Honor Gala Sale 2016 Is Here; Flash Sales All Around

11th November is upon us, and for China, it’s actually a pretty big deal. Because it appears as 11.11 on the calendar, single people commemorated this day as “singles’ day”. As single people, I suppose we don’t have to spend money on our girlfriend/fiance/wives, so why not take those money and reward ourselves? That’s where the Honor Gala Sale 2016 comes in.
So what’s up with the Honor Gala Sale 2016? Well, for 11 days, starting from November 1st to November 11th. During this period, Honor Malaysia will be bringing in abundant promotional deals on VMall Malaysia.

Every morning at 10.08 am when the flash deals start on VMall Malaysia! During the flash deals, users can purchase the following items at just RM11*! However, please note that each flash deal promoted is limited to the first 10 units only so make sure you’re ready by 10.08am! Additionally, a lower price promotion will commence from 9am – 11:59pm on November 11th, where users can purchase the Honor Band SS at RM299 and Honor Band Z1 at RM220.

Event Date
Products/Bundle
Color

1-Nov-16
Honor 5A Protective Cover (Clear)

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Honor 5C Protective Cover (Clear)

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2-Nov-16
Honor 4C Protective Cover
Blue, Yellow, Pink, White, Grey

Honor 4X Protective Cover
White

3-Nov-16
Honor 8 Protective Cover
Silver, Blue, Gold

4-Nov-16
Honor Selfie Stick
Blue, Pink, Black

5-Nov-16
Honor 5C Flip Cover
White, Brown, Black

Honor 8 Flip Cover
Blue, White, Gold

Honor 7 Smart Lattice Flip Cover
Blue, Bisque

6-Nov-16
AM12 Turbine Earphone
Champaign Gold, Green, Grey, Pink

7-Nov-16
Honor 5000mAh Powerbank
Black

8-Nov-16
Honor Hybrid Earphones
Black, White

9-Nov-16
Honor Band Z1
White, Cream, Black

10-Nov-16
Honor 10000mAh Quick Charge Powerbank
Black, White

11-Nov-16
Honor Band SS
Long, Short

11-Nov-16
Honor 8: FREE Protective Cover + 5000mAh Powerbank + AM12

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Honor 5C: FREE Protective Cover + Honor Selfie Stick

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Honor 5A: FREE Protective Cover + Honor Selfie Stick

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Honor 5X: FREE Flip Cover + Honor Selfie Stick

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11-Nov-16
Honor Band Z1

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Original: RM259

NEW: RM220

Honor Band SS

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Original: RM399

NEW: RM299

For more information, check out this site here at https://interest.vmall.my/double11-16. For the terms and conditions regarding the Honor Gala Sale 2016, check out https://www.vmall.my/honor-1111-tnc.
Hope you have a great shopping experience over at VMall.my, and good luck!

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Computex 2018: Noctua Shows New Prototypes; Blacked Out Coolers & Fans

It’s that time of the year again where Noctua shows off their latest and greatest products in that they have up their sleeves. Today, they’re showing us some prototype coolers and fans alongside with a few coolers that are blacked out completely. The fin stacks and the fans are blacked out too. Then, Noctua also showed us some early prototypes of a desk fan bracket.
Next generation tower coolers
First and foremost, Noctua shows off a new generation of tower coolers. The NH-D15, NH-U14S, and NH-U12S are getting and update by having more heatpipes and different fin stack dimensions.

The next-generation NH-U12 CPU cooler is actually shown cooling off a heating 250W heating element at the demo area, beside the existing NH-U12S CPU cooler. The next generation NH-U12 cooler has a total of 7 heatpipes and 37% more surface area compared to the previous generation and uses their latest NF-A12x25 fan.

Noctua also showed off a prototype of the next generation 150mm D-type heatsink, which is supposedly the next generation NH-D15, which has a total of 7 heatpipes and that equates to 16% more heatpipe volume contact area between the pipes and fins.

The next generation NH-U14 heatsink prototype was also shown off to have 30% more surface area and 7 heatpipes instead of the 6 in its predecessor.

The existing NH-U12 was also brought to the Redux lineup with a few changes – less heatpipes and also comes with the NF-P12 Redux fan with PWM. Noctua is bringing this NF-U12 Redux to complete around the price range of the Cooler Master Hyper 212. That gives us an idea of how affordable the NH-U12 Redux will be.
Blacked out Chromax.black CPU tower coolers
I’m pretty sure many enthusiasts here like Noctua’s CPU coolers. I know I do – it has exceptional performance for an air cooler, and yet is quiet and easy to maintain compared to liquid coolers. However, the color is an issue for many people out there, and we understand. Noctua understands it too. That’s why we have the Chromax lineup of Noctua CPU coolers.

As of now, Noctua is updating the NH-D15, NH-U12S, and NH-L9i with the blacked out Chromax variants. These 3 CPU coolers will have blacked out heatpipes, fin stacks, fans, and even the mounting bracket. Yes – the entire thing is black in color. We did ask Noctua if there is any performance impact – and from what we know, it has a minuscule amount of difference.

Just a quick note here – there was also a custom-painted Chromax heatsink cover designed by Le Funky Studio. Really adds some character to your PC build with uncompromising performance.

New NF-A series prototype fans
Noctua is also updating their A-series of fans (sizes 50mm, 60mm, 70mm, 80mm, and 140mm).

As of now, we only know that the next generation of the 140mm A-series fan will be using the new Sterrox LCP material. Our partner from Tech Critter reviewed the 120mm NF-A12x25 here and found out that it has top notch performance.
The other fan sizes are not using the Sterrox material just yet.
More Chromax fans
Noctua is also bringing more fans in its lineup to have Chromax variants. The NF-A20 PWM, NF-A12x15 PWM, NF-A9 PWM, NF-A9x14, and NF-A8 PWM are getting Chromax’d. Blacked out fans with colored anti-vibration pads.

Concept desk fan with Airflow Amplification System
Noctua is making a desk fan! Well, not really. It’s an adapter that makes the Noctua fans suitable to be used as a desk fan. It has this custom adapter thing that Noctua is calling it as the Airflow Amplification System. It blows air in a specific way where the airflow is focused and converges in a conical manner.
We stood across the booth’s isle and we can still feel airflow blasting through our face after a good 1.5 meters or so.

Of course, the design for this Airflow Amplification System isn’t final. The concept and the objective Noctua is trying to achieve seems to be finalized, though.

Which brings us to another note – Noctua has 5V versions of some fans like the NF-A20, NF-A14, NF-A12x25, NF-F12, NF-A9 and NF-A8 fans. These fans also have 3-pin and 4-pin PWM variants and uses an OmniJoin adapter set for use on proprietary fan headers. It also comes with USB power adapter cable for use on powerbanks, smartphone power supplies, OTG, etc. and has integrated polarity protection.

Combine the 5V fans with the Airflow Amplification System, Noctua is really ready to enter the desk fan market.

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JOI KinderTab is the tablet for pre-scholars

The digital divide was a major issue for all of us – and of course, we’re here to fix them as tech gets more widespread with lower prices, thus reaching out to a wider audience.
It’s no surprise that there are more and more kids-oriented devices are found these days – we have Kids Mode in the ASUS ZenFone 2, kids tablet from Samsung, and now, it’s the JOI KinderTab – a collaboration between Intel Malaysia, SNS Network, and Myteach.

It’s made with a simple purpose – built for pre-school learning and loaded with beautifully designed educational apps including contents based on the National Preschool Curriculum (Kurikulum Standard Prasekolah Kebangsaan), all powered by an Intel Atom processor running on Android.
The SNS JOI KinderTab is available now for RM499 at Krista Kindergartens (RM529 inclusive of GST) at AEON departmental stores, a reseller network spanning more than 50 stores nationwide, as well as online channels including Gloo.com.my, Lazada.com.my, Lelong.com.my, and Myteach360.com.

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realme invites Malaysians to join its ‘City Exploration Exhibition’ at Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown

realme Malaysia has announced that it is going to hold its ‘City Exploration Exhibition’ in Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown, with the aim to discover the possibilities of city photography.
During the exhibition, eight experienced Malaysian photographers and the brand will be exploring the city, and fans are welcome to meet these photographers in Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown.

Named ‘City Exploration Project, realme will be introducing their works at 100 Year Heritage Stationery Shop, and the works will be captured with the brand’s upcoming product.

Not only that, the brand has initiated several activities to engage with its fans, which include giveaway sessions of the upcoming new launch products and 3 new realme product showcases at the exhibition.
With that being said, make sure to pay them a visit if you’re in the area! Here’s the information about the exhibition:

Date: 12th – 25th July 2023
Time: 10 am – 9 pm
Venue: 169, Jalan Tun H S Lee City Centre, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

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Here are 5 new upgrades on the Samsung Galaxy Flip3

The new Galaxy Z Flip3 comes with a variety of more noticeable upgrades compared to its bigger brother, the Galaxy Z Fold3. So, let’s run through some of the new upgrades that you can enjoy on this new flip phone.
We also have a similar article for the Samsung Galaxy Fold3, so check it out here.

1. Flipping out a 120Hz screen
This isn’t something that I personally care about – a higher refresh rate is something nice to have but it’s definitely not a necessity. But it is still nice for Samsung to finally up the ante and equip the Galaxy Z Flip3 with a 120Hz screen.

It’s quite a refreshing experience since the Galaxy Z Flip3 does have a very long display – and scrolling through pages from top to bottom with its fluid 120Hz refresh rate feels… pleasant.
2. New pre-installed screen protector
Just like the Galaxy Z Fold3, it is now using a new material on top of the ultra-thin glass material, called PET. It’s clear, sturdy, and lightweight. Gliding my fingers on the Galaxy Z Flip3 feels nice – and that goes hand-in-hand with the 120Hz refresh rate too.

3. This is also IPX8-rated
Yeah – if you ever chucked your Galaxy Z Flip3 into the water or need to take a call while taking a shower, just know that it is now possible with the Galaxy Z Flip3.
Whoops – it’s in the water now.
It’s still amazing that this generation of foldable devices is actually IPX8-rated. How does it actually survive the water??
4. Bigger, customizable cover display
This is one of the biggest complaints that everyone had with the original Galaxy Z Flip from last year. There were too much unutilized space and that cover display was just way too small to be usable.

So, Samsung fitted in a big 1.9-inch Super AMOLED screen. On top of that, the cover display can also be customized to show your own pictures in conjunction with some important information like time, date, battery level, and even notifications!
Yes, we can now read notifications on the Galaxy Z Flip3’s cover screen – and it’s glorious.
5. Available in 7 different colors!
One thing that I really want to highlight is the number of different colors that the Galaxy Z Flip3 is now available to choose from. We have:

Cream (the one we have)
Phantom Black
Phantom Green
Lavender

And then, there are 3 more colors that are only available exclusively on Samsung.com

Grey
White
Pink

          Cream, Green, Lavender, Phantom Black            Gray, White, and Pink. Only available in Samsung.com.
The price for the Galaxy Z Flip3 is surprisingly affordable
Yeah – I was surprised when I knew the price too. Starting at only RM3,999, the Galaxy Z Flip3 is the most affordable foldable device in the market right now, and it comes packed with powerful specs and Samsung’s One UI for the best user experience too.
That price drop also comes with all the new upgrades – making the Galaxy Z Flip3 one of the best choices if you want to just give foldable devices a try.
So, if you’re already planning to get a Galaxy Z Flip3, then click the links down below:

Samsung.com for those exclusive colors
Lazada
Shopee

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Samsung Malaysia Galaxy S10+, Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10e pre-order details

The Galaxy S10 was just launched less than an hour ago and we already received the information about the pre-orders and Malaysian local pricing of all the 3 Galaxy S10 smartphones already! We have the price and all of the pre-order details right here.
Firstly, the most important things – price. Of course, that comes with different specs as well. As stated here, the Galaxy S10+ specs can go up to 12GB RAM and up to 1TB of internal storage – but it seems like the Malaysian market will only get up to 8GB RAM with 512GB storage.

For the 128GB storage variants, here are the prices:

Galaxy S10e – RM2,699
Galaxy S10 – RM3,299
Galaxy S10+ RM3,699

For the bigger capacity, it is only available on the Galaxy S10 at 512GB, and it is priced at RM4,599.
The pre-orders for all the Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+ and Galaxy S10e will be available for starting from 22nd February 2019 at 10:00AM until 28th February 2019 (or while stocks last).
As Samsung’s customary practice of including lots of freebies for pre-ordering their flagships, you will also receive these products:

Preorder Bundle
Galaxy S10e (128GB)
Galaxy S10 | S10+ (128GB)
Galaxy S10+ (512GB)

Galaxy Buds
Screen Protection

Galaxy Tab A 7.0
Galaxy Buds
Screen Protection

Galaxy Watch 42mm
Screen Protection Plus

I am personally thrilled to see that the Galaxy S10e is priced at only RM2,699. With Samsung’s humongous ecosystem – including Samsung Pay which is my favorite Samsung-only feature – will be available together with Samsung’s latest and greatest specs in performance and camera.

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ASUS’s newly announced Zenbook OLED laptops have a foldable and a galaxy-inspired model

ASUS has revealed some brand new models of the Zenbook family that comprises something interesting and something classical yet with a space twist. Let’s look at them.

The spotlight is all shining upon the new Zenbook 17 Fold OLED – the world’s first 17.3-inch foldable OLED laptop designed closely with Intel and BOE Technology Group that fits the device with a large 2.5 touchscreen that creates 2 seamless 3:2 12.5-inch 1920 x 1280 displays. Completing the foldable experience is the ErgoSense Bluetooth keyboard and touchpad that provides the ultimate combo of PC, Laptop, Tablet, On-Screen Keyboard, Book and Extend modes that the foldable laptop could offer. Combining the PANTONE Validated, 100% DCI-P3 color gamut coverage, and Dolby Vision certification supplies ultra-vivid picture quality while the Dolby Atmos handles the audio department for unrivaled video quality.
Featuring the latest 12th Gen Intel Core i7 U-series CPU with Iris Xe Graphics, the effortless performance and ultra-low power consumption takes the device’s battery life to a new high. For I/O, the two Thunderbolt 4 will make connecting tons of compatible peripherals a breeze while the 5MP webcam and IR camera combo provide the goodness of Windows Hello together with exceptional video capturing capability for meeting modern video conference demands.
The device is announced to become available sometime during mid-2022.

Here’s a funky one, the Zenbook 14X OLED Space Edition that commemorates the 25th anniversary of ASUS P6300’s 600-day space mission. Featuring a 3.50-inch companion OLED display at the back, the ZenVision can be configured to show customizable messages and animations. It is also one of the first machines to comply with the SCM-S-016A testing protocols made for space missions that made it capable of withstanding extreme temperatures from -24 to 61°C and 20 to 2000Hz of operational vibration.
Rocking an up to 12th Gen Intel Core i9 H-series CPU with Iris Xe graphics, 32GB RAM, and a PCIe 4.0 slot. A stunning 14-inch 16:10 2.8K OLED panel with 90Hz of refresh rate carrying the PANTONE Validated sticker and DisplayHDR True Black 5000 rating with 100% DCI-P3 gamut can be found on this special machine.

Wrapping up the list is the classic Zenbook 14 OLED with a new lid design and 2 elegant color options of Aqua Celadon and Ponder Blue. Rocking the exact same panel as their former Space Edition laptop, it can provide the same visual experience despite being less flashy. The all-aluminum chassis holding a piece of the 12th Gen Intel Core CPU with Iris Xe graphics, up to 16GB of RAM, PCIe 4.0 SSDs, 75Whr battery, pair of Thunderbolt 4 ports, and Intel WiFi 6E provides all the computing power you need while still being thin and light.
Can the ASUS Zenbook 17 Fold OLED be the first-ever commercially successful foldable laptop? Share your opinion with us!

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Review – Realme C2: New entry-level king

The Realme C2 has been a rather highly-anticipated entry-level smartphone and that is certainly not something that we see every day. Because of its predecessor’s legend, its successor needs to be fantastic out of the box. Though, it is to be reiterated again that this is indeed an entry-level smartphone.
In a recent press release sent over from Realme, it was noted that the Realme C1 is the best-selling smartphone on Lazada during its Lazada May Clearance Sales on 29-31 May. Since the Realme C1 was dubbed as the #EntryLevelKing, can the new Realme C2 live up to that hype? Let’s take dive into this review and have a look.

The Realme C2 itself
This time around, there are a few things that we instantly realize by just looking at it – the phone now comes with this magnificent-looking diamond facet cut design. It reminded me of the old-timey ASUS ZenFone 2 Deluxe with the diamond cut design too.
Instead of having just cuts, Realme added lined textures on each facet. That adds more grip and also reducing sweat and grime marks after holding it for some time. The Realme C2 does not come with any protective case, by the way.

However, the Realme C2 does come with a pre-installed film screen protector which provides an adequate amount of protection to the screen. From here, we can also see that the Realme C2 has been “upgraded” from a humongous notch to a tiny little waterdrop. That’s a significant improvement in terms of “notch technology” actually.
Some specs
The new waterdrop notch display still has a 720p display with a 6.1-inch screen. The Realme C2 now sports a MediaTek Helio P22 chipset and 3GB of RAM with 32GB of storage. To top it all off, it comes with a 4,000mAh battery.
While I am using the latest high-end smartphone available in the market today, it is an unfair comparison to the Realme C2. What I can say for sure is that the Realme C2 is great for really basic day-to-day uses like taking quick pics, some Facebook, and WhatsApp. Maybe some Spotify as well. Though from my experience, multitasking is laggy.

Also, don’t bother gaming with the Realme C2. I tried PUBG and this phone only runs at lowest graphics at medium frame rate. I tried running Contra: Return as well – and it is choppy and laggy too.
Battery life
It comes with a relatively massive 4,000mAh battery. On paper, this seems like a pretty big battery but the MediaTek Helio P22 chipset is not power efficient. Take a look at our analysis on why and how a 3,000mAh battery can last longer than the 4,000mAh battery here. It is still valid until today, and yes – your chipset’s architecture plays a huge role in power efficiency, especially for mobile devices.

Also, the charging time is slow. It takes nearly 2 hours and 20 minutes to charge from 15% to 100% – and that is really slow. Feels like it’s only able to intake 5V 1A instead of the usual 5V 2A.
The camera?
Pretty decent. It comes with a 13MP main camera with a 5MP depth sensor. It’s definitely not going to take the most beautiful pictures here, but it definitely blew my expectations for an entry-level smartphone.
Here’s a sample of an indoor shot taken with the Realme C2. Point and shoot.

The color is a bit washed out but the white balance is pretty good here. One thing to take note is the lack of a dedicated night mode, which is present in both the Realme 3 (review) and also the Realme 3 Pro (review).
Wrapping up the Realme C2 review
The Realme C2 is definitely a decent entry-level phone. There’s nothing particularly special going on with the Realme C2 (other than the beautiful back) and it just works. It is available in two configurations:

2GB RAM + 16GB storage @ RM429
3GB RAM + 32GB storage @ RM499 (we reviewed this)

Great as a secondary phone for those who need a backup or for those who just need something for Facebook and WhatsApp.

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Samsung Galaxy Note10 series roadshow commences; telco offers aplenty

Yes – it’s finally here! The roadshow is now commencing, as we have stated here. The roadshow was rather crazy – especially with the crowd there. Midvalley’s Center Court is always the hottest spot around since there are many people walking in and out – and the queue started since 2am. Yes, they queued for 8 hours for the brand new Galaxy Note10+.
Introducing the two lovely ladies here. They’ve been queueing since 2am and finally, they both got their phones and posing with the brand new Galaxy Note10+ in Aura Glow color too. Fantastic choice as it is indeed the shiniest smartphone I’ve ever seen.

This roadshow is also where we first get to see the cases all laid out in one place. You have a few choices for first-party cases this time around – leather, LED back cover, the LED flip cover, and also a silicon case.

And hey – we’ve just unboxed the brand new Galaxy Note10+ in Aura Glow color as well. Have a look and tell us what you think. And yes – we spiced things up with RGB Yeelights. ✨

But that’s not all – remember about the telcos. Since all of us need a telco plan to make full use of our smartphones, the local telcos have promotions up their sleeves in collaboration with the grand launching of the Galaxy Note10 series of smartphones.
Let’s start off with Maxis. They’re having a promotion where you can get TWO Galaxy Note10 smartphones for just RM199 per month. As for the Galaxy Note10+, you can get it for RM139 per month too. Both plans here have zero upfront payment and a free 3-month theft & damage protection plan for a complete zero-worries experience.
Click here to learn more about Maxis’s deal for the Galaxy Note10 series of smartphones.
Then comes Celcom. For RM221 per month, you can sign up and get TWO Galaxy Note10 or Galaxy Note10+! Yes – their literal plan here is for you and your special someone to enjoy the brand new Galaxy Note10 or Note10+ for just RM221 a month.
For more details on this plan, click here.
As for the yellow man Digi, you can get the Galaxy Note10 for just RM79 per month – and the Galaxy Note10+ will be yours for RM99 per month. So far, Digi’s price-per-month is the lowest – so maybe give them a check. Just click here to learn more.
U Mobile is also joining in the fun as well. They’re offering both plans for the Galaxy Ntoe10 or Galaxy Note10+ at as low as RM100 per month with U Mobile’s UPackage bundle. Click here to learn more.
And last but not least – YES. Yeah, that YES 4G that we have ingrained in our minds. We have the opportunity to own the brand new Galaxy Note10+ with 512GB storage for just RM3,799 – and it is originally priced at RM4,799! 😲 You can also experience unlimited data and calls for just RM90 per month. For more information, click here.

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Singapore’s ViewQwest Is Coming To Malaysia

Everyone – BRACE YOURSELVES! ViewQwest just announced earlier today that they’ll be making their entry to Malaysia, and commencing their operations here through ViewQwest Sdn Bhd. This is a joint-venture between Singapore’s ViewQwest Pte Ltd and Televenture Sdn Bhd., a Malaysian telecoms engineering services company.
What boggled my mind though is that ViewQwst had been in operation in Malaysia since July 2016. They’re operating in the dark of course, and has been rolling out fibre broadband access for enterprises in the Kuala Lumpur Golden Triangle area, Bangsar South, and even Cyberjaya!

Here comes the fun part – by the end of 2016, ViewQwest will be offering its 1Gbps internet service. It will be rolled out for homes and select residential areas within the vicinity of enterprise coverage zone first, presumably those stated above. The highest internet service we have now is only 500Mbps – and it’s time to upgrade my routers too.

ViewQwest’s signature Freedom DNS that bypasses any sort of geographical content blocking can by bypassed too. That means you can access Amazon Prime, HBO Now, Netflix, and many other services too. In addition, there’s another Android-based TV media player that will be bundled together with their broadband service too.
Currently, ViewQwest said that they’ll be rolling out their services and products to corporations and residential areas in phases over the next few months.
That’s all we know for now. I’m clearly excited for ViewQwest to enter the Malaysian market! And no – before you start saying “oh we have TIME!”, do consider that more competition means we consumers are the clear winners. Because choices. And choices means competition, and finally means lower fees for us end users – ideally, of course.

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Review – Poco F2 Pro: Still the best specs for the price

Introducing, the Poco F2 Pro. Actually, I don’t think we need to introduce this phone since it’s a highly-anticipated smartphone that continues the legacy of the Pocophone F1 – or does it? 🤔
Either way, I’ve been using the Poco F2 Pro for about 2 weeks now, and here are my thoughts about this brand new “flagship killer” and we’ll focus on 6 different points.

Performance
Let’s start off with performance since that’s the reason why this phone is so highly-anticipated in the first place. There are some differences in specs depending on which configuration you’re getting – but the one we have here is this:

6.67-inch

AMOLED screen
2400×1080 pixels
60Hz

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset
6GB RAM
128GB of UFS 3.0 storage
4,700mAh battery

Now, let’s dive into the benchmarks. There’s absolutely zero explanation needed here since this phone is obviously going to have more or less the same scores as any other phones with the Snapdragon 865 chipset.

And obviously, with this list of specs, the Poco F2 Pro can handle all games without any issue. We also have another video focusing on 4 different games played on the Poco F2 Pro.

Screen
I don’t know about you, but I think the screen is good. It reminds me of the Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro – which is still a very good phone if you’re planning to buy it today – which comes no notches. It’s using a popup selfie camera, which means this phone is definitely not IP-rated.

Either way, the screen looks great and I’m pretty happy with how everything looks on this phone. It’s sharp, vibrant, colors are great, and most importantly – it can go really bright or really dim too.

While many people complained about it being a 60Hz screen, I’ll say it’s not an issue at all. Honestly, I don’t care about high refresh rates on a phone. While there are many games that support more than 60Hz, I want my battery life.
Battery
Speaking of battery life, the Poco F2 Pro is actually very good in terms of battery life. That 4,700mAh battery can last for more than 18 and a half hours in our battery life test. How does it last longer than the Black Shark 3 that also has a 4,720mAh battery? I don’t know – maybe it’s because a single-cell battery is more efficient than a dual-cell battery.

But the charging time is not as good as the Black Shark 3, as it takes slightly more than an hour to charge from 15% to 100% with its 33W charger.

Design
There are a few different color options for the Poco F2 Pro – Cyber Grey, Phantom White, Electric Purple, and Neon Blue. I’ve seen both the Electric Purple and Neon Blue before and what’s funny is that the Electric Purple version comes in a matte finish whereby the Neon Blue has a clear finish. While the Neon Blue is my personal favorite color, I much prefer it if everything is matte, honestly.

Many people saw this phone and said that its color is beautiful and wanted to hold it for a moment – and the first thing they said was “it’s unexpectedly heavier than it looks”. That’s kinda correct and this phone is also top-heavy. There’s a constant rotational force when I’m holding it.

Either way, the Poco F2 Pro has a pretty standard smartphone design with a large circular camera cutout. There’s also an IR blaster and headphone jack at the top – thank you – and the dual nano SIM card slot is at the bottom. It’s using this kind of design to take up the minimum amount of space while providing dual SIM support.
Cameras
This Poco F2 Pro has the typical quad-camera setup at the back but only three of them are usable. Seriously, the depth sensor is kinda wasted if you don’t use the portrait mode. Anyway, here’s the list of cameras found at the back of the Poco F2 Pro:

Main: 64MP f/1.9 with PDAF
Telephoto-macro: 5MP f/2.2 with AF
Ultra-wide angle: 13MP f/2.4
Depth sensor

And if you want to look at all the pictures, watch our video review at the top of this article.
Overall, the picture looks great broad daylight but could use a little more contrast and color vividness. Currently, it’s dull. I also disable HDR since it makes the shadows brighter, but that’s it. In low-light conditions, the HDR mode failed to normalize the exposure of the signboard.
The AI mode is quite weird. In broad daylight, it seems to do nothing to the picture. But for some reason, it just brings up way too much noise in low-light conditions. So, I disabled the AI too.
But the macro surprised me the most. I had the most fun with the telephoto-macro camera and I took a bunch of close-ups – because I love textures. And the results come out fantastically!
However, the auto mode macro mode is kind of a hit and miss. It can be noisy sometimes. And since there’s no stabilization, it’s difficult to stay still to capture a sharp image.
Luckily, there’s also manual mode for macro camera too. Since we updated to MIUI 12, it also comes with a new revamped camera UI. It’s very similar to Samsung’s camera interface in terms of how interactive it can be. And the camera UI is also customizable, like Samsung’s camera app.
Software – Android 10 with MIUI 12
To get this new camera interface, we updated the Poco F2 Pro to the latest MIUI 12. And we were greeted with the new Super Wallpapers that represent parts of Earth and Mars accurately. I love it.

MIUI 12 in general, is like a facelift when comparing against MIUI 11. There are flashier animations here and there, but generally still looks and feels pretty much the same. The settings menu is still as messy as before, which I just too tired to complain about it anymore.
Should you buy the Poco F2 Pro?
Well… I mean, if you want the best specs and insists on getting a smartphone with a Snapdragon 865 today, then the Poco F2 Pro is definitely the phone to get. It’s the most affordable smartphone with Snapdragon 865 and it can take fantastic macro photos too.
Other than that, the Poco F2 Pro is… pretty much like any other smartphones in the market. The software can still be improved, but MIUI 12 is a step in the right direction, kind of.
And again, if you want the best specs and don’t care about everything else – get the Poco F2 Pro. This is a much better deal than its competitors.

Where to buy?

Shopee
Lazada
Amazon US
Gearbest

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Wiko reveals UFEEL, UFEEL Lite, and Robby

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Wiko Mobile is coming hard in Malaysia with their brand new smartphones – and they’re all with really low price tags!

Wiko UFEEL Lite

The UFEEL Lite has a 5-inch 720p IPS display  with quad-core 1.3GHz CPU and a Mali T720 graphics. It is presumably a MediaTek chipset device just like the Flash Plus 2 and the Neffos C5 here, yet packs a 2,500mAh, together with 16GB ROM and 2GB RAM. Not too shabby, since it has a microSD card slot with 64GB.
It packs 8MP rear-facing camera with 5MP front-facing camera, even Android 6.0 and a fingerprint sensor. Also, dual  micro SIM card slots! That’s definitely a good deal actually.
The UFEEL Lite goes for only RM569!
Wiko UFEEL

This is another 5-inch 720p IPS display, presumably with the same chipset as the UFEEL Lite with the same 2,500mAh and 16GB ROM, but with 3GB of RAM.
It’s similar to the UFEEL Lite, but it comes with 13MP rear-facing camera, and  a 5MP selfie camera.
Other than that, the UFEEL is similar to the UFEEL Lite other than minor bumps in specs. Its price tag is at RM699.
Wiko Robby

The Wiko Robby is of course the largest amongst the three, and has a big 5.5-inch 720p IPS display with a a dual front-facing speakers too. Again, the Wiko Robby has a quad-core 1.3GHz CPU with Mali 400MP graphics, also with dual micro SIM slot with the same 2,500mAh battery.
It has 16GB ROM and 1GB RAM – not the greatest, but i t’s there. Hey – it even comes in 5 different colours – Space Grey, Gold, Bleen, Rose Gold, Lime.
The Wiko Robby – amazingly, is priced the lowest among the three too, at RM449.

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Facebook invites you to see their new home

Facebook just sent out invites for their upcoming event on the 4th of April 2013 on their simplistic invitation card design with their signature Facebook Blue.

There’s no definite answer at this time about what it’s going to be, but everyone speculates a Facebook OS that’s based on Google’s open source Android OS.
Then again, remember HTC ChaCha? That phone has a dedicated button for Facebook! If they do make another Facebook phone, it might sell well due to the fact that many people do actually buy a smartphone and sign up for mobile internet just to access Facebook on the go.
The execution of the ChaCha wasn’t exactly well, and maybe this time Facebook can learn from their mistakes.
Via : Business Insider

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AMD unveils XConnect Technology

Welcome AMD’s XConnect, their very own technology for external GPU solution that is partnered with a few other major driving forces, namely Intel and Razer.
With the help of Intel’s Thunderbolt 3 technology, ultrabooks can now game on an external GPU by connecting just a single Thunderbol 3 port into it.

What’s shown here is a Razer Blade Stealth ultrabook. It’s small, very light, and impossibly thin. That however comes with a sacrifice in its graphics performance, and thus never making it a viable option to game on it. It comes with 4 USB ports, double DVI, one HDMI, and a DisplayPort.
Supported Radeon GPUs that support AMD XConnect:

Radeon™ R9 Fury
Radeon™ R9 Nano
All Radeon™ R9 300 Series
Radeon™ R9 290X
Radeon™ R9 290
Radeon™ R9 285
Any other Radeon GPUs up to 375W

My one question for this feature however is why didn’t it come out earlier? I used to have 4 separate USB devices connected to my laptop, another HDMI port for my 21:9 goodness and another Ethernet jack for Gigabit network speeds.  With this enclosure, I can literally hook up everything to the enclosure itself, and have that one little Thunderbolt 3 cable connected to my laptop. So much easier to hook up and disconnect.
Are you excited for the future of desktop-grade GPUs on a laptop? I know I am!

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The new Xiaomi Smart Band 7 launches with a limited time RM169 price tag in Malaysia

Over the weekend, Xiaomi Malaysia launched the latest affordable smart band, the Xiaomi Smart Band 7.

Running the usual oblong shape design, the screen is getting an enlargement treat as the previous one clocks in at 1.56-inch while the Smart Band 7 is at 1.62-inch and is still the full AMOLED panel goodness. As such, everything either becomes larger for easy viewing or more information can be included in one go – more advantages in any sense you can list out.
3 additional parameters are included and updated for the app as well which are the Training Load, Recovery Duration, and Training Effect to help users evaluate and adjust workout intensity and schedules with greater control and planning. Parameters aren’t the only new guy as the new VO₂ max professional workout analysis performs the task of oxygen measurement during exercises too.
The usual health monitoring is still up and running like heart rate, SpO₂, and sleeping while other parameters are pretty much the same across the last few generations, particularly the up to 14-day battery life, 5ATM water resistance, 100+ watch faces, and a multitude of colorful straps to choose from.
Early Bird Price + Purchase Link
Available from purchase starting right now, you can get the Xiaomi Smart Band 7 at the price of RM169 from Shopee and Lazada if you buy it as soon as possible because it will bounce back to its original RRP of RM199 without you realizing it!

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Review – Edifier GM3SE: Perfect gaming earset for RM149

At this point of time, we can see that smartphones that are priced under RM1,000 are very capable of running games like PUBG Mobile – a game that requires communication to ensure a win. And also to have a good time with your friends and talk about life while enjoying the game.
With that said, the Edifier GM3SE comes with a rather interesting design – it is a gaming earset with a removable microphone on the left earbud.

Let’s start off by changing things up a little. Instead of telling you what and how the Edifier GM3SE looks and functions, let’s take a look at a video instead.

The entire GM3SE is made based on one premise – for gaming on the go while providing great audio quality alongside with comfort. Let me go on and tell you why I say so.
Firstly, the Edifier GM3SE has a total of 2 microphones, actually. There is an in-line microphone just like any other earphones, and then there is also another removable microphone. This microphone can be bent and reach the edge of your mouth and is able to pick up your voice pretty clearly, too.

Of course, it comes with the usual accessories as well – like multiple eartip sizes. There are also multiple wingtip sizes as the wingtip ensures that the earphones do not fall off the ear – even during rigorous gaming sessions.

In the video, we only used the GM3SE for mobile gaming. Actually, the GM3SE does come with a TRRS to audio/mic splitter cable as well – which means it works for PC/laptops too.

The Edifier GM3SE is also suitable for music too, obviously. The frequency response is a heavy towards the bass side, and that is because driver is larger in size too. When you are listening to bass-heavy music, you can actually feel the earbuds vibrate.

Many of us wouldn’t want to have the microphone sticking out to our mouths when we are wearing earphones in the public – and that is why the Edifier GM3SE comes with a pouch too. This is where you can keep all the accessories and the microphone for the GM3SE too.
Honestly speaking the Edifier GM3SE is priced at RM149, and there is nothing that I want to complain about. The overall build quality is well thought out and it works really well for gaming and for music as well. Click here to head over to Lazada.

I can recommend you and everyone else to purchase the Edifier GM3SE even if you do not play games.

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Samsung Galaxy S IV Active is official, features better build

Samsung is infamous for their well-known all-plastic build qualities, but then there was a rumour spreading around saying that the Galaxy S IV originally had a non-plastic build prototype. That was not the official version of the Galaxy S IV due to the manufacturing time, so instead they made the all-plastic as the official Galaxy S IV.

Though a new press release was issued, saying that the rugged Galaxy S IV version was not entirely laid to rest. It is now known as the Galaxy S IV Active, with slightly different specs. Check out the image below for more details.

Being a rugged phone itself, this phone is qualified for dust and water protection. It features a fully sealed design, just like how the Xperia Z is, and can be underwater for 30 minutes under a meter of depth.
As of now, the differences that we can see are the rear-facing camera, which is an 8MP camera versus the 13MP of the Galaxy S IV, and also the screen which the Active only uses an LCD screen with 443 ppi. The camera also has another extra feature called Aqua Mode, where you can take photos underwater with “increase visual quality and clarity for enhanced underwater images and video”.
Everything else – in terms of software – does indeed look the same as the Galaxy S IV.
The Galaxy S IV Active will be shown in the Samsung Premiere 2013 GALAXY & ATIV event in London this 20th June, Thursday.
Availability in Malaysia is not yet known, but Samsung stated that this phone will be available in the beginning of summer, initially for U.S. and Sweden first, with 3 distinctive colour options. Price is also not yet known, as Samsung also stated that the specifications are varied according to countries.
Source : Samsung Tomorrow

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Shopee 11.11 Big Sale strikes another new record for all sorts of categories – Sales, Livestream, etc

Shopee has finalized the numbers achieved during the 11. From the perspective of sellers, the top 3000 MSMEs made an average of RM55,000 in sales for Malaysian merchants alone, imagine the numbers that involve overseas sellers as well.
On average, all participated sellers saw 10 times more orders than an average day. For entertainment, over 20 million hours of live streams were watched on Shopee Live with in-app games being played more than 2.5 billion times.

For some quirky numbers, the highest amount of single transaction is RM70,000 made by only a single user while 560,000 snacks were sold with 20% of them being the infamous Samyang Hot Chicken noodles. For electronics, Huawei made RM1 million in sales just on its Matebook D 15 within the first 10 minutes with Xiaomi running out of stocks pretty quickly for Redmi Note 8, Mi True Wireless Earbuds, and Mi Band 4C.

Aside from the buggy vouchers during the launch of the sale, the entire event went pretty much as expected. Let us know what great deals you have snagged during the sale.

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There’s a friendly rivalry between Lazada and Shopee, and it’s heartwarming

Today is a rather funny day. For many of us – we are already adding lots of stuff to our online carts, awaiting checkout this 27th March 2021. That day is Lazada’s 9th birthday and they are having a massive sale. They are even getting Katy Perry and NCT Dream to be a part of this year’s Super Paty concert on 26th March 2021 at 9pm!
But, Lazada Malaysia is celebrating early. The company sent our birthday cakes to some of its dearest merchants on the platform as a sign of gratitude. And… Lazada also sent the largest cake that they have to its biggest rival, Shopee.

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I mean, there’s nothing wrong – just a little funny to see that Lazada sent a cake to Shopee. And it’s the largest one, too. Obviously, this is a publicity move by Lazada.
And Shopee, being the good sport that they are, responded by posting this comment.

Shopee is also having a separate campaign this 27th March 2021 to compete with Lazada – even though they are having their own 4.4 campaign as well – and they’re also getting a headstart by using this piece of publicity to reward us, users, with RM9 voucher. Just enter the code HAPPY9BDAY273.

These kinds of back and forth with friendly rivalry between the two biggest e-commerce platforms in Malaysia only means that we consumers will benefit the most. Please Lazada and Shopee, one-up each other with bigger and better vouchers for us customers.

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Apple WWDC22: Expanded customizability, functions, and brand new Medications app in watchOS 9

Apple’s yearly Worldwide Developers Conference has come to an end and without a doubt, the watchOS is getting some new tools to play with alongside improvements upon existing features. Let’s run you through them.

Perhaps the simplest out of all, a set of new watch faces is slated to debut for the big “9” of watchOS that includes Gregorian calendar-inspired Lunar, Playtime co-created with artist Joi Fulton, classical style-driven Metropolitan, and the wholly remastered Astronomy featuring cloud data and star maps.
Additionally, modernization and enhancements are applied to the majority of existing watch faces such as Utility, Simple, and Activity Analog, along with background color editing for Modular, Modular Compact, and X-Large. Going hand in hand with Focus, watch face personalization is also part of it now by giving users all they need at the moment.

Being one of the most popular reasons to own an Apple Watch, the Workout app got an extensive overall upgrade as well. For starters, the in-session display now uses the Digital Crown to swap between Workout Views while Heart Rate Zones are now applicable to manual and automatic calculations for preferences. The customization game is taken further down the road with the addition of Custom Workouts for one’s most unique routine while dedicated triathletes can now train to their fullest via the new Multisport workout type that smartly switches between training states on the fly.
Runners can now gain access to more metrics thanks to the addition of Stride Length, Ground Contact Time, Vertical Oscillation, and more. Users can also pick to go against the best or last recorded time of their own in order to facilitate improvements.
Swimmers also get a new stroke type detection in the form of kickboard which is viewable in a SWOLF score metric that combines time and stroke count. Users don’t need to do anything to kick start this mode as it is automatic as well.

Now we are entering some high-tech sectors as Apple is implementing Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) detection algorithm into the latest watchOS revision. In short, the condition is one of the most highly rated in terms of stroke. Aside from allowing early detection, it is also created to be the companion of patients that are already diagnosed with it and get tons of important stuff from informative data and insights to personalized records and reminders. Best of all, users can easily export these data to PDF format and let doctors and care providers to better diagnose via the latest set of numbers.
Still within the health and fitness program, the brand new Medications app will properly remind you to take the pills and supplements. Pop your stuff into your body, log the time, and be on your way. Thanks to the cooperation with the FDA, US users will get to know if there’s any lethal interaction between different types of medications in case something new is added into the routine.
Here are some other notable features crammed into a short list:

Redesigned Notifications which is less disruptive
Home app support for children to control things like HomePod and smart home appliances
Expanded gesture-initiated functions
Mirror your Apple Watch onto your iPhone with ease
7 new languages for the QWERTY keyboard
Redesigned dock
Add and edit function added to Reminders
Create new events in the Calendar directly from the Apple Watch
Monitor heart health with Cardio Recovery
New APIs for devs to utilize

More info about watchOS 9 can be found here.

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ASUS Announces ROG Zephyrus M & TUF Gaming Laptop; Updates Lineup To Coffee Lake Processors

April is the month where all Coffee Lake laptops are released – and ASUS has a bit of a treat for us. Introducing the new ASUS ROG Zephyrus M and also the brand new TUF Gaming series of laptops, codenamed FX504. All of these laptops are powered by Inte’s latest 8th Gen Core processors, and they’re compatible with Aura Sync too.
Let’s start off by the specs list. None of the prices are official yet, and we’ll update this page when we have more information regarding its prices.

Category
Model Series
Model Name
Local Product Spec (Malaysia)
Panel Tech
Product Availability ETA
Price Range

ROG
G703
G703G-IE5095T
i9-8950HK/16G*2/2T(54)+256G*2/GTX1080 8G/Win10/FHD 144Hz
IPS
May
Highest to lowest ↓

Zephyrus
GX501G-IEI017T
i7-8750H/16+8G/1T PCIE SSD/GTX1080 8G/WIN10/FHD WV 300nits 144Hz
IPS
April

Zephyrus-M
GM501G-SEI006T
i7-8750H/16G/1T SSHD + 256G PCIE SSD/GTX1070 8G/WIN10/FHD WV 300nits 144Hz
IPS

Strix Scar Edition
GL703G-SE5026T
i7-8750H/16G/1T SSHD + 256G PCIE SSD/GTX1070 8G/WIN10/FHD WV 300nits 144Hz
IPS

Zephyrus-M
GM501G-MEI011T
i7-8750H/16G/1T SSHD + 256G PCIE SSD/GTX1060 6G/WIN10/FHD WV 300nits 144Hz
IPS

Strix Scar Edition
GL703G-ME5029T
i7-8750H/8G/1T SSHD + 256G PCIE SSD/GTX1060 6G/WIN10/FHD WV 300nits 144Hz
IPS

Strix Scar Edition
GL703G-EEE035T
i7-8750H/8G/1T SSHD + 128G PCIE SSD/GTX1050Ti 4G/WIN10/FHD WV 300nits 120Hz
TN

Strix Hero Edition
GL503G-EEN057T
i7-8750H/8G/1T SSHD + 128G PCIE SSD/GTX1050Ti 4G/WIN10/FHD WV 300nits 120Hz
TN

ASUS TUF Gaming
ASUS TUF
FX504G-EE4071T
i7-8750H/4G/1T SSHD + 128G PCIE SSD/GTX1050Ti 4G/WIN10/FHD IPS WV 250nits 60Hz
IPS

ASUS TUF
FX504G-DE4096T
i7-8750H/4G/1T SSHD + 128G PCIE SSD/GTX1050 4G/WIN10/FHD IPS WV 250nits 60Hz
IPS

ASUS TUF
FX504G-DE4092T
i7-8750H/4G/1T SSHD/GTX1050 4G/WIN10/FHD IPS WV 250nits 60Hz
IPS

ASUS TUF
FX504G-DDM091T
i5-8300H/4G/1T SSHD/GTX1050 4G/WIN10/FHD TN 200nits 60Hz
TN

ASUS TUF Gaming FX504

Introducing ASUS’s latest laptop series – the TUF Gaming series. We first heard about the TUF Gaming branding during the Coffee Lake tech seminar last year, and ASUS is taking it to the next level by revamping the entire TUF branding to a budget-oriented gaming sub-brand.
The TUF Gaming takes on the codename FX504 – which some of you may already be familiar with. The ASUS FX series of laptops are known to be more budget-friendly, and now it has an official name.

Powered by an Intel Core i7-8750HQ and up to NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti, the new TUF Gaming FX504 comes in a slim 2.5cm chassis and weighs just 2.3kg.
It also comes with a 15.6-inch 60Hz display, DTS Headphone:X surround sound, HyperCool that combines the patented anti-dust cooling system with Fan Overboost, wave 2 WiFi, and FireCuda hybrid storage.
ASUS ROG Zephyrus M (GM501)

ASUS reused the name Zephyrus now is to denote its thinness and portability. With a thin and light body that we’ve all come to know on the original Zephyrus that was announced last year, the new Zephyrus M is also thin and light. However, the keyboard and trackpad layout is totally different. It’s still packed with a strong configuration of hardware – Intel Core i7-8750H, 16GB RAM, 256GB PCIe NVMe SSD, 144Hz refresh rate 1080p IPS display.

The interesting thing here is that the new Zephyrus M comes in two different variants – either with an NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB VRAM, or a beefy NVIDIA GTX 1070 with 8GB VRAM.
The Zephyrus M is also the thinnest laptop to include a GTX 1070 as of now.
ROG Zephyrus (GX501GI)

ROG Zephyrus is the world’s slimmest gaming laptop that’s powered by the latest 8th Generation Intel Core i7 processor and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Max-Q) graphics. The 15.6-inch Zephyrus features an ultraslim profile and incorporates the ROG-exclusive Active Aerodynamic System (AAS) — a specially designed cooling system that also includes Anti-Dust Cooling and Fan Overboost technologies. It has an IPS-level panel with a 144Hz refresh rate, 3ms response time, 100% sRGB color gamut and NVIDIA G-SYNC to eliminate screen tearing.

ROG G703

ROG G703 is powered by a factory-overclocked 8th Generation Intel Core i9 processor and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 graphics for overkilling both work and game. It has a 17.3-inch 1080p IPS-level display with a 144Hz refresh rate, 3ms GTG response time, NVIDIA G-SYNC technology, and anti-glare coating. HyperDrive Extreme storage uses exclusive technology to provide gamers with RAID 0 SSD speeds of up to 8700MB/s.
Talk about overkill. Core i9 in a laptop – I wonder how big and heavy is the power brick – and also how the cooling system is going to cope with it.

ROG Strix GL703 SCAR Edition

ROG Strix SCAR Edition is designed to give gamers a competitive edge in FPS eSports titles like Counter-Strike, Overwatch, and Team Fortress 2. This gaming laptop is powered by up to the latest 8th Generation Core i7 processor and NVIDIA GeForce 10-Series graphics, and features an IPS-level display with a 144Hz refresh rate, 3ms response time, and NVIDIA G-SYNC technology.

Strix SCAR Edition also has a desktop-style keyboard with Aura Sync, N-key rollover, and fast-actuating keys. It features the patented Anti-Dust Cooling (ADC) system that expels harmful dust particles and dirt from the system to improve stability and durability. It includes Aura Sync technology so gamers can customize and sync light effects with compatible gaming mice, headsets, and other peripherals. Because RGB is RGbae?
ROG Strix GL503 Hero Edition

ROG Strix Hero Edition is designed to give gamers a competitive edge in Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) games like League of Legends and Dota 2, as well as RTS and RPG titles. This gaming laptop is powered by up to the latest 8th Generation Core i7 processor and NVIDIA GeForce 10-Series graphics, and features a 120Hz display with wide-view technology and a 130% sRGB color gamut. Strix SCAR Edition also has a desktop-style keyboard with Aura Sync, N-key rollover, and a 20-million-key-press lifespan. It features the patented Anti-Dust Cooling (ADC) system that expels harmful dust particles and dirt from the system to improve stability and durability. It includes Aura Sync technology.

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Samsung Members can enjoy 8% cashback on dahmakan, Shopee or Watsons via ShopBack

If you’re using a Samsung device right now, then here’s a treat for you! From now until 30th April 2020, every single Samsung Members are entitled to up to 8% cashback with online purchase with dahmakan for meals and Shopee or Watsons for your essential needs via ShopBack.
With the current state of MCO being extended to 28th April 2020, online shopping is the safest and most convenient way to buy the necessary items. So, why not get up to 8% cashback at the same time?

To redeem, there are a few easy steps. Just head on to the Samsung Members app in your Samsung smartphone, and it will redirect you to ShopBack’s website. From there, select the respective merchant to get cashback.

Tap on “Redeem” on the Samsung Members app.
Tap on “Visit the Website” to be directed to ShopBack’s website
Sign up/Log in via mobile or desktop.
Choose preferred merchant listing (dahmakan/ Shopee/ Watsons) and you will be directed to the respective merchant’s page.
Select the items and check out your purchase(s).
Check on ShopBack that your purchase has been recognized.
Done!

If you don’t have the Samsung Members app, click here to download.

Of course, this cashback promotion has terms and conditions too. Click here to read all about them. Be sure to only open the link with your phone since the terms and conditions are posted on the Samsung Members app.
By the way – if you made your purchase on dahmakan, Shopee, or Watsons via ShopBack, do post it on social media with the #SamsungMembersMY and let us know how much you saved. At this time of need, we’re just trying to be thrifty as much as we can.

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[PSA] Read emails from YouTube carefully

There’s been a big phishing attack aimed directly on YouTube by spoofing a fake email that say it’s from YouTube and has an address link which is also to a secured YouTube link – but it’s hyperlinked.

The hyperlinked text brings you all the way to what looks like Google’s login page, but the address bar tells you that it’s from a server someone hosted privately.
If you do see some weird address link but it looks like Google’s login page, DO NOT ENTER YOUR USERNAME AND PASSWORD.
Minute Physics here made a very good overview of what and how this phishing works.

That’s the phishing site. Phishing, in short, is the act of stealing your information by disguising itself as if it’s the real deal.
Just think about how big of an impact this phisher has – once login details of your YouTube has been acquired, your entire Google account is at stake.
So please, be very careful of emails and remember to always look at the address bar.
Source : Minute Phyics (YouTube)

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The vivo Y12A gets a RM529 MSRP in Malaysia

vivo Malaysia will be releasing the new Y12A tomorrow which is yet another budget smartphone.

To be fair, the device isn’t super entry-level to the point that everything just barely functions but at least it has a big battery to power the low-power hardware inside it so you’ll get a pretty long uptime per full charge so it’s okay for messaging and contacting people or as a backup device.

6.51-inch IPS HD Display

720p Resolution
Waterdrop Notch

Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 Chipset
3GB RAM
32GB Storage
Dual Rear Camera

Main: 13MP f/2.4 with AF
Depth Sensor

8MP Selfie Camera
5,000mAh Battery
Phantom Black, Mint Green Colors

Pricing
At RM529 and considering the big battery, the vivo Y12A is not too shabby at this price point. As it prepares itself for the launch tomorrow, it will be available on Shopee and Lazada.

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Review – Samsung Galaxy A53 5G

Samsung unleashed the new A series of smartphones to the world recently – starting with the Galaxy A53 5G. Many people anticipated this smartphone and after spending some time testing this phone, here is our full, in-depth review of the Galaxy A53 5G.

Design
Let’s start off by talking about the color. The new Galaxy A series still has the Awesome Blue color – the same name as last year’s Galaxy A series, but it looks… very pale in comparison. It’s like someone took the Awesome Blue from last year and bleached it.

But honestly speaking, if you don’t have last year’s Awesome Blue color to compare, it still looks great. What’s treated though, is the new, smoother matte finish on the Galaxy A53. It’s not as rough as last year’s finish and I absolutely love how it feels.

One thing that I really like is how the camera bump was smoothened into a slope. It gradually rises from the back panel and rises to meet the camera lenses. It just looks very clean.

Cameras
Of course, speaking of the cameras, the Galaxy A53 has a total of 4 cameras but I’ll only consider two of them to be usable. The setup is similar to last year’s A52 as it has a main camera, ultrawide angle camera, and then a depth sensor, and another fixed-focus macro camera. The last 2 cameras are pretty pointless, though.

To have a look at all the pictures taken, watch our video at the top of this review.
Screen
The screen though, got an upgrade from last year’s Galaxy A52. It now uses a 6.5-inch Super AMOLED screen with a resolution of 2400×1080 pixels and can go up to a maximum refresh rate of 120Hz.

And as mentioned in our Galaxy A series introductory video, the Galaxy A53 5G has the smallest selfie camera cutout compared to the A33 and A73. I don’t know why there’s such a big discrepancy, but whatever.
And just for fun, I tested the color accuracy of the Galaxy A53 too. It has an average maximum brightness of about 400 nits, which is good enough for outdoor usage with indirect sunlight.

Then, we tuned it back down to 100 nits brightness to test out the color accuracy. And without a doubt, the Galaxy A53 5G covers 100% sRGB and 98.75% of DCI-P3 color gamuts. Even the Delta E numbers are very low too. So good job there, Samsung.

We should also mention that there is no factory-applied screen protector out of the box.

Performance
As for the performance though, I’d say this is pretty much a work in progress. That Exynos 1280 chipset in this phone is fantastic for day-to-day usage, but the gaming performance is another story.
When we got the phone, we immediately did an initial gaming test – and the performance was abysmal. It was horrendously stuttery and laggy and I was rather disappointed. Then, 2 days later, Samsung pushed out an update for the Galaxy A53 5G and it now has the option to enable the “alternate game performance management” option.

Then, we did a follow-up gaming test video and I am pleased to say that Samsung managed to improve the gaming performance while also lowering the temperature. This is a clear sign of optimization but I think Samsung can push this chipset even further. Currently, I’d say that the Exynos 1280 is better than the Snapdragon 720G but definitely not at the level of the Snapdragon 778G yet.
Battery life
How about the battery life then? We had to redo this test because that update that we mentioned earlier really changed how the chipset performed.

And I have to say, the Exynos 1280 chipset is rather great. We locked the screen brightness to 100 nits and ran PCMark 10 battery life test and with its 5,000mAh battery, we got more than 12 hours.
Charging
Oh – by the way, there is no charger included in the box. That is why the box of the Galaxy A53 5G is so slim.

Anyway, for the charging speed, Samsung maintained the maximum of 25W wired fast charging on the Galaxy A53 5G and it charged from 15% to 100% battery in about 77 minutes. Definitely not the fastest in terms of fast charging, but I’m okay with that.

Software – One UI 4.1
This phone is currently using the latest version of Android 12 with One UI 4.1 so you can pretty much expect a very similar level of user experience and features as the Galaxy S22 series of phones.

I won’t go much in terms of software here because we’ve talked about it in our previous reviews that you can check it out at the top right corner. In short, One UI good and I use it every day.

By the way, the Galaxy A53 5G also gets “four generations of One UI and Android OS upgrades and up to five years of security updates” and that’s great.
Few more quick mentions
When compared to the Galaxy A52, this new Galaxy A53 lacks a few things.

it doesn’t have an audio jack, and there is also no charger included in the box. There is not screen protector included too, by the way.

But, it is still rated for IP67 and still has the microSD card slot – so that’s fantastic.
Conclusion
So, at the end of the day, the Galaxy A53 5G is still a solid phone to get today. It’s a great all-rounder mid-range smartphone that has good performance for day-to-day use with some gaming on the side, good battery life, excellent software – and excellent software support as well. The price though, I am still rather salty at that extreme price hike over the Galaxy A52.

At RM1,849 – I just think it’s rather steep. If you have that budget to spend for a phone like this, then go on ahead. The Galaxy A53 5G is a solid phone overall.
However, if you’re looking for an even better deal, then maybe take a look at the Galaxy A52s 5G from late last year. It doesn’t have that extensive software support, but you can get it for less than RM1,500 through retailers now. That is a much better deal, in my opinion.
I love this phone. Our review of the Galaxy A52s here.
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Review – Xiaomi Mi 11: It’s complicated

The Xiaomi Mi 11. This is the first smartphone in the world with the Snapdragon 888 chipset – and of course, it’s a highly-anticipated smartphone partly just because of that chipset.
Anyway, we spent a week with it, and here are the things that we want to share with you about the Mi 11.

We’ll review the Mi 11 just like any other smartphones, so we’ll be breaking it into a total of 6 parts.
Performance
We’ll start off with the performance of this phone. The Mi 11 that we have is the Global version – but the specs are the same. It comes with a Snapdragon 888 chipset with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage.
I’m just going to breeze through the benchmarks since you already know how this phone performs, but if you want to know more about its gaming capabilities, watch this video.

And then of course – the heat issue. Yes, this phone gets hot. But no, it doesn’t overheat itself to the point where it tells you it’ll stop functioning. That only happens with 3DMark Wild Life stress test, which does not represent how someone uses their phone.
For games like Genshin Impact, it did get uncomfortably hot but the phone still functions and didn’t lock itself out because it got too hot.
That said, it’s really uncomfortable to even touch the phone at this temperature.
The Snapdragon 888 in the Mi 11 also warms up the entire phone rather quickly. I was using the phone like how I always do – and scrolling through Facebook or Twitter will make the phone warm up.
This is actually very reminiscent of Samsung’s Exynos 990 chipset whereby the phone will get warm by just scrolling through Facebook.
Screen
Then, the screen. Xiaomi boasted about the Mi 11’s 6.81-inch AMOLED screen a lot during their presentation. So, we tested their claims. By default. the Mi 11 is tuned into “auto” color profile.

There are other color profiles here – like “saturated” and “original color” which I have no idea what they mean.
We did extensive tests for the screen’s color profiles and its accuracy alongside its brightness – so watch the video at the top of this review for that information.
Overall, good job – this is a beautiful screen. And it can also go up to 1440p resolution at 120Hz – which is the same as the Galaxy S21 Ultra.

Battery life
To juice up all of this power-hungry hardware, Xiaomi stuck in a 4,600mAh battery – which is still relatively big in size but could’ve been bigger.
Anyway, we tested the battery life at 100 nits screen brightness on 1080p, 60Hz, 1080p 120Hz, then at 1440p 60Hz, and 1440p at 120Hz.

It shows very similar behavior with the Exynos 2100 in the Galaxy S21 Ultra, as scaling up in resolution doesn’t affect the battery life that much – but scaling up from 60Hz to 120Hz really hit the battery hard.
Charger?
As for the charger, since we have the global version of the Mi 11, it comes with a 55W GaN charger inside the box. We’ve already talked about the Mi 11’s charger situation in a separate video.

In summary, it takes about 40 minutes to charge from 15% to 100% battery life.

But after spending so much time with the Mi 11 – honestly, not a fan of its charger mainly because it’s 55W instead of 65W, and it’s also using a proprietary charging standard.
Cameras & video capability
Then comes the cameras. The Mi 11 comes with a total of 3 cameras that can be used to take pictures. We have a standard main camera, an ultrawide angle camera, and dedicated macro camera.
Again, for all of the picture and video samples, watch our review video at the top of this article.
The Xiaomi Mi 11 still has the same video capabilities, as it is able to take 4K 60fps or 8K 30fps videos, but we should also mention that the Mi 11 is still using USB 2.0 so copying files out of the phone.
Also, no display output over its USB-C port.
Software – MIUI 12
The Mi 11 still uses MIUI 12, which is pretty much the same as other Xiaomi phones we reviewed previously. MIUI 12 is still a mess – especially the settings menu which is unnecessarily complicated and has a lot of related settings scattered all around.

Even the camera app is confusing and inconsistent. I’d expect the macro mode to be inside the camera modes menu – but no, it’s under the dropdown menu under the photo and video modes.
Yet somehow, the macro mode is not under that dropdown menu while in Pro Photo mode. What?
Xiaomi promises MIUI 12.5 in the coming months but there are only a few key highlights shown on Xiaomi’s website.
Design
The Mi 11 has a nice design and rather thin. After holding it for this long, it feels like the phone has a trapezoid shape with rounded corners. I hope this illustration helps to depict how the Mi 11 is shaped but of course – it’s exaggerated.

Overall thinness of the Mi 11 makes it fantastic to hold, and the back is just looking magnificent and stylish at the same time.
But, the phone also has a stereo speaker setup tuned by Harman Kardon. Sure, the Mi 11 speakers sound great – but they’re side-firing – as in the sound goes to the top and bottom. Also, it makes the phone’s back vibrate a lot.

So… is the Xiaomi Mi 11 good or not?
And that’s the biggest question – is the Xiaomi Mi 11 good or is it not? Honestly speaking, I love the Mi 11 for a few reasons. Its cameras are actually good – especially the macro camera which I had a lot of fun with.
The thinness of the phone makes it really comfortable to put into my pocket and take it out. And both the speakers and screen are fantastic too – making this an amazing phone for media consumption.

What’s not good here is – of course – the Snapdragon 888 chipset that just warms up the phone too quickly. One of the main reasons to buy a phone with the latest, most powerful chipset is to play games like Genshin Impact at the highest graphical settings. But on the Mi 11, I suggest you not to do so since it can reach 52°C and thermal throttle heavily, causing the game to lag.

Like that we mentioned in our Mi 11 gaming video, Xiaomi can somewhat take a short-term solution by issuing an update to thermal throttling the Snapdragon 888 chipset earlier to avoid overheating, but at the cost of performance.
This is rather weird since I have never seen any complaints about the Snapdragon 888 overheating on Galaxy S21 Ultra, but only on the Mi 11. It’s still too early to say what’s going on, we’ll have to wait for other smartphones with the Snapdragon 888 to come out before drawing any conclusions about this chipset.
And then the prices:

8GB RAM + 128GB storage @ RM2,799 (coming at a later date)
8GB RAM + 256GB storage @ RM2,999 (available now)

With that price, I still think is a fair price to pay for what it has to offer.
So all in all, the Mi 11 is still a fantastic phone – but just not for high-end gaming.

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Supermicro Server Motherboards Compromised; Allowing Backdoors

Over the last 2 days, one big news from Bloomberg Newsweek popped out – and it’s about how China used tiny chips to infiltrate American megacorps and potentially steal data. How did they do it? Well, the story is because of Supermicro’s motherboards that had a chip that was not originally in the schematics.
Bloomberg’s original report is very long and had a few major accusations made. We’re going to summarize it for you to know what’s going on. In a timeline, this happened in somewhere in the year 2015:

Amazon wants to acquire Elemental Technologies
Amazon hired a 3rd party company to audit Elemental Technologies’s security
Elemental Technologies were using Supermicro servers
Servers were sent to the aforementioned 3rd party company to check
A tiny microchip that is “not larger than a grain of rice” was found on the motherboard

Said microchip is not part of the motherboard’s design

Investigations started since 2015 and has been ongoing for more than 3 years

And that leads us to today. Bloomberg also stated that this microchip is “inserted at factories run by manufacturing subcontractors in China”. With the addition of this little microchip, it was said that it creates a “stealth doorway into any network that included the altered machines”. Bloomberg is pretty much saying that the microchip opened a backdoor but in an unnecessarily fancy way.
How the entire attack takes place. Image credit to Bloomberg.
But looking back at the timeline, that raised one important question – if Amazon sent the server to be checked, wouldn’t they be aware of this tiny microchip in the first place? That’s a legit question – as Amazon themselves have came up with their own statement.
Amazon stated that Bloomberg’s report has a lot of inaccuracies and claimed that Amazon’s own security team “did a lot of due diligence”. Even the single external security company which Amazon commissioned “did not identify any issues with modified chips or hardware”. It raised my eyebrows when Amazon also stated that Bloomberg has “admittedly never seen our commissioned security report nor any other (and refused to share any details of any purported other report with us).”
The microchip when compared to a penny.
Apple also made a statement about this as well, since they’re another affected company. In Apple’s statement, it is once again stated that Bloomberg’s report has a lot of errors – particularly on two things.
First, Apple claimed that they had not been in contact with the FBI or any agency about this incident. Secondly, Apple acquired Topsy Labs to improve Siri, but both Siri and Topsy does not share the same server. According to Apple, Siri is using non-Supermicro servers but Topsy is. Bloomberg also claims that around 7,000 Supermicro-powered servers were running for Topsy’s data – but Apple exclaimed that there are only approximately 2,000 servers, not 7,000. Apple also reiterated that none of those servers were found with malicious chip.
Apple also added that Bloomberg might be confused with another report, as Apple was quoted saying:

We are deeply disappointed that in their dealings with us, Bloomberg’s reporters have not been open to the possibility that they or their sources might be wrong or misinformed. Our best guess is that they are confusing their story with a previously-reported 2016 incident in which we discovered an infected driver on a single Super Micro server in one of our labs. That one-time event was determined to be accidental and not a targeted attack against Apple.

This tiny microchip in Supermicro’s server motherboards is a big deal to us all. That’s because the Supermicro server motherboards are used by many other companies too – Facebook included.
This little chip is tiny!
However, the entire tone and language that Bloomberg used to present the facts and data seems to be more towards fear-mongering and – as stated in both disputes by Amazon and Apple – Bloomberg seems to be getting facts wrong left and right. Since Bloomberg isn’t disclosing where or how they got the information, it’s not helping as well.
As of now, everyone is playing the pointing game and no one is admitting to anything. Supermicro’s share price dropped by more than 50% and has recovered to about 68 now, which still equates to about 41% drop. Ouch.

Then the next question comes – did the U.S. government already know about this and banned Huawei and ZTE equipment for 5G networks? Does the boycott actually hold any water or is it purely politically motivated to create a distrust in Chinese companies?
Maybe, but we’re not sure. And we don’t know what the end result of this big debacle will be.

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Review – Huawei Mate 40 Pro: Who is this for?

Introducing this brand new Huawei Mate 40 Pro. It’s a brand new phone from Huawei featuring its latest technologies that the company has to offer.
We did a hands-on when it was launched, so today’s review is talking about how we actually use it.

Design
Starting off – design. We have here is the Mystic Silver color and the iridescent color with a layer of hazy matte finish on top looks absolutely stunning. And it also feels great to just caress.

Cameras
And then we also need to talk about the cameras. The new camera cutout design is… well, looks like the Apple iPod clickwheel, to be honest. It still takes great pictures, though – and from what I can find out, Huawei also fixed the white balance issue and it’s maintained across all lenses.

The sharpening around the edges is good and the details look great too. I’m amazed, honestly. Watch our video at the top of this review to look at all the pictures taken with the Huawei Mate 40 Pro.
Screen
Looking at the front of the phone, we have a massive 6.76-inch screen with a weird 1344×2772 pixel in resolution. It’s an OLED screen that can go up to 90Hz and also retains the curved edges like last year’s Mate 30 Pro.

However, while the screen looks great, look at it straight while having a white background… doesn’t look good. Because of how extreme the curvatures are at the edges, it has an obvious tint of green because of light diffraction.

Question is, do you need that much curvature on your screen, though?
Oh by, the way, the Mate 40 Pro comes preinstalled with a screen protector which just looks weird around the 4 corners. I peeled it off because ours was damaged.
Software
The new Huawei Mate 40 Pro also marks the one-year anniversary of its Google-less-ness, if that’s a word at all. Huawei has introduced the Huawei Mobile Services and also its own AppGallery since then, which actually grew a lot when comparing it back from a year ago.

Huawei is still bringing in more features day by day – like Huawei Pay, even though it’s pretty much unusable since it only supports UnionPay and ICBC for now – but it’s there. The amount of apps in the AppGallery has grown but not to the point where I’ll call it a feasible alternative to Google Play Store or even 3rd party app stores like APK Mirror or Aptoide.
Then, Huawei also introduced something called Petai Search – wait, sorry, it’s Petal Search. It’s technically a search engine that aggregates search results from APK Mirror, Aptoide, APK Pure, etc. for APKs. Problem is, the search results include both APK and XAPK files – which is a proprietary APK Pure installation package.
It does help, but finding some apps and even games is a little problematic. Let’s take games like COD Mobile for example. There are two different versions – one global and another Garena version. The version that we Malaysians are accustomed to is the Garena version – which Petal Search won’t show you.
And then there’s Genshin Impact. For some reason, the company’s previous game, Honkai Impact 3, is available on the AppGallery but not the latest Genshin Impact.
I can’t run the latest Genshin Impact at first, but after another round of update, it finally runs.
Specs & performance
And speaking of that, let’s talk about the specs and performance. The Huawei Mate 40 Pro comes with the company’s latest Kirin 9000 chipset that’s fabricated with 5nm lithography process, 8GB RAM, and 256GB of internal storage. They’re still using their proprietary NM card for storage expansion, by the way.

And here’s a problem. I want to show you the benchmarks and performance, but Huawei blocked most of the benchmark apps from installing. Geekbench and Antutu can’t be installed. And ironically, Antutu is available on the Huawei AppGallery, but Huawei decided to just block it entirely.

Instead, we did a separate video showcasing the gaming performance of the Huawei Mate 40 Pro with the Kirin 9000 chipset instead. Spoiler alert, it’s still stuttery compared to any Snapdragon 865 chipset.

Battery life
And as for the battery life, the Huawei Mate 40 Pro can last for a full day with its 4,400mAh and the charging time is insanely fast with its 66W charger. Unfortunately, this is a new proprietary fast-charging standard from Huawei and it’s using their own proprietary USB-A to USB-C cable too. Bummer.
I am not a fan of proprietary fast chargers.
That means when we use our own Ugreen 65W GaN charger, it doesn’t fast charge at all.
Also, why Huawei included a charger that’s 1W higher than the standard 65W? Weird flex but okay.
Should you buy the Huawei Mate 40 Pro?
So at the end of the day, the Mate 40 Pro. It’s a good camera phone for sure – but that seems to be the only main point of this phone. Other than that though… well, the software is my biggest pain point. Its app accessibility is an issue that absolutely hinders my workflow.
And I still think that EMUI has a lot to improve in terms of user experience. It’s still a mess and the UI doesn’t seem to have changed at all when comparing EMUI 12 and EMUI 11.
I’m also not a fan of proprietary charging standards and also not a fan of the NM card standard that Huawei is so adamant about.
At this point in time, we don’t have the local availability and pricing information about the Huawei Mate 40 Pro yet, but based on the Mate 30 Pro’s launch price from last year – the pricing doesn’t look good for the Mate 40 Pro.

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Luigi officially joins the LEGO Super Mario series at RM259.90 starting August this year

The LEGO Group is happy to announce that everyone’s favorite red plumber Super Mario will be having his green brother Luigi join the LEGO playset starting August this year.

Continuing the partnership with Nintendo, Luigi’s addition to the Super Mario series pertains to the classic video game playstyle by moving him from the Start Pole to the Goal Pole while earning digital coins by ‘helping’ him completing seesaw challenges, defeating Bone Goomba and Boom Boom and also interacting with a new Pink Yoshi. The Starter Course of 71387 Adventures includes brown bricks that trigger new sound from LEGO Luigi and a [?] block that pops random rewards. Speaking about LEGO Luigi himself, it houses a color sensor, LCD screen, and speaker to play various memorable Super Mario sounds and music from the game.

The Luigi Starter Course is priced at RM259.90 and it is open for preorders now on Lazada, Shopee, Toys ‘R’ Us, Brick Magic, Box of Bricks, and LEGOLAND platforms and serves as an expansion and integrates seamlessly together with Mario Starter Course and all associated Expansion Sets, Character Packs and Power-Up Packs.
Take a look at some brief actions from the official trailer at the mean time.

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ASUS Malaysia Brings New Colorful VivoBook S15 (S530); Price Starts RM2,999

During our original coverage of ASUS’s products in Computex 2018, we saw the new series of VivoBook laptops. They’re a lot different from what we are used to seeing now – namely the colors and the ergo-lift hinge design.
The brand new VivoBook S15 (S530) was announced with a slew of colors available – Firmament Green, Star Grey, Silver Blue, Gun Metal, and Icicle Gold. It’s certainly refreshing to see a slew of colorful laptops in the market other than just the boring old black or grey rectangular slab.

The brand new VivoBook S15 (S530) are powered with 8th Gen Intel Core processors and NVIDIA GeForce GPU, with up to Core i7 and GeForce MX150. It even has dual-storage design, presumably a single M.2 SSD slot with another 2.5-inch HDD slot. It comes with up to 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD. Of course, you can upgrade it later.

The new Ergo Lift design will prop up the keyboard for a more comfortable typing experience when the screen is opened. It’s not the first time we see such a design from ASUS, actually. Remember the ZenBook UX305 that we reviewed very long ago? That has something similar as well.

The Nano Edge display makes a return here as well. With a larger screen-to-body ratio thanks to thinner bezels, the VivoBook S15 (S530) can fit in a larger display within the same footprint. Also, the new 15.6-inch model of the VivoBook S15 (S530) weighs in at only 1.6kg and is only 18mm at its thinnest point.

As for the specs, here they are:

Model

Colour
Spec

Price

S530U-NBQ326T
GUN METAL
i5-8250/4G/1TB+128G/MX150 2G/WIN10/FHD/FP/BL
RM2,999

S530U-NBQ327T
FIRMAMENT GREEN
i5-8250/4G/1TB+128G/MX150 2G/WIN10/FHD/FP/BL
RM2,999

S530U-NBQ328T
GREY RED
i5-8250/4G/1TB+128G/MX150 2G/WIN10/FHD/FP/BL
RM2,999

S530U-NBQ329T
GOLD
i5-8250/4G/1TB+128G/MX150 2G/WIN10/FHD/FP/BL
RM2,999

S530U-NBQ048T
GOLD
i5-8250/4G/1TB+256G/MX150 2G/WIN10/FHD/FP/BL
RM3,299

S530U-NBQ049T
GUN METAL
i5-8250/4G/1TB+256G/MX150 2G/WIN10/FHD/FP/BL
RM3,299

S530U-NBQ050T
FIRMAMENT GREEN
i5-8250/4G/1TB+256G/MX150 2G/WIN10/FHD/FP/BL
RM3,299

S530U-NBQ173T
GREY RED
i5-8250/4G/1TB+256G/MX150 2G/WIN10/FHD/FP/BL
RM3,299

S530U-NBQ181T
GUN
i7-8550/4G/1TB+256G/MX150 2G/WIN10/FHD
RM3,899

S530U-NBQ237T
GOLD
i7-8550/4G/1TB+256G/MX150 2G/WIN10/FHD
RM3,899

Honestly speaking, I have no idea why ASUS still includes 4GB RAM. It’s truly insufficient and with today’s computing workload, 4GB will get slaughtered up by Windows 10 in a jiffy. Get a total of 8GB RAM minimum if you plan to get the VivoBook S15 (S530), please.

And of course, we also have a unit here to review. Stay tuned – that review will come soon!

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Review – Dell Latitude 9430 laptop

When it comes to Dell’s Latitude series, they are not made for general consumers like you and me. However, we can still buy it a la carte if we want to. There are good reasons to buy it – mostly because these laptops have special security features like the Intel vPro and Dell’s excellent warranty service and also the customizable extended warranty that Dell offers if you choose to buy it.
But before we get into the extensive warranty coverage and whatnot – we need to know if this is a good laptop or not – and this video is aimed to answer that question.

Okay, if you’re familiar with the Dell XPS series of laptops with its redesign in 2020, then you’ll immediately recognize this design. It looks similar if not identical to the Dell XPS 9500. However, instead of using a full metal build, this Latitude 9430 has a mix of materials – but Dell didn’t list out what those materials are.

One thing I can confirm is that the backplate of the laptop is coated in a rubbery soft-touch material which is an interesting choice as this can prevent the laptop from sliding around. However, I’m not sure if this coating will eventually become sticky over time since that happens to all soft-touch material.

Once we open up the lid, we’re presented with a pretty familiar look. It’s a 14-inch screen with a resolution of 1920×1200 – which is a 16:10 aspect ratio display, nice. The bezels are also just as thin as the XPS but this laptop doesn’t have a touch screen. You can customize it with a touch screen, though.

This screen is indeed excellent as it covers nearly 100% of sRGB color gamut with a very low Delta E number. Its maximum brightness is also slightly above 500 nits – which isn’t quite enough to be used outdoors on a sunny day but is definitely better than many other laptops on the market.

We can also connect the laptop to an external display using an HDMI cable or USB-C since it supports Thunderbolt 4 with DisplayPort Alt Mode.

There is actually a good amount of ports – though I’d like one more USB-C cable at the right side so I can plug in either side to charge the laptop.

One thing I have to at least mention is the audio issue that I encountered. I tried playing some music from YouTube previously and it says “audio renderer” and wouldn’t play it. There was audio from Windows itself so I had no idea what was going on. I reinstalled the audio drivers and surprisingly, after a couple of restarts, it worked. Apparently, It’s quite a common issue with the Intel SST – no idea why.

Okay, the keyboard. I think this boils down to personal preference as I prefer something with a lesser actuation force The travel distance per key is surprisingly deep and combined with the stiffer keys, this keyboard is rather fatiguing to type on for me personally. It does have a backlight, though.

The trackpad works fine though the palm rejection could’ve been better. When I’m using an external mouse with my left hand placed around the WASD keys, the mouse cursor jumps around the screen.

In terms of performance, at least here in Malaysia, we have the Core i5-1245U vPro alongside the Iris Xe integrated graphics with 16GB of LPDDR5 at 5200MHz and also 256GB of SSD.
1 minute and 3 seconds to get to a usable state from a cold boot.
The performance is actually quite… well, I don’t know how to summarize it. The bootup speed is quick – and you get into Windows real fast but you can’t immediately start to use it. It still needs a bit of time to get everything else loaded – particularly the new Intel Arc Control driver for its integrated graphics.
Once everything is loaded, the speed is quite decent. My usual workload of web-browsing with Spotify and a bit of YouTube works great but the fan will always be audible. I presume it’s working quite hard.

There are a few special Dell Latitude features like the Dell Optimizer that has an option for presence detection. We have a privacy filter that detects if there are any onlookers and then it’ll censor the screen. There is another presence detection feature that automatically sleeps the laptop when you’re away, and then wakes up when it detects you. Combined with Windows Hello, this feature is actually very convenient.

This laptop also has something called Dell SafeBIOS which is essentially a way for us to compare whatever BIOS we have running with Dell’s master copy of the BIOS. This is great as it protects your laptop from any sort of attacks or tampering via the BIOS.

As for the upgradability of this laptop, well, there’s nothing much we can do. It’s using what I think is an mSATA SSD out of the factory. There is another SSD slot beside it – which I think is an M.2 2260 slot? Nothing else can be done to upgrade the laptop.

I do want to highlight the battery life here. Our version in particular has a 39.7Wh. To put things in perspective, my usual workload can only last about 3-4 hours. But that doesn’t matter since Dell’s website listed that this laptop is supposed to come with a 60Wh battery – and that should last for 5 hours easily.

Should you buy the Dell Latitude 9430?
Either way, this laptop starts at the price of RM10,449. The price is obviously very high – but it’s made for enterprises and for those who need security and the best support they can get because downtime means revenue is not generated.

There are a bunch of customization that you can choose on Dell’s website, and one of them adds a 4G modem inside so you can pop in a SIM card and work anywhere. You can also add the duration of ProSupport and Next Business Day Onsite Service to the exact number of months you want. It caps off at 5 years, though.
So that’s all we have to share with you about this laptop. It’s an interesting laptop for sure, but again – it’s a Latitude. It’s mostly for enterprises. Even though we can just order one from Dell.com, it comes with a lot of features that the average consumers don’t need.
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E3 2013 EA Conference– Plant VS Zombie: Garden Warfare

Still remember the Plant VS Zombie that we used to play few years back?? Planting the plants to fight the zombies from entering the house. Now EA Games just announced a better 3D version of it – Plant VS Zombie: Garden Warfare, which have a different gameplay than the old Plant VS Zombie. We used to plant our plant on the lawn to fight the zombie but now we can take direct control of plants as they launch an attack on their zombie enemies.

Here are the gameplay show during the E3 conference:

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, a new third-person action game which will launch first on Xbox One. Look fun right??? Can’t wait to play it!!! A total 3D tower defense game!
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Head to Sunway Pyramid, scream ‘GOAL’, and upload to your social media to stand a chance to win a OGAWA massage chair from vivo

vivo Malaysia is rallying fellow soccer fans to come and celebrate the FIFA season in the open space with the loudest cheer.
As Croatia fell against Argentina in a clean 3-0 sweep, vivo Malaysia is currently having a special booth over at Sunway Pyramid’s Ground Floor, Orange Atrium where all you need to do is to do these steps at there and you can receive a small gift for participation on top of the chance to get some real special prizes including vouchers, FIFA merch, or even the OGAWA MySofa Luxe.

Shout ‘GOAL’ in front of vivo Scream Machine located on the Ground Floor, Orange Atrium
Take a picture of the prize page and redeem your gift at the vivo Concept Store in the same shopping mall

To join in the mini online competition, just record a video of you doing the same thing and upload it to Facebook or Instagram with the hashtag #vivoGiveItAShout while tagging vivo Malaysia and setting the post to Public. Easy!

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