Samsung Galaxy A (2017) Now Official!

Today is the day – the brand new Samsung Galaxy A (2017)’s official unveiling! Pre-orders for Samsung Galaxy A (2017) starts on 6th January 2017 for both the Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) and the Galaxy A7 (2017).
As for the specs, we can only describe it with one word – impressive. Both the Galaxy A5 and A7 sports the same cameras – 16MP rear-facing camera and another 16MP for its front-facing camera.

For its raw performance, Both Galaxy A5 and A7 are powered by Samsung’s Exynos 7880 chipset, 1.9GHz octa-core processor, 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. Of course, there’s a microSD card slot for up to an additional of 256GB storage.

Both the A5 and A7 have now embraced USB-C too. Both these smartphones are IP68-certified too! They’re both available in 4 different colours too – Black Sky,  Blue Mist, Gold Sand, and Peach Cloud!

Now, let’s talk about their differences. The Galaxy A5 sports a 5.2-inch screen, whereas the Galaxy A7 sports a bigger 5.7-inch screen – and both of them are Super AMOLED displays with 1920×1080 in resolution. The batteries have been upgraded, as the Galaxy A5 is now equipped with a 3,000mAh battery, and the A7 now has a massive 3,600mAh battery.
After seeing and holding both the Galaxy A5 (2017) and Galaxy A7 (2017) with my own hands, I can tell you that the design is close to the Note 5’s geometry. The colours are clearly stunning!
Both of these devices support Samsung Pay too, and whipping out this beautiful smartphone to pay will clearly turn heads towards your direction. Let’s not forget about the easiness of Samsung Pay too.

Remember, pre-orders start from 6th January at 10am until 15th January 2017 at selected participating outlets. To celebrate the Samsung Galaxy A (2017)’s grand launch, every unit purchased during this pre-order sale will receive a unit of the Samsung Level U Pro – a pair of wireless headphone worth RM 399. Prices for the Galaxy A5 (2017) at RM 1,699; and price for Galaxy A7 (2017) is at RM 1,899.
You can find out more regarding the pre-orders here!
For more information on the pre-order, please visit http://www.samsung.com/my/A2017preorder. Both Black and Gold will be available for preorder, whereas the peach and blue colours will come soon after.
You can collect your brand new Samsung Galaxy A (2017) on the 25th of January 2017!

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ASUS laptop deals to look out for during Ramadan Bonanza Deal 2022

ASUS has announced its Ramadan Bonanza Deal campaign in celebration of Ramadan and Hari Raya, which runs from 14 April to 30 May 2022.

Hari Raya is all about appreciation for those around you, so take this opportunity to get your loved ones a laptop during this festive season.
Here goes the list of all the laptops going on sale during the campaign:

Everyday Computing

ASUS Laptop 14 & 15

M415DA (AMD Ryzen 3-3250, 4GB RAM, 256GB PCIe SSD, Windows 10, 14.0′ HD) – RM1,999
A416EA (Intel i5-1135G7G, 4GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 11, 14.0′ FHD IPS) – RM2,699
A416EA (Intel i3-1115G4, 4GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 11, 14.0′ FHD TN) – RM2,299
A416JA (Intel i3-1035G, 4GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 10, 14.0′ FHD TN) – RM2,099
A416MA (Intel N4020, 4GB RAM, 256GB PCIe SSD, Windows 10, 14.0′ HD TN) –  RM1,599
A516EA (Intel i3-1115G4, 4GB RAM, 256GB PCIe SSD, Windows 10, 15.6′ FHD TN) – RM2,199
A516EA (Intel i5-1135G7G, 4GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 10, 15.6′ FHD IPS) – RM2,799
A516EA (Intel i5-1135G7G, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 10, 15.6′ FHD IPS) – RM2,899

ASUS Vivobook Go 14

E410MA (Intel N4020, 4GB RAM, 256GB PCIe SSD, Windows 10, 14.0′ HD) – RM1,649

ASUS Vivobook 14 & 15

K413EA (Intel i5-1135G7, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 10, 14.0′ FHD IPS) – RM2,999
K413EA (Intel i7-1165G7, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 10, 14.0′ FHD IPS) – RM3,599
K513EA (Intel i5-1135G7, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 11, 15.6′ FHD IPS) – RM3,099
K513EA (Intel i3-1115G4, 4GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 10, 15.6′ OLED) – RM2,699

ASUS Vivobook S14 & S15

M433IA (AMD Ryzen 7-4700, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 10, 14.0′ FHD IPS) – RM3,099
S433EA (Intel i5-1135G7, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 10, 14.0′ FHD IPS) – RM3,199
S433EA (Intel i7-1165G7, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 10, 14.0′ FHD IPS) – RM3,599
S433EQ (Intel i7-1165G7, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 10, 14.0′ FHD IPS, MX330) – RM3,999
S533EA (Intel i7-1165G7, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 11, 15.6′ FHD IPS) – RM3,799
S533EA (Intel i5-1135G7, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 11, 15.6′ FHD IPS) – RM3,199

Creator

ASUS Vivobook Flip 14

TP470EA (Intel i5-1135G7, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 10, 14.0′ FHD IPS Touchscreen) – RM3,599

ASUS Zenbook Duo 14

UX482EA (Intel i5-1135G7, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 10, 14.0′ FHD IPS Touchscreen) – RM4,999

ASUS Vivobook Pro 15 OLED

K3500PA (Intel i5-11300H, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 10, 15.6′ FHD OLED) – RM3,599
K3500PA (Intel i7-11370H, 16GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 10, 15.6′ FHD OLED) – RM4,399
M3500QC (AMD Ryzen 9-5900H, 16GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, RTX3050, Windows 10, 15.6′ FHD OLED) – RM4,999
M3500QC (AMD Ryzen 5-5600H, 16GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, RTX3050, Windows 11, 15.6′ FHD OLED) – RM4,299
M3500QC (AMD Ryzen 5-5600H, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, RTX3050, Windows 10, 15.6′ FHD OLED) – RM4,099
M3500QC (AMD Ryzen 7-5800H, 16GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, RTX3050, Windows 10, 15.6′ FHD OLED) – RM4,699

Premium Thin & Light

ASUS Zenbook Flip 13

UX363EA (Intel i5-1135G7, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 11, 13.3′ FHD OLED Touchscreen) – RM4,499

ASUS Zenbook 13 & 14

UM325UA (AMD Ryzen 5-5500U, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 11, 13.3′ FHD OLED) – RM3,499
UX325EA (Intel i5-1135G7, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 11, 13.3′ FHD OLED) – RM3,699
UX325EA (Intel i7-1165G7, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 11, 13.3′ FHD OLED) – RM4,399
UX425EA (Intel i5-1135G7, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 11, 14.0′ FHD) – RM3,699
UX425EA (Intel i7-1165G7, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 11, 14.0′ FHD) – RM4,399

Gaming

ASUS TUF Gaming A15

FA506IC (AMD Ryzen 5-4600H, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, RTX3050 4G, Windows 11, 15.6′ FHD 144hz) – RM3,799

ASUS TUF Dash F15

FX516PC (Intel i5-11300H, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, RTX3050 4G, Windows 10, 15.6′ FHD 144hz) – RM3,799
FX516PE (Intel i7-11370H, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, RTX3050Ti 4G, Windows 10, 15.6′ FHD 144hz) – RM4,399

ASUS TUF Gaming F15/F17

FX506LH (Intel i5-10300H, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, GTX1650 4G, Windows 10, 15.6′ FHD 144hz) – RM3,599
FX506HC (Intel i5-11400H, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, RTX3050 4G, Windows 10, 15.6′ FHD 144hz) – RM4,099
FX706HC (Intel i5-11400H, 8GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, RTX3050 4G, Windows 10, 15.6′ FHD 144hz) – RM4,499

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VMall Splits Into Huawei & Honor Online Stores

For those who are familiar with how to purchase Huawei and Honor products from the internet, then you should know the online platform called VMall.my. Now, they’re making the announcement that VMall.my will be splitting into two separate online brand stores – one for Huawei and another one for Honor.
With the latest segregation of brand names since the the Huawei Nova’s debut, Huawei and Honor have actually been competing with each other with overlapping smartphone price points and specs. Take a look at the Nova series right now and it’s actually the same as many budget Honor smartphones. There is no line separating Honor and Huawei already.

It’s only logical that VMall.my to separate into two separate brand stores now. But how do they do it? By reusing all the the VMall ID.

To ease customers in transitioning to the new brand stores e-shopping activities, previous VMall users who have registered for a VMall ID in the past can now utilize the same ID to log in to Huawei and Honor’s individual e-commerce store.
That means both the new Huawei and Honor stores actually share the same customer database. Hmmm… 🤔. By separating Huawei and Honor stores, it seems like both brands are really disassociating from each other.
The main landing page is https://consumer.huawei.com/my/. As for Honor’s store, it’s https://www.hihonor.com/my/.

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The new iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max is Apple’s most ambitious smartphone to date

Standing side-by-side with the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini during the yearly launch of Apple’s latest smartphone is none other than the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max.

Compared to the standard models, the first thing super noticeable is the 120Hz refresh rate display, Super Retina XDR with ProMotion. Yes, the poor standard and mini models don’t get the high refresh rate properties yet again. Aside from that, the Pro models maintain the quadruple rear camera setup but all the lens alongside accompanying software has been improved and optimized, particularly in low-light mode thanks to the larger sensor capturing more light compared to the last generation up to 92% improvement. The new 77mm telephoto camera adds extra icing to the cake by providing a super crisp image quality when taking zoomed photos.
For the computing parts, both Pro models use a more powerful version of the A15 Bionic chip with a 6-core CPU, 5-core GPU (4-core for the standard/mini), and 16-core Neural Engine so while the overall user and AI processing power should be as close as possible, the extra core in the GPU should enable a better gaming experience and also due to the larger resolution, that core is essential to churn out more pixels at a stable frame rate.

6.1-inch Super Retina XDR OLED Display with ProMotion

1170 x 2532 Resolution
120Hz Refresh Rate
1200nits Peak Brightness
HDR10 Support
Dolby Vision
Wide Color Gamut
True-tone

Apple A15 Bionic Chipset
8GB RAM
Up to 1TB Storage
Quadruple Rear Camera

Main: 12MP f/1.6 with Dual Pixel PDAF, Sensor-Shift Stabilization (IBIS)
Telephoto: 12MP f/2.8 with PDAF, OIS, 3x Digital Zoom
Ultra-Wide: 12MP f/2.4 with PDAF
Depth: TOF 3D LiDAR Sensor

12MP Selfie Camera with SL 3D Depth/Biometrics Sensor
TBA Battery Capacity

20W Fast Charge
15W MagSafe Wireless Charge
7.5W Qi Charge

IP68 Water + Dust Resistance (30-minute submersion 6m deep)
Graphite, Gold, Silver, Sierra Blue colors

iPhone 13 Pro Max

A bigger iPhone 13 Pro with an extra 0.6-inch for more screen estate and better visual content experience I guess? Anything else is the same. Get this if you really want to go MAX and exert your status as an iPhone (X) Pro Max owner.

6.7-inch Super Retina XDR OLED Display with ProMotion

1284 x 2778 Resolution
120Hz Refresh Rate
1200nits Peak Brightness
HDR10 Support
Dolby Vision
Wide Color Gamut
True-tone

Apple A15 Bionic Chipset
8GB RAM
Up to 1TB Storage
Quadruple Rear Camera

Main: 12MP f/1.6 with Dual Pixel PDAF, Sensor-Shift Stabilization (IBIS)
Telephoto: 12MP f/2.8 with PDAF, OIS, 3x Digital Zoom
Ultra-Wide: 12MP f/2.4 with PDAF
Depth: TOF 3D LiDAR Sensor

12MP Selfie Camera with SL 3D Depth/Biometrics Sensor
TBA Battery Capacity

20W Fast Charge
15W MagSafe Wireless Charge
7.5W Qi Charge

IP68 Water + Dust Resistance (30-minute submersion 6m deep)
Graphite, Gold, Silver, Sierra Blue colors

Malaysia Price and Availability
The iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max will have their preorders open on the same day as the standard iPhone 13 and 13 mini on October 1 and starting their launch across entire Malaysia on October 8 at the following price.

iPhone 13 Pro

128GB: RM4,899
256GB: RM5,399
512GB: RM6,299
1TB: RM7,199

iPhone 13 Pro Max

128GB: RM5,299
256GB: RM5,799
512GB: RM6,699
1TB: RM7,599

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Samsung Reveals Upcoming Display Technologies; Coming To The Next Galaxy S Smartphone?

With display technologies getting better by the day and more smartphones are having great screens even in mid-range price points (like the Honor 8X), we’re quite used to seeing bigger-than-16:9 displays on smartphones these days. Samsung, one of the first to break off from that 16:9 tradition with the Galaxy S8, has something up their sleeves.
It seems to be a weird way to discover Samsung’s upcoming display tech as they’ve done a presentation in China for the 2018 Samsung OLED Forum. One of the slides were uploaded by the user Ice Universe on Twitter, which revealed a lot of information.

Great news! Samsung established the direction of mobile phone design in 2019!On October 18th, Samsung Display invited about 20 customers to hold the "2018 Samsung OLED Forum" at the Shenzhen Marriott Hotel in China. At the meeting, Samsung showed a PPT pic.twitter.com/sYu0ORTd6V
— Ice universe (@UniverseIce) October 19, 2018

From here we can see there are a total of 4 different types of sensor techs:

FoD – Fingerprint on Display
UPS – Under Panel Sensor
HoD – Haptic on Display
SoD – Sound on Display

We’re not sure how some of these are going to turn out. Unbox Therapy picked up this news and from there, we also got a few new insights on the upcoming Galaxy smartphone.

From what we know, Samsung’s implementation of FoD will be different as they’re using ultrasonic waves to map the fingerprint with high precision and resolution. This will be much more secure than what we are seeing today in other smartphones.
As for the UPS (not courier service), we’re hoping to see all sensors are hidden under the display – even the camera. Perhaps this might be wishful thinking, but I honestly wonder how Samsung is going to hide the ambient light sensor and selfie camera underneath the display. There are already countless rumors and speculations that Samsung will be going all out for their 10-year anniversary flagship smartphone.

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New Sonos Roam SL now available for preorder at RM1,099

Sonos’s latest product is one of the premium class yet is made more accessible without cutting corners. Introducing the Roam SL.

Offering incredible sound just like its predecessor Roam, all of the familiar features that you might know such as long-lasting battery life, super easy setup process, the iconic design – you name it. What’s the difference then? Well, it comes without a built-in microphone and for most people, ultraportable speakers just need to do their job of blasting music really well in order to justify the price tag and that’s where the Roam SL comes in.
If you don’t know about the Roam or Roam SL, let’s talk about it briefly. Aside from being a really good speaker, it is capable of integrating into your Sonos-powered home system through Wi-Fi and automatically switching to Bluetooth on the way when it leaves the house. IP67 dust and waterproofed, expect no less than 10 hours of continuous playback off a single full charge packed into the wonder triangular shape and round-edged profile providing a comfortable handling experience.
Launch Date and Price
Although launching officially on March 15, you can place an early preorder for the Roam SL starting right now through Lazada or the official website at RM1,099.

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Samsung’s 2021 Unbox and Discover keynote shows off new displays and audio equipment for better productivity and entertainment

At Samsung’s Unbox & Discover 2021 keynote, the company has announced several upcoming products that are aimed to uplift the efficiency of working and communication while being part of every user’s life in the form of entertainment use as well.
With people around the world spending more time indoors for both work and daily activities such as entertainment and relaxation, Samsung is trying to redefine what a TV and associated devices can do or their roles and expand upon them with technological advancements.

Here’s what they have introduced during the keynote so far.

The first one is the latest 8K display the Neo QLED that is powered by the exclusive Neo Quantum Processor and Quantum Mini LEDs with the ability to micro-manage light control even better than before at just 1/40th of the size of conventional LEDs which results in proper brightness of deep blacks and bright lights. Aside from the industry-leading upscaling algorithm, the device is also the official TV partner for Xbox Series X in the US and Canada with verification of gaming standards such as native 4K, 120 FPS, and low response time all fulfilled by it.
Speaking of gaming, it is also the first TV to uphold the AMD FreeSync Premium Pro verification while the Game Bar and Super Ultrawide Gameview enhance the gamer’s experience of immersion and access to features traditionally reserved for gaming monitors. For the non-gamers, the fitness-focused Samsung Health can be found in the TV and now has an added Smart Trainer function which when paired with an optional camera, analyses your posture and movement to make sure it is as correct as possible to the instruction shown on screen. Needless to say, the seamless integration across the company’s own line of mobile devices and wearables for a complete physical fitness monitoring suite is not a dream now.
The Neo QLED TV will become available in a variety of sizes with 8K models having 65, 75, and 85-inches while 4K models will start at 50-inches.

Now let’s talk about specialty TVs. We know Samsung isn’t new to this ideology either. Past products such as The Frame, The Sero, and The Terrace all show the possibility of home TVs or display for the matter, do not need to be as simple as a TV as they can be something else too.
This time around, a new 75-inch digital whiteboard is Samsung’s answer to productivity use. Dubbed as “The Flip”, users can write, draw, and edit on this panel with the support of up to 20 personal devices interconnected at once to share and present their ideas without all the file transferring hassle. “Audience” device can also opt-out of sharing content and just simply stream what’s display on The Flip which is perfect for classroom and teaching environments.
I can see this thing start popping up in colleges and universities worldwide with how trendy online teaching has become a necessity in certain regions. Of course, it is useful in any global-scale company that often runs cross-regional projects.

For the home theatre experience, a new surround sound system has been introduced under the new Q series category, the Q950A. Packing with a new Q-Symphony 3D sound and the addition of a soundbar within the package, the soundbar smartly detects the position of each speaker to precisely transmits directional audio of videos and games to produce greater immersion.
The Q950A is also the industry’s first 11.1.4 channel system that is also equipped with Bass Boost for a cinema-like “boomy” feel. Streaming music from a smartphone device is also as easy, just simply tap it to the soundbar to initiate a connection, similar to The Sero. Voice assistants such as Amazon Alexa and Bixby are supported natively as well.
When can I buy these?
While announced just yesterday, we are pretty sure that these will reach Malaysia in the next few months. We’ll be back with another round of announcements for them when prices and availability have been revealed.
Meanwhile, check out the full virtual keynote right here.

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Huawei launches the Mate S next week

For all that I know of, the Huawei Mate S is one of a kind flagship device by Huawei itself obviously. Out of the blue, this letter dropped into my letter box. It seems like Huawei isn’t playing around with the Mate S at all.

Based on what we predict, the main highlight of this launch will be focusing on the colour gold with a strong premium feel into everything, as the letter that I got was actually a very thick piece of black paper with glossy gold embossing texts and logo.
Based on my prediction, they’re going to Huawei is going to launch the Mate S, and most importantly the Huawei Watch.

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Xiaomi Mi 11 arrives in Malaysia; start at RM2799

The Xiaomi Mi 11 is finally officially announced here in Malaysia alongside its price and availability here in Malaysia. The Mi 11 – for us here in Malaysia – starts at RM2,799.
But first, we gotta talk about the specs first:

6.81-inch AMOLED screen

3200×1440 pixels in resolution
Up to 120Hz refresh rate

Snapdragon 888 chipset
8GB RAM
Up to 256GB storage
Triple rear-facing cameras

Main: 108MP f/1.9; PDAF & OIS
Ultrawide angle: 13MP f/2.4
Macro: 5MP f/2.4; OIS

20MP f/2.2
4,600mAh battery

Supports 55W proprietary fast wired charging
Supports 50W proprietary fast wireless charging

With that said, the Mi 11 is focused on videography and also – of course – providing the best in terms of processing power with the Snapdragon 888 chipset.
It boasts a one-click AI cinema feature to take videos with fancy presets and effects, and you can upload the video within seconds.
The Mi 11 also boasts a HDR10+ screen with superior brightness and color accuracy so that you can view your videos at the best colors possible.
Xiaomi also seems to be innovating alongside Qualcomm too – as the Mi 11’s camera and video features and capabilities are made possible thanks to the Snapdragon 888 with its triple ISP built into the SoC.
The Mi 11 also comes with Harman Kardon stereo speakers and combined with the magnificent screen, the Mi 11 will definitely be a magnificent smartphone for media consumption.
The new Xiaomi Mi 11 comes in two storage variants:

8GB RAM + 128GB storage @ RM2,799
8GB RAM + 256GB storage @ RM2,999

The 8GB + 256GB variant of the Mi 11 will be available to purchase starting 13th March 2021, and will be available at Xiaomi official store on Lazada and offline at Authorised Mi Stores and other official retailers in Malaysia.
However, the 8GB + 128GB variant will be available at a later date.
The Mi 11 wil be available for pre-orders starting 25th February 2021 at 9.30pm, until March 10th.

You’ll also stand a chance to receive a free Mi Air Purifier 3C (RRP: RM 569). Free gift is limited to the first 1,500 pre-orders on Xiaomi official store on Lazada and Xiaomi Malaysia pre-order website.
In addition, the first 100 customers to register their purchase receipt of Mi 11 will receive an exclusive Mi AIoT premium pack worth RM 1,356. This special first day sale campaign is only valid for one day on March 13, while stocks last. Customers can register their purchase receipt at http://mi11firstsales.cloudapp.net/
By the way, we also did an unboxing for the Mi 11.

We also did a quick gaming test too – and yes, we encountered the heat issue as well. Check it out here.

If you wanna know how fast the Mi 11 charges with its included 55W GaN charger, here it is.

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ASUS Malaysia launches new accessories

ASUS just announced their official line-up of accessories for tablets’ availability in Malaysia, which you can get it all from your favourite or nearest IT store nearby.
The accessories in the line-up are :

Travel Cover : flip case – for Nexus 7 (RRP : RM129)
Spectrum Cover : hard case – for MeMo Pad (RRP : RM 109)
VersaSleeve 7 : sleeve + stand – for Nexus 7, MeMo Pad and Fonepad (RRP : RM129)
TransBoard : sleek, thin and light Bluetooth keyboard – for any Bluetooth-enabled devices, best fitted to ASUS VivoTab Smart (RRP : RM299)
Transleeve Vivo : a magnetic snap-on flip case with Origami design – for VivoTab Smart (RRP : RM199)

Interested in any of the products listed above? Go on to your nearest IT store and have a look, then feel it with your own hands today!
Check out the gallery of the accessories listed above!
          Nexus 7 Travel Cover            Nexus 7 Travel Cover            TranSleeve Vivo for the VivoTab              Spectrum Cover for the MeMo Pad            VersaSleeve for the Nexus 7, MeMO Pad and Fonepad            TransBoard, Bluetooth keyboard for any Bluetooth-enabled devices, best fitted to ASUS VivoTab Smart

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Garmin Malaysia announces Forerunner 745 at RM2,499

Garmin Malaysia has announced the Forerunner 745, a mid-range GPS smartwatch packed with universal tracking features built with a lightweight composition in mind.

Sporting a fairly basic and minimalist design, it has lots of essential smart functions such as music playback, smart notifications, and health monitoring. At its core, it is a superior device for tracking detailed training data during workouts such as run, ride, and swim. It efficiently monitors and analyzes data to assist users to optimize their training session through training intensity and built-in activity profiles which can be instantly switched to fulfill the needs of triathletes with a convenient press of a button.
Maximize the potential of your preparation towards competitions through the features inside Firstbeat Analytics like VO2 max, training load, training status, and aerobic/anaerobic training effects and receive a suggestion about them. By adding another Running Dynamics Pod or compatible heart rate monitor, more data about running metrics can be captured such as cadence, stride length, and more be displayed within the watch itself. For cycling, the left / right balance, seating time, platform center offset, and power phase is monitored instead.

In the water, it tracks distance, stroke, pace, personal records, and more. The recovery time feature is adjusted based on the difficulty of the workout which will prompt the user how much time is allowed for rest before the next cycle. The value is also affected by other factors such as all-day stress, sleep, and daily activities to give the user the most optimal length according to their physical condition during that day. Additionally, the Garmin Coach allows the access of free training plans such as 5K, 10K, or half-marathon endurance training with the help of three running coaches – Jeff Galloway, Greg McMillan, and Amy Parkerson-Mitchell.

The Trendline popularity routing will provide the best road, trail, and mountain routes aggregated by other runners and cyclists while Strava2 and Komoot users can integrate courses directly to the Forerunner 745 seamlessly. For music, the onboard memory allows users to store up to 500 songs plus streaming songs directly from Spotify, allowing you to vibe to your favorite playlist while training yourself.
For the more general specs, it has up to one week of battery life in smartwatch mode, up to 16 hours in GPS mode, and up to 6 hours in GPS mode with music. The Pulse Ox sensor for sleep monitoring and Body Battery for energy monitoring also lets users keep track of their sleeping behavior. Smart functions also include text message receiving, email viewing, social media updates, and LiveTrack function for accurate position pinpoints.
Pricing and Availability
The Garmin Forerunner 745 is priced at RM2,499 which is available in Black, Neo Tropic, Magma Red and Whitestone colors at Garmin Brand Stores, AECO Online Shop, Lazada, Shopee, and all Garmin authorized retailers.

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Dell’s Spring 2022 launch refreshes several high and mid-tier Latitude laptops while introducing a new budget option

The Spring season of 2022 is just underway and Dell is taking the chance to release a lot of new products but in this post, we are just gonna cover the Latitude laptops which are getting a due hardware refresh across the board.

Starting the list is the best of the bunch – the Latitude 9430 – the world’s smallest 14-inch premium business laptop with a 16:10 screen and rocking an up to 12th Gen Intel vPro Core i7 with Evo Design that guarantees to meet the standards of being super-responsive, powerful in performance, long-lasting battery and the associated industry-class security protection. It also boasts excellent wireless connectivity via the ExpressConnect feature that can combine 2 networks to boost the signal strength which can come in handy if the internal 5G + Wi-Fi 6E combo is not enough for the user in certain circumstances. Supporting all the remaining notable components such as the FHD webcam with privacy shutter is the Dell Optimizer – the central AI software that does all the smart functions like noise filtering, ultra-fast sign-in, smart power management, and more.
It also hosts a new feature that basically give your screen the lights out treatment when another pair of eyes is detected behind you to avoid any sneaky peaky leaking any NDA news that you might be browsing through in the public.

Tuning down all the premium offerings by the Latitude 9430 down a notch then you have the Latitude 7330/7430/7530. They are not too shabby too as they can be configured to get a chassis made of either ultralight magnesium, carbon fiber, or aluminum while having all the hardware and software goodies as the 9000 series with the main difference being the CPU utilizing the less powerful but more battery efficient 12th Gen Intel vPro Core P-Series processors.
If you can forgo all the classy stuff and instead focus on the absolute bang for buck machines either for personal use or large-scale deployment, then look no further than the Latitude 5330/5430/5530 that can be matched or be better than the 7000 series when configured properly. As mentioned, the 5000 series is made for those who crave computing juice rather than looks because it can hosts a maximum of 64GB RAM with the same 12th Gen Intel vPro Core P-Series processors. The feature set and software support like the Dell Optimizer is more or less the same as the 7000 series.
Dell also teased the availability of the upcoming Latitude 3330 which is a new entry-level tier but there’s not much info as of now.
Availability
Contrary to the new UltraSharp monitors, the new Dell Latitude laptops will have their pricing and actual launch date revealed soon and that includes Malaysia as well. We will be updating this post when the info comes around.

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Preorder for the new vivo V23e series from RM1,399 is now live

vivo Malaysia has launched the brand new V23e series smartphone over the course of yesterday while initiating the preorder for them.
As a mid-range device, the V23e series actually comprises of the LTE and 5G model at launch which means users that want to get something future-proof can opt-in for the 5G variant while those that upgrade, trade-in, or just don’t bother with 5G can just get the LTE at a cheaper price too as affordability is the core selling point of this smartphone as well because of its positioning as something that provides decent photographic performance and good enough for daily driving without problems. The selfie camera is also a pretty good one compared to some other competitors.

Here’s a quick spec round-up for them.

6.44-inch AMOLED Display

1080p Resolution
Waterdrop Notch

MediaTek Helio G96 (LTE) / Dimensity 810 (5G) Chipset
8GB RAM
128GB Storage
Triple Rear Cameras

Main: 64MP f/1.8 (LTE) / 50MP f/1.8 (5G) with PDAF
Ultra-Wide: 8MP f/2.2
Depth Sensor

50MP (LTE) / 44MP (5G) Selfie Camera
4,050mAh Battery

44W Fast Charge

Sunshine Coast, Moonlight Shadow Colors

Preorder Info
The vivo V23e and V23e 5G can be preordered starting right now at the price of RM1,399 and RM1,599 respectively and those who move fast enough before December 17 will earn extra free gifts up to RM559 so better be quick!
Preorders are now available on vivo’s official E-store, Lazada, Shopee, and through authorized dealers. On the other hand, if you go the extra mile to book it in a vivo concept store, you’ll receive a portable Bluetooth speaker LED alarm clock, tumbler, VIU TV 1-Month Premium Membership, 1-Year Extended Warranty + Screen Crack Protection worth RM559 for pre-purchasing the 5G model while the LTE model only includes a backpack and 1-Year Extended Warranty + Screen Crack Protection.

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Acer reveals new air purifier acerpure cool at RM1,299; Grab it at RM899 at February 5

The COVID-19 pandemic has basically made everyone stuck indoors for as long as we have to and the air quality isn’t that good, to be honest hence the need for an air purifier has seen spikes across the entire period. Acer has also stepped into the game of air purifiers by announcing the acerpure cool air circulator and purifier.

The acerpure cool is equipped with a 3-in-1 HEPA and Silver (Ag+) coated filter to help purify and circulate air around a room. The activated carbon, HEPA 13 and pre-filter triple-layer set up get rid of dust, dander, hair particles as well as 99.97% of 0.3μm suspended bacterias with ease. Harmful gases and odors are also within the equation of air purification to keep houses and families safe.
To keep things smart and intuitive, the user operates it through the LED touch panel with the system react to surrounding air quality through the 3 LED indicators of green, yellow, and red and automatically starts operating once poor quality is detected. Supporting up to 90 degrees up-down swing and 80 degree left-right oscillation, it achieves full circulation in a 27-meter square room in just 3 minutes.
Price and Where to Buy
The acerpure cool starts at RM1,299 and it’s available at select Acer official online stores and concept stores with replacement HEPA filters being at RM199 (1 unit bundled with each device). As a 1-day offer, the air purifier will be priced at RM899 during the launch day on February 5 and become RM999 between February 6 to 9. As a side note, for those who buy Acer laptops and desktops during this and next month, you may also get the acerpure cool at RM999.
This thing may come in handy during the hazy season though or just generally good for those who have sensitive noses. By the way, here’s the list of participating online and offline stores.

Online

E-Store
Shopee Official
Just IT
NBP Shopee
Clicknet
Aoneplus
NBP Lazada

Offline

Style-Vision (South Key Mall @ Johor Bahru)
Clicknet Technology (Sunway Pyramid @ Petaling Jaya)
Brightstar Computer (IOI City Mall @ Putrajaya)
SNS Network (M) (Plaza Low Yat @ Bukit Bintang, Wangsa Walk @ Wangsa Maju)
Topmacro Network (Karamunsing Mall @ Kota Kinabalu)
Aidea.com Technology (KTCC @ Kuala Terengganu)

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Dell’s XPS 17 now available in Malaysia, starting at RM7,999

In the year 2020, Dell revamped the design of the entire XPS series and introduced a new 17-inch variant into the family. It might look like just a bigger XPS overall, but in terms of technological advances, I am most excited for the XPS 17.
The XPS 17 is available in black color only. The entire laptop is still made out of CNC-milled aluminum, covered in Platinum Silver. The palm rest area is made out of carbon fiber, which allows maximum strength with minimal weight, and has the iconic texture too.

Under Dave2D’s video where he showcased the new XPS 17, he mentioned that it is using a vapor chamber instead of traditional heatpipes for its cooling system. The speaker is also bigger and top-firing, providing a much better listening experience.

Other than that, the XPS 17 seems to be an enlarged version of the XPS 15 since its core specs are pretty much identical. Obviously, it packs in a larger battery too – clocking in at 97Wh.
I think the XPS 17 is a great all-rounder as a thin-and-light laptop. It starts at RM7,999 with the Intel Core i5-10300H processor with integrated graphics and 8GB of RAM – which is suitable for the vast majority of users.

However, I’m very interested in the higher-end variant at RM9,999. It comes with the Intel Core i7-10750H processor with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti, 16GB RAM. Since it’s cooled by a vapor chamber, it should be even suitable for some content creation software.
If you’re interested in buying the new Dell XPS 17 9700, click here.

We are reviewing the Dell XPS 13 9300 now (publishing next week, we promise!) and it feels absolutely fantastic. An aluminium unibody with diamond-cut sidewalls, platinum silver coating, a fantastic screen with an incredibly high screen-to-body ratio, and a marvelous hinge too.
The new display with 16:10 aspect ratio is just excellent too. Extra vertical space is always useful – especially while reading with documents. Speaking of documents – the new keyboard feels blissful to type on.
More on our review next week.

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Lenovo Teases Bendable Phone; Coming This Month?

Whole we’re seeing the hype for foldable smart devices – again, Lenovo is actually the first one to make a public announcement and published a video showing off their foldable smartphone. This is the first time Lenovo is showing off this supposedly new bendable phone.
The video was posted on Lenovo’s official Weibo account (China’s Facebook).

The caption to this post says “可把我厉害坏了，叉会儿腰！咱们10月见” which according to Abacus News, it translates to “We are just so terribly good. It’s time to show off.”
While there are still no details regarding the bendable phone by Lenovo, we can analyze the video a little.

First off – we’re not sure if this is a product that we users can eventually buy or Lenovo is once again teasing us with a new technology that’ll never hit the market. From the video alone, it looks like an engineering sample device and the bottom chin is humongous.
One thing we can confirm is that the touch screen still works even though the entire phone is bent, but the amount of reflection from the bend is quite insane. Once the phone was bent, the interface splits into two parts – the bottom part shows some notifications and fitness status as indicated by number of steps walked.
Honestly speaking, I’m not sure what Lenovo is planning to show off by bending it around the middle. The screen doesn’t seem to be big at all – just long. The reason why we know it’s a phone is because near the end of the video, the Phone app was pressed. However, no interface was shown as the screen just turned black and the video ended.
Perhaps this is a phone-fitness band hybrid that you wear on your wrist. That explains the slim and slender profile of the overall shape of the device.
Still, it’s all rumors until Lenovo makes the official announcement.

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Come and catch some 3.3 quick deals on vivo smartphones this Friday on Lazada

vivo Malaysia has announced the listing early for the Lazada 3.3 monthly sale slated for this upcoming Friday.

Aside from the usual price promo of big and small, there are also a couple of exclusive packages offering more value than buying a la carte so buy what you need, exclusively on the brand’s blue e-commerce platform.

Price Cuts

X70 Pro 5G @ RM1,869 (Original Price RM3,299)
X70 5G @ RM1,299 (Original Price RM2,499)
V23e @ RM899 (Original Price RM1,399)
Y55+ 5G @ RM799 (Original Price RM1,099)
Y02s @ RM399 (Original Price RM499)

Packages

X90 Pro 5G + 50W Wireless Charger + Free Gifts worth RM1,045 @ RM5,000
V27e – Early Bird gifts worth RM666
iQOO 11 5G + Free iQOO Wireless Active Earphone @ RM3,399

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2 million 5G sim cards to be given out by YES to fellow Malaysians for free; Sign up now!

YES is starting 2022 with a loud move by revealing the #FirstToDiscover5G campaign and dragging 2 million Malaysians into the mix.

In this little yet ambitious campaign that starts today until February 14, YES will be offering a free YES FT5G Prepaid Discover SIM Pack to anyone that runs a smartphone that is 5G compatible. Rather than short-term gain, YTL Communications is aiming for the quicker mainstreaming process of 5G which the technology offers higher data speeds and lower latency, although the limiting factor of 5G widespread is the number of base stations for providing the much-needed coverage at the moment.
Here’s the process of applying for that free SIM:

Head over to YES’s website or the MyYes app during the promotion period
Follow the on-screen instructions
Receive the YES FT5G Prepaid Discover SIM, free of charge
Activate the SIM card on a 5G compatible phone via eKYC for verification

As to how YES found out the figure which is 2 million for this campaign? Well, they did some research and got that number stemming from the amount of 5G compatible smartphones sold until recently. Technically not wrong but that’s quite a budget for this campaign though.

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Xiaomi Store’s 7th Anniversary Celebration offers all kinds of 3C products across July 2023

Xiaomi Malaysia is celebrating the 7th birthday of its local store ‘Xiaomi Store’ and is happy to invite everyone to join in the fun by scoring some nice deals along the way.

Offered throughout the entire month of July 2023, one may enjoy cheaper prices for some of the older models or get some freebies when purchasing some of the latest offerings but in any case, you will be getting more value out of every buck you paid for.
So here’s what being offered.

Product

Normal Price

Promo Price/Special Deal

Redmi 12C (4GB+128GB)

RM 599

RM 399

Redmi 12C (6GB+128GB)

RM 699

RM 499

Redmi Note 12 Series

From RM 699

FREE RM 20 Touch ‘n Go eWallet Reload PIN

Xiaomi 13 Ultra (12GB+512GB)

RM 5,199

FREE Xiaomi Portable Photo Printer (worth RM 279)*

Redmi Watch 3

RM 429

RM 329

Xiaomi TV P1 55″

RM 2,499

RM 1,799

Xiaomi Robot Vacuum S10+

RM 2,099

RM 1,649

Xiaomi Robot Vacuum S10

RM 1,299

RM 989

Xiaomi Robot Vacuum E10

RM 899

RM 709

Since this offer is only for the Xiaomi Stores, you’ll need to find the closest one near you to visit and make the purchase on the spot.

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The DIZO Watch and DIZO GoPods D is now available in Malaysia with great affordability

DIZO, a sub-brand within realme’s AIoT ecosystem, has released a new smartwatch and TWS for Malaysians to join the smart lifestyle gang.

The DIZO Watch is equipped with a 320×320 1.

On the other hand, the DIZO GoPods D brings packful sounds through the 10mm driver with extra bass with up to 5 hours of playback time per full charge while the charging case holds a total of 15 hours. If you need some quick juice, 10 minutes of charging will provide around 2 hours of usage.
Price and Bonus
The DIZO Watch is currently priced at RM199 while the DIZO GoPods D is at RM89 with colors of Black and White to choose from. As a launch bonus, those who bought the DIZO Watch will get a free GoPods D as a complimentary gift and the promotion period only lasts until July 25, available exclusively on DIZO’s official Shopee store.

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HONOR brings in 4 X series entry-level smartphones and adds new MagicBook 16 with Ryzen 5000 series mobile processor

HONOR Malaysia has announced they are adding a total of 4 new entry-level smartphones into the X family and a new MagicBook 16 2022 edition.
We are starting off with the HONOR X9 that includes the standard 4G LTE and 5G model which can be said as the more powerful out of the 4 guys in the new lineup. As such, the different between the non-5G and 5G models aren’t that noticable except the screen refresh rate where there’s the 120Hz and 90Hz difference. And for whatever reason, the 4G gets a better main camera sensor?

Model

HONOR X9 5G

HONOR X9

Display

6.81-inch IPS LCD (1080p Resolution, Middle Punch Hole Notch, 120Hz Refresh Rate)

6.81-inch IPS LCD (1080p Resolution, Middle Punch Hole Notch, 90Hz Refresh Rate)

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G

Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

RAM

8GB

Storage

128GB

Rear Camera

Main: 48MP f/1.8 with PDAF
Macro: 2MP f/2.4
Depth Sensor

Main: 64MP f/1.8 with PDAF
Ultra-Wide: 8MP f/2.2
Macro: 2MP f/2.4
Depth Sensor

Front Camera

16MP

Battery

4,800mAh (66W Fast Charge)

Colors

Titanium Silver, Ocean Blue, Midnight Black

On the other hand, the X8 and X7 shaves off a little bit of that premium properties from the X9 and opt for a less powered set of characteristics including slightly less RAM and slower fast charge speed. But if that’s not a concern for you and you’re looking to save a buck or two, these are more suitable for you.

Model

HONOR X8

HONOR X7

Display

6.7-inch IPS LCD (1080p Resolution, Middle Punch Hole Notch, 90Hz Refresh Rate)

6.74-inch IPS LCD (720p Resolution, Middle Punch Hole Notch, 90Hz Refresh Rate)

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

RAM

6GB

4GB

Storage

128GB

Rear Camera

Main: 64MP f/1.8 with PDAF
Ultra-Wide: 5MP f/2.2
Macro: 2MP f/2.4
Depth Sensor

Main: 48MP f/1.8 with PDAF
Ultra-Wide: 5MP f/2.2
Macro: 2MP f/2.4
Depth Sensor

Front Camera

16MP

Battery

4,000mAh (22.5W Fast Charge)

5,000mAh (22.5W Fast Charge)

Colors

Titanium Silver, Ocean Blue, Midnight Black

Titanium Silver, Ocean Blue

Lastly, the MagicBook 16 2022 model is simply getting a hardware refresh for the computing components while maintaining basically everything else. For the CPU, it is now an AMD Ryzen 7 5800H and it runs a 16GB+512GB memory configuration. Changes to everything else are little to none.

Display

16.1-inch IPS (144Hz Refresh Rate, Anti-Glare, 100% sRGB)

CPU

AMD Ryzen 7 5800H

GPU

Radeon Graphics

RAM

16GB

Storage

512GB PCIe

Battery

56WHr

Pricing
As we’ve listed the memory configuration for the new HONOR X series smartphones and the 2022 MagicBook 16, we’re gonna straight forward to the price and the associated early bird freebies:

HONOR X9 5G @ RM1,299

Sale starts on April 7
FREE HONOR Choice Earbuds X + 1-Year Extended Warranty

HONOR X9 @ RM1,099

Sale starts on April 14
FREE 1-Year Extended Warranty

HONOR X8 @ RM899

Sale starts on April 7
FREE HONOR Choice Earbuds X + 1-Year Extended Warranty

HONOR X7 @ RM699

Sale starts on April 14
FREE 1-Year Extended Warranty

HONOR MagicBook 16 @ RM4,299

Preorder starts now until April 13
FREE Laptop Backpack + Wireless Mouse + Microsoft Office 365 Personal + 1-Year Battery Care + HONOR MagicWatch 2 46mm

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Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2021: Galaxy S21 & Galaxy S21+ are finally here

Samsung just announced a slew of products – and here’s the summary of all of them. We also made a video running through all of the details – which can be watched here.
By the way, there’s no charger included. That’s confirmed.

In short, there are 3 main products announced during this Unpacked event. Here, we’re going to talk about the Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S21+ only. They’re both quite similar to each other.
All of the Galaxy S21 phones will be powered by the new Exynos 2100 (which we talked about it here). There is no 4G variants this time since the Exynos 2100 has built-in 5G.

Both the Galaxy S21 and the Galaxy S21+ are very similar in terms of their design and also color options (the Galaxy S21+ does not have pink color), but the battery size of the Galaxy S21+ got bumped all the way up to 4,800mAh.

The Galaxy S21 has a 6.2-inch screen whereby the Galaxy S21+ has a bigger 6.7-inch screen and can go up to 120Hz refresh rate and down to 48Hz to save battery. However, from what we realized, the Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S21+ are only at 1080p resolution this time around. Honestly, that’s not an issue since I use my phones at 1080p all the time even though I have the option to go 1440p.

Here’s a quick rundown on the specs for the Malaysian versions of the Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S21+.

Galaxy S21 5G
Galaxy S21+ 5G

Display
6.2-inch Flat FHD+
Dynamic AMOLED 2X
Infinity-O Display (2400×1080), 421ppi, HDR10+ certified
Adaptive 120Hz refresh rate (48~120Hz)
Eye Comfort Shield
6.7-inch Flat FHD+
Dynamic AMOLED 2X
Infinity-O Display (2400×1080), 394ppi, HDR10+ certified
Adaptive 120Hz refresh rate (48~120Hz)
Eye Comfort Shield

Camera
[Front camera]
10MP Dual Pixel AF, FOV 80°,  F2.2, 1.22µm

[Rear camera]
Triple camera

Ultra Wide: 12MP FF, FOV 120°
F2.2, 1.4µm
Wide-angle: 12MP Dual Pixel AF, FOV 79°, OIS,
F1.8, 1.8µm

Telephoto: 64MP Phase Detection AF,
Hybrid Optic 3X, FOV 76°, OIS
F2.0, 0.8µm

30X Space Zoom
[Front camera]
10MP Dual Pixel AF, FOV 80°, F2.2, 1.22µm

[Rear camera]
Triple camera

Ultra Wide: 12MP FF, FOV 120°
F2.2, 1.4µm

Wide-angle: 12MP Dual Pixel AF, FOV 79°, OIS,
F1.8, 1.8µm

Telephoto: 64MP Phase Detection AF,
Hybrid Optic 3X, FOV 76°, OIS
F2.0, 0.8µm

30X Space Zoom

*30X Space Zoom includes 3x Hybrid Optic Zoom and goes up to 30x Super Resolution Zoom. Super Resolution Zoom includes digital zoom, which may cause some image deterioration.

Chipset
Exynos 2100
5nm 64-bit Octa-Core Processor
2.9GHz (Maximum Clock Speed) + 2.8GHz +2.2GHz

Memory
8GB RAM (LPDDR5) with 256GB internal storage

Battery
4,000mAh
4,800mAh

Charging
Improved wireless charging speeds with Fast Wireless Charging 2.0
USB PD 3.0 (PPS) certified Fast Charging for wired charging (AFC and QC2.0 compatible)

OS
Android 11

Network & Connectivity
[5G]5G Non-Standalone (NSA), Standalone (SA), Sub6
Ultra Wideband for Galaxy S21+

Payment
NFC, MST

Sensors
Ultrasonic Fingerprint sensor, Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyro sensor, Geomagnetic sensor, Hall sensor
Proximity sensor, Ambient Light Sensor

Authentication
Lock type: pattern, PIN, password
Biometric lock type: Ultrasonic Fingerprint, Face recognition

Water Resistance
IP68

Personally speaking, I’m really liking the violet, pink (S21 only), and obviously – the matte black color options of the S21 and S21+. Samsung is once again pushing the boundaries on how a smartphone design should be, and offer a unique look once again.
It’ll be immediately distinctive when we take a quick glance at the phone – especially with its unique back.
Unique color, unique back.
The Galaxy S21+ also seems to have gotten a big upgrade – particularly on the battery – which I’m really pleased to see.
As of now, we still do not have the pricing or availability of the Galaxy S21 series of smartphones just yet. We’ll update this page when we have the information.
If you want to know more about the Galaxy S21 Ultra instead, click here. We also got a quick unboxing and first impressions of the Galaxy S21 Ultra, too.

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The Solve For Tomorrow 2021 competition hosted by Samsung and UM aims to tackle modern problems through Gen-Z brain power

The education-focused Solve For Tomorrow 2021 has launched a couple of weeks ago in partnership with University Malaya and supported by the Ministry of Education.

The competition has gathered Gen-Z students to not only compete against each other but for a greater goal of solving modern-day problems through the power of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, or STEM for short. As Samsung is dedicated to creating a future of total green computing, they want to tap into the minds and ideas of these future world builders to discover brand new discoveries that can be served as breakthroughs.
For this year, the 2 focused themes are ‘Access to Education’ and ‘Environmental Sustainability’ and the targeted students are those who are currently Form 1 or Form 2 nationwide. While the 1st and 2nd rounds will focus more on idea presentation and conceptualization, 3rd round onwards until the final round will require participants to come up with a prototype and video presentation with the combination of both be judged by the relevance of the issue, creativity, the feasibility of ideas, application of STEM and presentation of innovative solutions.
Of course, Samsung is ready to shower the winners of the podium with tons of products for showing off the best results.

1st Prize: RM6,000 worth of Samsung products for each student + RM12,000 worth of Samsung products for the representing school
2nd Prize: RM5,000 worth of Samsung products for each student + RM10,000 worth of Samsung products for the representing school
3rd Prize: RM4,000 worth of Samsung products for each student + RM8,000 worth of Samsung products for the representing school
2x Consolation Prize: RM6,600 worth of Samsung products

If you are interested, click here to check out all the details about the competition and also get in contact with your school to get all the assistance you need.

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iQOO 11 5G’s interest check packs prizes and early hands-on chance as incentives until December 2022

iQOO Malaysia is asking its fans and anyone that is interested in the upcoming iQOO 11 5G smartphone to get involved early as there are tons of goodies to be won.

By heading towards this Google Form and signing up for a little interest punch card right now, amazing prizes worth up to RM30,000 is ready to be given away to lucky fans whilst the announcement of the iQOO 11 5G creeps closer with each day passes by.
As the smartphone will be launched exclusively online, iQOO Malaysia has teased that there may be a chance for an early hands-on experience of some sort so be sure to stay tuned to their Facebook page for more updates.

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Xiaomi Malaysia Launches Mi 8; Snapdragon 845 For RM1,599

Just when I thought flagship smartphones wouldn’t get any more affordable. Here we have the new Xiaomi Mi 8 – a smartphone with the greatest Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC in the market right now and priced at only RM1,599.

Here’s a quick rundown of the Mi 8’s specs:

6.21-inch Super AMOLED display with 2248×1080 pixels
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC

Octa-core processor with 4x 2.8GHz Kryo 385 Gold + 4x 1.8GHz Kryo 385 Silver
Adreon 630 GPU

6GB RAM
Dual rear-facing cameras with

12MP f/1.8 28mm with 4-axis OIS, dual-pixel PDAF
12MP f/2.4 56mm with AF (2x optical zoom)

Selfie camera

20MP f/2.0

3,400mAh battery with Quick Charge 4.0+

Xiaomi boasts that the Mi 8 is with the most advanced Xiaomi smartphone camera ever, as it received a DxOMark of 105 in photo score. It even has AI-enabled studio lighting feature and also Xiami’s AI Beautify 5.0 to deliver beautiful portraits.

The Mi 8 also has face unlock via infrared with the help of the integrated infrared illuminator. This infrared light can enable the Mi 8 to still use face unlock even when the environment is in total darkness.
The Mi 8 comes in two different storage variants – either in 64GB (available at Lazada and Shopee on 16th August) and 128GB (available in Authorized Mi stores, Lazada, and Shopee on 18th August) of internal storage.

Both of these variants come in three different colors – black, blue, and white. The white color option will be available later in September. The 64GB version will be priced at RM1,599 whereas the 128GB version is at RM1,899.
Perhaps we’ll be taking a look at what Xiaomi really has to offer this time around. The specs look fantastic, and paired with Xiaomi’s enhancements together with the price, the Mi 8 sure looks like an instant hit in the market.

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Samsung Galaxy S10+ with 12GB RAM + 1TB storage now available at RM5,999

We all know that the highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S10 series has arrived and was once again, well received. Year after year, Samsung has put out some fantastic devices. The new Galaxy S10+ has a special variant which has 12GB of RAM and a total of 1TB internal storage. And it’s here in Malaysia now.
The new Galaxy S10+ is the first ever smartphone that comes with 1TB of internal storage, and you still have the microSD card slot available for your own use. That means you can have a total of 1.5TB on your hands.

You can now order the Galaxy S10+ with 12GB RAM + 1TB storage at the price of RM5,999 and Samsung is also giving you one Galaxy A9 (2018) for free with each purchase! Promotion lasts from now until 5th May 2019, and only available from participating Samsung Experience Stores and authorized merchants.

We have already reviewed the Samsung Galaxy S10+ here and by no surprise, the Galaxy S10+ is indeed one of the best smartphones available in the market today. With Samsung’s One UI, it comes with Samsung Pay, the super useful Edge Panel, and also the triple rear-facing cameras.

With the addition of and ultrawide camera and a telephoto camera, the Galaxy S10+ is made to suit you in whatever situation you are in. Whether it is a landscape or trying to catch a picture of someone from across the street – the Galaxy S10+ got it all.

Yet now with a total of 1TB of internal storage, you can save hundreds of movies and TV shows from Netflix onto your phone and watch on the go. With the new Dynamic AMOLED display, it even has support for HDR10+! Watch your shows on your phone with the most beautiful display on the market – ever.
For more information on the Galaxy S10+ with 12GB RAM and a 1TB storage, please visit: https://www.samsung.com/my/offer/mobile/s10-1tb/

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Logitech’s X50 is the wireless speaker you need

We’ve seen quite a few wireless speakers and multitude of audio products in the past – but this Logitech X50 might be the one that we didn’t know we need.

Firstly, it’s small. Secondly, it comes with a multitude of colours – particularly in green, gray, yellow, orange, or blue. Thirdly, it has Bluetooth and an aux audio jack, but no NFC – let’s face it though, pair it once and then forget about it forever.
It claims to have 5 hours of playtime, and simple usage with only just 3 buttons – volume up and down, and another power button. There is also a loop to hook it up on a carabiner or on your bag too.
The Logitech X50 is expected be available in the market starting mid-August 2015, with the price tag of only RM109 with GST included. Wow. Definitely wow.
For more information on this product, do click here!

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“Zero TV” households are growing

Some year ago when digital content availability starts to grow, TVs starts losing their general purpose and became redundant to be owned. I, for one, am one of them, as I now watch TV shows and everything else online.

Nielsen released an entire infographic of Zero TV homes with all its statistical results found. As it has stated, only 5% of homes are TV-less, though it’s 5 million homes in numbers.

As content distribution through the internet is still limited, TV is still the most effective and best overall choice anyone can get, but it obviously depends on how you’re getting your contents.
For me who personally doesn’t watch much shows will rather have content online, having a TV is pretty much just for the sake of having a larger screen to watch videos on. Even Smart TVs with wireless display are in the mainstream now, it’s inevitable that traditional TV will be vanish sooner or later.
Via : Tech Crunch

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Huawei P9 Plus incoming with flagship price

In lieu of Huawei P9’s launch last Satuday, here’s the biggest and baddest in the series – the P9 Plus. I’m pretty sure some of us have already seen this coming, and obviously there’s no surprise to me either.
The new Huawei P9 Plus differs from the basic P9 by having a slightly larger screen at 5.5-inches, but upgraded to a Super AMOLED screen, yet still sporting the 1080p resolution. Other than that, the Huawei P9 Plus features stereo speakers, a much better f/1.9 front-facing camera for your selfies, and even has infrared! Last and definitely the biggest change is the upgrade to a slightly bigger 3,400mAh battery.

With these upgrades, how much does the Huawei P9 Plus really cost, you may ask. The answer to that is RM2,599. Massive price half a thousand increase from the basic P9 too, actually.
The Huawei P9 Plus will be avialable on June 10th on VMall.my and also on Huawei’s exclusive online partner, Lazada. [Links will be usable on June 10th]

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Review – Xiaomi Redmi 6

Another day, another smartphone review. Today we take a look at the Xiaomi Redmi 6 – the “elder” version of the Redmi 6A that we reviewed here. In many ways, the Redmi 6 is identical to the 6A – so let’s take a look at both of them here.
Thanks to Xiaomi Malaysia for provisioning us a unit of the Redmi 6.

Unboxing

The packaging design is the same for both the Redmi 6 and 6A. Same red box at the front with the big “Redmi 6” branding printed at the bottom left corner.

At the back, it once again has a list of specs. Nothing particularly crazy or out of the ordinary.

Opening up the box reveals the same packaging style again – and the cardboard cutouts to hold the accessories in place are nearly identical. The one big difference here is the charger itself. We’ll talk more about it later.

Design
The Redmi 6 has the same design as the Redmi 6A – sleek body that we’ve come to expect from an everyday phone.

The one we have here is again in gold color – and putting it side by side with the Redmi 6A, we can see a few functional aesthetic difference which we will get into later.

Connectivity and ports
The Redmi 6 and the Redmi 6A is once again pretty identical with its ports. At the left side is where we can find the dedicated Nano SIM 1 + microSD card slot and another tray with a Nano SIM 2 slot.

The connectivity is the same as well – 802.11n WiFi at 2.4GHz is the best standard the Redmi 6 is compatible with. It doesn’t have NFC or wireless charging.

Like the Redmi 6A, the buttons are on the right side as well.

Even the micro USB port and the 3.5mm audio jack placements are the same.

The first big aesthetic difference is the fingerprint scanner at the back. Yes – the Redmi 6 does come with a fingerprint scanner at the back. With many users relying on fingerprint to speedily unlock their phones, the inclusion of a fingerprint scanner is great here.
Display
Once again Xiaomi opted for the same display on the Redmi 6. It sports a 5.45-inch IPS LCD display with 18:9 aspect ratio and a resolution of 1440×720 pixels. Not the crispest screen out there in the market, but it’ll do. It does have pretty good colors and contrast, by the way.

Camera
Here’s the second major difference between the Redmi 6 and Redmi 6A. The Redmi 6 comes with a dual rear-facing camera whereby the second camera functions as a depth sensor. Here’s the specs list for the cameras of the Redmi 6.

Dual rear-facing cameras

12MP f/2.2 with PDAF
5MP f/2.2 depth sensor

Selfie camera

5MP f/2.2

Without further ado, let’s take a look at some of the pictures I’ve taken with the Redmi 6. The full gallery of pictures can be browsed over at our Flickr album here.
Rear-facing cameras
This time around, the Redmi 6 does focus a little faster with the assistance of the depth sensor. In terms of image quality, daylight shots look great – and the HDR mode is somewhat better. The colors are as good as the Redmi 6A here.

HDR in broad daylight looks great as well – just that the patch of sky looks awfully unnaturally dark and gives an overall gloomy look.

White balance is also a little better as the patch of grass is green even at first shot.

When it comes to night shots, once again don’t expect anything fantastic here. It’s barely usable for social media with the insane amount of noise. Turning on HDR for night shots made things even worse, actually.

And let’s not forget – the 5MP depth sensor enables faster and more accurate bokeh shots – which is true.

Selfie camera
Despite having the same selfie camera as the Redmi 6A, for some reason the selfie image picture on the Redmi 6 looks better.

Camera UI
Still using the same UI as the Redmi 6A and the Mi A2 that we reviewed here. It’s an okay UI but does still need some fix to make it easier to navigate.

Comes with manual mode as well as the “straighten” mode that I came to love.

Software
Using Android 8.1.0 with MIUI 9.6.4.0 on top, it is also similar to the Redmi 6A. A few additions to the software here is the fingerprint scanner as an unlock option – obviously.

Unfortunately, there is no fingerprint gesture here. Quite a bummer since I’m already used to swiping the fingerprint scanner to show and hide notifications.
Check out our review of the Redmi 6A here for the software part. They’re pretty much identical.
Performance
In contrast with the Redmi 6A, the Redmi 6 has slightly better specs overall.

5.45-inch IPS LCD display with 18:9 aspect ratio and 1440×720 pixels
MediaTek Helio P22 chipset fabricated with 12nm process technology (learn more here)

Octa-core processor with 4x Cortex-A53 @ 2.0GHz
PowerVR GE8320 graphics

3GB RAM
32GB storage
3,000mAh battery
Android 8.1.0 with MIUI 9.6.4.0

Obviously, the Redmi 6 is more powerful than the Redmi 6A – but by how much? Take a look at these benchmarks.

But does the difference in performance really matter? In everyday usage, yes – the Redmi 6 is a lot smoother and snappier than the Redmi 6A.
Battery and charger
Despite being more powerful than the Redmi 6A, the Redmi 6 still has the same 3,000mAh battery. One would expect Xiaomi to bump up the battery a little – but I guess Xiaomi wants to cut cost down and just use the same battery.
How much of an impact does the hardware upgrade cost in terms of battery? Quite a lot. The battery life shortened by nearly an hour in our test.

Charger

What about the charger? Well, the Redmi 6 comes with a completely different charger compared to the Redmi 6A. But does it matter? We took it for a spin.

It takes 60 minutes to reach 50% battery, and takes a total of 102 minutes to reach 75%. To charge it completely, you’ll need 160 minutes. Wait a minute – isn’t this the same time taken to charge the Redmi 6?
That raised my suspicion – and I redid the charging test again with the Redmi 6A’s charger – and surprise, surprise. It takes the same amount of time to charge.
What does this tell us? Simple – the Xiaomi Redmi 6 and 6A only supports 5V 1A chargers.
Wrapping up the Xiaomi Redmi 6 review
The Xiaomi Redmi 6 is obviously a compelling offer – but when placed beside the Redmi 6A, one might wonder what are the differences.

To sum it up, the Redmi 6 has better performance, a secondary depth sensor camera, and a fingerprint scanner – but has a poorer battery life. Everything else remained pretty much the same.
For RM499, it’s quite quite a good buy – but that’s nearing the territory of the ASUS ZenFone Max Pro (M1)‘s promotional price.

Where to buy?
At Xiaomi Malaysia’s official LazMall store here.

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realme Malaysia has a watch and a smartphone coming soon

We were doing our routine checks on SIRIM and we found out that there are two new entries for realme products which we have no idea what they are. Luckily for us, SIRIM database has a category for descriptions that tell us more information that we need.
In accordance with the two SIRIM entries, we have a watch with the model name RMA183 and there’s another new smartphone with the model name RMX2040.

RMA183
So far, we have no idea what the watch is. Doing a quick Google search reveals that the realme watch is also certified in a few other country’s SIRIM equivalent. However, there is no further information on what the device will be.
We avoid calling it a “smartwatch” because the realme watch might turn out to be a fitness band instead.
From what we can predict, it could be another fitness band like the Xiaomi Mi Band 4, the HONOR Band 5, and the Samsung Galaxy Fit. They’re all extremely similar to one another.
RMX2040
Currently, the RMX2040 is confirmed to be an entry-level phone. According to SIRIM, the RMX2040 only supports up to N-WiFi, which is a telltale sign of an entry-level phone.
A quick Google search reveals that the RMX2040 will be called the realme 6i. It’s quite weird that the realme 5i was just revealed not too long ago, which we have also reviewed here.
Review – realme 5i: The 4th member in the realme 5 family

There are no specs of the RMX2040 as of now, but we’re thinking that it wouldn’t take long until the RMX2040 will be announced.

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Here are the prices for ROG Phone 3 and all its accessories

The ASUS ROG Phone 3 is finally officially launched here in Malaysia! This is your chance to buy this brand new, highly anticipated gaming smartphone in Malaysia with an official warranty. The price is enticing as well – and all of the accessories are here, too.
We have already done numerous videos and a full in-depth review of the ROG Phone 3, which you can check them out here.

We also did a comparison between the ROG Phone 3 and also the Black Shark 3 Pro to weigh the options to see which is the best gaming phone of 2020. I do believe that gaming-centric smartphones of 2020 are interesting.

ROG Phone 3 variants and prices
The ROG Phone 3 comes in a few different flavors – particularly the standard edition and also the slightly-nerfed STRIX edition. There is a big price gap between both of them, too.

ROG Phone 3 STRIX Edition (Snapdragon 865; 8GB RAM; 256GB storage) – RM2,999
ROG Phone 3 (Snapdragon 865+; 12GB RAM; 512GB storage) – RM3,799
ROG Phone 3 (Snapdragon 865+; 16GB RAM; 512GB storage) – RM4,499

All of the ROG Phone 3 variants are available now in Malaysia. And of course, it comes with 1-year local warranty as well.

ROG Phone 3 accessories
Just like its predecessors, the ROG Phone 3 is expandable with a bunch of different accessories. Here is the full list:

Accessory
Warranty
Price

ROG Ranger BC1001 Waist Pack
N/A
RM99

ROG Clip
3 months
RM149

ROG Phone 3 Lighting Armor Case + Glass Screen Protector
3 months
RM279

ROG Kunai 3 Gamepad
3 months
RM499

Mobile Desktop Dock
12 months
RM599

TwinView Dock 3
12 months
RM899

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Mind Over Mechanics: Brain-controlled Parrot AR.Drone

Biomedical engineering team at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis devised a method by using non-invasive electroencephalogram (EEG) to steer a computer generated aircraft – in short, it is reacting to your mind!  By imagining different gestures and movements, the pilot can control the drone without moving a muscle.

Ultimately, the developers of this brain-controlled Parrot quadricopter hope to adapt their technology for directing artificial robotic limbs and other medical devices. Today’s best neural prosthetics require electrodes to be implanted in the body and are thus reserved for quadriplegics and others with disabilities severe enough justify invasive surgery.
If you’re wondering just how exactly they were able to fly a drone using thought alone, just imagine clenching your fists or left hand clenched or right hand clenched – different mental images cause different kind of  movement for the drone.
perhaps this video may give you an idea on how this mind controlled drone work:

With this brain-controlled  Parrot AR.Drone, I believe that we are one step closer to control  robotic limbs, computers, and other technology just by the power of your mind. Really cool isn’t it? Stem cells might have an entire alternative here – exoskeleton controlling.
Via :  Slashgear

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AMD Ryzen Mobile Processor Launched In Malaysia

AMD first released their AMD Zen architecture of processors last year with the Ryzen series of desktop processors. The Ryzen 7 sent waves of ripples across the entire ecosystem of desktop processors. AMD now officiates the Ryzen Mobile processors in Malaysia with the Ryzen 5 2500U and the Ryzen 7 2700U processors.
These two Ryzen Mobile processors are made based on the same Zen x86 architecture from a year ago, and mashed together with AMD’s Radeon Vega GPU on a single chip.

Here are the specs for both the Ryzen 5 2500U and Ryzen 7 2700U.

Model
Ryzen 5 2500U
Ryzen 7 2700U

CPU Cores
4
4

Threads
8
8

Base Clock (GHz)
2.0
2.2

Boost Clock (GHz)
3.6
3.8

Graphics Compute Unit
8
10

Max GPU Clock (MHz)
1100
1300

L2/L3 Cache (MB)
2/4
2/4

TDP (Watts)
15
15

As of now, there are two laptops that are using Ryzen Mobile processors.

Model
Acer Swift 3
SF315-41G
Lenovo IdeaPad 720S
720S-13ARR

CPU
Ryzen 5 2500U
Ryzen 5 2500U

GPU
Radeon 540 (2GB GDDR5)
Integrated Radeon Vega Graphics

RAM
8GB DDR4
4GB DDR4

Hard Drive
256GB PCIe SSD
256GB PCIe SSD

Display
15.6-inch 1080p IPS
13.3-inch 1080p IPS

Availability
End of March 2018
Available in market

There’s actually another laptop that is using Ryzen – but it’s technically not Ryzen Mobile. Introducing the ASUS ROG Strix GL702ZC (CGC273T). It is equipped with a desktop-class Ryzen 7 1700 with Radeon RX580, 8GB of DDR4 RAM, 256GB SATA SSD with 17.3-inch 1080p IPS screen. It’s available on the market now, too.

From what we were told, there will be more laptops with Ryzen Mobile processors coming to the market in the near future. Honestly speaking, the form factor you can achieve with the performance that a single piece of silicon can bring to the user is immense when it comes to AMD’s Ryzen Mobile processors. I’m still waiting for an 8C16T Ryzen Mobile processor, though. If that ever happens, that is.
We’ll definitely update this space when we have more information on upcoming laptops that are powered by Ryzen Mobile processors!

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Logitech sweeps GOOD and iF awards

It’s no not breaking news that Logitech made a lot of great products over the last year, and they certainly are the premium brand for great mice and accessories for Apple devices.

The GOOD DESIGN awards for 2014 were awarded to the cas+, K830 keyboard, X300 wireless stereo speaker, Ultrathin Keyboard Folio for the iPad Air and iPad Mini, the Ultrathin for iPad Air, G402 Hyperion Fury gaming mouse, and my personal favourite – the G502 Proteus Core tunable gaming mouse which we also reviewed.
For this year, the iF DESIGN AWARD winners are the Logitech AnyAngle case, the M320 wireless mouse, and the UE MEGABOOM.
If you ever want to have a look at any of these products – hey, do check them out at your nearest retailer. I’m sure you’ll love it!
Also, we have the Logitech M280 mouse review coming soon. Do look out for it!

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Review – Edifier W800BT Wireless Headset

Wireless headphones. They’re something that I don’t get to see every day. I woke up from an afternoon nap one day and had the Edifier W800BT at my doorstep. I stared at it and thought – hey, it’s the wireless age, and battery-powered audio devices have its own benefits too. With much enthusiasm, I jumped up to my den and took it out of the box and tried. Here’s my full review of the Edifier W800BT.
By the way, thanks for the doorstep delivery! 😀

Unboxing
The packaging here is very basic. No flaps or anything to take a peek at the headset themselves, unfortunately.

Behind the packaging shows off the 3 different color options that the Edifier W800BT is offered in, and has a little indicator showing that my particular unit here is in red.

As for the specifications, you can refer them here.
32Ω impedance with these specs seem good – at least on paper.
The packaging is rather intriguing, as there’s a little angled box to fill in a gap between the box and the headset’s plastic holder, and serve as a shock absorber too. Brilliant design!

After digging everything out, there are quite a few things in the box, but nothing extraordinary.

I found out that Edifier included a custom color-matched 3.5mm audio jack too. It’s definitely nice to see, and this cable is made out of solid materials. It really adds icing on the cake!
However, it lacks one thing – a hard case to store the Edifier W800BT so that I can throw it in my bag and carry it around. Emphasis on the word “hard case”, as I have my reasons in the next section of this review.
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The whole Edifier W800BT itself takes on a fairly simple design with zero frills. Absolutely no fancy swivels for folding or rotating earcups at all. It might be a big deal for those who are always on-the-go, as they would want to fold the earcup and let the earpads rest on the shoulders. I mean, even I would like such a feature.

The build quality of the Edifier W800BT is… questionable. In one way, First things first – I do like the weight of it. It doesn’t feel like there’s anything on my head or ears whenever I wore it.

However, to achieve this weight, there is a price to pay. That price is its build material. The Edifier W800BT is made out of plastic only – from the headbands to the earcups.
Everything is in this eye-catching red color. Very uniform in terms of its color, actually.
The plastic build here isn’t particularly bad, but concerns arise when long-term durability is concerned. Seriously, I can’t carry this headset around in my bag with confidence. Firstly, it can’t fold for easier transportation. Secondly, there’s no hard shell case.

Obviously, this does affect the build quality overall. It’s going to be damaged very easily.
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Let’s start with the buttons. There are a total of 3 buttons on the Edifier W800BT All of them does do their own function, obviously. And guess what – I think Edifier did a good job with these on-earcup buttons than Logitech did for their G633 Artemis Spectrum headset that we’ve reviewed here.

There are a total of 3 buttons on this Edifier W800BT – a set of up and down buttons for volume and track seeking, and a power button for the most obvious purpose.
The buttons here are tactile yet soft, and ergonomic enough to reach and press both buttons with easy. There’s even a small little tactile bump of the “+” button too, so that you can differentiate which button will be pressed without even looking at it. Nice addition.

These buttons do have its own set of flaws too, but it’s in terms of its functionality. As many of you might have experienced before, these buttons can change tracks by holding for an amount of time. The Edifier W800BT is no different – but it requires the button to be pressed for nearly 3 seconds.
For my case, I’ve been a heavy user of Spotify for quite some time now, and Spotify replays the current track if the “previous track” button is pressed after playing for 3 seconds. So, using the Edifier W800BT’s buttons to seek to the previous track isn’t exactly the friendliest.
Beside these buttons is where the two little holes are found. These holes are for the microphone. More on this later.
Side note – the Edifier W800BT cannot be forced to enter Bluetooth pairing mode when I held the power button when it’s off. That means it’s meant for a single device only, and pairing it with another device will cause some major inconvenience.
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As I’ve mentioned before, the Edifier W800BT is really lightweight. Weighing in at only 202 grams, it really doesn’t feel anything on my head at all. However, the clamping force is too light, and thus the PU leather earcups just couldn’t make a seal around my ears.
In a way, it’s good since my ears can breathe, but the tradeoff is obviously noise isolation. More on this later.

Since the clamping force isn’t as good, most of the weight is focused around the headband area. It’s not the most comfortable feeling to have all the weight pushing down on your head, but that’s how it is.
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At least the headband is nicely cushion and wrapped with PU leather.
Before I forget – the microphone on this headset is way too far from my mouth, and audio pickup is sub-par at best. In short, the microphone sucks. Don’t bother using the microphones on this pair of headset – just treat it as a pair of headphones.
Listening test
Once I paired it via Bluetooth, I started some tunes and realize that overall, it’s quite bassy. It’s also quite obvious that the vocals have been shifted towards the lower end of the frequency response too, with songs like No Mercy by The Living Tombstone has its vocals pretty much drowned in the drums.
Knowing that the Edifier W800BT is such a bass-centric piece of headset, why don’t we listen to a little bit of bassy music? I fired up Kali 47 by Savant, and it was actually very enjoyable! Obviously, it’s a song with not much emphasis on mids and highs. Adventure Time by Rogue and Delayed Friend Request by 7 Minutes Dead tells the same story too – but with a punchier beat that accentuates the strength of the Edifier W800BT.

For some mellow tones like The Very Thought Of You played by the BBC Big Band, it actually sounds more enjoyable than having sparkly highs – but that’s my own personal opinion.
Overall, all I can say is that the Edifier W800BT is a bassy pair of headset. Not really meant for those who seek to enjoy vocals or orchestral music.
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Closing words – the Edifier W800BT is a nice pair of headset. It has pretty much the the basic features of a wireless headset nailed to the point.

From what I’ve been told, the Edifier W800BT costs RM 179. It’s a tad higher than what I’d consider it to be reasonable, but hey – the Malaysian currency isn’t as strong either.
Where to buy?
Click here to head on over to Lazada and get one! For some reason, only Black is available in the market now.

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Review – OPPO F1s: Best Sub-RM1,200 Smartphone?

Not too long ago, we saw the launch of a brand new Oppo smartphone – the OPPO F1s. With those specs, it’s an interesting phone to say the least. It aims at one being the only smartphone for “selfie experts”, but they might have also captured the hearts of those who seek the best value smartphone. Let’s take a look at the OPPO F1s here.

The OPPO F1s has a pretty extensive box itself – with a printed sleeve wrapped around the box. Sliding the sleeve off is relatively simple, as there’s a fair share of spare between the sleeve and the box itself, unlike other products.

The box then opens up to even reveal everything inside, with a pretty compact packaging design overall. Everything is nicely packed, and the things packed inside this box is pretty commendable too.

Overall contents were really good, except for the fact that the earphones included is really horrible – by that I mean it’s this type of earphones.

OPPO might as well just don’t include it in the box for two reasons. First, very few people are going to use such earphones. Secondly, it can save you cost, and potentially lowering  the OPPO F1s’s price even lower than it is now. Or maybe OPPO just thought that this pair of earphones just doesn’t affect the cost of the OPPO F1s. In whichever case, I think the most generic pair of in-ear monitors would be better than this.

After opening all the boxes, it’s nice to actually find some hidden extra accessories that everyone needs – a screen protector (already installed) and a very thick TPU case. In my opinion, these two things are the tipping point when a dilemma on which smartphone to choose arises. Mostly the cases aren’t that easy to find, and most of them require a lengthy shipping time. Having these accessories right in the box itself feels absolutely great.
[nextpage title=”Design”]The design of it is fairly simple. At this point of time now, I guess you could even call it “common”, in a sense that every smartphone design is quite similar with many other smartphone designs. However, there’s no point in “fixing” a design that already works.
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The button placements on the OPPO F1s is very classical too – with the power button and the SIM card/microSD card on right side, and the volume rocket on the left side.

This classic button placement position is great – especially for those who is a left-handed smartphone user such as myself. These buttons are very tactile, and has the correct stiffness so that it doesn’t accidentally trigger itself.

For those who doesn’t want to use the included TPU case however might worry about the slipperiness of the OPPO F1s. Well, I’m here to tell you fear not – the OPPO F1s looks like it has just a really subtle curve on the metal rim, but still is very square when held on my palms.

At the bottom is where the 3.5mm audio jack, charging port, and two grills are found. At first glance, I thought that the OPPO F1s would be a bottom-facing stereo speaker – but that’s not the case here. The grill on the left side is actually a microphone, whereas the one on the right is a speaker.

Let’s not forget about the included transparent case too. OPPO definitely took the time and effort into creating this case, as it wraps the buttons as well. They even included ridges for the buttons so that the tactility is maintained! This is a really high quality TPU case!
[nextpage title=”Connectivity”]For those who are getting the OPPO F1s – do take note about this. It supports two SIM cards and one microSD card slot (up to 128GB) together. There’s no SIM/microSD card slot that requires the user to sacrifice SIM card for a microSD card and vice versa. Just lay everything on the nicely labelled metal tray here, and slide it all in.

The metal tray itself here is labelled nicely too, as the corresponding slot number and SIM card size that the OPPO F1s uses is labelled properly. Also, it shows which side should the microSD card be facing upwards too, to potentially minimize the issue with broken SIM card slot.

On another side note, it even supports both 2.4GHz and 5GHz WiFi connections to up 802.11N WiFi standards. It’s not surprising that it doesn’t support AC WiFi because let’s be honest here – it’s expensive and the adoption rate is real slow.
Other  than that, the OPPO F1s comes with Bluewooth 4.0 and even supports OTG. The only thing that it doesn’t support is NFC. Again it’s not a necessity, but it’s something that I gripe about whenever I needed it – even though that happens rarely.
[nextpage title=”Display”]There really isn’t much to tell about the display here – it’s a 720p display. Not idea if they used IPS or what, but the colour shifting occurred when looking at it at about 60 degrees off angle.

It’s a really bright screen to be honest, and at times it did blind me at night too. The auto-brightness feature here doesn’t make the screen brightness fluctuate insanely. Also, there’s an option to manually fine tune the automatic brightness level too – so you can get a real feel of how bright you really want.
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Rear-facing camera
I probably should also mention about the 13MP f/2.2 rear-facing camera here first. I thought that it would have a significant camera bump based on the pictures I’ve seen, but it actually looks fairly flushed. The bump is tiny, but will still slightly tilt the phone when laid on a flat surface.

These sort of camera bumps will definitely get the camera lens scratched, but thankfully OPPO did include a really thick case, which is thicker than the camera bump by a significant amount. Don’t have to worry about scratching the camera lens at all!
Yeah, it’s a really, really thick case
Since we’re still talking about the rear-facing camera, let’s get right into the image quality.
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Honestly speaking, it performs decently. Not the best rear-facing camera that I’ve seen, as you can see that the exposure compensation is a little crazy at times. As seen above, I just took at a real quick speed. It does capture the details relatively well at Marriott Hotel’s lighting conditions, but the exposure is out of whack. It just couldn’t really get a nice exposure most of the time. When it does get the exposure right though, it looks great.

Oh yeah – I forgot to mention the Ultra HD photo mode. It takes a few pictures at 13MP, and stitches them together via software. It works quite well, but practically wise it’s the same as Super Resolution on ASUS smartphones which we’ve seen here, there, and everywhere.

Front-facing camera

Ahhh, this is where the magic happens. Touting to be the smartphone for “selfie experts”, it performs quite well with that 16MP f/2.0 selfie camera. Here comes some samples!
This is NOT me.
The selfie cam I think works really well. It can capture the details really nicely, and colour reproductions is great as well. There is no lens distortion much, and definitely lives up to its promotional tagline – for “selfie experts”. Actually, hold on – I think it makes non-“selfie experts” to be an expert instantly.

I guess the only one single downside of the front-facing camera is its focusing – or lack there of. It’s a fixed-focus camera, and I think if OPPO managed to cramp in a auto-focusing mechanism for its selfie cam, it’ll be even more amazing.

Oh yeah – it has Panaromic Selfie too.

Other remarks regarding camera
I’m going to blatantly point this out – the camera UI is way too similar to Apple’s. I suppose it’s good for those who are coming from Apple devices, since they already got used to the interface already.
It’s also weird that taking pictures consecutively instead of using their burst mode directly, saves pictures slower than using burst shot directly. Not sure why this happens or if OPPO has any method in fixing this, but it’s something worth noting. Till then, make sure to use Burst Shot mode generously.
[nextpage title=”Software”]I think this is the biggest downfall in the OPPO F1s. Personally I think it’s okay enough to use – with the ultra-fast fingerprint sensor that can unlock the phone instantaneously after placing my thumb on it and pressing it down.

The OPPO F1s is running on ColorOS V3.0.0i, and it’s based on Android 5.1. There’s nothing wrong with this – but how the entire UI built and UX is formed threw me off at times. The menus are messy and at times clunky, yet most of it doesn’t really have a proper explanation on how things are done either.
For example, the lock screen is great – with these different beautiful images showing up each time I press the power button, and constantly refreshing new libraries of pictures by itself over time. It’s a fantastic feature.

However, the notification and Quick Settings (I presume that’s what it’s called) menu is clunky and doesn’t really offer much context, especially the gestures that it supports. I found out that there are some gestures which work great, but some gestures are nonexistent.

The multitasking menu has some hidden features too – like dragging the card down to lock and unlock it from being cleared off the RAM, and swiping up to clear the app. It works magnificently well once you do understand how it works.
That said, it did confuse me at first as I have no idea what’s going on. Took a little but of extra exploration to find out what’s going on.
The themes available for the OPPO F1s is no joke. I really like that touch by OPPO.
[nextpage title=”Performance”]Let’s keep this short and simple. It’s running on a MediaTek MT6750 octa-core 64-bit processor with Malit-T860 MP2 graphics, has 3GB worth of RAM and 3,075mAh battery. Keep in mind that this is a phone with 720p resolution.
Running the usual test suite, the OPPO F1s manages to score decently at Epic Citadel, scoring at about 46FPS constantly through consecutively repeated tests.

On the usual Vellamo test, it performs relatively well too. Numbers don’t mean much, but when compared against other smartphones, it’s quite good. Doesn’t lag when I surf the web while listening to music, and constantly hammering the screen with my thumbs to type messages constantly.

Overall, performance wise it’s fantastic.
[nextpage title=”Battery”]Then comes the battery of course. It’s a 3,075mAh battery. However I had a hard time depleting all of its battery. I tried playing Pokemon Go extensively on the OPPO F1s, but failed drastically. The battery just managed to sustain for a very long time. The most I managed to milk out of the battery was till about 32%, and it was about 18 hours of usage. That’s pretty insane.
Temperature wise I don’t think it’s even necessary to put the entire graph out. The max that I got was about 40℃ as far as I can tell. It never once felt hot – just occasionally feels a tad warmer than it usually is.
It’s not exactly tiny either.
Then comes the charger. I was actually quite disappointed realizing that OPPO only included a 5V 2A charger. I was hoping maybe for a first generation VOOC charger instead? That actually would be a great selling point for the F1s, OPPO.

Charging speeds though, it’s still a 10W charger. Nothing else to say much.
[nextpage title=”Wrap up”]The OPPO F1s got many things right. Metal body, an included phone case + pre-installed screen protector, touts great selfie camera, and priced below RM1,200 too. Well, they barely achieved the last point but it still stands.

OPPO managed to nail the performance and and optimization on the F1s, but needs improvement on their software. I think that  a revamp on their ColorOS might be the answer to how OPPO can win our hearts. Camera-wise, it’s decent. For social media purposes, it’s beyond what I need. Let’s not forget it has a built-in 32GB storage too. Oh yeah, one last point – the fingerprint scanner is insanely quick. Pressed the home button with my thumb, and boom! UNLOCKED!

It’s available in Gold and Rose Gold (literally pink) colour options too. All these for for RM1,198? With another free leather phone case and an original 3,600mAh power bank by OPPO themselves? It’s a no-brainer deal – yet this offer is by OPPO Malaysia themselves! Sorry guys, the deal has expired!
Couple that with a Lazada voucher, you can get it for a pretty low price. Check out the deals here!

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