Review – Samsung Galaxy A12

I gotta say, Samsung’s naming scheme of their Galaxy A series of smartphones is very good. This phone that we have here is the Galaxy A12. The “1” here depicts its tier, and the “2” depicts its generation.
With that naming scheme in mind, that means the Galaxy A12 is not the most entry-level smartphone that Samsung has to offer. So, let’s talk about it.

We’ll talk about this phone in a total of 6 different points, just like how we review most smartphones in Nasi Lemak Tech.
Design
Starting off with the design, this hue of blue that Samsung used for the Galaxy A12 is just beautiful, in my opinion. It’s not the typical blue as it does have a tinge of green in it. Under certain reflections, the green shows up more and I love it.

That 2-part geometric design makes it look sleek as heck too. I mean, it has a style of its own that’s unique.
Screen
Then comes the screen. It’s a decently-sized 6.5-inch screen that uses PLS LCD screen – which according to Gamers Nexus, is developed by Samsung and better than the commonly-found IPS LCDs.

From my eyes, this 6.5-inch screen is definitely hindered by its 720p screen. The pixel response time is also noticeably slower since I can see motion blur when I swipe between home screens.

The colors look decent enough for everyday use and watching videos.
Oh – by the way, the fingerprint scanner doubles as a power button at the right side of the phone.

Cameras
There are a total of 4 cameras on this phone, all of them are housed in this square cutout at the back. Generally, its specs are pretty decent as shown on the screen here.

The camera quality is surprisingly decent and also very characteristically Samsung. To have a look at all of the picture samples, watch the video at the top of this review.
Specs
The specs of the Galaxy A12 that we have here, in particular, comes with:

MediaTek Helio P35 chipset
3GB of RAM
32GB of storage

Overall performance for day-to-day use is actually not bad. It’s good enough for Facebook, Twitter, Chrome web-browsing, and all of those tasks.
Here are a few benchmarks that we did just for the sake of curiosity.

Battery life
The battery life. It has a 5,000mAh battery and because it is such a low-powered chipset, the battery can last for an extremely long time in our battery life test. 14 hours and 38 minutes to be exact – and that means you can comfortably get 2 days worth of battery life in just one charge.

The charging time is as expected, and requires 2 hours to get from 15% to 100%. Nothing out of the ordinary here.

Software
As for the software, it’s running a stripped-down version of One UI called One UI Core version 2.5 on top of Android 10. One UI Core here means it looks and feels like the One UI from the flagships, but missing quite a number of features like Edge Panel and Samsung Pay, although this phone has NFC support…

Do I recommend the Samsung Galaxy A12?
We’ll start with the price first. For Malaysia, the Galaxy A12 is only available in 6GB RAM + 128GB storage version, and priced at RM799. I also found one seller at RM699 too, actually.
And before you start typing in the comment section saying that it’s expensive and we can get a better deal elsewhere, I know. And I also know which phone you’re referring to.

But the Samsung Galaxy A12 here offers a much better user experience – especially the software – in comparison with other phones in this category. And since the software is what we interact with whenever we touch the device, I’d argue that some people will definitely pay more to get a better experience.
So, ultimately it boils down to what matters to you the most in a smartphone. If you want a much better user experience with better software, go for the Galaxy A12.

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Amazon US
Lazada
Shopee

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Introducing the realme 5 Pro and realme 5

realme Malaysia just announced the arrival of two new smartphones in the market – the realme 5 Pro and also the realme 5. These two smartphones are vastly different from each other, but they share some similarities.
The realme 5 Pro is priced at RM1,099 whereby the realme 5 starts at RM599.

realme 5 Pro
Let’s first talk about the realme 5 Pro. This phone is actually pretty fantastic on its own as it comes with pretty beefy specs:

6.3-inch IPS LCD display with 2340×1080 pixels in resolution
Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 chipset

Adreno 616 GPU

8GB RAM
128GB internal storage (expandable with microSD)
Quadruple rear-facing cameras

Ultrawide angle: 8MP f/2.2
Main: 48MP f/1.8 with PDAF
Depth sensor
Macro: 2MP f/2.4

16MP f/2.0 selfie camera
4,035mAh battery

Fast charging with 20W VOOC charger

Android 9.0 Pie with ColorOS 6

Honestly speaking, I’m rather surprised that realme stuck with the tradition of having VOOC chargers included with their “Pro” variant of smartphones. I also like the fact that realme has moved away from micro USB cables in favor of the almighty USB-C! 👏
We also did an unboxing for the realme 5 Pro, which you can watch here.

From the video above, you can also see the diamond cut design at the back. It’s pretty beautiful, to say the least.
We’re only getting one configuration – 8GB RAM with 128GB of storage, and the price is at only RM1,099. That is SUPER competitive!

realme 5
Then comes the realme 5. This smartphone comes with this list of specs:

6.5-inch IPS LCD display with 16000×720 pixels in resolution

Waterdrop notch

Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 chipset
4GB RAM
128GB of internal storage (expandable with microSD card)
Quadruple rear-facing cameras

Ultrawide-angle: 8MP f/2.2
Main: 12MP f/1.8 with PDAF
Depth sensor
Macro: 2MP f/2.4

13MP f/2.0 selfie camera
5,000mAh battery
Android 9.0 Pie with ColorOS 6

With this list of specs, it’s a pretty big leap from its predecessor as it leaps back to Snapdragon chipsets. Moreover, that 5,000mAh battery is certainly a big highlight here as no one ever complains about having a larger battery on a smartphone.
Of course, we also did an unboxing video for the realme 5. Surprisingly, the realme 5 also has that diamond facade design like its “pro” brethren.

The realme 5 price starts at RM599 and comes with two different configurations:

3GB RAM + 64GB storage @ RM599
4GB RAM + 128GB storage @ RM799

What do you think of these smartphones? We’ve been using these two smartphones for quite some time now and our review is coming soon. Gotta say, these two are compelling smartphones for its price points.

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Huge 40% discount on Foodpanda now available to Vivo smartphone owners

Are you a Vivo user but has yet to try out other food delivery service? After the last partnership with Hungry, Vivo Malaysia has brought another wave of promotion to fellow loyal customers where Foodpanda joins the fray this time around.
As long as you sign up for a new account on a Vivo device, your 1st order on Foodpanda will be entitled to a 40% discount via the code “PANDAV19“. The offer is running to both promote the latest Vivo V19 while encouraging fellow Malaysians to stay indoors due to CMCO.

With the discount capped at RM10 with a minimum order value of RM20, one just needs to order a total of RM25 to fully enjoy the offer. The offer will be effective from now until June 30.
You may find out the full terms and conditions list through here.
While we tend to stick with certain brands due to comfort or reward programs but hey, an offer is an offer and I ain’t letting this one slip away either, try it out if you haven’t already and if riders around your area have decent ratings.

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Hatsune Miku Expo 2017 Happening 16th December; Tickets Starts From RM169

Fans of the virtual superstar Hatsune Miku is about to get goosebumps, as Hatsune Miku herself will be appearing for Miku Expo 2017! Why is this exciting news? Because this is the first time ever Hatsune Miku herself will appear in Malaysia, alongside with other artists.
This will be your time to YOLO as the concert will only happen for one night – and that’s on the 16th of December 2017, at Axiata Arena Bukit Jalil. It’s a make or break situation.

The Hatsune Miku Expo 2017 will have opening performances by Chaleeda Gilbert, a YouTube sensation, and Malaysian superstar Zizan Razak.
Ticket prices however, starts from RM169 and goes all the way up to RM439 – excluding ticket fee and GST. Tickets are available for purchase starting from 8th October 2017 at 10am – so be prepared and don’t crash the entire site trying to order the ticket, alright?
Head over to myticket.asia to book your tickets when the time comes!
To learn more about Miku Expo 2017, visit this website.

I’d say, for a once-in-a-lifetime experience, RM439 is actually pretty good deal. Though, you have to consider the fact that the Miku Expo 2017 is happening on the same day as Comic Fiesta 2017 too.
It’s going to be an all out war between Comic Fiesta 2017 and Miku Expo 2017. Who will win? I don’t know.
So, will which will you choose to attend – Miku Expo 2017, Comic Fiesta, or Distant Worlds? Or all three of them? Personally, I’ll just go all three. Definitely need some time management, but it can happen.
Anyway, here are some Miku songs to amp you guys up for Miku Expo 2017. These are my favorites, by the way. Miracle Paint is my definite go-to Miku song. 😀
Do you have a favorite Miku song? Share them with us down in the comment section down below – we’d love to know your favorite tracks!

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Infinix announces new ZERO X Pro and ZERO 5G smartphones in Malaysia

Infinix Malaysia has announced that they are expanding its ZERO series family through the addition of ZERO X Pro and Zero 5G that tout as their lineup’s best-specced devices.
Coming as the strongest boys in the league within the ZERO family, the ZERO X Pro and ZERO 5G is going to fill different shoe this time around with the former striking the best performance a limited budget can buy while the latter is about that 5G “goodness” where I’m not sure if it was that good in Malaysia as of now but there’s that. Additionally, the ZERO X Pro is rocking a rear camera setup that wasn’t found on many affordable mid-low competitors so that could be some style points for users to find out.

Without taking too much of your time, it is best to run you down the spec sheet for both of them.

6.67-inch AMOLED Display

1080p Resolution
Middle Punch Hole Notch
120Hz Refresh Rate

MediaTek Helio G95 Chipset
8GB RAM
Up to 256GB Storage
Triple Rear Camera

Main (Wide): 108MP f/1.8 with PDAF, OIS
Periscope Telephoto: 8MP f/3.4 with PDAF, OIS, 5x Digital Zoom
Ultra-Wide: 8MP f/2.3

16MP Selfie Camera
4,500mAh Battery

45W Fast Charge

Nebula Black, Starry Silver, Tuscany Brown Colors

On the other hand, the ZERO 5G is priced slightly lower in order to offset the 5G feature set while toning some of the “premium” properties down to, what can I say, a decent and usable config while maintaining the overall design and looks to match the ZERO X Pro.

6.78-inch IPS LCD Display

1080p Resolution
Middle Punch Hole Notch
120Hz Refresh Rate

MediaTek Dimensity 900 5G Chipset
8GB RAM
128GB Storage
Triple Rear Camera

Main (Wide): 48MP f/1.8 with PDAF
Telephoto: 8MP f/2.5 with PDAF, 2x Digital Zoom
Depth Sensor

16MP Selfie Camera
5,000mAh Battery

33W Fast Charge

Cosmic Black, Skylight Orange, Horizon Blue Colors

Pricing
Here’s where Infinix Malaysia is pulling a weird one. While the ZERO X Pro is priced at RM1,199 for the 8GB+128GB config and RM1,299 for the larger storage 8GB+256GB model while the ZERO 5G is a flat RM1,099 with an 8GB+128GB memory option, there are actually various dates where there’s a bit of bonus or instant rebate that you can grab for a better value. Deterring impulse purchases from a business perspective is one that I have not seen for a long time.
Anyway here are the dates and yes, the deals are on Infinix’s Shopee store exclusively.

March 3: Pre Sale Bonus – RM100 off + FREE Infinix smartwatch for first 200 customers
March 9: Official Launch – RM100 off
March 15: Shopee Mega Campaign – RM100 off
March 25: Shopee Payday Sale – RM100 off

Lucky guys who bought either one of the new boys will stand a chance to be enrolled into a lucky draw that has an Infinix lNBook X1 Pro as the grand prize!

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Latest OpenSignal data reports fierce battle between mobile operators; Maxis and UMobile going toe to toe

After UMobile’s somehow surprising win in April, OpenSignal is back again with another round of its Mobile Experience Report released for September, and boy, the competition is quite fierce this time as all participating brands have at least won over 1 category out of the total 7 with Maxis and UMobile both taking over 2 and tieing this round for a double crown win.

We’ll start off with the fundamentals in the pure upload and download speed category as UMobile took the crown for best average speed in sending out data while Digi takes the top spot for having the top download speed in which as most people are consuming content more than they create, Digi users are reported to be the happiest users this time around.

But looking at 4G-related competitions in terms of availability and coverage, Unifi has provided the most uptime of its service while Celcom is still the best at providing the widest coverage across the country. But considering you need to factor in both aspects to represent a practical and sensible outcome, I personally think that Celcom’s ability to provide 4G to more audience in exchange for a little difference in uptime is a tradeoff that the company is willing to take. This is where Maxis managed to pull ahead of other brands in the Video and Games category while UMobile winning the Voice App section by a slight margin.
In the end, UMobile’s advantage comes from its triumph in delivering content quickly which in turn amplifies the experience of voice call because you know, both callers need to perform upload and download data at the same time, while Maxis is handling entertainment related content at the top level so that people spend more time having fun and less time lagging around.
On the other hand, how’s been your mobile experience in recent months? Got any complaints? Let us know as well!

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Purchase OPPO F5 & Get Joker in AOV For Free

MOBA games on smartphones have really taken the whole mobile gaming scene by storm. Let’s start first with Mobile Legends – a game that popped out of nowhere and gained a large player base all of a sudden. So much so that they even caught the attention of Riot, makers of LoL, and sued Mobile Legends for infringement. Not long after that, Garena’s mobile MOBA appeared – and it’s called Arena of Valor, or AOV for short.
Starting from today, 24th November, until 31st December 2017, those who bought an OPPO F5 will be able to claim a free hero – Joker. Yes, that Joker from Batman. He’ll join your roster of heroes in AOV while you enjoy gaming on your brand new smartphone!

How to redeem? It’s simple. Once you bought your OPPO F5, head on over to oppomalaysia.com.my/AOV_F5/ to redeem. After that, you’ll receive the redemption code via email within 5 days. Hurry – you have until 31st January 2018 to claim.
We’ve experienced the OPPO F5 first hand during their launch not long ago, and it’s actually a pretty promising successor of the OPPO F1s from a year ago.
And we even have an OPPO F5 in the labs too. We’ll have the review up soon!

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Coolpad Malaysia Is Here, Releases Two New Smartphones Soon

Here comes a new challenger in the smartphone market! Coolpad Malaysia says hi to the rakyat, and announces that they’ll be launching two new smartphones soon.
Here’s a brief introduction of Coolpad. From what I can summarize, Coolpad is one of the largest and smartphone manufacturer in Shenzhen and listed at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Now, we all have not heard about Coolpad before this, but they have more than 10,000 patents credited to Coolpad themselves. Coolpad claims that they’re the pioneer of the now-popular dual-SIM feature. That’s rather interesting.

Coolpad won a lot of awards already!
They’re now expanding to multiple countries, and Southeast Asia is  in their radar now – particularly, Malaysia. Coolpad sees Southeast Asia as a great market for smartphone with its rapid increase in population and smartphone adoption rate.
As if we don’t have more than enough now, right? Wrong – it’s always good to have competition, and at the end of the day, only we consumers will benefit. More competition means more choice and potentially lower prices too. Here are the two smartphones that Coolpad Malaysia has been teasing.

From the looks of it, yes – they’re bringing in the Coolpad Sky 3 Pro and Coolpad Roar Plus first. It seems like their higher-end smartphones like the Coolpad Charger S1 will have to wait.

Are you excited for Coolpad Malaysia’s arrival?
Do visit them on their Facebook page – I can feel that something big is coming soon 😉

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Get The OPPO F9 From SenHeng & senQ For RM59.29/Month

In lieu of the OPPO F9’s pre-order, you can actually get the OPPO F9 for only RM59.29 per month for 24 months – not too far off the retail price. Many customers are looking for installment purchase for their smartphones and the OPPO F9 offers it as well.
OPPO’s chain-store partners, Senheng and senQ are offering an attractive plan, namely “IPP x 24 months” plan, allowing customers to pay only RM59.29 for 24 months for the OPPO F9.

The OPPO F9 is their first ever F-series smartphone to feature dual rear-facing cameras and VOOC makes a return too. It is powered by some powerful specs as listed here:

MediaTek Helio P6
6 GB RAM
64 GB internal storage (support microSD card up to 256GB)
6.3-inch Full HD+ LTPS IPS (2340 x 1080 resolution, 19.5:9 aspect ratio)
16MP (f/1.8) + 2MP (f/2.4) dual rear camera
25MP (f/2.0) front camera
ColorOS 5.2 on Android 8.1 Oreo
3,500mAh battery with VOOC Flash Charge

All these for the price of just RM1,399, I think the OPPO F9 is a really compelling offer. Comes with the beautiful gradient blue and red color for the back as well. Definitely a very unique design and affordable at the same time.

The OPPO F9 pre-order activity is going to end on 29th August 2018. Remember – you can also stand a chance to win RM999 from OPPO for pre-ordering the OPPO F9! Learn more about it here.

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Fly to London as HONOR Chief Fashion Officer to witness HONOR 20 launch

Do you love HONOR as a smartphone brand? Do you ever want to fly over to London? Here’s your chance – you can have an all-expense paid trip to London and to witness the upcoming HONOR 20 flagship launch! You will also be one of two HONOR’s Chief Fashion Officers to be joining the trip.
Over the past week, we have seen HONOR posting numerous teasers about the HONOR 20 in terms of the launch location and also what phone is launching. Obviously, by solving the math questions as we have done here, states that the HONOR 20 will be launching at London on 21st May. It’s only about a month away, to be honest.

Here’s how you can join the contest and become one of the first ever HONOR Chief Fashion Officer:

Share a photo OR video taken by you that depicts fashion in your eyes, together with #HONORCFO and #CaptureWonder in the comment section at https://club.hihonor.com/my/topic/18164/detail.htm.
In the same comment, give us 3 reasons why HONOR Malaysia should pick you to be their CFO.
That’s all!

The contest runs from now until 5th May 2019, so better start shooting pics or videos now!
But the question remains – why fashion? Well, HONOR has been moving towards the incorporation of fashion into their smartphones for quite some time now. It first started with the HONOR View20 and the collaboration with Moschino, then recently the HONOR 20 Lite with AAPE.
HONOR believes that they are now bridging the gap between fashion and technology to inspire everyone through their beautifully designed phones. Who knwos, maybe HONOR will have their own apparel as well. Backpacks, hoodies, and whatnot like Realme.

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Review – AeroActive Cooler 7 for the ROG Phone 7: Improvements overall, but is it necessary?

Instead of doing a review of the phone, we’re doing the accessory first – and one of the most crucial accessories for the ROG Phone series is its cooler. For every generation of the ROG Phone, there is an accompanying cooler too. The ROG Phone 7 Ultimate is a bit special – the AeroActive Cooler 7 comes bundled in the box too – alongside a pouch so you can carry the cooler in your bag without getting damaged.
That aside, the cooler got beefed up quite a lot. In today’s today, we’ll be taking a look at what’s new, what’s improved, if this cooler is any good, and if it is worth buying. We’ll also be compared it with last generation’s AeroActive Cooler 6 too.

Let’s begin.

Since we have the ROG Phone 7 Ultimate – the triangular box has both the AeroActive Cooler 7 and also the accompanying case. This design language is similar to what we had before – and I’m still going to call it the “bikini case” because it’s practically just providing some protection around the sides and a majority of the back is exposed.
          Use this if you want a case that is compatible with the AeroActive Cooler 7            Included pouch to carry the AeroActive Cooler 7.
Looking at the cooler itself, we can see that the AeroActive Cooler 7 is a lot larger than its predecessor. It has have a lot of positive benefits that we’ll get into later, but that means carrying the cooler around will be more annoying. The pouch works, but what if I just want to put the entire phone with the cooler attached into my pocket? Even someone like me who exclusively wears cargo pants feel that it is a bit too big.

The overall design has changed a lot. The middle black piece with the fan and TEC – thermoelectric cooler – is a lot bigger and has larger cutouts for airflow. Even the fan is different as there are more fan blades for the AeroActive Cooler 7.

What I do like is that the power button is now recessed so that I wouldn’t accidentally press it as compared to what happened on the ROG Phone 6, and the release latch button is also not that easy to press now. These are two very good improvements.

Both coolers also have 4 buttons that can be remapped in games – L1, L2, R1, R2. The shape of the buttons are also different – specifically the contour. I did say that the previous generation AeroActive Cooler 6 is not ergonomic enough to use since the L2 and R2 buttons were just not ergonomic to use because the buttons bend sideways. Now, they made the L2 and R2 buttons easier to actuate and can be pressed downwards. You can still bend it sideways to actuate if you want to.

And here’s where I’ll talk about the comfort of using the phone with the coolers. Both the ROG Phone 6 and ROG Phone 7 series are exactly the same in terms of their shape and size – so the only varying factor here is the cooler.

Because of the bigger – and subsequently wider form factor of the AeroActive Cooler 7, my grip on the phone feels a lot better. My ring fingers can rest properly on the L2 and R2 buttons without it feeling weird. Combined with the aforementioned improvement to these two buttons, it just feels so different.

Since the way I grip the device changed, I can actually use all 6 buttons without worrying that the entire contraption will drop off my hands. 2 virtual buttons from the phone’s AirTriggers, and 4 physical buttons from the cooler.

While this new cooler has improved ergonomics, it still isn’t the best. If I’m playing a game that requires me to utilize all of those 6 buttons, I still have to be careful not to drop the device. I would’ve preferred some grip that I can actually hold – like an Xbox controller or something similar.
The L1 and R1 buttons do feel identical – so I don’t have anything to talk about it. They feel fantastic to use just as usual.
Now, as a cooler, is the AeroActive Cooler 7 actually good? Honestly, this is where I’ll say the cooler functionality is pretty much not necessary. In our gaming test, we already determined that the phone can cool down the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 so well to the point that it’s below 40°C. Yes, that is with Genshin Impact at the highest graphical settings at 60fps with X Mode enabled.

Remember, the ROG Phone 7 Ultimate has the Aero Portal as well. The little flap opens up to reveal a copper heat sink, and with the AeroActive Cooler 7 attached, it blows air across the heat sink to further cool down the chipset. But since the performance is the same, the Aero Portal feature is also not necessary.

That is amazing, honestly. Frame rates were consistently at 60fps and there were no stutters at all. Remember – the phone can do all this even without the cooler.

So, I took things to the extreme. I used the 3DMark Wild Life Extreme stress test benchmark that runs the benchmark 20 times in a row to see if the phone ever heats up to the point that it thermal throttles. If it does, then there will be a huge discrepancy between the best and worst loop. Well… the result is actually good very good as the phone can maintain the performance without thermal throttling at all – but that also means the cooler is unnecessary.

I ran the benchmark a few more times with different modes of cooling – because you can select whether you want the cooler to be “smart”, cool, frosty, or frozen modes. I did this because I want to know if we can extract even more performance – and from what we can see here, we can’t. The result for all benchmark tests is within the margin of error. This double confirms that the cooler is pretty much unnecessary.

That means if I have the AeroActive Cooler 6, I can save some money and skip this new cooler, right? Technically, yes. If we don’t care about the improved ergonomics and we’re looking at the perspective of cooling performance only, then it doesn’t matter if we’re using the AeroActive Cooler 6 or 7 – the phone is already cool enough even without the cooler.

So, why should we get the AeroActive Cooler 7? It actually has three specialties. The first one is a built-in subwoofer. Yeah, the cooler has a subwoofer and that is why it has two pogo pins beside the USB-C port. It actually does make quite a huge difference too – have a listen to this comparison here.

Oh, the kickstand angle is also different on the new AeroActive Cooler 7. I’ll say that combined with the subwoofer and its front-facing stereo speakers, the ROG Phone 7 becomes a fantastic portable video-watching device.

The second advantage of the AeroActive Cooler 7 is the return of the audio jack. Yeah, this audio jack on the cooler was present on the AeroActive Coolers 3 and 5, but they removed it on the 6. Now, they brought it back.

The third advantage – according to what ROG showed us – is that the little air funnel can redirect airflow from the fan behind to the screen. In my mind, I thought that this means the cooler can create a breeze to cool down our thumbs too but in reality, the air funnel does nothing impactful. I can’t feel any breeze, and our thermal camera can’t even see any sort of cool air blowing out from that funnel.
I wouldn’t call this an “advantage” but it’s there.

And overall, I do like how the new AeroActive Cooler 7 is designed. It seems like ROG realized that the phone itself can already sustain the performance of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 without overheating, so they added more actually useful features like a subwoofer while also improving the ergonomics.
But what if you want to use the new AeroActice Cooler 7 with the ROG Phone 6? Well, you can’t. Even though the cooler fits 100% perfectly, the ROG Phone 6 doesn’t detect the cooler. Before you head down to the comments and say that the pogo pins might be the issue, no. I thought the pogo pins might create a short circuit and disable the cooler entirely – but no, it still doesn’t work.

Then, I did the same to the ROG Phone 7 and I taped off the pogo pins. The cooler still works but with the subwoofer disabled. That means the software is locking the ROG Phone 6 from using this new cooler.
It might be the same situation as the ROG Phone 5 with the AeroActive Cooler 6 whereby we’ll have to wait for a software update to add the compatibility, but I’m not sure if that’s the case here since ROG didn’t even announce an AeroActive Cooler 7 for ROG Phone 6.

Oh – one last thing to mention. The AeroActive Cooler 7 is only included with the ROG Phone 7 Ultimate. If you’re buying the ROG Phone 7 only, then you’ll have to purchase the cooler separately. I do not have the price for this cooler just yet – but we’ll update it in the description and the pinned comment below. Do subscribe while you’re on the way there.
And that’s it. While the new AeroActive Cooler 7 is rather unnecessary in terms of cooling the device, it offers other forms of utility like the extra buttons and a subwoofer.
Where to buy? (Affiliate links)

Amazon
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Transcend’s JetDrive Go 300 is every iOS user’s dream

Let’s be honest and real here – owning an iOS device is expensive, especially since after GST and the current state of how bad the RM is doing. Thus, those who can’t seem to let go of the grasp that Apple has got them into, many iOS users seek the device with the least storage space.
Obviously it seems like a good choice in the short term, but over the course of about 3 months, it’ll be real bad. Introducing the brand new Transcend JetDrive Go 300 – it has dual connectors, a simple, standard USB 3.1 port, and another Lightning port. If you’re familiar to OTG drives, then it’s easy to understand.

Else, it’s simple to explain. You just have to download the JetDrive Go App from the App Store, connect the Transcend JetDrive Go 300, and copy all your files into the JetDrive Go 300. If you need those files in your computer, plug the Transcend JetDrive Go 300 into the USB port and do whatever you want. And oh, by the way, you can do that in reverse order – copy files from your computer, and back into your iOS device.

The Transcend JetDrive Go 300 can offer up to 20MB/s speeds on Lightning port, and up to a spectacular 130MB/s on USB 3.1! Now available in black and silver colours, and they each come in 32GB or 64GB flavours – all reassured by Transcend’s two-year limited warranty.

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Ninetology Launches New Phones – No. 2 In Malaysian Mobile Shipments

NasiLemakTech was privileged enough to join Ninetology at their launch at Hilton Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday which saw the unveiling of 3 brand new smartphone offerings from them – the U9X1, the U9Z1 and the U9Z1+. This was our first encounter with the company, and at the launch, we were surprised at the level of build-quality and polish they have brought to their phones.

Even more surprising was to discover that that Ninetology is the second largest in terms of mobile device marketshare in Malaysia. According to Sean Ng, CEO of Ninetology Marketing Sdn Bhd, Ninetology’s launch of the new U9 series is meant to solidify their position by targeting urbanites.
“In the near future, we plan to deliver various segments of smartphones with premium performance tailor-made for the needs of various customers,” he added.

VERY VERY GOOD FIRST IMPRESSION
The U9 smartphones feature a Mediatek MT6589 1.2GHz Quad Core processor running Android 4.2. The devices feature a 309ppi 1280×720 Super AMOLED HD display which is great for all kinds of content and the X1 and Z1+ really lets you take advantage of that display with microSD support up to an additional 32GB.

While competitors have moved away from plastics (or rumoured to be), the new U9 series features mainly plastic devices – with the exception of U9X1 that’s made of aluminium. While the phone designs do feel strangely familiar – a reminiscence of phones from 2012; Ninetology did elevate those designs with their own artistic touches.

Equipped with either a 12 or 13 megapixel rear camera means the U9 Series will be competent at photo taking. The best part of their camera is the software – which packs features that rival even top brands in the market. Dual Camera, beauty mode, 99 continuous shot, panorama, zero shutter delay, burst shot and more – you name it, they’ve got it. We did notice a slight delay when taking low light photos, but this could be from the engineering build.

The experience of their OS version feels very ‘Google Pure’, but we were quite disappointed that the development sets on display didn’t carry Google Now. On the plus side, their devices could be use reverse tether via usb – which understandably is necessary considering the market they are targeting.
As the day drew to an end, we were impressed at what Ninetology has delivered at their latest launch. Although their phones are missing out on a lot of bells and whistles such as 4G, NFC and gesture options, the U9’s RM 1099 to RM 1299 price tag will definitely give its competitors a run for their money. Until we can pin down some review sets and tear up the OS with some benchmarking applications, we consider the Ninetology U9 Series a pocket-friendly choice that most Malaysians can appreciate.

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Dell Technologies’s VMware environments are now better than ever

Dell Technologies has announced that its Cloud Platform is now supporting VMware’s vSphere, vSAN, and Cloud Foundation to help customers better manage and protect their applications across data centers, hybrid clouds, and remote locations.
Due to VMware releasing the latest versions of its virtualization technologies to support Tanzu, Dell Technologies worked closely with them and integrated solutions such as Dell Technologies Cloud, Dell EMC VxRail, Dell EMC PowerProtect, Dell EMC PowerEdge, and more have been updated to support them as well.

The jointly engineered HCI appliance VxRail is the very first system to get VMWare Tanzu integration that allows customers to quickly adopt the Kubernetes container orchestration platform for easy and quick deployment and provision. For maximum flexibility and compatibility, clients are able to deploy Tanzu either through a validated private architecture, VxRail clusters, and/or with Dell Technologies Cloud Platform. As for the costing, it is as low as $70 per node per day for Tanzu in hybrid clouds with a startup deployment period of 2 weeks and expansion in 5 days.
Storage Innovations

The Dell EMC PowerMax replication has shorter provisioning, replication, and service level policies customization timeframe due to the integration of VMware’s vSphere Virtual Volumes and Site Recovery Manager that modernizes infrastructure while protecting mission-critical applications together. The new feature called Cloud Mobility allows customers to move data from their premise to public clouds that not only reduces the cost per GB for long-term data retention by up to 50% but also freeing up as much capacity for the PowerMax unit to process high priority data with greater efficiency.
There is also another new Kubernetes-based object storage platform, the Dell EMC ObjectScale currently available in an early access program that provisions S3-compatible, cloud-scale storage for modern stateful applications on demand. It is a great deal for cloud-native application architectures to use object storage technologies to deliver application experiences directly through vSphere as it is designed with a scale-out, geo-distributed architecture with global accessibility for the best enterprise storage across edge, core, and hybrid cloud models.
Data Protection for every data

The Tanzu integrated PowerProtect Data Manager now can do more as it is now the current exclusive solution to vCenter Storage Policy-based Management integration for VM protection. This helps fellow VI admins to save time by applying well-known workflows within the vSphere environment to assign data protection policies. Moreover, the latest release of PowerProtect Data Manager offers a VMware-certified solution to protect the VMware Cloud Foundation infrastructure layer. In the future, the need to pause a VM instance to perform backup will be removed as Dell Technologies is working on a workaround by tapping into snapshots and data movement technologies that do not disrupt business application uptimes while performing regular backups for maximum security and operational efficiency.
Exceptional Deployment Speed
Through the collaboration, Cloud Service Providers are enjoying significant cost savings while reducing the time taken to manage and provision multi-tenant cloud environments, virtual data centers that can be built and deploy within seconds. With new automation capabilities further streamlining service deployment and lifecycle management of software-defined data centers, CSP’s running VMware Cloud Director on DTCP can offer customers rapid access to a more reliable and consistent cloud experience across their DTCP environments and off-premise instances.
Availability
While there are a lot of cool techs being presented by Dell Technologies, each update have their own specific schedule to be applied so here is a list of them.

VMware vSphere and VMware Cloud Foundation with Tanzu on VxRail and Tanzu support for Dell Technologies Cloud Platform

October 2020

Dell EMC PowerMax updates

Available Now

Dell EMC ObjectScale early access

Year 2021

Support for VMware Tanzu in Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager

October 2020

Storage Policy-Based Management in Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager

November 2020

VMware Cloud Foundation protection in Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager

October 2020

VM Pause Dependency Removal

Early 2021

VMware Cloud Director

Available Now

As a side note, the 2 companies are joining in supporting Project Monterey, an applications-driven response to the unprecedented change in how applications are being built and deployed. By adding support for SmartNICs, VMware and Dell Technologies are providing a path for customers to build next-gen infrastructure that efficiently manages the placement of infrastructure, application, and security demands across CPUs, GPUs, and SmartNICs.
You can find more details about these enterprise features down below.
https://blog.dellemc.com/en-us/dell-technologies-advances-storage-data-protection-for-vmware-environments/
https://blog.dellemc.com/en-us/new-dell-emc-powermax-updates-push-boundaries-of-high-end-storage/

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Review – Infinix Note 12 G96: A fantastic phone at this price point

Look, Infinix isn’t exactly the first brand that comes into our minds when it comes to a “decent mid-range smartphone”, but each time we review an Infinix phone, we were always surprised. So, when the Infinix Note 12 G96 came about, I am already expecting good things from it. Did it surprise or disappoint? Well, let’s find out in today’s review.

Okay, so let’s start with our usual 6 points of a smartphone.
Starting with the design. The Infinix Note 12 G96 comes with a very simple-looking design. It has squared-off edges and the back has a matte finish.

I’m curious about that camera cutout that has a virtual extension to fill the gap on the right side. No idea why Infinix did this, but whatever.

The cameras are fairly simple – while it does look like there are 3 cameras, only one of them can be used to take pictures. One of it is a camera that Infinix labels as “Q”??? I have no idea what it does.

Anyway, the main 50MP camera can actually take decent-looking pictures. To have a look at all the pictures taken, watch our video at the top of this review. The night shot looks amazing, by the way.
As for the screen, it is one of the main selling points of this phone. It uses a 6.7-inch AMOLED screen with a resolution of 1080×2400 pixels. It’s actually a very nice-looking screen, too.

We decided to use our colorimeter to test out its color accuracy at 100 nits of brightness and found out that it can cover 100% of sRGB and 99.96% of DCI-P3 color gamuts – however, the maximum Delta E number is rather high.

The maximum brightness can reach 500 nits of brightness – which means it can surely be used outdoors. Might struggle under direct sunlight, so maybe create some shade with your other hand.

Also, this screen’s maximum refresh rate is only at 60Hz. I personally think this is not an issue as refresh rates don’t necessarily mean smoother animations – and most games are still capped at 60fps maximum too.

And this is where we’ll talk about the performance. This phone comes with the MediaTek Helio G96 chipset with 8GB RAM and 128GB of storage. This is not the first time we’ve tested the performance of the G96 chipset, and I’ll have to say that the performance is decent for games like PUBG, COD, and Free Fire.
The phone barely warms up too – so that’s good.

The battery life of this phone is rather decent as well, as that 5,000mAh battery can last for nearly 13 hours in the PCMark battery life test at 100 nits of brightness.

For the charging speed, it comes with a 33W charger in the box and charges the phone from 15% to 100% in about 96 minutes. It’s definitely not that fast for a 33W charger, but the charging curve is interesting since it doesn’t have a clear divide in tiering the charging speeds like what we’ve seen in many other phones.

And this is where the software part becomes a little… funny? Should I say that? You see, the Infinix Note 12 G96 comes with Android 12 with Infinix’s own skin – called XOS.

Aside from some weird words used to describe some of its features like “inadvertently mode” which is just an accidental unlock prevention system, the overall UI works really well. There are some settings moved to the top of the menu for easy access, like software updates and system navigation style.

Even the camera UI is the best I’ve seen. Instead of swiping left or right to change modes, Infinix lets us swipe up to access the entire list of modes available. I absolutely love this.

Should you buy the Infinix Note 12 G96?
So, at the price of RM769, I’m impressed by what the Infinix Note 12 G96 has to offer. Sure, it can be improved in a few aspects but I think at this price point – it’s really good.

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Facebook Partially Functional For Tonight

I bet all of you are already feeling the pain of not being able to post, comment or even like. Basically, most of us can see the news feed but unable to interact with it. The problem however, varies from account to account. Some account are able to post status while others can’t do anything at all.

For me, I can comment on The Verge’s status but I can’t do anything more than that. I can’t comment anywhere else nor like another comment or status. So far, there was no word from Facebook about this incident but the return message says that they are under maintenance. So far, it’s been down for two hours. This particularly long downtime is very unusual for the big social media site.

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[Video] Computex 2018: ASUS Launches ROG Phone; World’s Fastest Snapdragon 845 At 2.96GHz

There were leaks of the ROG Phone for quite some time now. We’ve been wondering if that will ever come true. And today, the ROG Phone is finally official. It comes with a bunch of exclusive technology and hardware to make the ROG Phone the one special smartphone with all these tropes.
ASUS ROG Phone

The new ROG Phone is packed with lots of hardware that are made specifically for the ASUS ROG Phone. The chipset, the cooling system, and the accessories are made specifically for gaming. It is the marriage between the phone and its accessories is what make the ROG Phone unique.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

4x 2.96GHz Kryo 385 Gold (binned) + 4x 1.7GHz Kryo 385 Silver
Adreno 630 graphics

6-inch 18:9 AMOLED display with 2160×1080 resolution

90Hz refresh rate with 1ms pixel response time
108.6% DCI-P3 color gamut
Discrete image processing chip that supports HDR display

8GB LPDDR4 RAM
128GB or 512GB UFS 2.1 storage
GameCool 3D vapor-chamber cooling system
Wireless 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ad 2×2 MIMO WiFi
Bluetooth 5.0
NFC support
2x ultrasonic AirTrigger sensors
Double I/O ports

Side: Custom USB-C with USB 3.1 Gen 1/DisplayPort 1.4/Quick Charge 3.0/4.0 and PD3.0 (15W)
Bottom: USB-C with USB 2.0/Quick Charge 3.0 and PD3.0 (20W)/Direct Charge
3.5mm audio jack

Dual rear-cameras: 12MP primary + 8MP wide-angle
8MP selfie camera
Audio

Dual front-facing stereo speakers with smart amplifier
24-bit/192KHz Hi-Res Audio
DTS Headphone:X 7.1 virtual surround sound
Qualcomm aptX high-definition Bluetooth wireless audio

ASUS and Qualcomm worked together so that they can obtain the special version of the Snapdragon 845 chipset that is binned. Binned here means that it’s cherry-picked to have the best chip quality. And since silicon lottery is out of the way, that’s why the special edition Snapdragon 845 in the ROG Phone can be factory overclocked to 2.96GHz stable.
Since it is factory overclocked, the phone will need some special cooling to eliminate that extra heat. That’s where the GameCool 3D vapor-chamber cooling system comes into play. With the new cooling system, ASUS claims that it has effective heat dissipation and able to sustain extended gameplay. If you want to go beyond the extended gameplay and have the ROG Phone to maintain its peak performance for a longer period of time, then there’s also a detachable AeroActive Cooler – which is a detachable fan.

Then comes the AirTriggers. They’re ultrasonic sensors on the ROG Phone that function as shoulder buttons like any other gamepads. GameGenie also got an additional feature where users can remap the AirTrigger to input specific touch points on the screen or perform more complicated gestures.

Since it has Bluetooth 5.0, the ROG Phone can connect up to a total of 7 Bluetooth devices working simultaneously. Think of the possibilities of multiplayer games! However, audio is a different story. It can connect to 2 different Bluetooth audio devices but only one audio device can be used at once.
ASUS answered one question that we all have – why 90Hz instead of 120Hz display? ASUS says that it is to lift off some demand on the GPU and conserve on power consumption, hence generating less heat. Also, the ROG Phone uses AMOLED display that has 1ms pixel response time – which is comparable to high-end desktop gaming monitors.
ASUS has also said that the ROG Phone is incompatible with Qualcomm QSync – their version of adaptive refresh rate a la NVIDIA’s G-Sync and AMD’s FreeSync – to eliminate screen tearing. ASUS claims that the ROG Phone’s processor is powerful enough to keep the FPS up to 90FPS.
Accessories
Being a gaming-centric smartphone, the ROG Phone has support for external peripherals as well. It can be connected to a keyboard, mouse, and gamepad. Bluetooth mice and USB storages are also supported, and so is MHL. You can connect the ROG Phone to an external monitor or TV via the side USB-C port.
The first accessory is the TwinView Dock. It allows different apps to run at each screen at the same time. ASUS is also working with game publishers to help games take advantage of these two screens simultaneously.

Then there’s also a Mobile Desktop Dock which works something like the Samsung Dex dock. You can game with the ROG Phone using your wide-screen monitor or TV alongside with a keyboard and mouse, Ethernet, and with storage expansions like USB or SD card.

The GameVice WiGig Controller is another unique piece of equipment where the controller itself is actually a gamepad coupled with a transmitter. The receiver box of the GameVice WiGig Controller plus into your TV or monitor, and acts as a screen mirroring device. It uses the latest 802.11ad WiFi standard and from our experience, the delay is minimal.

Price and availability
As for pricing and availability, we have absolutely no rough idea on the price yet. We are expecting to see the ROG Phone in the market in Q3 2018 at Taiwan, starting from Taiwan, then mainland China, South-East Asia, and Japan. Europe and North America will follow after.
The accessories and peripherals will be in the market mid-Q3 2018.

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Review – Redmi Watch 2 Lite: Now with GPS

If you’re looking for a budget smartband, then the Redmi Watch 2 Lite might be for you. This is a square-shaped watch that also happens to be a fitness band that looks awfully familiar to another smartband that we reviewed earlier this year…. hmmm…
We’ll get more into that later – so let’s take a look at this smartband.

Let’s first talk about the unboxing of this watch. It comes with nothing else other than a user manual and also a charging cable. It’s quite sad to see it’s still using a proprietary charging cable, but hey – what can we expect from a smartband of this price?

The overall build quality, shape, and size of the Redmi Watch 2 Lite is identical to the Mi Watch Lite. The strap is made out of silicone and still a pain to put in or take out since the silicone-on-silicone friction is so high that the securing loop is pretty much impossible to slide in.

If you want to change the strap, you can – and the strap is 100% identical to the Mi Watch Lite too.

It also has a screen that curves at the edges into the frame of the watch, but the power button position is now centered along the right edge of the watch.

And when we press that power button, we can see a sizeable bezel around the perimeter of the screen. In terms of what we can do with the watch, well, it can tell time, obviously.

There are multiple different ways it can tell time as there are many different watchfaces to choose from. However, like the previous smartbands from the company that we’ve tried, everything here is tied to what the Xiaomi Wear app has to offer. We can’t sideload anything or download apps like Facer to the Redmi Watch 2 Lite because it’s a smartband, not a smartwatch.

And since we’ve in the Xiaomi Wear app, let’s take a look at the features. I’ll say it’s actually fairly simple overall. Everything pretty much works the same as the Mi Watch Lite but the Redmi Watch 2 Lite now comes with GPS, if you need it.

Though I have to point out that notifications don’t work properly – especially WhatsApp. I was getting lots of repeated notifications saying that WhatsApp Web is currently active. Every time i do something on my desktop or laptop – even just switching to that WhatsApp Web tab on Chrome, the watch vibrates. Oh my god, please fix this.

Besides that, not all emojis are displayed correctly as some notifications become blanks. Not the first time we’re seeing this, but I guess it’s inevitable.

And you might have realized that I’m calling this Redmi Watch 2 Lite as a smartband multiple times, not a smartwatch. That is because of its lack of functionality and things like app support or anything similar. It’s literally a fitness band that has a bigger square-shaped screen.

But, there is an advantage of being such a relatively simple device – and that is the battery life. I turned on everything that it has to offer – heart rate monitoring, stress level monitoring, sleep tracking, SpO2 monitoring (that only tracks my data when I sleep), and I manage to get about nearly 5 days of battery life.
And to charge the watch – just remember to take the cable with you if you’re traveling.

Should you buy the Redmi Watch 2 Lite?
For the price of RM249, I can see that the Redmi Watch 2 Lite being a compelling option. My conclusion for the Mi Watch Lite isn’t applicable here as the Mi Band 6 – which is the latest Mi Band at the time of this recording – doesn’t come with GPS while the Redmi Watch 2 Lite does come with GPS.

So, I think that a slight premium for some features might be worth it but it depends if you need these features or not.
Just remember that at the end of the day, this Redmi Watch 2 Lite is still a fitness band that looks like a watch but it is not a smartwatch. And also, rather buggy in terms of the notifications.

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Nothing has a combo box prepared for all you lonely fellas that comes with the brand’s smartphone, TWS, and candles

Nothing Malaysia is calling all single boys and girls that need some comfort from buying stuff because they are offering a combo box.
The combo box contains a Nothing Phone (1) smartphone and Ear (stick) TWS and if that’s not enough, there are a couple of scented candles to calm your soul because even they come in a pair while you’re not.

Jokes aside, the entire package is RM200 cheaper than buying them separately and you may pick from one of the two available capacities regarding the Phone (1) which is RM2,668 for the 8GB+256GB model and RM2,968 for the 12GB+256GB.
The deal is available on Nothing’s Lazada and Shopee stores and only available until November 13, while stocks last.

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Review – Jabra Elite 2: Great quality can be affordable too

Jabra recently announced a total of 4 new TWS earbuds to the market – and one of it that immediately caught my attention is the Jabra Elite 2 – particularly its price of only RM299.
I thought – wow, something from Jabra at only RM299? That’s too good to be true, right? Let’s find out.

Okay, looking at the box – it’s good to know that Jabra didn’t skimp out on the packaging design. It’s very minimalist and opens up in a fairly similar way to the Jabra Elite 75t that we reviewed last year.

That aside, the only things we should take note of are the USB-C cable and also the variety of eartip sizes that are sealed in this interesting plastic shell.

Okay, taking a look at the Jabra Elite 2 itself – we have a pretty similar-looking case as what we’ve seen previously on the Elite 75t. The material, however, is now made out of matte plastic. It’s also more hollow than before – but again, not a big deal.

But, the Elite 2’s case does have a few upgrades over the Elite 75t – particularly the location of the indicator LED that is now placed at the front instead of the back, like it previously was. This new design just makes so much more sense.

Opening up the case – it’s good to know that Jabra didn’t skimp out on the hinge as it is still able to open nicely and has a little lock when it’s opened completely – so it wouldn’t close back or become floppy.
Very nice hinge design!
The earbuds themselves though, are pretty standard in terms of design. I really want to highlight its comfort because its comfort is actually excellent. You see, Jabra prided themselves over the shape of the earbuds with their Elite 75t and Elite 85t. Now, they brought that design to the Elite 2 as well. It’s not the exact same design, but it’s comfortable nonetheless.
          They’re very similar!            Scanned over 62k ears for this design.
Also, please choose the correct eartip size so it wouldn’t fall off your ears.
Sound quality. In default EQ, I just love how it sounds. The bass is punchy but not overwhelming, the vocals and treble is also very clear and defined. I can enjoy my usual big band jazz on the Jabra Elite 2 peacefully – and I love that.

By the way, it also uses Qualcomm’s aptX codec so you can expect better sound quality overall.
But that’s not all – the Jabra Elite 2 can also be connected to Jabra’s Sound+ app. There are a few things that I want to share with you in this app.

There are a few customizations available – like these 6 preset EQs for you to choose from. There is no customizable EQ but I don’t see a need for it since the neutral EQ is what I used while reviewing the Elite 2 since it sounded perfect out of the box – at least for me personally.

Then, there’s an interactive user manual. You can see what’s the gestures available for the left and right earbud buttons. The functionality available here is pretty basic – and I personally will not use it as I don’t like how the button is designed for the Jabra Elite 2. The entire rubbery material wraps around the top housing of the earbud, and the button is just extremely difficult to press.
As a quick mention, you can use the Jabra Elite 2 in mono mode – but only for the right earbud.

One of the gestures available on the Jabra Elite 2 is to invoke the assistance of your choice. You can either use it with the dedicated Amazon Alexa assistant or just use whatever you defaulted on your phone.

You can also change the button to become a Spotify button so it will play your music when you press it.
The Jabra Elite 2 also allows independent volume controls but I ended up not using it since the button is just way too difficult to press – as what we’ve talked about earlier.
I don’t like the button at all…
And let’s not forget about Jabra’s history. They’re famous for equipment in the office for meetings, call centers, and all of those applications – so their microphones need to be excellent. The Jabra Elite 2 is no exception too. We have a microphone sample embedded in the video version of this review.
And since the Elite 2 is able to connect to the Jabra Sound+ app, there is an option to update the TWS earbuds firmware too. I was surprised by this as that means Jabra could potentially refine the sound and prolong the battery life of the Elite 2 in the future.

Also as a quick sidenote – did you know that Jabra pushed an update to the Jabra Elite 75t to have a really fantastic ANC feature? That update was pushed many moons after it was released.
Lastly – for the battery life. I got about 7-8 hours of battery is easy at a comfortable listening volume and the case is able to charge it for nearly 3 more times. This is pretty much in line with that Jabra claims on the specs sheet too.

Should you buy the Jabra Elite 2?
For the price of just RM299, I am thoroughly impressed by what Jabra has to offer with the Elite 2. Sure, it’s not perfect – the button on the earbuds sucks but seriously – just press it on your phone instead. It’s not a huge deal and I can definitely overlook that.

The Elite 2 shines in sound quality, its microphone, and also the Jabra Sound+ app. Having the ability to update the Elite 2’s firmware is a huge boon as it allows constant improvement and refinement of its existing product – thus allowing better aftersales support and creating happy customers.
Jabra could potentially bring new features to the Elite 2 via firmware updates, but I won’t bank on it as the Elite 2 is already fantastic as it is right now, for the price of only RM299.

Unfortunately, the Jabra Elite 2 is only available in a few countries around the world. If the Jabra Elite 2 is available in your country – then I highly recommend you to check it out.
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Samsung Malaysia is giving RM1.2mil worth of devices this Chinese New Year

What better way to start the brand new year with a new gadget in your hands, am I right? This is the chance for you to do so as you can now own a brand new Samsung smartphone this Chinese new year as Samsung is giving out a total of 1,094 units of smartphones, which total to RM1.2 million in value.
From now until 16th February 2020, Samsung will be giving away 18 units of Galaxy Fold, 388 units of the Galaxy A50s, and 688 units of the Galaxy A30s – hence totalling up to 1,094 units of devices.

Here’s how you can stand a chance to win one of the 1,094 Samsung smartphones:

Purchase any participating Flagship model, Galaxy A Series, or Galaxy Tab model
Submit details and receipt to https://www.samsung-redemption.com/my/login, with a creative picture representing the Year of Rat
Winners will be selected and announced weekly

The list of devices that are eligible to enter this contest upon purchase are listed as listed below:

Flagship Devices
A Series
Tablets

Galaxy Fold
Galaxy Note10|10+
Samsung Galaxy S10|S10e|S10+
Galaxy Note9
Galaxy S9|S9+

Galaxy A70|80
Galaxy A10s|A20s|A30s|A50s

Galaxy Tab S6
Galaxy Tab S5e
Galaxy Tab A (with S Pen 8.0)
Galaxy Tab A 10.1
Galaxy Tab A 10.1 Wifi
Galaxy Tab A 8.0 2019

For more information about campaign, click here: https://www.samsung.com/my/offer/prosperity-starts-with-galaxy/.

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Review – Xiaomi Mi Mix 3

When the concept of a slider phone first came out late last year, we have been seeing quite a few of them appearing in the market. One of it is the Mi Mix 3 – where many people calls it as the slider smartphone. How well does the Mi Mix 3 hold up in everyday, day-to-day use? Check out here in this review.
We will be cutting this review shorter since we already covered our initial impressions alongside with some other aspects of the phone.

Note that this is not the 5G version that was just launched, but the overall design and user experience is still the same.
Unboxing
We’ve already done this, but it is one of the most important aspect when it comes to smartphones. The Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 sure does come in a fancy package – and the unboxing experience is something extraordinary in terms of contents.
Just watch the video here.

As a short recap to the whole unboxing experience, you do get quite a lot of extras. You have the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 itself, an included hard shell case, a USB-C cable, a charger that supports 12V at 1.5A or 9V at 2A, a wireless charging pad (which is nice), and also a USB-C to 3.5mm dongle.

This is indeed the first time a smartphone has a wireless charging pad included with the phone itself. While wireless charging is indeed not my personal preferred way of charging because of its inefficiency, the inclusion of a wireless charging pad is certainly most appreciated.
[nextpage title=”Design”]
In terms of design, the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3’s novelty is in its slider mechanism – obviously. This is the first ever modern smartphone that is available in Malaysia with a slider! Yet Xiaomi always goes all out in terms of the beauty and materials used to craft the Mi Mix series of smartphones.

The ceramic back of the phone feels fantastic on the palm of my hands, though slippery. The near full screen display at the front just makes me drool since it does not have any notches at all yet the bezels are still thin. This beautiful Mi Mix 3, it catches attention from all directions.

The slider mechanism is surely a magnificent feat in itself. By utilizing magnets and a single rail only, one half of the phone can be slid down and up with ease. This sliding mechanism is smooth and enjoyable to use – especially for those who wants the nostalgic factor. However, for me personally, the novelty does wear out within a day or so.
More on this later – especially on the software side of things.

How the Mi Mix 3 achieved this slider mechanism is by splitting the phone into two parts. The teardown video here actually shows us a lot of considerations and tough decisions that Xiaomi has to make in order to make the Mi Mix 3 a great smartphone.

The Mi Mix 3 is split into two parts – one for the screen itself and the second part to house all of the other components. These two parts will need its own enclosure, hence requiring a certain amount of thickness for the enclosure itself. However, Xiaomi still maintains a very thin form factor for the Mi Mix 3 – which means the phone itself suffers from space limitation.
More on this limitation part later.

Looking at the included hard shell case, Xiaomi once again took the liberty to redesign their case because of the sliding mechanism. There is no way that the Mi Mix 3 can use a typical TPU case because of its flexibility and how the case wraps around the phone. The TPU case will just get loose over time and lose its grip on the phone entirely.

The included hard shell case is actually of high quality and uses the physical buttons themselves as the “anchors” of the case.
I highly recommend using the TPU case even though it covers the beautiful back – and we will talk about the reason why in later parts.
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In terms of wireless connectivity, the Mi Mix 3 is actually packing quite a punch. It supports AC-WiFi, which is important since we Malaysians have Unifi Turbo now. It also comes with Bluetooth 5.0 for better connectivity with your wireless earphones and whatnot. This is important because the Mi Mix 3 does not have a 3.5mm audio jack.

And I can understand why. The Mi Mix 3 is thin and the 3.5mm audio jack is nearly as thick as the thicker half of the phone itself. Xiaomi did have the courtesy to include a dongle for the 3.5mm audio jack as well – so I guess that is a compromise that I can accept.
The Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 comes with a dual nano SIM card slot only and there is no option for microSD card slot.
Even the card slot is in Jade Green!
As for the buttons, the volume rocker and power button are located at the right side of the phone itself.
On the left side, Xiaomi included an AI button. They just call it as an AI button, but there is a menu to customize the shortcuts for the AI button.

At the bottom of the phone we can find the microphone, single loudspeaker, and also the USB-C port. It is quite disappointing at the Mi Mix 3 does not have stereo front-facing speakers or at least have the earpiece act as a secondary loudspeaker. The loudspeaker placement and quality of the Mi Mix 3 can surely be improved.
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Since the inception of Mi Mix series of smartphones, it has always been opting for the highest screen-to-body ratio. Xiaomi’s Mi Mix 3 shows that they will take extreme lengths to achieve this goal, even opting for the slider mechanism that comes with a slew of trade-offs.

The Mi Mix 3 comes with a 6.39-inch Super AMOLED display with 2340×1080 pixels in resolution, and obviously zero notch. The display is actually really beautiful, since it is a Super AMOLED display from Samsung.

Xiaomi even calibrated the display and has an option to increase the contrast, which makes the colors very closely match the colors on the Samsung Galaxy S9. Bravo, Xiaomi. The display is just beautiful.
To take advantage of the Super AMOLED display, Xiaomi has also implemented the ambient display feature.
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The Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 comes with a total of 4 cameras – two at the back and two at the front. Maybe not exactly the front since I will have to slide the phone to reveal the two selfie cameras.
Anyway, the specs for the cameras on the Mi Mix 3 are as below:

Dual rear-facing cameras

Main camera: 12MP f/1.8 with dual-pixel PDAF; 4-axis OIS
Telephoto: 12MP f/2.4 with 2x optical zoom

Dual selfie cameras

Main camera: 24MP f/2.2
Depth sensor: 2MP

Speaking from my own personal preference, I like the telephoto lens. However, there are people who prefer an ultrawide angle camera instead. As for the selfie cameras, Xiaomi implemented a depth sensor to create bokeh selfies.

As usual, you can click here to check out our full album on Shutterfly. All metadata and details are shown there.
Rear-facing cameras
Let’s first take a look at some standard scenes that I test a smartphone with. It looks pretty okay in broad daylight, albeit the dynamic range is a little on the darker side.

There’s a button to toggle to 2x optical zoom too – and once again, the picture still looks rather dark even in broad daylight.

Then I turned on the AI mode by a single touch. That instantly fixes the issues that I have with the overall exposure of the image, which automatically enabled HDR through the AI mode. It made the photo very good-looking! Saturation has also been increased.
Same goes to the zoomed image.

For indoor shots, we can see that the Mi Mix 3’s telephoto camera does not perform that well because of the f/2.4. The shutter speed was prolonged so much that some details were lost.

However, the main camera is able to take this picture with its f/1.8. It was dimly-lit, by the way.

I took the Mi Mix 3 to shoot some pictures while the sun is setting and the result is a little mixed. The colors of the picture felt a little mushy and bland. It’s underexposed and the white balance also seem to have shifted to the blue side.

Then comes the night shots. If we just use take the picture with or without AI mode, then the images turned out to be really noisy.

But the Mi Mix 3 has a night mode. It functions similarly to Huawei P20, the Huawei Mate 20 Pro, and also the HONOR View20’s night mode – prolonged exposure for the shot while lowering ISO even when handheld.
The stabilization on the Mi Mix 3 is done really well. The noise level is pretty minimal other than the dark night sky itself. Though, the picture turned out to be oversaturated and oversharpened but it does look absolutely stunning for social media.

Comparing the indoor shots taken with the Mi Mix 3’s main and telephoto camera, there is a noticeable difference in quality. Take a look at these 2 pictures below.
Taken with the main camera.
Taken with the telephoto camera.
Selfie cameras
Now, I’m not a huge fan of selfies – but the Mi Mix 3 does have two selfie cameras – one for capture the image itself and another depth sensor. I took this random selfie and it actually looks pretty good. I however, look completely wrecked.

Camera UI
The camera UI did not change much from other Xiaomi smartphones that we reviewed. It still has the same general design overall, but with some changes.

The “straighten” feature is still one of my favorite. It is only found on Xiaomi smartphones – no matter how low-end or high-end they are – which is fantastic and useful for those who have an OCD on how straight the photos are (like me).

One new feature that I found is enabling the option to display which parts of the image is in critical focus, or “peak focus” as Xiaomi calls it. This is absolutely useful for manual mode photography as it shows which part of the image is in focus.

The selfie camera has this beauty mode but unfortunately, it is not fully translated just yet. I have no idea what it does, but from the looks of it – it ‘augments” my face to look even prettier.

A very useful feature for someone who looks as wrecked as I am in this screenshot.
[nextpage title=”Software – Android 9.0 Pie with MIUI 10.0″]
The MIUI 10 was launched since last year – and it came to the Mi 8 Lite while we were nearly finished reviewing it. The Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 does come with a lot more additional features too.
Firstly, the AI button – or at least that is what Xiaomi is calling it. This button can be customized to perform other actions through the settings menu.

Then comes the other features where you can set even more shortcuts through gestures by pressing and holding different buttons. Overall, it is quite versatile.

Thirdly, you can customize what does the Mi Mix 3 perform when you slide open the phone. Essentially, this is a customizable shortcut as well. And you can even customize what sound it makes when you slide. No custom chimes, sadly.

Xiaomi also included something called a “booster” for when you are gaming. To find this feature, you will have to go into the “Security” app to find it.
Why is it in the Security app again?
This feature does have some great options in it. This is just the first part of the two-part menu, by the way.

The second part of the “booster” menu is actually found in the game itself. It can’t do much other than screen recording, taking a screenshot, clearing RAM, or blocking notifications. Xiaomi’s implementation is decent enough, but still cannot block Facebook Messenger chat heads. So far, only Samsung is able to block Facebook Messenger chat heads.

Back to the settings menu. The point is, MIUI 10 is available for months already – but it has a bunch of issues that absolutely needs fixing.
Firstly, the settings menu. I have no idea how and why MIUI managed to make things so complicated. I wanted to change the idle time before sleep – and this setting is found in the “lock screen & password” menu instead of “display” like every other smartphone. Why?
Then I wanted to flip the back and menu buttons. I tried to fine everywhere else – and eventually I found it in “full screen display” menu. Again, why?
Samsung just revamped their UI with One UI including the settings menu which I appreciate even more now – and Samsung such a good job cleaning it up and streamlining the overall user experience.
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The Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 comes with – at its time – the greatest hardware that the market has to offer. Here are the list of specs that it has:

6.39-inch Super AMOLED display with 2340×1080 pixels in resolution
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

4x Kryo 385 @ 2.8GHz + 4x Kryo 385 Silver @ 1.7GHz
Adreno 630 GPU @ 710MHz with 256 ALUs

6GB LPDDR4X RAM
128GB UFS 2.1 storage
3,200mAh battery
Android 9.0 Pie with MIUI 10.0

Further further ado, here are the benchmarks.

The overall benchmark scores of the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3, is similar to other smartphones that are equipped with Snapdragon 845 chipset – however, there are a little bit of an issue in the next section.
Gaming
Yes – gaming. Yes, the Mi Mix 3 can run all the latest games. However, the Mi Mix 3 gets hot really fast. And it is hotter than other smartphones with Snapdragon 845 too.
That is understandable because the phone is literally spliced into two parts, and heat can only dissipate through the ceramic back – which is covered by the hard shell case. The little gap of air on the sliding mechanism is not helping either since air is a terrible heat conductor.
Now, from the Mi Mix 3 teardown video, we saw that Xiaomi applied a huge amount of thermal paste on the phone itself – and that is to disperse the heat from the SoC to a larger area as fast as possible. I appreciate Xiaomi for doing that, but it proves to be still insufficient.
While the Mi Mix 3 does get hotter than other phones, it still manages to run games smoothly – but the battery life takes a hit.
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Packed with only a 3,200mAh battery, we once again know that this is a necessary compromise since the phone is – again – split into two parts. A larger battery cannot be fitted inside because of the limitation in physical space.
Our battery life benchmark is only performing a repetition of work-related tasks and not gaming, and the Mi Mix 3 scored just slightly above 10 hours.

We can tell for sure that the Mi Mix 3 will have quite a tough time trying to last through the day with a single charge. If gaming is involved, then be prepared to be tethered to a power bank.
Charging
As we mentioned since the unboxing part, the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 comes with a wireless charging pad with the phone itself. We put both the chargers to test and see just how long it takes to charge the phone.

We did a total of 3 tests – one with the cable directly plugged into the phone, another one with the wireless charging but without the hard shell case, and another one with the hard shell case.
Why? Because the added width between the wireless charging pad and the phone will hinder the charging time – or so we thought.

We were wrong because the phone slides around the wireless charging pad and does not have a good direct contact with the phone’s wireless power receiver. The case locks the Mi Mix 3 in place when placed on the wireless charging pad.

The wired charging took about 22 minutes to reach 51% and about 35 minutes to reach 75% charge, which is speedy because of the relatively small 3,200mAh battery.
As for wireless charging with the hard shell case on the phone, it took 31 minutes to reach 50% charge and a total of 55 minutes to reach 75% battery mark.
[nextpage title=”Wrapping up the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 review”]
Conclusion time. The Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 is certainly a unique smartphone. It’s beautiful and everything works as advertised – but there are many things that you should take note of, as mentioned in this in-depth review.
In terms of engineering, the Mi Mix 3 is marvelous. The engineers have to design a phone that slides without using any mechanical parts and with magnets only, then have to cramp in all the hardware into an even smaller form factor since the phone is split into two parts and maintain a certain thinness.

I honestly consider the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 to be a niche smartphone as of now. The sliding form factor is a novelty of its own, but comes with a list of trade-offs that I am not ready to make. Thinness of the phone or a larger battery capacity, Xiaomi chose thinness. And that means no 3.5mm audio jack as well. Honestly, I still am not ready to abandon the 3.5mm audio jack at all.
The Mi Mix 3 5G version has a few more difference other than just having 5G – like the new Rogers HeatSORB thermal material to capture heat energy. However, the question of how to expel these heat energy still remains.
For the price of RM2,199, it is worth it – because of the novelty that it offers. Marvelous engineering, but there are lots of improvements that can be done – especially in the software department.

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New Nokia 3.4 budget smartphone now available from RM599

Nokia has announced another entry-level smartphone, Nokia 3.4 that lets users enjoy a triple back camera setup on the cheap while having access to standard smartphone functions.
Let’s take a look at what Nokia has to offer this time.

6.39-inch IPS LCD display

720p resolution
Punch hole notch at the top left corner

Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 chipset
3GB RAM
32GB storage
Triple rear-facing cameras

Main: 13MP
Ultra-wide angle: 5MP
Depth Sensor

8MP wide selfie camera
4,000mAh battery
Charcoal color

Not exactly the best budget smartphone to go for considering every aspect is really at the lower spectrum – but Nokia seems to be focusing on the user experience as it is offering Android One at this low price. It’s a tradeoff between software and hardware to maintain this low price.
Nokia also promises 3 years’ worth of monthly security updates and 2 years of software upgrades.
Price and Availability
The Nokia 3.4 is retailed at RM599 and will first debut on Macpie, Shopee, and Lazada at December 12 while offline stores will have stocks ready from December 16 onwards. However, if you buy it online through 1 of the 3 platforms, you’ll get a free insulated bottle, while stocks last. Looking for a data plan? The device will come in one of redONE’s postpaid phone bundle plans at RM68 later this year where you can check it out here.

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The Garmin Vívofit Jr. 3 Black Panther Special Edition is now available in Malaysia

Garmin Malaysia has recently launched a new fitness tracker designed for children, the Vívofit Jr. 3 Black Panther – Special Edition. Let’s check out what it has to offer.

Packed with all the features that many parents love on the Vívofit Jr. 3, the Black Panther Special Edition is all about keeping the children motivated, happy, and healthy.
Boasting a colorful display, it is also swim-friendly and has up to one year of battery life with no need for recharging, which can ce replaced with ease.
Similarly to the other Vívofit Jr. 3, parents can check their child’s activity, sleep, chore data, etc via the Garmin Jr. app with a compatible smartphone. They can also use the to assign weekly or daily chores for their child and set up notifications that appear as icons on the display.
And after the kids have completed a task or chore, they will obtain virtual coins that can be redeemed for specific rewards such as new images of the Avengers.
Pricing and Availability
The limited quantities Vívofit Jr. 3 Black Panther – Special Edition is currently available for purchase at an RRP of RM440 through all Garmin Brand Stores, Shopee, Lazada, AECO e-store, as well as its authorized retailers.

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Transcend Ultimate UHS Video Speed V30 microSD Card Announced; Perfect For 4K Video Recording

4K video recording is still a challenge these days. With its humongous file size, it will require a fairly speedy storage with large capacity. Transcend is bringing us content creators a microSD card that solves this issue – and it’s the Transcend Ultimate UHS Video Speed V30.
Now, the name of this microSD card is already speedy, as it reminds me of sports car engines. So what does theTranscend Ultimate UHS Video Speed V30 bring to the table? Packed in a microSD form factor, the Transcend Ultimate UHS Video Speed V30 microSD cards is meant for action cameras, dashcams, smartphones, tablets, digital cameras, and drone cameras.

Transcend is offering these speedy cards from 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, and to a massive capacity of 128GB – so you don’t have to swap cards that often. In case you’re wondering about its durability, these cards are waterproof, static proof, X-ray proof and shock proof, while having built-in ECC to ensure zero data corruption. Transcend is confident that their card is durable and offers their Transcend’s Limited Lifetime Warranty to the Transcend Ultimate UHS Video Speed V30 microSD cards too!

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New Roborock S8 Pro Ultra robot vacuum now available in Malaysia at RM5,599

Roborock Malaysia has finally launched the premium tier Roborock S8 Pro Ultra in the local market.

We previously reported on the S8 which is the actual robot vacuum so as you might have figured out, the Pro Ultra model is more about the dock than anything else so for more details about the S8, click here.
As for the exclusive dock made for the Pro Ultra tier, it is carrying the brand’s new RockDock Ultra system that performs all sorts of automated tasks such as mop washing and self-drying as the bread and butter.
It also automatically dumps the dirty contents of the robot vacuum into the dock each after each cleaning routine in addition to self-cleaning dual brush doing the job themselves. Self-refilling feature fills up the robot’s water tank that allows a maximum mopping range of over 300 sqm.
You don’t need to worry about the dock itself as well because it can clean the bottom part itself too! It does so much to the point that users rarely need to manually perform anything.
Price and Availability
The Roborock S8 Pro Ultra is currently available for purchase on its official Lazada and Shopee store at the price of RM5,599 which is inclusive of the robot vacuum and the dock.

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Shopline brings easy store setup & management to Malaysians

For those who have always wanted to open your own digital storefront but without the hassle of looking at web design codes, then today’s news – Shopline – is for you. For Malaysians, Shopline is the latest addition to the likes of WooCommerce and Shopify. However, Shopline does already have a few major brands under its belt.
Shopline is Asia’s biggest smart commerce platform, and it is hailed over from Hong Kong. Its service enables merchants – like you and I – to open an online store without any hassle. Just sign up and you have preset shop designs, payment gateways, and shipping couriers tailored to your needs.

With the grand launch of Shopline in Malaysia, we have merchants such as Slimworld Beauty House, My Kitchen, health food brand Pinnoqio and Six sigma synergy.
There are also plans in the pipeline to introduce the following Online to Offline (O2O) solutions to the market to enhance shopper experience and augment merchants’ omni-channel capabilities:

Kiosk – CRM tool that facilitates instantaneous digital membership
Broadcast center – Marketing Automation tool that allows merchants to digitally connect with customers
Shoplytics – analytics dashboard that allows the merchant to visualize and analyze data on factors like store traffic, revenue and campaign performance

Such services in Malaysia will definitely help entrepreneurs start their own business – either by selling services or products. While we do have Shopee and Lazada, some users just prefer to have the entire digital store in their own control. Shopline allows its users to have that control.
To learn more about Shopline and its pricing, features, and even academies on how to set up the store, visit https://shopline.my/.
Surprisingly though, in Hong Kong, Durex is already using Shopline.

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Cooler Master Announces MasterBox Lite 5 RGB

A while ago, Cooler Master made the original announcement of the MasterBox Lite 5 – a fairly decent-looking mid-tower case with acrylic side and front panels. Of course, it’s 2017 (near the end, too) and RGB is bae – so Cooler Master announced another variant of that case – the MasterBox Lite 5 RGB.

Pretty much everything is the same with the original MasterBox Lite 5, actually. It still has that 3 different trim colors – black, white, and red – and still has an acrylic front panel and another edge-to-edge 4mm-thick tempered glass side panel too. With that said the new addition here is RGB.

This time around, Cooler Master included a total of 3x 120mm RGB fans at the front for you to show off once you unboxed and installed everything in it. However, do take note that there is no RGB controller included with the purchase – so make sure you have a motherboard with RGB headers or use your own RGB controller to sync it all up.

Cooler Master is also generous enough to include a 1-to-3 RGB splitter cable so you can connect the included 3x 120mm RGB fans together with just one RGB header on your motherboard.
Speaking of fans, there are a total of 4 fans included with the MasterBox Lite 5 RGB – three aforementioned 120mm RGB fans at the front, and another black 120mm at the back.
The price of this gorgeous MasterBox Lite 5 RGB is priced at RM299, which is actually pretty good for what it offers. Comes with a PSU shroud to hide all the ugliness, too. With interchangeable trim pieces and even 3D printed ones, I can see that the MasterBox Lite 5 RGB can indeed be a special case for those who are starting with case mods. After all, Cooler Master’s “Master” series of products are meant for the community that does crazy things that amaze the world, anyway.

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You Will Be Able To Minimize Cyber Bullying In 2016, says Norton

Here’s a friendlier reminder – the internet is still lurking with bullies seeking out for preys. That however is no longer the only case, and has expanded beyond what we feared to be.
Introducing the potential of children giving out too much personal information to strangers that are not welcomed. That in itself can put the whole family in danger, at least to a certain degree. Norton found out some disturbing facts through their Cybersecurity Insights Report, and revealed that  downloading a virus is the most common form of “crime” that parents are reporting about their children.

Interestingly, according to their report, there are certain statistics that I found even more disturbing.
Using technology to fight them. It’s simple – there are apps out there like Sophos Home which we reviewed here and is totally free, or opt for  Norton’s very own Norton Family.

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POCO reveals new X4 Pro 5G and M4 Pro smartphone at MWC 2022; Sale commences March 3rd from RM799

Renowned king of budget smartphone brand POCO is returning for 2022 through the launch of the new POCO X4 Pro 5G and M4 Pro that packs some serious hardware at such a low price.
Honing as the better-speced model, the X4 Pro 5G contains a lot of things that can only be found in premium tier devices in recent years and through technology maturity, those sort of things is now accessible by everyone. With a high refresh rate and large-sized display paired with an efficient SoC, budget buyers may have to question themselves twice when considering their next purchase.

Here’s a summary of its spec sheet:

6.67-inch AMOLED DotDisplay Screen

1080p Resolution
Middle Punch Hole Notch
120Hz Refresh Rate
360Hz Sampling Rate

Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 Chipset
Up to 8GB RAM
Up to 256GB Storage, expandable up to 1TB
Triple Rear Camera

Main: 108MP f/1.9
Ultra-Wide: 8MP f/2.2
Macro: 2MP f/2.4

16MP Selfie Camera
5,000mAh Battery

67W Fast Charge

Laser Black, Laser Blue, POCO Yellow Colors

Scaling certain things down such as the screen, processor, and the rear camera’s main sensor and you’ll get the M4 Pro which cuts down on the things we mentioned and due to the use of a different SoC, it only has an LTE modem instead of a 5G-compatible one so better take note of that. But still, it can be good for those who aren’t into huge smartphones that wouldn’t fit in their pockets.

6.43-inch AMOLED DotDisplay Screen

1080p Resolution
Middle Punch Hole Notch
90Hz Refresh Rate
180Hz Sampling Rate

MediaTek Helio G96 Chipset
Up to 8GB RAM
Up to 256GB Storage, expandable up to 1TB
Triple Rear Camera

Main: 64MP f/1.8
Ultra-Wide: 8MP f/2.2
Macro: 2MP f/2.4

16MP Selfie Camera
5,000mAh Battery

33W Fast Charge

Power Black, Cool Blue, POCO Yellow Colors

Pricing Info
Thanks to POCO’s global preparation, Malaysia is ready to take your preorders for both the POCO X4 Pro 5G and M4 Pro where they come in 2 sets of configurations at the following price. Bracketed figures are the early bird promo which is set to be available starting March 3. Also, for whatever reason POCO decided to split both smartphones into 2 different e-commerce platforms so I guess you can’t be a picky one for this one time.
Oh, POCO is also giving everyone a free 2-month Youtube Premium code for anyone buying one of the two models so yeah. (Youtube Vanced anyone???)

POCO X4 Pro 5G (Shopee Exclusive)

6GB+128GB: RM1,199 (RM1,099)
8GB+256GB: RM1,499 (RM1,249)

POCO M4 Pro (Lazada Exclusive)

6GB+128GB: RM899 (RM799)
8GB+256GB: RM1,099 (RM949)

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The preorder for HUAWEI MatePad 10.4 starts tomorrow at RM1,499 with RM655 worth of freebies

HUAWEI Malaysia has announced the availability of the latest HUAWEI MatePad 10.4 alongside the number of free goodies that come with it.

Aimed towards a general jack-of-all-trades type of device for the mid-ranger market, it packs a Kirin 820 Soc, 4GB RAM, and 128GB internal storage with expandability up to 512GB via microSD. For productivity tasks, the optional HUAWEI M-Pencil allows free-range operation with the tablet while the 10.4-inch display plus quad-speaker setup makes it a pretty decent entertainment unit as well. To promote all-day usage, it is fitted with a 7,250mAh battery that could last up to 12 hours off a single full charge. In any case that the tablet is also used as a portable storage device, the native Wi-Fi 6 chip will let you transfer files locally at blazing speed.
Price and Preorder Freebies
The HUAWEI MatePad 10.4 is priced at RM1,499 with the preorder period running only for 3 days from March 16 until 19 with each preorder bundled with a HUAWEI Magnetic Bluetooth Keyboard, Entertainment Gift Package, and 3 months of HUAWEI Video VIP Access coming in a total of RM655.
To get to the preorder page straight away, click here.

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Jabra ushers new Evolve2 and Speak2 products for best hybrid work experience without overspend

Jabra Malaysia has announced some new products for the Evolve2 and Speak2 family but they are given the Middle-Range subtag because they aim to enhance the hybrid work experience without breaking the bank.

Let’s go through the Evolve2 series first. First, the Evolve2 65 Flex is the most unique out of the bunch with the fold-and-go design that will certainly make the lives of those who need to move around constantly. Its collapsible hinged headband, slimmed but comfortable earcups, and shorter hide-away boom arm make it such a portable headset.

For those who just sit in one place and work, the Evolve2 55 wireless and Evolve2 50 corded models are the more suitable choices here. But all three of them are equipped with top-notch Active Noise Cancelling (ANC) for clearing out the noisy cues while custom speakers and close-fitting memory foam seal out more sounds coming externally.
And yes, all of them are Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, and Zoom certified as usual.

On the other hand, those who want to hear it loud and clear for all the people in the room should take a look at the Speak2 40/55/75. The Speak2 75 features a custom-designed Microphone Quality Indicator integrating a 360-degree light rin to show how well the voices are being picked up on top of the 65mm speaker for clear communications.
On the other hand, the Speak2 55 and Speak2 40 offers the same but slightly lower amplitude for those with smaller requirements. Wireless support-wise, the 75 and 55 can do Bluetooth/USB while the 40 strictly does USB.
Price and Availability
All the new Jabra Evolve2 and Speak2 products announced in this post are priced at the following:

Evolve2 50 Stereo @ RM1,180

Evolve2 55 Stereo @ RM1,580

Evolve2 65 Flex @ RM1,880

Speak2 40 @ RM1,080

Speak2 55 @ RM1,180

Speak2 75 @ RM2,380

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