Review – ASUS ZenPower Pro: Portable Life Saver

This is the ZenPower Pro. Honestly, it’s just a power bank, but it has way too many appealing features. Ever wanted to find a tiny, portable power bank with great features? Then take a look at this review.
On the package itself, it can be seen that the ZenPower Pro has the about the same packaging compared to the original ZenPower. Its packaging design propagates from the inside out actually. Very minimalist design all over.

Its contents are pretty much the same either – some documentations, the ZenPower Pro itself, and a 10cm micro USB cable. That said, let’s get right into the ZenPower Pro itself.

The ZenPower Pro is globally certified too by these 9 testing organizations to ensure safety, EMI, and charging performance.

Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
Federal Communications Commission
Product Safety of Electrical Appliance & Materials
Thai Industrial Standards Institute
Bureau of Standards, Metrology and inspection
Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0
Conformité Européenne
EurAsian Conformity
Bureau of Indian Standards

Let’s take the ZenPower Pro for a test – I’m very excited!
[nextpage title=”Design”]
For tech’s sake – it’s a power bank. The design can’t really change that much, and we all know it. The ZenPower Pro still has the same look as the ZenPower, together with a rectangular shape with rounded longitudinal edges.

At the bottom, it has some specifications and its electrical input and output listed out. Nothing much to see actually, unless you’re into all of its technical details.

At the top, there’s the piece of sticker that protects all of the ports. Peel it off, and it reveals all the magic that the ZenPower Pro has to offer.

I was impressed that ASUS packed two separate output ports beneath that sticker. You get two USB output ports – one without anything special, and another silver lining one with Quick Charge 2.0. Then, there’s an LED flash, a charging port, a charge indicator, and a power button.
But damn, I wish the Quick Charge 2.0 output port would have a different look instead of a silver lining. Of course, the silver lining in this case is surely their choice of using a silver lining instead of something strikingly different.
That said, I do hope that the Quick Charge 2.0 output port wouldn’t have a silver lining, but to have a different USB tongue colour instead. We have basic black or white coloured tongues for USB 2.0, while blue tongues are for USB 3.0. ASUS could and most definitely should opt for a different coloured USB tongue instead of having a silver lining. Let’s say a green USB tongue? That seems nice.
The ZenPower Pro touts the same features that the original ZenPower has, but more. That said, the more here comes with a cost – ASUS traded its small sized power bank for Quick Charge 2.0. One for one, right? But how much does the size differ?

Pretty much. By the printings on its box, it’s no longer credit card-sized to begin with. The original ZenPower was definitely larger than credit card-sized to begin with. That said, the ZenPower Pro is 10.5mm longer than the original ZenPower. So… the extra ZenPower silicon case that I bought can’t fit in at all.

Yeah… this is awkward.
[nextpage title=”Using the ZenPower Pro”]In terms of how it charges, the ZenPower Pro delivers what it is advertised to do. Here, I compare the ZenPower Pro with the original ZenPower, and the famous Xiaomi 10,400mAh power bank. To be completely honest, the ZenPower Pro isn’t the smallest out of the three. It’s somewhere in between in terms of both height and width, but offers the most features. That said, the weight is still in between – weighing in at 230 grams.
Since my phone with a CM13 custom ROM does show what’s the charging rate on the lock screen, I used that to determine if it’s on fast charging or not. I first used all 3 power banks and surely enough, they bring more or less a charge of 1,100mA/h each. That’s the usual output for 5V with 1A chargers.
The original ZenPower
Oh yeah, I got a yellow case for my ZenPower.
Testing the Xiaomi 10,400mAh power bank
Even on the ZenPower Pro’s basic port, it says 1,100mA/h on my phone. Just as expected.
Testing the ZenPoweR Pro’s basic output port
Then comes the port with silver lining on the ZenPower Pro. Once I plugged it in, it shows 2,800mA/h. Damn, that’s fast charging alright! It does charge just like the any other fast chargers as expected. Real great!
Testing the ZenPower Pro with the other USB port
That said, my phone heats up like the original wall-attached fast chargers I’ve used for my phone. In this case, I think the most important point is that the ZenPower Pro doesn’t heat up like my phone does. It stays relatively cold to the touch too – and I really appreciate ASUS for doing this. Even my Huawei or Xiaomi power banks heat up quite a bit while charging at 5V with 1A.
To make this possible, ASUS included numerous protections just for you. Here’s the list of what they are:

Temperature protection
Short circuit protection
Reset protection
Input over-voltage protection
Output over-voltage protection
Input reverse direction protection
Over-charge/over-discharge protection
Output over-current protection
Cell PTC protection
Adapter protection
JEITA protection

On the side note, the LED light can be turned on by holding the power button for 2 seconds. The LED is actually much brighter than I expected it to be – but can be turned a little dimmer by double-tapping the power button. ASUS claims that the ZenPower Pro’s LED light can have 4 days’ worth of charge for the LED flashlight too.

Oh yeah – the ZenPower Pro does support pass-through charging. You can charge your phone while charging the ZenPower Pro. All you got to do is plug the ZenPower Pro to your wall charger, and plug your phone to the ZenPower Pro. The downside to this is your ZenPower Pro will get drained faster than it can be charged if you plug your phone into the fast charging port. Remember, the ZenPower Pro can only be take in 10 watts, but discharge to your phone at 18 watts. In my test, it can quickly charge my ZenFone 2 + Nexus 4 at the same time!

[nextpage title=”Wrap up”]It’s really, really convenient to have a power bank that has quick charging. I never once liked the idea of strapping my phone to life support at all. With smartphones these days, the battery levels can’t last a day with a slightly more intensive usage. That’s where power banks come in, but they charge really slow – literally hours to complete a charge. The ZenPower Pro can charge for nearly 3 times faster than those power banks. Compared to many power banks out there, the ZenPower Pro is still relatively small in size.

For the price of RM129, the ZenPower Pro is a power bank that will not disappoint. It’ll be available at the end of July too. It’s a great investment and you can still charge two different devices at the same time.

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Lenovo Officiates Legion Concept Store At Digital Mall

Lenovo just launched their first ever Legion Concept Store here in Malaysia – and it’s at Digital Mall, Petaling Jaya!

Since a year ago when Lenovo started to move all of their gaming products under the new brand name of Legion, they have been hard at work bringing in bringing the Legion experience nationwide. There are Lenovo stores which have a Legion experience corner already, but now there’s a concept store dedicated to Legion itself.

This is the first ever Legion Concept Store in Malaysia, and Lenovo chose it to be Digital Mall. They have a few sections in the new Legion Concept Store from desktops to laptops, peripherals, accessories, and even a corner for VR.

“Along with the sustained growth of the gaming community in Malaysia, we continue to see healthy demand for gaming devices. At Lenovo, we are committed to support the needs of the gaming community with innovative technologies to deliver the ultimate gaming experience”
–  Khoo Hung Chuan, General Manager, Lenovo Malaysia and Singapore.
Launched in March 2017, Legion is a dedicated sub-brand line aimed at making the gaming experience even better for gamers. Products in the Lenovo Legion line are inspired by, and co-created with, gamers around the world based on their needs today.

From 1 February to 31 March 2018, customers who purchase Lenovo Legion laptops from Lenovo Exclusive Stores or the Lenovo Official Online Store can receive free gifts worth up to RM508 (selected models, while stocks last):

Free mouse mat and a M200 gaming mouse or an armored backpack with the M200 gaming mouse with the purchase of Lenovo Legion Y520
Free armored backpack and a M200 gaming mouse with the purchase of Lenovo Legion Y720
Free armored backpack, Y gaming stereo headphone, Y gaming precision mouse and mouse mat with the purchase of Legion Y920

There will be more Lenovo Legion stores coming soon nationwide.

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vivo’s latest flagship smartphone X80 series can now be preordered in Malaysia from RM3,499

vivo has finally dropped the bombastic X80 series flagship smartphone devices for Malaysia and it looks pretty sick for those that like absurdly large rear camera bumps.
Comparing the two models debuted in the series, the vivo X80 and X80 Pro sports near-identical hardware, especially the computing and display parts so it is pretty obvious that the base X80 is geared towards the more casual use cases and tailored for the mass public who wants the top processing power without going too overboard in the camera zone because they don’t really utilize all those things anyway, not to mention cutting back a thousand plus Ringgit for the price difference.

However, for the people that want the very best and are capable of making use of every lens and feature set to take on professional photography and videography tasks with just a smartphone, look no further than the X80 Pro which is equipped with an extra periscope telephoto lens and a more premium display panel fitting of its ‘Proposition. Generally speaking, the X80 Pro is vivo’s answer to an all-in-one work, play, and shooting package for 2022.
There’s a lot to go through on the spec sheet so make sure to check every nook of the glamorous components.

vivo X80

vivo X80 Pro

Display

6.78-inch AMOLED (1080p Resolution, Middle Punch Hole Notch, 120Hz Refresh Rate, HDR Support, 1500 nits Max Brightness)

6.78-inch LTPO3 AMOLED (1440p Resolution, Middle Punch Hole Notch, 120Hz Refresh Rate, HDR10+ Support, 1500 nits Max Brightness, 1 Billion Colors)

Chipset

MediaTek Dimensity 9000

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

RAM

12GB

Storage

256GB

Rear Cameras

Main (Wide): 50MP f/1.8 with PDAF, Laser AF, OIS
Telephoto: 12MP f/2.0 with PDAF, 2x Optical Zoom
Ultra-Wide: 12MP f/2.0 with AF

Main (Wide): 50MP f/1.8 with PDAF, Laser AF, Gimbal OIS
Periscope Telephoto: 8MP f/3.4 with PDAF, OIS, 5x Optical Zoom
Telephoto: 12MP f/2.0 with Dual Pixel PDAF, 2x Optical Zoom
Ultra-Wide: 12MP f/2.0 with AF

Exclusive Feature Set

Zeiss Optics, Zeiss T* Lens Coating, Pixel Shift, Dual-LED Dual Tone Flash

Selfie Camera

32MP

Battery

4,500mAh (80W Fast Charge)

4,700mAh (80W Fast Charge, 50W Wireless Charge, Reverse Charge)

Colors

Urban Blue, Cosmic Black

Cosmic Black

Preorder Price and Freebies Info
As the vivo X80 series comes only in one set of configurations so it is straight-up simple – RM3,499 for the X80 and RM4,999 for the X80 Pro.
The preorder period has already started since the devices were launched yesterday and it will last until this Friday which is May 13. Quick buyers are entitled to receive the following goodies for absolutely free:

1-to-1 Exchange Guarantee (100 Days)
Battery Protection Extended Warranty
Phone Case
vivo TWS 2e (X80 Only)
50W Vertical Wireless Charger (X80 Pro Only)

You can place your preorders on vivo’s Shopee and Lazada stores as well its own official E-Store right now.

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Preorder bonus packed with bunch of freebies for the OPPO Reno6 series starts today

OPPO’s upcoming Reno6 series smartphones are now open for preorders which are bundled with lots of freebies.
On other hand, you can place your preorder at OPPO Online Store at just RM19.90 and instead of all those freebies, you’ll get an RM120 voucher and power bank instead – also for the first 300 customers.

The OPPO Reno6 series is slated for an official launch on August 5.

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Dell Malaysia brings new Latitude & Precision laptops

We all now work with computers nowadays. Desktops, laptops, and even smartphones are available on our hands wherever we go. With more and more SMBs and enterprises on the rise, privacy is very important – and that is where Dell is focusing on with the new Latitude laptops. As for the Precision laptops, they are now even lighter than before.
Today there are a total of 8 different Dell Latitude laptops ranging from the highest-end to the entry-level, and there are also two more new Precision laptops.

New Dell Latitude laptops
Laptops these days are pretty much generic with more or less the same laptop body and specs, but Dell is here to bring something different by bringing in more features. This time, they are focusing on security and bringing in biometric sign-in features with multi-factor security options as well as some improvement to the quality of life while using these Dell Latitude laptops.

Starting off, the Latitude comes with built-in fingerprint readers that are integrated to the power button itself and also IR cameras for Windows Hello login, like the Dell XPS 15 2-in-1 9575. It now also comes with FIPS 201 Smart Card Reader for authentication. For privacy purposes, there is something called Dell SafeScreen. This is technically built-in polarizer layer integrated into the screen itself to reduce the field of view, eliminating prying eyes from spying on your laptop screen. It is included in all Latitude 7000 series and some of the Latitude 5000 series of laptops.
One more powerful utility that the Dell Latitude laptops have is SafeBIOS utility, whereby the BIOS is monitored and have its integrity verified securely in the could.
Part of Dell’s ecosystem for enterprise software management.
The new Dell Latitude also comes with a proximity sensor, thanks to Intel’s Context Sensing Technology. In short, it works by detecting if the user is in front of the computer and turns on its screen and Windows Hello scans for your face instantly. Whenever you walk off the computer, the proximity sensor will detect the absence of its user and logs off by itself. What a convenient technology, honestly.
On another note, the new Dell Latitude laptops also come with a choice to be powered by 8th Gen Intel Core vPro series of processors and Intel WiFi 6 technology. In short, WiFi 6 is capable of copying 4K videos in a very short time like what we have demonstrated here.
The Latitude laptops are as old as I am…
The Latitude 7000 series now comes with the Latitude 7200 2-in-1, a 12-inch convertible laptop that is thinner and lighter too. All of the new Latitude 7000 series of laptops can have up to 32GB of RAM and comes with gigabit LTE speeds as well.
Then comes the Latitude 5000 series that comes in 3 different sizes, 13-, 14-, and 15-inches. In addition to the series, there is also the Latitude 5300 2-in-1 laptop, which is a 13-inch convertible laptop. Weighing in at just 1.43kg, it can also be configured with up to 32GB of RAM with 1TB of storage.
As for the Latitude 3000 series, it marks itself as the essentials in the Latitude series of laptops. It is also now available in 15-, 14-, and 13-inches in size.
New Dell Precision 3540 & 3541
Marking the brand new Dell Precision laptops, both the Dell Precision 3540 and Precision 3541 are made for content creators. The Precision 3540 now weighs in at only 1.8kg and it packs in the Intel 8th Gen Core processor with up to 32GB of DDR4 RAM and AMD Radeon Pro GPU with 2GB of VRAM.

The Dell Precision 3541 is similar as well, but it comes with NVIDIA Quadro GPU instead.
Pricing and availability

Product
Starting price (RM)

Latitude 7400 2-in-1
TBC

Latitude 7400
RM5,402

Latitude 7200 2-in-1
RM6,615

Latitude 5400
RM4,178

Latitude 5300
TBC

Latitude 5300 2-in-1
RM5,513

Latitude 3500
RM3,164

Latitude 3400
RM3,212

Precision 3540
RM5,292

Precision 3541
TBC

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Google introduces Keep; Post-It for phones

Google just did their very own annual spring cleaning and killed Google Reader, now introducing an approach to personal note-taking with the style of Post-It notes, supposedly with the interface inspired by Google Currents or just an entire wall of Post-It notes side by side, filling in all the gaps.

Google noted that this app itself has several advantages other other note-taking apps such as the seamless syncing over your Google account via your Google Drive account. It has one big advantage over other note-taking apps, it has a beautiful widget, which I personally find this a weakness in all other note-taking apps, except for the once included in Sony phones.
In any case, it’s still too early to make any judgment. Get it in the link below on the Google Play Store! The app is compatible with devices running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and above.

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Garmin’s 2021 Merdeka Sales is now live with attractive price cuts across its popular smartwatches

Garmin Malaysia is celebrating the month of Independence with fellow Malaysians by offering promotions and deals to its plethora of smart wearables.

Up to a total of 10 products spanning from the affordable Venu and Forerunner series up to the premium Fenix lineup are given varying degrees of price cut so you can grab one without spending as much in getting a curated fitness smartwatch with plenty of features.

Venu SQ: RM899
Venu SQ Music: RM1,099
Forerunner 245: RM1,299
Forerunner 245 Music: RM1,499
Fenix 6/6S: RM3,399
Fenix 6 Pro Solar: RM3,499
Fenix 6X Sapphire: RM3,580
Instinct Solar (Graphite Normal Edition): RM1,699
Instinct Solar (Tactical Black Edition): RM1,899

You can these promotions on Garmin’s official web store and branded shops or through authorized dealers.

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Here’s how to sanitize smartphones properly

With the recent COVID-19 crisis, the general sense of hygiene has been slowly improving over the months, particularly keeping things sanitized to stay safe from potential infection. But one thing people tend to miss out is to sanitize smartphones.
If needed, use a small amount of distilled water or disinfectant, such as a hypochlorous acid-based (50-80ppm) or alcohol-based (over 70% ethanol or isopropyl alcohol) product – but always apply these to your microfiber cloth, not directly to your phone, and be sure to avoid getting any liquid in your phone’s openings.
Dampen your cloth with disinfectant and gently wipe the front and back of your device to cleanse it.
For detailed steps and explanations of cleaning them, check out the full post here.

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Here are the new prices for the realme C15 and C21

realme Malaysia has announced several price cuts for its devices alongside some upcoming new products and the associated limited-time offerings.

First off, the C15 and C21 smartphones will be taking a price cut between RM50 to RM100, depending on the configuration and model while the upcoming TWS will start to be put on display and purchasable starting tomorrow at local stores. Lastly, the latest and “controversial” narzo 30A will go for sale on Shopee’s 4.4 Mega Shopping day alongside its 2 peripherals at reduced prices.

Product

Price

Availability

realme C15 (4+64)

RM499

Now on Lazada and Shopee

realme C15 (4+128)

RM599

realme C21 (3+32)

RM459

realme Buds Air 2

RM199

April 3 @ realme Brand Stores and Authorized Dealers

realme narzo 30A (4+64)

RM599 (RM499 during Shopee 4.4 Mega Shopping Day)

April 4

realme Mobile Game Finger Sleeves

RM29 (RM9.90 during Shopee 4.4 Mega Shopping Day)

realme Cooling Back Slip

RM149 (RM99 during Shopee 4.4 Mega Shopping Day)

To be noted, the prices shown here are after the adjustments therefore it is updated to reflected live numbers as of now.

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Xiaomi reveals strategy for global net zero greenhouse gas emission through clean technologies and green operations

Xiaomi has revealed what they are calling the Zero-carbon Philosophy in an effort to step up their responsibility in creating a better environment as a leading business in the technology sector.

Speaking from a goal standpoint, the brand is aiming for a 98% reduction by the time the year 2040 rolls around, and by 2050, they want a clean net zero emission. Both of these are expected to achieve by reducing Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions with the following milestones:

Reduce at least 70% emissions from main operating segments from the base year level no later than 2030
Reduce at least 98% emissions from main operating segments from the base year level no later than 2040
Prioritize the use of low-carbon technologies, long-term green power purchase agreements, and on-site renewable energy generation
Encourage key suppliers to establish renewable energy usage and GHG emission
reduction target

Aside from cutting down on the production side, they are also producing things that lead to less energy use for consumers such as 5G Energy Saving Signal Transmission, Dark Mode, more efficient Fast Charge, and Eco-Friendly Packaging.
Xiaomi is also doing some recycling jobs on the side by recycling 4,500 tons of e-waste last year and is committed to doing so for the next 4 years, aiming for around 38,000 tons of e-waste and using 5,000 tons of recycled materials.
Programs that bring benefits to its customer including Trade-In Program also helps instill value into products that have entered EoL while high durability standards mean that one would not need to replace as many parts as needed compared to cheap products.

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Review – YoloLiv YoloBox: External display + portable livestreaming + recording made easy

Recently, we came across one interesting product that I have no idea it existed. With custom RTMP, you can use Restream.io if you choose to do so.
Battery life
I think, all in all, this is the only thing I have to complain about the YoloBox YoloLiv. The battery life isn’t that good – about 3 hours of battery life.

In retrospect, the YoloBox YoloLiv is doing a lot of work and it’s constantly pushing its limits while live streaming. Video encoding from multiple inputs while streaming at the same time is not an easy task.

However, to YoloBox YoloLiv’s credit, you can strap in a power bank behind the unit itself. May I interest you in some velcro with double-sided tape? You can get them at Daiso for only RM5.90. It’s extremely handy for this use case, honestly.
By the way, there is no brightness control on the YoloBox YoloLiv. It’s at 100% brightness all the time.
Wrapping up the YoloLiv YoloBox review
This is certainly a unique product. I don’t think there are any rivaling products in the market, yet the YoloBox YoloLiv is a very niche product.
For the price of RM4,999, yes – it’s expensive, but you boon for those who want to live stream on the go with their real cameras – not smartphones.
As for what the YoloBox YoloLiv offers currently, this is a fantastic product. It can do so many things on its own and we can predict that many people will be using it in conventions or events.

By the way, if you want to learn more about YoloLiv as a company and all of its other products, click here.

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ASUS ROG Masters – The Summary

In case you missed the event on the 12th of November 2016, ASUS had their very own ROG Masters major league gaming competition held at KLCC. They focused on two games this time – Dota 2 and CS:GO.
To be honest, I’m quite bummed by the fact that Malaysian teams got rekt completely before semi-finals on both Dota 2 and CS:GO. I mean, Fnatic, come on. You guys lost right before semi-finals, and yet most of them are at home ground. I was utterly disappointed, to be honest.

Nonetheless, here’s the final scoreboard for both CS:GO and Dota 2.
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All I can say is congratulations to both Team Secret and Mongolz for winning the championship! A total of  $200,000 has been awarded to these two teams. You both definitely ruled the game – scoring a perfect 3-0 at a best-of-5  final match against your opponent. The victory were flawless, and it shows the level of profession in their game.
Anyway, there was a time slot where Team Secret had a fan signing time slot for both days of the ROG Masters event – and I brought my custom orange backlit Ducky One TKL (full review here) for signing!

Also, check out ASUS’s official album of photos right here. They look absolutely fantastic, and you can relive the event through these pictures!

Till next time – because as far as I  can tell, this is not the only ROG Masters event. Maybe we’ll see you on the stage as the grand prize winners next time.

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Review – Huawei Nova 9 SE

Huawei returns with yet another mid-range smartphone! The new Huawei Nova 9 SE is a simpler smartphone and it is priced at RM1,099. So, what makes this phone special? Let’s find out.

Design
Okay, so starting with the design of the Huawei 9 SE. We have a very shiny, reflective plastic back here. I’m not really a fan of the glossy finish and I’d like something matte.

Still, at least the phone has curved edges at the back that makes it comfortable to hold.

That camera bump though… is a little thicc.
Cameras
And speaking of that camera bump, we have a total of 4 different cameras, but only two of them are usable to take pictures. Again, the depth sensor and the 2MP fixed focus camera are pretty much unusable.

To have a look at the pictures we took, watch the video at the top of this review.
Performance
As for the performance, this Huawei Nova 9 SE comes with the Snapdragon 680 chipset and 8GB RAM. Honestly, nothing much to talk about here. It works pretty well for day-to-day tasks, but I won’t do a gaming test for this phone here since it’s definitely going to run PUBG Mobile and COD Mobile and whatnot. If you somehow manage to download Genshin Impact, it won’t run well – even the more powerful Snapdragon 695 won’t run well.

Battery
With such a low-powered chipset, how’s the battery life? We did our usual test and it lasts for about 10 and a half hours – which is decent.
Charging time
The charging time is also quite decent considering that it comes with a 66W charger and it took about 45 minutes to charge.

Screen
The screen though, I’d say is an okay one. It comes with a 6.78-inch IPS LCD screen with 90Hz at 2388×1080 pixels. Even though the IPS LCD looks okay, I have no idea why Huawei didn’t just use an OLED screen.
IPS LCD screen on a phone that costs RM1,099 in year 2022 🙃
Seriously, there are lower-priced phones with OLED screens, that also come with GMS.
Software
Oh, speaking of GMS, the Huawei Nova 9 SE still doesn’t have GMS. It’s still the same software as the previous Huawei phones that we reviewed – Android 12 with EMUI 12.0.1.

But I want to talk about another thing instead – YouTube Vanced closing down. Technically, it’s not closed down yet. It’s just that all download links are taken down and it’s not going to be updated anymore.

The reason why I’m bringing this up is that lots of people keep saying that “no GMS, no problem” because they can continue watching YouTube with Vanced. Now that Vanced is gone, you’re going to run into yet another big problem if you buy the Huawei Nova 9 SE.
Conclusion
And I guess that is the conclusion. If you do want to buy the Huawei Nova 9 SE, go ahead. The price is RM1,099 but I do think that you need to know what you’re getting.
Where to buy? (Affiliate links)

Amazon
Lazada
Shopee

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Join the Arm DevSummit 2021 and be at the forefront of technology!

The Arm DevSummit 2021 is upon us! Happening this October 19-21, Arm invites hardware and software engineers to participate and join forces in this three-day virtual conference to discuss and share insights into the latest technology trends and to one-up your skills through technical sessions and hands-on workshops. Many other like-minded hardware and software engineers will be at the Arm DevSummit 2021, and we can network via the internet!
Arm, as many of you know, is leading the RISC microprocessor designers and its products are being used in our smartphones, tablets, cars, and many more low-powered devices. Its unique RISC microprocessor traits allow a great degree of freedom and accessibility of general-purpose computing, hence that is why we can have smartphones and not smart bricks.

Joining the Arm DevSummit 2021 will enable us to have the chance to network with other like-minded active developers in the community and shape the world of computing through our ideas. What might seem to be an impossibility can be made possible by refining and redefining the idea.
That is why talking to other people and discussing ideas is important. It’s the perfect chance to discuss cutting-edge technology with both hardware and software developers and learn about the latest advancement in computing – then grow our skills to accommodate that technology.

You can register the Arm DevSummit 2021 early too – and gain the benefit of advanced access to the technical sessions, the Discord server (which is important for networking, as per mentioned earlier), and other perks too:

Watch over 72 early-release technical sessions before the live event.
Get early access to the official Arm Discord server for pre-event networking. (Excludes China)
Make your voice heard and reserve your seat around virtual campfires.
Secure your space and learn new skills in high-demand workshops.
Build your own agenda around the 7 tracks. Save items to your watchlist.

The 7 conference tracks
The big highlight about the Arm DevSummit 2021 is going to be the 7 conference tracks – which focus on a broad range of topics, spanning from cloud to edge computing.

Cloud Native for the Endpoint, Edge, and the Cloud
The Future of Mobility is Software Defined
Developing Interactive Consumer Experiences
Practical Software Development for a Productive IoT
AI in the Real World: From Development to Deployment
Hardware Design Methodology
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World’s First Tricorder – Needs Your Help To Become Reality!

Okay, I’ll be honest, it is a medical tricorder. Scanadu Scout is the name. The device works by scanning your vital signs and transfer the data to your smartphone. It can detect heart rate, body temperature, respiratory rate, blood pressure, ECG and emotional stress level. All of the data will be extracted by simply placing the device(probe?) on the patient’s forehead.

The real tricoder is actually your smartphone, a device which is already available in today’s market. The thing that makes it a medical tricorder is the medical probe like you see in Star Trek. The Scanadu Scout is kinda like the probe.
Star Trek Tricorder
As for now, the technology is not yet a legitimate medical diagnostic device. Not until at least FDA(Food and Drug Administration) approves.
Scanadu is currently under an Indiegogo campaign to get help on obtaining data and also to help the product to make it into consumer’s hand. The data have to be large enough so that they can submit to FDA for approval in which they will obtain from volunteers at Scanadu’s headquarters.

If you would like to aid in the development of this amazing medical device, head down to Scanadu Indiegogo. The pre-order price starts from USD 199(RM 600 excluding tax and charges). This contribution can help make the world’s first medical tricorder a reality. Maybe a couple decades later, you could pull this baby out of that dusty box and tell your grandkids about how you are involved in making the history’s first tricorder!

– Via Dvice, Indiegogo

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Get a special L’Oréal Paris Valentine gift set by buying the vivo V23e 5G in new Mirage Gold color

vivo Malaysia has released a new vivo V23e 5G variant that comes with an astounding Mirage Gold color.

Coming in a shiny and elegant palette, the Mirage Gold vivo V23e 5G bears inspiration of a blooming bouquet within a sky garden amidst a blazing desert of radiating brightness. Released to provide an awesome photography experience at a relatively low budget, the V23e now arms itself with a more attractive color to stand out even more among the crowd.
Here’s a quick refresher if you’ve missed the V23e’s announcement back then.

6.44-inch AMOLED Display

1080p Resolution
Waterdrop Notch

MediaTek Dimensity 810 Chipset
8GB RAM
128GB Storage
Triple Rear Cameras

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

44MP Selfie Camera
4,050mAh Battery

44W Fast Charge

Announced together with the brand new colored device is the collaboration with L’Oréal Paris where all purchases of the vivo V23e 5G (Mirage Gold) between February 12 to 20 will be topped off with a special Valentine’s gift box, 1-Year screen crack protection + extended warranty. Forever alone much? Then the February 20 – 28 offer takes away the gift set while maintaining the display protection and extended warranty perk.
Visit one of the following links to make your purchase today.

vivo E-Store
Shopee
Lazada

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Adobe Creative Cloud Innovations Take Creativity from Blank Page to Brilliant

Adobe has recently launched major updates to its flagship Creative Cloud tools and services. These updates includes dramatic new features in its flagship applications as well as performance enhancement across Creative Cloud applications. It also comes with updates to Adobe Stock which gives deeper integration within Creative Cloud including the addition of an all-new Premium Collection of high quality stock content. This new release targets mainly towards designers, photographers and filmmakers, given the difficulty they faced every day.
“We have two key goals with this release: saving our customers time and helping them jump-start their creative engines.” – Bryan Lamkin, VP & GM of Adobe Digital Media
According to Adobe, today’s release of Creative Cloud will help make productivity much faster and productive. From the integration of Adobe Stock into CC experience, to amazing new features like Content-Aware Crop in Adobe Photoshop, this release will expedite the creative process for millions of their customers.

Some of the performance enhancements for the Creative Cloud applications are listed below:

Content-Aware Crop in Photoshop – which automatically fills in the gaps when you rotate or expand a canvas beyond the original image size.
Face-Aware Liquify in Photoshop – an easy way to create artistic effects with facial features using the Liquify Tool while keeping the face in proportion.
Match Font in Photoshop – innovative font recognition technology that has the ability to recognize and identify licensed fonts and automatically suggest fonts available on your computer system or available to license through Adobe Typekit.
Character Animator Preview in After Effects – matches an animated character to a real-life actor’s speech and movements.
Virtual Reality in Adobe Premiere Pro – including ‘field of view’ mode for previewing content.
Fast Export in Adobe Illustrator – allowing users to export assets to multiple formats and resolutions with a single click.
Photoshop productivity enhancements including a 4x performance improvement when working with fonts and Content-Aware Fill features.

The updates for the Creative Cloud desktop applications are now available for download if you already subcribed to the Creative Cloud membership. If you’re interested to subscribe now, you can visit https://creative.adobe.com/plans for more information regarding the membership fees.

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Stand a chance to win prizes and enjoy discounts with My OPPO Member’s Day June 2022

On this month’s My OPPO Member’s Day, which runs from June 16 to June 18, OPPO will be giving members exclusive discounts, free phones, vouchers, and more.
First of all, there will be a Lucky Draw with prizes comprised of the Find X5 Pro 5G and an OPPO watch. Members simply need to spend 50 points for a chance to win them; however, act quickly though as the lucky draw is only open until July 17.

Additionally, members can also get a free RM20 TnG Reload Pin by spending 2000 points to redeem it.
Follow these simple steps below to participate:

Click on ‘Win BIG’ under ‘Activities’ on My OPPO App, then select ‘Chance to win prizes’
Click ‘Redeem Now’
Click ‘OK’ to be in part of the lucky draw in exchange for 50 Reward Points

Moving on to the flash deal, members who purchase the Reno6 Series 5G smartphones will be entitled to a discounted price as well as extra vouchers.
Those who wish to purchase other products outside of the promotional items can also spend 200 points to redeem up to RM150 worth of vouchers via the My OPPO App.
On top of that, members who have purchased any smartphones from OPPO Brand Stores during the promotion period will also be entitled to a PWP promotion. Simply spend 200 points and make the OPPO Band and OPPO Watch Free yours.

Last but not least, the OPPO Service Center will also offer complete after-sales services including a 20% off on OPPO Care as well as a free sanitizing service and 200 points upon check-in.
You can download the My OPPO App by clicking here to learn more about how to redeem exclusive vouchers and discounts.

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Review – Armaggeddon Mikoyan FOXBAT-III Wireless Mouse: Hidden Features Everywhere

We have the Armaggeddon Mikoyan FOXBAT-III Kevlar-13 Wireless Mouse here. First of all, I have no idea why Armaggeddon loves such long-named products. While that is indeed its complete name, it excludes the word “gaming” in it. Also, Armaggeddon released two versions of the FOXBAT-III mouse – one is the Ironsight-7, and the other one is the one I’m reviewing here, the Kevlar-13. Again, I have no idea why they opted for such lengthy and confusing naming schemes.
As far as I can tell, both variants of the Armaggeddon Mikoyan FOXBAT-III are they same – and the only difference is its patterns on top. Anyway, let’s begin the review by first taking a look at the packaging as usual.

It’s fairly simple in my opinion, and they did a good job highlighting and differentiating the pattern on the both variants of the mouse. If you noticed, it’s written that there is an included mousemat in the box.

Opening up the box reveals the Armaggeddon Mikoyan FOXBAT-III, with both its sides flanked by a micro USB and the mousemat. And there’s nothing else in the box, actually.

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There are two parts to this – firstly the mouse itself, and secondly the included mousemat.
Armaggeddon Mikoyan FOXBAT-III

It’s covered with a soft-touch plastic material, and I can’t help but to say how light it is. That’s because the entire Armaggeddon Mikoyan FOXBAT-III only weighs in at 84 grams – considerably less than other wireless mice out there.

The look is not bad, considering that it does have some rotating colour LEDs inside of it. Albeit the colours are a bit crude, it gets the job done. I really do wish there’s an option to control the brightness or to disable it completely though – just for battery’s sake.

The Armaggeddon Mikoyan FOXBAT-III has a symmetrical design, but its buttons aren’t symmetrical, but instead suited for right-handed users. If they pull just move one of the side button from left to right, it would be much more appealing for other users too, because of its ambidextrous design.

Those pattern at the top side is etched on a soft touch plastic material, and can be physically felt. I think is pretty nice to touch.
There are a total of 6 buttons on the mouse – left and right clicks, the two side buttons, scroll wheel, and the additional button right below that scroll wheel. All 6 of these buttons are actually reprogrammable, so I don’t really know why Armaggeddon’s website only claims that it has 5 buttons.

Like any other wireless mouse, the receiver can be placed flush at the bottom-side of the mouse itself. So far so good, as far as wireless mice goes.
Tiny little receiver a la the Logitech Unifying receiver. Nice.
Now, before I continue on with the review, I have to point out the problem with its build quality. The entire mouse is clearly made out of plastic – cheap ones, if you want to be specific. That’s why it can be so cheap!
When I was trying out the mouse, I thought I had issues with the sensor when I saw my cursor jumping. Easiest and quickest assumption was that the unit I had was simply problematic – but it that’s not the case. I placed the mouse flat on a surface and pressed its center, then tried rocking it diagonally. I found out that it’s not flat, and rocking the non-flat mouse replicated the jumpy cursor disease.
So how do I fix this issue?
By bending the plastic on this mouse.
How?
Sheer force.
I had to be really careful in bending it too, as the plastic might just crack if I’m pushing it too hard. Am I happy about it? Clearly not, and it’s sad to see that there’s something like this in the market, considering that Armaggeddon made some great mice before.
Mousemat

As for the included mousemat though, it’s pretty basic. A thin piece of cloth mousemat with a rubberized bottom. My biggest issue with the mousemat is the edges – they’re not braided or reinforced in any way. Just let me show you what I mean.

See the edges? They’re fraying – and I only simulated this by lightly brushing my finger inwards to the mousemat itself.
Now, let’s move on to the real test.
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Firstly, I truly like this mouse’s left and right click’s separated actuators, but not the switch itself. The actuators are pretty light, because the pivot point is at the far side of the mouse, and I think that’s because of how thin and fairly flexible the plastic is. However, the switch itself is quite heavy, and it has quite a heavy actuation force.

Both the side buttons feel great, but they’re moved too far in front, making it quite difficult to reach on fingertip or claw grip. Moving these side buttons towards the middle will be way much better, in my opinion.
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Scroll wheel is surprisingly silent, but the tactile bumps are there and can be felt. The DPI toggle switch is really tactile.

The mousemat itself however, isn’t that great. Yes, it provides the mouse a surface to be used on. However, the mousemat itself couldn’t get a good, solid grip on the table, and any sort of mouse flick movement will cause the mousemat to move.

I personally wouldn’t use the mousemat much, unless I can ensure it to not move on my table.
Also, there’s one thing I should highlight in bold. After using the Armaggeddon Mikoyan FOXBAT-III for so long, I still have no idea on how to check its battery percentage. There is zero documentation on its battery level. I just charge it whenever I feel the need to. At least they made the mouse auto-sleep after 8 minutes of inactivity.
However, I managed to get beyond 8 hours of usage throughout my test, so I think that 600 mAh battery can indeed last you for at least one full day of gaming.
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It’s a very simple piece of software to say the least. All of the controls are very straight forward, and I realized that there are a few missing features too.
For instance, there is no fine-tuning of the DPI through the software. There isn’t even any option to disable the LEDs – that’ll surely extend the battery life, although I have no idea how to check the battery.

For some reason, Armaggeddon didn’t promote that the FOXBAT-III does indeed have on-board memory.
There are a total of 5 profiles too, if you’re wondering. Of course the on-board memory can only hold one profile. Maybe because of its hardware limitation or overlooked feature to not having a “cycle through profile” command to be programmed to the mouse itself.
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This is surely a product that confuses me. The Armaggeddon Mikoyan FOXBAT-III is actually quite a decent wireless mouse. Throughout my review, I discovered a few great features that is present in the Armaggeddon Mikoyan FOXBAT-III, but they never highlighted it anywhere on its product page nor the box.

The mousemat is a total disappointment to me. The build quality is horrible, and it just doesn’t feel right. The mousemat is something I wouldn’t recommend using at all – better to just lay the mouse on your table and start using. Software is simplistic, but it gets the basics done. Although I do wish that there’s an option to disable the LEDs entirely.
For the price of RM69.90, I think the Armaggeddon Mikoyan FOXBAT-III is quite okay for portable use.
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Samsung Galaxy A30 & Galaxy A50 pre-order now available

While I was browsing around at Lazada, we received a notification and it says that the new Samsung Galaxy A30 and Galaxy A50 are already available for pre-orders. Tapping on it reveals some interesting information too.
Both the Galaxy A30 and Galaxy A50 are already opened up for pre-orders from a store called G Store – which is reputable at Lazada – and the prices looks rather weird as well.

Take a look at these screenshots.

From here, we can confirm that the Malaysian variants of the Galaxy A30 and Galaxy A50 has these specs:
Samsung Galaxy A30

6.4-inch Super AMOLED display with Infinity-U notch at 1080p resolution
Exynos 7904 Octa-Core
Dual rear-facing cameras

Main: 16MP f/1.7
Ultrawide: 5MP f/2.2

16MP f/2.0 selfie camera
4GB RAM
64GB storage
4,000mAh battery with 15W Fast Adaptive Charging with USB-C

Samsung Galaxy A50

6.4-inch Super AMOLED display with Infinity-U notch at 1080p reoslution
Exynos 9610 Octa-Core
Triple rear-facing cameras

Main: 25MP f/1.7
Ultrawide: 8MP f/2.2
Depth sensor: 5MP f/2.2

25MP f/2.0 selfie camera
4GB or 6GB RAM
64GB or 128GB storage
4,000mAh with 15W Fast Adaptive Charging with USB-C

With such fantastic mid-range specs comes a question – the price. From what we can find out, G Store has unintentionally published the Galaxy A30 and Galaxy A50 listing on Lazada, as the pre-order ETA dates have long passed.
The differences in those duplicated listing are the free gift bundle.
You can click here to check out those listing for yourselves.
From this listing, we expect that the Galaxy A30 with 4GB RAM + 64GB storage to be at RM799 and the Galaxy A50 with 6GB RAM + 128GB storage to be at RM1,199. Both the Galaxy A30 and Galaxy A50 are also available in blue, black, and white color options.
If these are the official prices of these two phones, then Samsung has something special up their sleeves. We expect both the new Galaxy A30 and Galaxy A50 to be launched sometime at the end of this month or early April.

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BenQ unleashes the world’s 1st mini LED portable projector, the GV30

BenQ Malaysia has announced that they are bringing in the GV30 which is the very first mini LED portable projector to debut on the global market.
Despite its small size, it is packed with a rich feature set and is prized for including a 2.1-channel audio system with separate mid and high drivers to output clear, distinctive audio while dedicated woofers take care of the bass part. Assisted and tuned by the brand’s in-house audio engineering team treVolo, it carries multiple sound profiles of Cinema, Gaming, Sports, and Music modes to adapt to the needs of different users.

It also touts a completely wire-free experience by integrating Android TV into the system so it can stream and play content fully by itself via Google Play Store or get connected wirelessly with any iOS/Android devices.
Powered by CinemaColor and using the cinematography-standard Rec. 709 color gamut, the GV30’s video projection is rated at 300 ANSI Lumens brightness and 720p HD resolution.
While the 720p resolution may stave off some people, rest assured that the wide 135-degree projection angle will do it justice. Additionally, the Cinema Mode and Day Time Mode offer specific tunings to churn out high contrast video output in a wide variety of environments.
To ease the usage, the BenQ GV30 also comes with autofocusing feature and also auto vertical keystoning. Everything is automated for you so all you have to do is power it on and start watching your shows.
Oh, and the LED bulb will last for quite some time as well as it is rated for 30,000 hours of operation time on paper with a generous amount of battery capacity to keep it running for hours and hours.
Preorder Price and Period
BenQ Malaysia will start accepting preorders for the GV30 mini LED projector from the period of June 20 to July 4 at the price of RM2,499. After that, it’s going to climb up to RM2,688 so just pull the trigger wisely and you can save a couple of hundred bucks.

Shopee
Lazada
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Review – Toshiba TV M550L (65-inch version)

Okay, this is the Toshiba TV M550L. We got the 65-inch like 2 weeks ago for review and today, we’ll go through some of our thoughts and experiences – and we do have quite a lot of things to talk about it. Let’s begin.

From the moment we got the TV, we obviously have to unbox and set it up. It’s using a very old-school style of TV packaging and while that is not an issue, it could have been better – especially since this TV is 65-inches in size.

The box comes out in two pieces – and from there, we have to take out the top part out to be used as a “base” for the TV to rest on while we screw in the legs.

And speaking of those legs, they’re extremely minimalist while providing adequate stability for the TV. But it also lays down low. It’s so low that if you are planning to use it with a soundbar, then it’s basically impossible. You’ll have to wall-mount this TV instead.
          A tiny gap…            … that makes it impossible to use with a soundbar.
On that subject of wall-mounting, let’s talk about the ports. We have triple HDMI ports – the first one supports eARC. I don’t know how what HDMI version they are using but it doesn’t matter since it can only go up to 4K 60Hz and HDMI 2.0 already supports that. I plugged this TV to a laptop and yes, we did get 4K 60Hz. We’ll also talk about the ports later.

And now, the color accuracy. I have to say, I was skeptical when I read the marketing material and it says “quantum dot color”. What does it mean? It’s still using an LED backlight with an LCD layer for colors anyway so where does the “quantum dot” comes in? Then, I stopped bothering about the marketing material and watched some content on this TV. And wow – it looks absolutely stunning.

It has fantastic colors – and reported by our colorimeter, it covers around 98% of sRGB color gamut with a relatively low Delta E number. With that said, it also has HDR10+ and we watched some HDR video from this person and it looks absolutely stunning.

The HDR experience is further elevated by the inclusion of full-array local dimming for the LED backlight – but the performance is considered above average.

We tried the local dimming test video and it performs fairly decent. If we look at all the banding, we can technically estimate and draw out the LED backlight array with quite a high degree of accuracy. From what we can see, the LED backlight array is somewhat dense and it is above average.

If you want to play games using this TV, then there is also a feature called “auto low latency mode”, also known as the ALLM. I guess only works for consoles as we connected a laptop via HDMI and it didn’t turn on low latency mode – but we can turn it on manually. The latency is definitely reduced but it’s not to the point that I’ll play competitive games on this TV.
That setting is somewhere inside here…
Speaking of that, the settings menu available for this TV is pretty thorough. We have the picture settings to set the color temperature, noise reduction, FILMMAKER MODE which automatically changes all your settings to match what the filmmaker intends the way for us to watch – and there is also a calibration setting that lets us manually adjust the intensity of different tones of colors too. You can tune it according to your personal preference or use a colorimeter to make it as accurate as possible.

We also turned off the motion smoothness a.k.a. MEMC a.k.a. Motion Enhancement – whatever they wanna call it, I disabled that particular feature. It looks horrible and I absolutely hate that feature.
A feature that shouldn’t exist.
Now, we should talk about the remote control. It has a lot of buttons and a lot of great features – like the input button brings up the menu that aggregated all the HDMI inputs including TV tuner, AirPlay, and the USB file explorer.

And I want to highlight the bottom section of this remote control. It has integrations from major streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, and Google Play. We tested with Netflix and if we press on that “subtitle” button, the menu to adjust subtitles instantly pops up.

We can even view the resolution of content playing and its bitrate by hitting the “i+” button. This is particularly useful for Netflix that offers another different package for 4K video streaming. If we know the bitrate that we’re streaming, we can judge if your internet can handle smooth 4K streaming or not.

But maybe you don’t need 4K streaming since this TV also has the REGZA Engine 4K PRO that upscales your content to 4K. We can’t really test its performance of it since there is no setting to enable or disable the upscaler.

However, the upper part of the remote control is confusing. The home button and the Google Assistant button should have swapped positions so navigation is made easier and also reminiscent of Android navigational button placement.

And, for apps like Netflix – hitting that play/pause button at the bottom of the remote opens a menu for play/pause, next, previous, and stop. That play/pause button could’ve been placed nearer to the D-pad or just… you know, directly play or pause the content.

There are also technically two ways to enter the settings menu. The dual-line box is a quick settings menu that floats on top of your current content. Using this method, we can easily change settings and look at the differences without jumping in and out of the settings menu.

Then, we can also enter the settings menu the traditional way will bring the entire settings menu.
By the way, this Toshiba TV M550L is using the latest version of Android TV and that is why the interface is different. We also have the standard Android TV features like far-field microphone so we can “okay Google” from afar if we enable “screenless mode” in the settings menu. As like we mentioned earlier, we can also use Google Assistant by just talking to the remote while holding the button.

Oh – we should also talk about the speaker. Toshiba says it comes with the REGZA POWER AUDIO PRO system and a 25W BAZOOKA BASS BOOSTER with two 12W “clear direct speakers”. I don’t really care about the marketing at all – but the speakers on this TV do sound good. Have a listen here.

If you want to use this TV with an external speaker, then you’ll need to know what you’re doing first. As we mentioned earlier in this video, soundbars are pretty much impossible to use with the default stand. You’ll need to wall-mount this TV to use a soundbar – but that also brings up another issue – the port placement.

You see, the audio jack is at the side, along with the HDMI ports. But, if you want to use SPDIF (optical audio) or the Ethernet port, then those two ports point towards the wall. I’m not sure if it will pose any issues if you want to wall mount this TV, but it’s worth highlighting even though most people won’t use these two ports anyway.
Should you buy the Toshiba TV M550L 65-inch?
Finally – the price. The Toshiba TV M550L and it is available in a total of 3 different sizes. I don’t know if there are any differences between the 3 variants, so we’ll only talk about the 65-inch version.

At that price of RM4,399, I think it is fairly decent. Remember, this is a mid-range 4K 60Hz Android TV chocked full of features – especially the full-array local dimming for a better HDR viewing experience.

Despite some worries that we’ve pointed out, the overall plug-and-play experience that we’ll get from this TV is actually very good. It’s a very good mid-range smart TV for this size. If you can get it during a promotion at below RM4,000, then it’s a steal.
Where to buy? (Affiliate links)

Lazada
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ShopeeFood extends its delivery service to East Malaysians living around the Kota Kinabalu area

Shopee Malaysia has announced its online food delivery service — ShopeeFood — is having its first expansion to the areas around Kota Kinabalu.
ShopeeFood will provide East Malaysian users a range of local delights as well as great deals from popular F&B brands. The coverage area includes the key locations listed below:

Kota Kinabalu
Penampang
Sepanggar
Petagas
Menggatal
Inanam
Likas
Foh Sang
Damai
Bukit Padang
Lido
Luyang

By the way, there’s also an Order and Win Contest which runs from July 14th to July 31st. Users can stand a chance to win prizes comprised of exclusive travel trips to Kuala Lumpur, Penang, and Mantanani Island, as well as ShopeeFood vouchers worth up to RM10,000.
To enter the contest, follow the simple steps below:

Spend a minimum of RM20 from any ShopeeFood restaurants
Follow the official ShopeeFood Instagram (shopeefood_my)
Like and comment your Order ID in Sabah Launch Contest Post
You’re ready to go! Repeat the steps above to stand a higher chance to win!

Kindly visit ShopeeFood Malaysia’s official website for more information and further updates.

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Nintendo Japan Announces Premium White Wii U Model

Nintendo Japan just announced the white Wii U GamePad will be soon available to buy  in the premium 32GB configuration, a larger battery for the Game Pad, a new Nintendo Land, Remote Plus and a new official charger.

The Wii U ordinarily comes in two package which is the White Standard package that includes an 8GB hard drive and the black Wii U Premium set which have 32GB HDD.

Nintendo also announced a new battery for Game Pad  controller that having 2550mAh capacity pack which will last between five to eight hours for a retail price of 3150 Yen ($31 US Dollar, approximately RM95).
With this new upgrade, the battery will not only allow faster charging, but also will last longer, as I believe gamers will have many thoughts when it come between Wii U and Xbox One. Which will you choose?
Via: VG24/7

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Razer Firefly Cloth Edition Announced; Priced At RM279

There are some of us who just doesn’t like hard surface mouse mats – me being one of them. Fear not though – as Razer got your back with their brand new surface mat – this time with RGB lighting too. Introducing the Razer Firefly Cloth Edition.

Why Razer wants to make the cloth edition?

Of course, let’s not forget how over-the-top the entire idea of a RGB mousepad is. Now, Razer’s entire “ecosystem” of RGB products are compatible with each other too. check it out on this website: http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-mouse-mats/razer-firefly-cloth-edition.
The Razer Firefly Cloth Edition will be available for pre-order from today, and it’ll be available in retail stores on October of 2016. The price of it is RM279, and you can start pre-ordering here at http://www.razerzone.com/!

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Samsung’s CNY 2021 film has RGB & dubstep lion dance

It’s a yearly tradition for Samsung to have a short film every Chinese New Year to celebrate the festival. We, as the media, always get to attend a dinner where we all get together and have a meal together, watching the lion dance and – of course – lou sang together.
However, we are unable to do that this year because of the whole virus situation – so instead, Samsung published a video that is called “CNY Film 2021-The Last Dance“. Sure, the title looks bleak – but actually, it makes sense.

It’s a story of the constant need for evolution and also to adapt to new situations. Traditional, physical lion dances aren’t going to happen anytime soon since big family gatherings won’t happen this year. So, let’s go online instead.

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ROG Masters 2016 Tournament Qualifying Rounds Happening This Weekend!

Here’s a quick update on ASUS’s very own ROG Masters 2016 Tournament – because it’ll be broadcast live for all of us to watch in the comfort of our homes this weekend!
In case you don’t know what’s the hype about, then check this out – it’s ASUS’s championship league for Dota 2 and CS:GO in Asia and Australia/New Zealand area. Qualifying rounds are happening online now too.

Games

Registration Deadline

Group Stage
+ Playoffs

Official English Live Broadcast in
(Playoffs Only)

Dota 2

11th September

12th-18th September

Sun, 18th September
17:00 KST (GMT +9)
4pm GMT+8 (Malaysian time)

CS:GO

11th September

12th-17th September

Sat, 17th September
17:00 KST (GMT +9)
4pm GMT+8 (Malaysian time)

You can watch the online games this weekend on rog-masters.com/livestreams on these two days, and they’ll be commentated by well-known commentators too!
Both Daniel ‘dabo0’ Bürgle and Hugo ‘itshugo’ Byron will be commentating for CS:GO.
Toby ‘TobiWan’ Dawson and Gareth ‘Gareth’ Bateson will be commentating for Dota 2.
Make sure you check them out!

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Join the vivo X80 Superday Roadshow today and get exclusive discounts and rewards

vivo Malaysia has initiated a special roadshow for its latest vivo X80 series flagship smartphone.

With the devices still within the preorder period, vivo wants you to come and experience the banger smartphone so that you can actually know whether it is to your taste and requirement or not.
Furthermore, the first 10 customers that purchase either the X80 or X80 Pro are entitled to get another one at just half the price!
Or, perhaps you don’t have a buddy to blow multi-thousand Ringgit into a new phone right away so you can be the 11th to 20th customer where a free DJI OM4 SE can be claimed. And the best thing is that this promotion is applicable for both on-site purchases and online preorders!
And there’s the usual Lucky Roulette thing that lets you win something extra and optional information for buying the device via telco partner and official retailers.
Schedule
There’s actually not one, not two, but four locations for the roadshow to happen and you can pick one based on what time you are free / where you’re living.

Pavilion Bukit Jalil (May 13 – 22)
Sunway Pyramid (May 13 – 16)
Queensbay Mall (May 12 – 15)
Mid Valley Southkey (May 18 – 22)

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WD Gold Datacenter Drive Capacity Increased 25%

There’s been crazy development in hard disk technology these days since the inception of helium-filled hard disks. WD is taking helium-filled hard disks to the next level here with their WD Gold series of datacenter hard drives.
We did talk about them before – where they have capacities up to 8TB. Eight terabytes!

Helium-filled hard disks enables the hard disk platters to be much more denser than before. That doesn’t mean it’s a one-time upgrade. WD manages to make it even better, and cramped in  another 25% of capacity into it – totaling to a massive 10TB capacity. Ten freaking terabytes!
WD even claims 3 things – the HelioSeal technology improves its power efficiency by 26% compared to the WD Gold 8TB. Even has 21% higher sequential performance over the predecessor. Heck, WD says the WD Gold 10TB has 2.5 million hours of MTBF (mean time between failures) too!
The brand new WD Gold 10TB has the model number of WD101KRYZ, and is actually available by select retailers. WD’s price tag for it is RM3,499. Hefty – I know, but think of the terabytes, man.

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Vivo V20 and V20 Pro is open for preorders until October 23; Starts from RM1,499

Vivo Malaysia has announced the new Vivo V20 and Vivo V20 Pro lineup as part of their new smartphone’s latest selfie tech Eye Autofocus for eyesight tracing to enable an easy selfie experience.
Not only that, you can now take slow motion, 4K, and Super Night photos all with the selfie camera which normally reserved only for rear cameras as they are more powerful. The device will launch together with FunTouch OS 11 and Android 11 for the latest features and security updates to ensure users are getting the new stuff and be future-proofed for a couple of years.

Anyways, here is the specs list for both models which are decent for a mid-range device.
Vivo V20

6.44-inch AMOLED display

1080p resolution
Waterdrop notch

Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G chipset
8GB RAM
Up to 256GB storage
Triple rear-facing cameras

Main: 64MP f/1.9 PDAF
Ultra-wide angle: 8MP f/2.2; AF
Depth: 2MP f/2.4

44MP f/2.0 selfie camera
4,000mAh battery

33W wired charger

Sunset Melody, Midnight Jazz, Moonlight Sonata colors

Vivo V20 Pro

6.44-inch AMOLED display

1080p resolution
Small standard notch

Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G chipset
8GB RAM
128GB storage
Triple rear-facing cameras

Main: 64MP f/1.9 PDAF
Ultra-wide angle: 8MP f/2.2
Depth: 2MP f/2.4

Dual selfie cameras

Main: 44MP f/2.0 PDAF
Ultra-wide angle: 8MP f/2.3

4,000mAh battery

33W wired charger

Sunset Melody, Midnight Jazz, Moonlight Sonata colors

Price, Freebies, and Platforms
The Vivo V20 is priced at RM1,499 while the V20 Pro is at RM1,899 which will be available on October 24. Preorders on Shopee and Lazada run until October 23 and features exclusive freebies, depending on the platform.

Preordering the V20 on Shopee will net you a leather duffle bag worth RM 100, an extended phone warranty and extended phone crack cover worth RM 299, and a pre-loaded Starbucks card worth RM 30 for the first 50 customers. Additionally, every 5th customer will also receive the Vivo TWS Neo Earbuds if you are feeling lucky enough.

On the other hand, the V20 Pro on Lazada will get you an air purifier, a leather duffle bag worth RM 100, an extended phone warranty, and an extended phone crack cover worth RM 299. Besides, 30 lucky customers will be walking away with Vivo TWS Neo Earbuds as well.
Or if you prefer offline preorders, head to a Vivo concept store and make your purchase there to be eligible for an inclusive one-year extended phone warranty and one-year extended phone crack cover worth RM 299, and one leather duffle bag worth RM 100.
Interested? Then quickly place your order before it’s too late! The freebies are not bad and you can be extremely lucky and net a free TWS as well.

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CyanogenMod to have camera in quick settings panel

You see that thumb there? That’s the new Camera shortcut in the quick settings panel, a.k.a. the two-finger-swipe notification. It brings an entirely new perspective of quick photo-taking.

To get it to work, you will first have to tap the Camera icon on the quick settings panel to activate the viewfinder. The purpose behind this is to save your battery, so that the viewfinder isn’t active all the time. Since the viewfinder is shown at the small little box, this feature is made to have a tap-to-take-photo simplicity with continuous autofocus, given that your device supports it. As it is a new smartphone, a picture is taken at any instant when the shutter is triggered. When you’re done spamming photos, just close the notification bar.
This is just the beginning of what this feature can do. Imagine that when this feature has the ability to quickly zoom in to the full-sized camera app to pose for a picture, that would kill all the hassle to launch the camera. That way you won’t have to find where is the camera app each time when you want to take a photo!
Here’s a video of it in action! I’m still hoping for all of my custom ROMs have this feature too!

Via : Android Police

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Assassin’s Creed Unity can help rebuild the Notre Dame Cathedral

Yes – you read that headline correctly. Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Unity, the buggiest one in the entire franchise, is set in France.
Assassin’s Creed Unity was a game that was released back during November of 2014 which created the Notre Dame in the game with surrealistic details. To be able to do that, the artist for the game, Caroline Miousse, has said that she took 2 years to nail all the details of the Notre Dame “down to the individual stone”.

Notre Dame Cathedral on fire. Photograph: Hubert Hitier/AFP/Getty Images
France has also vowed to rebuild the and restore the Notre Dame Cathedral to its former glory. With the highly-accurate scans of the Notre Dame Cathdral that was used in the Assassin’s Creed Unity, the Notre Dame Catheral will have a high-resolution 3D scan to refer to and plan the rebuilding process.
You can even go and play Assassin’s Creed Unity now and exploring around the Notre Dame Cathedral right away.

The recent tragedy that happened on Monday evening set the Notre Dame’s spire ablaze and eventually, collapsed. The building is over 650 years old and to have a part of it to turn into ashes.

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Samsung HW-K950 Soundbar + UBD-K8500 Blu-ray Player = Heavenly AV Experience

For those who want to Netflix and Chill like a boss and have the best experience while having the sleekest AV setup at home, then I think this is for you. Both the Samsung HW-K950 Soundbar and the Samsung UDB-K8500 Blu-ray Player are like a match made in heaven – they meant for each other. When combined together, expect an immersively beautiful experience.
Here’s a brief introduction of both the Samsung HW-K950 Soundbar and the Samsung UDB-K8500 Blu-ray Player.

Samsung HW-K950 Soundbar

The Samsung HW-K950 Soundbar is a 5.1.4 Dolby Atmos surround sound system, and Samsung adhered to Dolby’s standard for 5.1.4 speaker setup quite nicely. The numbers 5.1.4 means it will have 5 speaker units – two at the front, one at the center, and two more at the back to give off that wrap-around sound experience. Its second number means 1 single subwoofer. The third number represents the amount of in-ceiling or upward-firing speakers in the speaker system.
In this case, the Samsung HW-K950 Soundbar is a 5.

Done? Then you’re all set!
Is it worth the price?
I feel that this complete setup is looking absolutely elegant in the living room. It’s minimalistic in design, but brings in a fantastic experience once everything is set up. The Samsung HW-K950 Soundbar has a total power of 500W – which is quite insane for a home theather system.

While this setup is a heavenly match made for an immersive AV experience, I think that it is absolutely fantastic for Samsung to add WiFi capability to both the Samsung HW-K950 Soundbar and the Samsung UDB-K8500 Blu-ray Player, so that their functionality can be expanded beyond just movie binging. Since the soundbar does support services like Spotify Connect, the whole house can enjoy fantastic tunes while waiting for friends to arrive. In the meantime, maybe watch a YouTube video on how to prepare some midnight snack before proceding with Netflix and Chill.
Come to think of it, I can even upscale 1080p videos taken by my smartphone to 4K resolution, since the Samsung UDB-K8500 Blu-ray Player is so ubiquitous in terms of functionality.
At a glance, the prices for both these items are quite hefty. The Samsung HW-K950 Soundbar is priced at RM 5,999, whereas the Samsung UDB-K8500 Blu-ray Player is priced at RM 1,799. For these two things alone, it clocks in at RM 7,798 in total – but it does bring an experience like no other.

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Cooler Master Announces Notepal L2 Laptop Cooler

Truthfully speaking, Cooler Master’s laptop coolers are one of the best in the market during the prime times about 7-8 years ago. How bright are the blue LEDs? Not really sure – but I hope it’s not distracting.
It’s slim, it’s lightweight, and it offers better cooling performance on your laptop with minimal weight and size.

Anyway, the Cooler Master Notepal L2 is available for purchase now at just RM79. Great deal for a laptop cooler, I’d say. The Notepal L2 is a return to the classic laptop cooler design. Knowing Cooler Master, they will never skimp out on build quality.

There’s this other classic Cooler Master laptop cooler that goes by the name of Notepal U1, U2, and U3. Those are more like a frame for your laptop to sit on – not so quiet on cooling as it consists of multiple small snap-on fans. Come to think of it, I think I still have a Cooler MAster Notepal U2 somewhere around my house…

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User Experience – Cooler Master MasterWatt 750 Semi-Modular Power Supply

Power supplies are one of the most neglected components in PC builds. To the eyes of a consumer, any brand with the appropriate wattage will do. However, there are a few other factors that affect system builders and enthusiasts. Wattage, efficiency, cables & its modularity, the fan, price, and even the aesthetics dictate a power user’s choice for a power supply. Today, we have the Cooler Master MasterWatt 750 – a semi-modular power supply with 80 PLUS Bronze certification.
Special thanks to Cooler Master for letting us explore the MasterWatt 750!

Unboxing
Cooler Master has redesigned their packaging countless times over the years – and this time around with the Master-prefix branding, Cooler Master opted for a muted color scheme with cyan and white colored texts.

Behind the box is where Cooler Master kept everything nice and short with only two sentences describing the fan curve and also the voltage stability feature with a DC-DC topology.

At the side is the full list of specs for the Cooler Master MasterWatt 750, which can deliver a total of 750W on the 12V rail.
On the other side of the box tells the types of connectors and how many of them are available.

The box opens on the right side. Pretty fancy and unconventional for these type of packaging, I’d say.

Opening up the Cooler Master MasterBox 750 reveals a user manual at the top, together with all of the modular cables stuffed together with a standard UK wall plug.

The Cooler Master MasterBox 750 itself is wrapped in some type of air cushion bag. The power supply fits in snugly and has ample of protection from all sides.

Design
The Cooler Master MasterBox 750 takes on a black and white approach with a minimal amount of stickers. Better yet if the power supply is mounted to have the fan facing downwards – then only the sticker with the words “Cooler Master MasterWatt 750” are showing. Personally, I’m really liking this minimalist design

At the back is where the typical honeycomb design for exhaust is found. Cooler Master manages to fit in their logo around the power jack and switch area too.

In terms of cables, the Cooler Master opted for flat black ribbon cables for the MasterWatt 750. This type of cable is thin and flat, which has a very minimalist look overall. However, bending these cables around tight corners will be a challenge.

The MasterWatt 750 offers a total of 5 slots to plug in all the modular cables. Cooler Master opted for minimalist labels and just labeled these slots as “8-pin PCIe” and “5-pin HDD/SATA”. Not a big deal, but it’s obvious that Cooler Master is going for a minimalist design language for the MasterWatt 750.

On the other side of the power supply is where the sticker with the list of specs is found.

The cables near the connector part are a little jarring as cables are crossing from one end to another before flattening.

Specifications

Product Name
MasterWatt 750

Product Number
MPX-7501-AMAAB

Type
ATX 12V V2.4

PFC
Active PFC

Operation Voltage
100-240 Vac

Input Voltage
100-240 Vac

Input Current
10-5 A

Input Frequency
50-60 Hz

Dimensions (LxBxH)
140 x 150 x 86 mm

Fan Size
120 mm

Fan Bearing
LDB

Power Good Signal
100-500 ms

Hold Up Time
16ms at 80% load

Efficiency
85% @ Typical Load

ErP 2013 Lot 6
Yes

MTBF
>100,000 hours

Operating Temperature
0 ~ 40°C

Protections
OCP / OVP / UVP / OPP / OTP / SCP

Regulatory
CCC, CE, TUV-RH, RCM, EAC, cTUVus, FCC, BSMI, KC, CB

Connectors
MB 24 Pin
1

CPU 12V 4+4 Pin
1

SATA
9

Peripheral 4 Pin
3

FDD Cable 4 Pin
1

PCI-e 6+2 Pin
4

Cable Management

It’s interesting to see that Cooler Master opted to sleeve the 24-pin ATX cables in a bundle together, even though it’s flat. We have power supplies like the SilverStone ET650-B which opted to maintain the flat ribbon cable, but split up the 24 cables’ width in half. As for whichever is better, I prefer Cooler Master’s approach as it is easier to bend from behind the motherboard tray to the front.

In terms of cable lengths, the MasterWatt 750 can accommodate for any mid-tower cases without issues.

We tried it on the COSMOS C700P with rotated motherboard orientation, and there were no major issues other than the 24-pin ATX connector’s length when the motherboard’s rear I/O is pointing downwards.

As it is a semi-modular power supply, cable management is indeed easy. As always, bending the cables around corners might be an issue as it requires a specific way to bend the flat cables. Though, not having a case with a power supply shroud isn’t the end of the world since having less excess cable is a big boon.
Pick and choose what you need.
User experience
We’re judging the MasterWatt 750 through our experience of building PCs throughout the years as we do not have the proper equipment to test the power supply scientifically.
Funny enough, I first hooked up the Cooler Master MasterWatt 750 to a Ryzen 3 1200 build that has a Noctua NH-U12S, two GeIL EVO X RAMs, a PenDrive M.2 SATA III SSD and an ASUS GTX750. I just start it up and to my surprise, the fan did not power up. Total silence!

If your system can have the fan be on idle for most of the time, that means there’s no dust going in the power supply, too. If there’s less dust, that means the cooling solution is working fine.
The entire system was overclocked as stated on our Ryzen 3 1200 review here, and yet the fan did not spin even under load. The power supply was totally silent not because the fan isn’t spinning at all, but because there were no coil whine too. The MasterWatt 750 performs well here.
Even when the fan kicked in, that Silencio fan wouldn’t create much noise anyway.
Wrapping up the Cooler Master MasterWatt 750 review
The MasterWatt 750 has an 80 PLUS Bronze certification and the fan won’t start until it’s under 15% of load. That’s a huge boon for those who always leave their computer in idle. Dusts won’t get sucked in and the system remains silent.

Priced at RM389, the MasterWatt 750 is a pretty compelling option for those who wants silence, semi-modular and flat ribbon cables. And good looks too, if the power supply sticker is an issue for you.
There are other power ratings of the MasterWatt series of power supplies with the same features too, namely the MasterWatt 650 and MasterWatt 550, priced at RM339 and RM299 respectively.

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Xiaomi’s Raya 2022 sale goes live on April 22 with smartphones, TVs and more up for grabs

Xiaomi Malaysia will be engaging its Raya sales campaign starting next week as the actual festive month moves closer with each day passing by.

For this year, Xiaomi is offering selected smartphones and TVs by giving them price slashes on top of some extra free gifts where you can save a buck while preparing the gift stash. The campaign will be ending on May 15 by the way.
These are the items with actual price slash with extra freebies included.

Product

Promo Price

Freebies

Xiaomi 11T Pro (8+256GB)

RM 1,999

RM 30 KFC Voucher + Xiaomi Raya Packets + Raya Special Free Gifts

Xiaomi 11T Pro (12+256GB)

RM 2,199

Xiaomi 11T (8+128GB)

RM 1,499

Xiaomi 11T (8+256GB)

RM 1,699

Mi TV P1 55”

RM 1,999

Mi TV P1 43”

RM 1,499

And these items below just give you the freebies without actual discounts so buy at your own discretion.

Product

Normal Price

Freebies

Xiaomi 12 Pro (12+256GB)

RM 3,899

RM30 KFC Voucher + Xiaomi Raya Packets + Raya Special Free Gifts

Xiaomi 12 (8+256GB)

RM 2,999

Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE (8+128GB)

RM 1,399

Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE (8+256GB)

RM 1,599

Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G (8+128GB)

RM 1,299

Redmi Note 11 Pro (8+128GB)

RM 1,099

Redmi Note 11S 5G (6+128GB)

RM 999

RM10 KFC Voucher + Xiaomi Raya Packets + Raya Special Free Gifts

Redmi Note 11S (8+128GB)

RM 999

Redmi Note 11 (6+128GB)

RM 799

Redmi 10C (4+64GB)

RM 559

Redmi 10C (4+128GB)

 RM 629

Xiaomi Smart Air Purifier 4

RM 799

Xiaomi Watch S1

RM 899

Xiaomi Watch S1 Active

RM 649

Xiaomi Buds 3T Pro

RM 549

Don’t want to pay for the Mi TVs but still want one? Then you can join this contest right here by following the steps of Purchase, Selfie, and Share listed within the image above. The winners of the lucky draw will be announced on the same day the sales are going to end so you can time your purchase and participation fairly easily this time.

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Logitech G Opens Up Official Lazada Store

Everything is moving online, and shopping is certainly one of them – especially gadgets. Logitech G acknowledges this, and they just opened up their own official online store at Lazada.
As a quick recap, Logitech G is a subsidiary of Logitech, with its main focus on gaming gear and gaming-related products. That includes headphones, headsets, controllers, mice, and keyboards. Usually, these products are quite scarce. When it comes to Logitech products, I’d always head over to Midvalley and have a look at their flagship store there.

Now, everything Logitech G is available! I mean everything! Even their latest Prodigy series of products are there!
You can even shop now and get up to 10% off and be entitled for their grand opening premium giveaway!
*Hint: You can combine other Lazada discount codes at checkout to get even better deals!
Check out the store here at https://goo.gl/RGvlBN!

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Brand new mid-ranger realme 9i now available for preorder from RM799

realme Malaysia has announced they are bringing the latest realme 9i smartphone into the country.

Coming in as the 2022 mid-range device with a sweet price spot, the 9i’s design is reportedly running a Stereo Prism philosophy that houses more than 3000 lines of prism-like geometry and if you think it looks like your luggage bag or something, it probably is. The internals is pretty good as well with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 series SoC and big battery and interestingly, realme has managed to include Variable Refresh Rate into the 90Hz display in where it smartly adjusts itself depending on what type of content is being shown on the screen in which are they are 30Hz for static, 48Hz for movies, 50Hz for teleplay, 60Hz for videos, 60/90Hz for gaming. Oh, it also has virtual RAM paging up to 5GB for any reason that you have 20 apps opened at the same time.
Anyway, the spec sheet is here.

6.6-inch IPS LCD Display

720p Resolution
Top Left Punch Hole Notch
90Hz Refresh Rate with Variable Refresh Rate

Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 Chipset
Up to 6GB RAM
128GB Storage
Triple Rear Camera

Main (Wide): 50MP f/1.8 with PDAF
Macro: 2MP f/2.4
Depth Sensor

16MP Selfie Camera
5,000mAh Battery

33W Fast Charge

Prism Black, Prism Blue Colors

realme also launched the Mobile Gaming Trigger armed with physical buttons and a pair of metal triggers to make your chicken dinner experience much better and indirectly a better player with skills, hopefully, since it’s fully subjective.
Also released with the accessory is the Brick Bluetooth Speaker that serves its purpose with a simple design: Large area of speaker grill to get that audio out loud and clear with simple controls to get it connected with your device within simple clicks.
Pricing and Preorder Info
The realme 9i, Mobile Gaming Triggers, and the Brick Bluetooth Speaker are all available for preorder starting right now with the smartphone getting a free Buds Air 2 Neo TWS thrown into every purchase while the accessory and lil’ boombox is getting its price tag slashed down for a limited time.

4GB + 128GB: RM799
6GB + 128GB: RM869
Mobile Gaming Trigger: RM69 (Preorder Price RM39)
Brick Bluetooth Speaker: RM199 (Preorder Price RM139)

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Infinix introduces 260W wired and 110W wireless fast charging

It’s a great day for fast charging enthusiasts as Infinix, a brand that I think is an underdog that actually has good products based on my past experience reviewing their products – came out and announced that they have something called an “All-Round FastCharge” solution developed.
As the name suggests, it is literally an all-rounded fast-charging solution for both wired and wireless charging. Infinix aims to include intelligence in this charging solution to provide rapid and safe charging, while being flexible and smart – not sure what the latter two means, but we’ll have to test it out when it eventually ends up in a consumer product.

What Infinix did tell us is that the All-Round FastCharge is created to accommodate wired/wireless fast charging, wired/wireless reverse charging, bypass charging, smart charging, secure charging, and multi-protocol charging. This is a big claim, especially the multi-protocol support.

The details that Infinix told us stated that it is using a 4-pump parallel design for its charging architecture. We further questioned if it is using a multi-cell battery, but the answer we got is a bit more technical. Quote:

4-Pump Intelligent Circuit Design，each 4:2 charge pump supports a maximum of 80W charging power.
Intelligently regulate the number of charge pumps required for different fast-charging wattages.
4:2 charge pumps support 98.5% extremely high conversion efficiency.
Adaptation to more fast charging specifications, wider adaptation to user products
Reasonable allocation to improve conversion rate and save energy consumption

From what I understand, each pump is capable of 80W and the 4:2 ratio is to combine 4 pumps into 2 bigger pumps, hence 160W each. Technically, the total power should’ve been 320W but limited to 260W – possibly for safety purposes.
We were told that the charger also employs the AHB circuit architecture (Advanced High-performance Bus) to output a higher power density while being physically smaller in size.
Then, we asked one more important question – is this going to be a proprietary charging standard or going to partially support the USB-PD charging standard – and the answer is that Infinix can’t provide any information about it now. A bummer – but I think it’s for the better. Save the surprise for when we finally get to review an Infinix phone with this All-Round FastCharge technology.

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Ugreen has a multi-port 65W GaN charger on Indiegogo

Ugreen has a new charger coming – and it’s using the latest GaN substrate. The main advantage of using a GaN-based charger is the ability to output high amounts of power while maintaining a small size.
This tiny charger is tiny and it weighs only 165 grams, too.

As for the power distribution, it can output a total of 65W max while the USB-A port outputs a 22.5W max. Please do know that the maximum power output on all ports combined are at 65W, whereby that 65W is split between all of the powers on the charger when multiple devices are plugged in.
The new Ugreen 65W GaN charger can now be backed at Indiegogo. There are a few tiers and also in two different variants – either with 3 USB-C and single USB-A or just USB-C only.

The price starts at only $19 right now – and that’s a great deal!
To learn more about the Ugreen 65W charger, click here.

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Edifier introduces new GM5 TWS and R1280 DBs speakers

Edifier has introduced a new and improved version of GM4 gaming TWS, the GM5 alongside R1280 DBs bookshelf speakers with better and greater features.

Starting with the GM5, it now features the new Qualcomm aptX Adaptive audio codec and standards that allow the latency to be lessened to as low as 40ms while providing the long-standing high-quality audio it is famous for thanks to the 12mm diaphragm drivers. The Gaming Mode and Music Mode still stick around with dedicated EQ profiles and Dual Mic is always good for canceling ambient noises. The 500mAh battery provides 8 hours of battery life while the casing will hold 32 hours worth of power.
We have already tested aptX Adaptive codec before – and the audio latency is amazingly low. That is to be expected since it combines and is able to switch between aptX HD and also aptX Low Latency according to what you’re doing.

Next up, the R1280 DBs bookshelf speaker can now play acoustic audios with greater quality while the wireless connection quality has been enhanced. Despite overall performance improvement, the MDF woof enclosure is still the staple signature traced way back to the original R1280. Now each speaker unit holds a 4-inch bass driver with a front-facing bass reflex port that complements more punch and force to the music while the studio-grade silk dome tweeter is capable of pushing a wide range of high frequency with much lower distortion.
With a combined might of 42W RMS total power delivery, the R1280 DBs is a good balance powerhouse of music enjoyment. For the total mad lads, the sub-out output port lets you connect a dedicated subwoofer as well.o, optical and coaxial, it can serve devices from TVs, PCs, smartphones, to a home audio system.
Availability and Pricing
The Edifier GM5 is available now at the price of RM259 while the R1280 DBs is at RM399 on Lazada and other major stores.

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Review – j5create JVA06 capture card

In the past, we reviewed the two capture cards from j5create – the JVA02, which is a simple capture card – and also the JVA04 which has 4K 60fps monitoring with a low-latency pass-through HDMI. Then now comes the JVA06. This capture card is definitely not for everyone because as you can see here – it’s more for production purposes.

The buttons look daunting at first but in today’s review – we explain everything regarding this capture card and also how it works – alongside with some demonstration.

The j5create JVA06 is definitely a capture card that is more suited for those who are in the professional production industry and wants something integrated. It is indeed an all-in-one solution with picture-in-picture mode and also built-in chroma keying.
And if you already need something like this, then the price of about RM699 shouldn’t matter to you. It’s a solution that I don’t think anyone else is offering.

Where to buy? (Affiliate links)

Amazon US
Lazada
Shopee

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