famous composer DJ Yoshitaka was with the players to introduce the machines to Malaysian fans. DJ Yoshitaka is the major composer for various Konami arcade rhythm game such as Beatmania IIDX, Dance Dance Revolution, Jubeat and others. You might recognize his most famous song, FLOWER which is almost on all of Konami’s arcade machine and even on Sega’s Mai Mai.

The machines are available from 21 DEC 2015 to 3 JAN 2015 at Cobay in Berjaya Times Square(6th Floor) for location test purposes. The fate of the machine after the test period is up to the performance of those machines. So far, it has been reported that there are almost 40 plays per day since the test period began.
Do come and drop by the arcade to show your support!

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Review – OnePlus 11: Return to form

Welcome to our in-depth review of the new OnePlus 11. I am looking forward to doing this review, actually. OnePlus starts the year strong with this phone as I think it will be a strong contender and most probably will be one of my favorites of 2023.
Also, we’ve updated our review standard too. We now cover a total of 7 things in total – the addition being a proper charging speed analysis. We have updated the charging speed analysis to log the battery level down to its exact voltage level and also the temperature. For higher-end phones, we’ll also have the 8th section called miscellaneous where we go through some features that are worth highlighting like USB, HDMI output via USB-C, IR blaster, and all those fancy stuff.

So, let’s begin.

Design
Let’s start off with the design of this phone. It’s actually very similar to the OnePlus 10. It still has that curved edge design and if you realized, we have the alert slider once more. The same camera cutout though the OnePlus 11 is a bit thicker and has this single big circular glass covering all of the camera lenses.

The OnePlus 11 comes in two colors – the Titan Black which has a rough texture, and the Eternal Green that we have here. I don’t know how to tell you about it but it’s definitely a mix between grey and green. However, I’m not a fan of the glossy glass finish.

Screen
Let’s talk about the screens now. The OnePlus 11 comes with a 6.7-inch screen with a maximum 120Hz refresh rate and has a maximum resolution of 3216×1440 – but for whatever reason, the phone uses the 2412×1080 pixel resolution by default. Remember to head into the settings menu to change this option when you unbox it.

It is an LTPO display which means it can lower its refresh rate to save battery, and also has both Dolby Vision Support and boasts Dual “Reality” Speakers with Dolby Atmos support alongside HDR 10+ Certification Support.
We recorded a bunch of stuff – including a speaker test – in the video. Do watch the video at the top of this review.
That aside, we used our colorimeter to do our usual color accuracy test. It can achieve 99.83% of sRGB and 98.9% of DCI-P3 color gamuts but the maximum Delta E is rather high, at 3.04.

Then for the maximum brightness, it can reach nearly 500 nits and I think that is good enough for most cases – but not enough for outdoor usage on a bright sunny day.

Still, I’ll consider this to be a really good display.
Cameras
This phone now comes with a total of 3 cameras and all of them can be used to take pictures. All of the cameras have autofocusing – but of course, Hasselblad makes a return too.

I got say – the cameras in general, take good pictures. To have a look at all the photos and videos taken by the OnePlus 11, watch our video at the top of this review.
We’ll come back and talk about the camera improvements again in our comparison video between the OnePlus 11 and the OnePlus 10T. Coming soon.
Performance
And for the performance. This is going to be easy. Okay, so the OnePlus 11 is powered by the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset and I just gotta say that this chipset is superb. It’s just amazing. The performance is great when we played Genshin Impact at the highest graphical settings at 60fps in our gaming test – and it maintained around 60fps for most of the time, though it did dip to about 48fps for a few split seconds. Not a big deal, since that happens to the best gaming PCs too.

What I’m impressed by is the temperature. After playing Genshin Impact for about half an hour or so, the temperature is still at about 40°C at the hottest spot. That’s just great!
Battery life
The battery life is also great. It’s using a dual-cell battery that totals up to 5,000mAh and as usual – we used the PCMark battery life test at 100 nits brightness. But since this phone defaults to a lower resolution, we did two tests in total.

The results are pretty much identical. That is because from what we’ve tested in the past – the resolution doesn’t affect the battery life much, but the refresh rate does.
Anyway, no matter what resolution you’re running, the phone can still get about 13.5 hours – which is respectable and will last you throughout the day with no issues.
Charging speed
Then comes the weird part – the charging speed. Now, the OnePlus 11 comes with a 100W charger and the charging speed is indeed fast.

Our new charging speed analysis sees the voltage level to determine if the battery is really at 100% or not – and it can reach from 15% to completion in about 25 minutes.

The temperature is also kept below 40°C and I realized that OnePlus managed to keep the temperature low by using the pulsing method, resulting in a ladder graph. For example, at the 10th minute, it charges from about 56% to 60% within that one minute, but then plateaus a while before continuing charging. When it plateaus, the phone can cool down.
160W from the OnePlus 10T
But, if you remember, the OnePlus 10T from last year comes with a 160W charger instead. If we use the 160W charger to charge the OnePlus 11, it will be super fast, correct? Yes, but not in the way that we expect.

You see, it did charge from 15% to completion faster, but only by a minute at most. However, the phone is above 40°C most of the time and even reached a 42.5°C peak. I don’t know about the long-term implications of this – but I can tell you that if you’re using the OnePlus 11, you don’t need the 160W charger.
Software
What about the software then? The OnePlus 11 is running on OxygenOS 13 running on top of Android 13 and honestly, it felt pretty much the same as the OnePlus 10T’s software. It’s clean, no bloatware, no ads, and it’s just really snappy.

The OnePlus Shelf returns once again – and I still love this feature.

There are a few additional features for games too – like the HyperBoost Gaming Engine, Pro Gamer mode, and proper utilities to monitor the system status.

Misc. things to mention
Finally, the miscellaneous stuff to mention about. As what we mentioned earlier, we have the beloved alert slider once more. It can toggle between 3 states – ring, vibrate, and silent.

Unfortunately, the OnePlus 11 still uses a USB 2.0 port – which means transfers are slow and it does not support HDMI output via that USB-C port.

This phone is indeed using a dual nano SIM card slot and it does not have expandable storage.

The SIM card slot does have a rubber ring around it, but I have to emphasize that there is no official IP-rating for the OnePlus 11.

Should you buy the OnePlus 11?
So, closing thoughts. I personally do like the OnePlus 11. The cameras take good pictures and the colors look great – just that I wish to see maybe a 3x zoom instead of 2x but that’s just how I like to take my pictures. The design of the phone is fantastic though I wish for a matte finish instead of glossy glass – and I’m very glad that the alert slider is back.

The speakers, the screen, the performance, and even the battery life alongside its charging speed are all magnificent too.
Where to buy? (Affiliate links)

Amazon
Lazada
Shopee

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Striking new HUAWEI P60 Pro and Mate X3 is here to nuke your wallet into a big hole

HUAWEI Malaysia has finally announced the availability of the flagship duo P60 Pro and Mate X3 for the local market.

Let’s start with the traditional candy bar shape P60 Pro. The 2023 spearhead hosts the XMAGE Camera technology consisting of an Ultra Lighting Main Camera equipped with an F1.4-F4.0 Auto-Adjustable Physical Aperture, High Transmittance Lens Group, and an RYYB
SuperSensing sensor.
Night Vision is further enhanced with Ultra Lighting Telephoto Camera that allows more light to be captured resulting in highly-detailed yet low-lighted shots. Let’s not forget the Super Moon mode designed to capture the space rock in its full glory of holes and I guess just holes.
Long-distance photography is no longer a problem thanks to the Long Travel Slide Zoom Lens Group making the focus and zooming capabilities much more flexible in this iteration of the P series device.

On the other hand, the Mate X3 foldable smartphone is a wonder 239g lightweight champion that packs a 6.4-inch 3D OLED outer screen and a 7.85-inch foldable OLED inner screen punching towards the best standards for crisp and vivid visuals like no other.
The device also uses the XMAGE Camera line of technology albeit not as strong or premium as the P60 Pro but for casual use, it is still plentiful enough.
Price and Availability
The HUAWEI P60 Pro and Mate X3 are currently available for preorder at the following price alongside some platform-exclusive freebies:

P60 Pro

8GB+256GB @ RM4,699
12GB+512GB @ RM5,499
(HUAWEI Experience Store Offer) FREE HUAWEI Eyewear + HUAWEI Care + My HUAWEI Rewards
(HUAWEI Online Offer) FREE HUAWEI MatePad SE WiFi + HUAWEI Care + My HUAWEI Rewards

Mate X3 12GB+512GB @ RM8,888

(HUAWEI Experience Store Offer) FREE HUAWEI Eyewear + HUAWEI Care + My HUAWEI Rewards
(HUAWEI Online Offer) FREE HUAWEI MatePad SE WiFi + HUAWEI Care + My HUAWEI Rewards

Links for online purchases are down below.

Official Web Store
Lazada
Shopee

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Team FrostFire Wins BenQ ZOWIE-Sponsored eXTREMESLAND CS:GO Asia Open Malaysia Qualifier

On August 19, the eXTREMESLAND CS:GO Asia Open Malaysia Qualifier was concluded with team FrostFire winning and claiming the champion title in Malaysia. This major accomplishment means that team FrostFire will advance to the Shanghai Asia Finals.
The international tournament also saw a host of specially-invited media from across the region – including representatives from China as well as Singapore to grace the two-day Malaysia Qualifier leg of the eXTREMESLAND CS:GO Asia Open.

On the first day of the offline Open Qualifier, teams FrostFire and MVP.Karnal and both went up against 2 teams from the online Open Qualifiers which were CoVE Esports and Virtual Genesis.Anthrax.
In the second round of the tournament, CoVE Esports met FrostFire and was knocked out 2-0 to the losers bracket with 16:8 on de_Inferno and 16:6 on de_Train. This put CoVE Esports in dire straits against Virtual Genesis.Anthrax in the Losers finals. On a BO1 setting, CoVE Esports pulled off a victory, finishing 16:7 on de_Nuke and got another chance to engage FrostFire in the finals.

The finals took place on de_Train and finished 13:16 in CoVE Esports favor but FrostFire pulled off 2 wins in a row, 16:4 on de_Mirage and 16:7 on de_Dust, making the tournament seem all to easy for them. Ultimately, FrostFire claimed the crown and will advance to the Shanghai Grand Finals.

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Samsung reduces number of smartphones next year

Most probably the only phones you care about that is from Samsung is the Galaxy Note and the Galaxy S series. What you missed out however is Samsung’s mid-range and many more phones that are priced lowly.

This time however Samsung finally realized that their super huge array of phones are damaging their sales. Now, Samsung is looking to cut about 25% to 30% number of smartphone models in 2015. Samsung produces so many phones that the number of smartphones can be reduced by percentages. Wow.
Samsung’s decision comes by the fact that Chinese phone manufacturers like OnePlus and Xiaomi are doing amazingly well in the lowly-priced high-end devices, as they performance just as good as Samsung’s high-end phones at less than half of the price. This alone had already damaged Samsung’s operating profit margins by a painful 7% drop.
Now we’ll anticipate 2015, and see what Samsung brings to the market. Hopefully no more bloatware, no more TouchWiz, and no more included subscriptions that we don’t ever use at all.
Is Samsung’s “spray and pray” creed in smartphone manufacturing finally coming to an end?
Via : GSM Arena

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Multi-game top-up platform KachiShop launched with free gems for claim through Refer and Earn program

A new top-up platform has approached the Malaysia mobile gaming market which is none other than KachiShop by Xiaomi.

As of now, the guys over at the platform are currently offering top-up service for Mobile Legends, PUBG Mobile, and State of Survival but they’ve promised to bring more titles into their catalog. However, to have a great start one must gather enough users to make a platform popular so here’s where you come in via the Refer and Earn program. Essentially, you’ll rack up free diamonds for Mobile Legends when you refer someone to join KachiShop with each successful referral netting you an additional 50% discount code for the next personal top-up. Each user will get up to 2,196 free diamonds with a maximum of 20 successful referrals with purchase. What’s more, new users will get an extra 70 free diamonds as a bonus after completing the first transaction. In case you didn’t know, KachiShop does support e-wallet services including Touch ‘n Go, GrabPay and Boost!
You can access Kachishop’s service by clicking here.

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Garmin Malaysia releases the new Approach S42 Smartwatch designed for Golf Enthusiasts

Garmin Malaysia has launched its latest Approach S42 GPS golf smartwatch. Let’s take a look at what it has to offer.
The Approach S42 boasts a sleek 1.2-inch color touchscreen display, built-in high-sensitivity GPS that pinpoints users’ location, as well a battery life of up to 15 hours in GPS mode and up to 10 days in smartwatch mode.

Packed with over 42,000 preloaded golf courses, the smartwatch also comes with other features such as the AutoShot round analyzer which tracks and records shot distances, and the Green View feature which examines each green’s true shape and moves the pin for improved yardage accuracy.
Just like many other Garmin smartwatches, it also offers built-in sports profiles and activity-tracking features like steps, sleep, calories, etc.
Additionally, users can participate in weekly leaderboards or tournaments and also check out live scoring and strokes gained analysis via the Garmin Golf app.
Pricing and Availability
The Approach S42 smartwatch with Black/White color options is currently available at a price of RM1,480 via Garmin’s official store on Shopee, Lazada, and AECO e-store, as well as all its Brand Stores and authorized retailers.

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Review – ASUS ROG Phone 3: The jackless gaming phone

The highly-anticipated gaming smartphone is now in the market and in our hands! We’ve been using it for quite some time now, and we do have quite a lot of things to talk about this brand new iteration of gaming smartphone from ASUS.
We have a few different videos talking about the gaming capabilities of the ROG Phone 3, which you can check it here and also here. We also have a comparison between the ROG Phone 3 with the Black Shark 3 Pro too.

Design
The overall design hasn’t changed much compared to the first generation of ROG Phone, and even less has changed compared to the ROG Phone 2. The most notable difference here is the even sparklier back of the phone, which… depends on your personal preference, honestly.

The little cutout – which is inspired by a tactical knife design – is now tucked under the phone’s glass back, but has a transparent cutout to show you that the big copper grill is still inside. But, the heat now dissipates from this tiny little hole at the side instead.

There are a few accessories to make the phone look beautiful too. We have the new Lighting Armor Smart Case which seems inspired by the Zephyrus G14 (review here). The new ROG Phone 3 Lighting Armor Case supports Aura lighting and is detected by the phone via NFC. There is also an option to match the wallpaper, icons, and sounds.

There’s also a brand new Neon Aero Case. It’s only available in a transparent orange color – which I think is really nice – and also has “cybertech” engraving. However, I’m not really confident that this case can last for long since it’s made out of plastic and will definitely get scuffed up easily.

From the front, the ROG Phone 3 looks pretty much exactly the same as its predecessor. There’s still the front-facing stereo speakers – still the best of its class – and I absolutely love the sound that comes out of it.
And that’s important since the ROG Phone 3 does not have an audio jack.
Screen
As for the screen, ASUS pretty much retained the exact same cutout and size as before. 6.59-inch AMOLED screen with fantastic colors and brightness – just like what we expect from a phone with an AMOLED screen.

Despite having the same size, ASUS upgraded the screen to 144Hz refresh rate. Well, honestly – I don’t even notice a difference between 120Hz and 144Hz. But what’s interesting here is that you can unofficially use 160Hz. ASUS has officially said that it’s only meant for internal testing, though. There are a few quirks if you want to use 160Hz, which you can learn about it here.

Performance
Let’s now hop into the performance. We’ll start off with the specs, which is to nobody’s surprise – the ROG Phone 3 is using the fastest hardware available in the market right now. The one that we have is the highest-end configuration:

6.59-inch

AMOLED
2340×1080
144Hz refresh rate
HDR10 support

Snapdragon 865+
16GB of LPDDR5 RAM
512GB of UFS 3.1 storage
6,000mAh battery

And a surprise to nobody again, the benchmark scores are amazing.

Gaming experience
Obviously, the gaming experience is important on the ROG Phone 3. So, here’s a quick video of me playing PUBG Mobile. I’m not particularly great at that game, but hey – it’s still a gaming footage.

After our long gameplay of PUBG Mobile, the phone didn’t go beyond 45ºC, thanks to the new ROG GameCool 3 that now incorporates a layered sandwich design with a large graphite film. I didn’t turn on the highest possible performance settings available, but I don’t see a reason to do so since PUBG Mobile isn’t exactly that demanding.
Within this gaming video, we used the brand new Air Trigger 3 and also the new Motion Sensing input. The Air Trigger 3 is not particularly new – the virtual Air Trigger is now elongated and the firmware has the ability to split it into two different inputs per trigger.

ASUS also implemented a total of 5 different types of input with those new Air Trigger 3:

Tap
Dual partition buttons
Swipe
Slide (horizontal)
Slide (vertical)

In total, the ROG Phone 3 can have a maximum of 5 different inputs via its triggers and the motion sensor. But personally speaking, I don’t think it’s ergonomic to use it that way. I have to hold it in a certain way if I want to use the Air Trigger 3 in dual partition buttons mode.
We also compared the gaming experience on the ROG Phone 3 and the Black Shark 3 Pro. Click here to check it out.

Battery
Okay, that 6,000mAh battery is obviously not something to scoff about. It was first introduced last year with the ROG Phone 2. I was surprised back then, and I am still surprised now. With everything turned off and turned back to 60Hz, this massive 6,000mAh battery can last for 18 hours and 40 minutes in our battery life test! That’s fantastic!

As for the charging time, it’s pretty much the same as last year – comes with a 30W charger and takes nearly two hours to completely charge to 100%. Again, I much rather prefer a large battery with slower charging speed than the other way around.

Software – Android 10 with ROG
ASUS had a major overhaul back with the ROG Phone 2, as they have shifted most of the features into a dedicated app called Armoury Crate. And the ROG Phone 3 pretty much used back the same UI design from before with a few minor tweaks here and there.
Funny enough, while selecting the per-game refresh rate setting, the Armoury Crate actually UI adapts and incorporates the 160Hz option too.

The Game Genie is now a floating menu that can be called by swiping in from the left side, and it brings a whole slew of shortcuts and features. Interestingly, ASUS ported over the crosshair overlay feature from their gaming monitors. This feature is useful for those who want to do a 360 noscope sniper shot.
Accessories
I think when it comes to the ROG Phone series of gaming smartphones, we have to talk about the accessories. The ROG Phone 3 has the same slew of accessories from its predecessor, but with upgraded functionality. There is also one new accessory:

Kunai 3 Gamepad + Kunai 3 bumper case
Mobile Desktop Dock
Professional
ROG Lighting Armoury 3
TwinView Dock 3
ROG Gaming Clip
AeroActive Cooler 3

While we don’t have all of the accessories for the ROG Phone 3, we can say with full confidence that this is the strong point of this phone is the accessories. It’s expandable and you can hook it up with a capture card to make it a true gaming smartphone for streamers, too.
ROG Phone 3’s accessories compatibility is amazing.
That AeroActive Cooler 3 – it has been redesigned to the point where it is now blowing air to the tactical knife cutout section instead of to the user’s fingers. It also has a kickstand now, which is excellent if you want to watch some YouTube or Twitch stream. But then again, you can’t plug in an audio jack if you want to use a headphone or earphone – which means you’ll have to carry yet another dongle. It’s a huge oversight from ASUS.
Still, ROG Phone 3’s audio jack on the AeroActive Cooler 3 is pretty weirdly placed.
Cameras
This is really not a gaming smartphone’s strong suit but well, the ROG Phone 3 can take some decent-looking pictures in between gaming sessions. They look pretty good too, actually.
All of the images are in the video at the top of this video.

And if you want it to look even better, you can download Gcam too.
The ultra-wide angle camera isn’t exactly the best but it’s usable. It loses most of the details – like this patch of grass and leaves just turned into a bunch of colors.
Should you buy the ROG Phone 3?
Let’s put it this way – the accessories available for the ROG Phone 3 is fantastic. I love how ASUS has committed to making the accessories backward compatible with its previous generations of hardware.
ASUS did some iterative upgrades here and there – but I generally don’t see a point of upgrading if you’re already using the ROG Phone 2 from last year. That phone is still powerful enough to the point where you can play PUBG Mobile or COD Mobile without an issue. The new triggers are… not really something that I’d consider an upgrade since I don’t really like the new input methods.
New AirTriggers 3 isn’t exactly the best…
Moreover, the ROG Phone 3 does not have an audio jack – which means you’ll have to carry either the dongle or the AeroActive Cooler wherever you go. For games, the audio jack is important as wired headphones or earphones do not have audio latency issues like its wireless counterparts do – which you can learn more about it here.
Audio jack through the AeroActive Cooler 3
But despite all of the issues, the ROG Phone 3 is still a fantastic phone in terms of its software, the expandability via accessories while providing gaming features from the previous generations of ROG Phones.
I think after comparing both the ROG Phone 3 and the Black Shark 3 Pro, I’ll waiting for ASUS to surprise me with the next generation of ROG Phone instead.

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Review – ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED: An OLED tablet powered by Windows 11

Ah, the ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED T3300KA. I’ve spent the last 2 weeks with this device that ASUS exclusively sent to us only here in Malaysia. Again, I have to bid my thanks to ASUS once again for this special opportunity.
But, since this is a review, ASUS has zero control or input over what we have to say in this video. That is because, throughout my 2 weeks using this device, I discovered a lot of quirks that I think you need to know about.

Okay, our ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED comes in this special edition box – and you can watch it here. I think you should be getting everything that is inside that special edition box – which we have laid out on the table here. However, we can’t confirm it.

At the footnotes of the ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED’s product page, it states that Accessories are available in most countries’ bundle package. Bundle package may vary according to different countries.
The tablet itself
Okay, so let’s talk about the tablet first. It’s a rather lightweight device and obviously, the main selling point of this device is as the name suggests – the OLED screen.

This 13.3-inch OLED screen is just gorgeous and comes with a super high color accuracy of above 99% for both sRGB and DCI-P3. Yet, it comes with decently-sized tablets to prevent accidental touches when holding it.

And the speakers are actually quite good too. There is a quad-speaker setup – two on each side but clumped at the lower side. Have a listen here.

Combining the lightweight tablet body, gorgeous 13.3-inch OLED screen, and magnificent speakers – it makes this an amazing tablet for media consumption – be it YouTube, Netflix, and everything else.

Plus, it also supports both Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision too. You can find this utility pre-installed on the laptop.

The kickstand cover
Then, we can snap on the magnetic cover stand too. This stand snaps onto the rear of the device and provides both protection and functionality in the form of a kickstand too. It can even make the tablet stand in portrait mode – which I think many people will like.

Honestly speaking, I don’t think I’ll ever detach this magnetic cover stand from the tablet – ever.
The detachable keyboard
Now comes the detachable keyboard. It just snaps onto the bottom of the tablet via magnets. I’ll tell you this now – this keyboard is much better than many conventional laptops. Each key has this really nice rough texture and the travel distance is amazingly well done.

While this is called a “detachable keyboard”, it also comes with a trackpad. This trackpad is centered, large, smooth, and also has fantastic palm rejection. That’s not possible with any Android or iPad tablets.

Also, I just want to bring up the iPad Pro for a moment. Combined with the Apple’s Magic Keyboard, the entire setup is much more compact, more stable, and can actually be used as a laptop on my lap. But of course, no other companies can copy that design as of now because Apple obviously patented it. They deserve it! I mean, they deserve it since they do have some really genius design. Sometimes.

Where to buy the ASUS Vivobook 13 Slate OLED? (Affiliate links; not available yet, though)

Amazon
Lazada
Shopee

Now that we’re done reviewing this device and since we do have this unique little device with us, I’m going to explore other operating systems. I have thought of giving Linux a try on this tablet, but I have a confession to make – I never used Chrome OS before.
So, I’ll give Chrome OS on this device a go and see how things play out, then an update to let you guys know my experience.

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Aldiko : How to install custom fonts

Ebooks have been with us since the days of Amazon Kindle and the books and readers are now sprawling up everywhere. We have Apple iBooks, Sony Reader, Google Books and so forth. There are also third party readers such as Amazon Kindle and Kobo eBooks.

I believe any ebook readers on Android would have heard of Aldiko. Personally I consider it my favourite ebook reader on Android too, perhaps even better or on par with Apple’s iBooks.
My biggest complaint about Aldiko is the fonts they offer. It comes with a default font, with several other free fonts for download and use, but I feel that all these fonts are not exactly my cup of tea and I’m sure that I’m not the only one.
So here I’m going to share with you how to install your own custom fonts on Aldiko ebook reader for your reading pleasure.

Mount your phone

Navigate to /sd/Android/data/com.android.aldiko/files/fonts as shown in the diagram below.

Drag and drop your TrueType font file into the font earlier navigated folder. In this case, I’m using Google’s Roboto font.

Eject your phone

Change your font on Aldiko. Your fonts will show up as such

Select the font you want and hit okay.

Enjoy!

To clear your doubts, here I have the Molengo font which is free from Aldiko and Google’s Roboto side by side as a comparison.

Enjoy your reading on Aldiko!

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ASUS announces New Fonepad 8

In earlier post, ASUS has announced several products. One of them is the new Fonepad 8 (FE380CG). If you all remember, Fonepad 7 was just announced by ASUS last month. Read this if you have forgotten.

The new ASUS Fonepad 8 is built upon its predecessor, Fonepad 7. The outlook of the new Fonepad 8 is similar to the Fonepad 7 except that the screen size now is 8-inch. I guess that’s where the name Fonepad 8 comes from.
The battery life of the Fonepad 8 is up to 12 hours of watching videos or browsing the web, or upto 21 hours of 3G talk time due to the highly energy-efficient design. ASUS Fonepad 8 comes with a dual front speakers that are tuned with MaxxAudio for immersive and impressive multimedia experiences. Just turn on music and have a great party in your room!

With only 8,9mm thick and 310g, ASUS Fonepad 8 is unbelievable thin and light as compared to its competitors in the market. Regardless of the large screen, the Fonepad 8 is only 12cm wide hence it is comfortable to use with single hand. What is an ASUS product if it doesn’t have ASUS ZenUI? The Fonepad 8 runs on the latest ASUS ZenUI with Android 4.4 KitKat.
Done all the introduction, so, how much is this new Fonepad 8? It is only RM 649, the same price as the Fonepad 7 that was released last month!
It is available now in local IT stores and ASUS authorized resellers. Do check it out!

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[UPDATE] HONOR 20 Pro available at RM2,299 starting 15th August 2019

There’s this little rumor flying around Facebook over the past few hours that states that the upcoming HONOR 20 Pro (which will be launched soon) is priced at around RM2,499. Here’s the full details of what we know so far.
On Facebook, there’s this guy by name the name of James Liu who has been posting the HONOR 20 Pro’s leaked listing on Shopee. Within this listing shows that the upcoming HONOR 20 Pro is priced at RM2,499 and is only available in one variant, 8GB RAM + 256GB storage.

The main differences between the HONOR 20 and the HONOR 20 Pro is pretty much expected – the number of usable cameras since the HONOR 20 Pro has a telephoto camera to replace the depth sensor. Other than that, the battery on the HONOR 20 Pro is also larger, boasting 4,000mAh in capacity. The HONOR 20 Pro is also a little bigger and has a rounder back. Everything else is identical in terms of specs – Kirin 980 and the like.

The official listing of the HONOR 20 Pro on Shopee here shows that the price is at RM2,499. A tad high, if you ask me. I was thinking that it should be around the price of RM2,299.

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Now, the main question is when is it launching – and we are unable to answer that as of now. We just don’t have enough information on that. We will definitely update this page when we have all the information.

UPDATE: HONOR Malaysia just made the official announcement that the HONOR 20 Pro will be available in Malaysia starting 15th August at RM2,299
Yes – you read that right! The retail price of the HONOR 20 PRo is at RM2,299 – which as stated earlier, is quite decently-priced.
Also as a part of the HONOR Malaysia’s Rileks, Beli Je campaign, purchases of the HONOR 20 Pro comes with an extended 1-year warranty.

You can purchase the HONOR 20 Pro at either the HONOR Experience Stores (HES), at HONOR Malaysia’s official Shopee store, or at HiHonor.com/my.
Also, as a part of the HONOR 20 Pro’s availability in Malaysia, all purchases from any HES nationwide will receive a premium luggage bag, an HONOR mini Bluetooth speaker, and an HONOR tripod selfie stick for free.

For all purchases via HONOR Malaysia’s official Shopee store, you will receive the HONOR Band 3 and HONOR FlyPods Lite as free gifts.
HONOR and Shopee are also organizing a giveaway! On HONOR Malaysia’s official Shopee page, every 10,000 sale reminders made between 9th and 14th August 2019, you will stand a chance to win the brand new HONOR 20 Pro! The winners will be announced on HONOR’s official Facebook page on 20th August.

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