6 reasons why Nexus 6P is the best Nexus

Google recently partnered Huawei to release the best Nexus smartphone to date called Huawei Nexus 6P, and it’s the top notch Nexus device that is found in the market today. The letter “P” from the Nexus 6P stands for Premium, and holy OMG did Huawei pack all the best hardware they can find into this device!
2K AMOLED display, Qualcomm flagship Snapdragon 810 chipset, Android’s latest version 6.0 Marshmallow are just a few highlights that can be seen on the Nexus 6P out of the box. With a local retail price of RM2,698, the Nexus 6P does has a lot more to offer besides the top notch specifications provided on board.

Let us share with you SIX REASONS why you should buy the Nexus 6P, also dubbed as “The Best Nexus Smartphone to date”.
1. Gorgeous looking AMOLED screen
The Nexus 6P has an impressive a 5.7 inch 2K resolution with Super AMOLED panel – that means it has an amazing pixel density of 551PPI! The display even has enhanced protection with Corning Gorilla Glass 4 which makes it tougher than ever before.
Huawei chose AMOLED screen on the Nexus 6P because it offers great color reproduction and better view under the sun.

2. Pure Android with Marshmallow OS deliver best Android experience
Let’s get this straight – Android Source Open Project, or AOSP, also known as “vanilla Android”, is the version of Android that is the truest to what Google intended it to be – all short and simple, with no frills at all. That translates into the best performance obtainable from a system, as none of the hardware will need to work on unnecessary apps pre-baked into the phone itself.
That means vanilla Android guarantees no bloatware! Furthermore, being a Nexus series device also means that there’s future proof. Your phone will be one step ahead of others when it comes to software update as Google will definitely prioritize their own Nexus devices in receiving the latest updates right away.
3. Superb Stereo Speakers
We are glad that Google and Huawei understand what major consumers wanted – the best multimedia experience for the user, not those around the user. The inclusion of front-facing speakers that delivers clean, loud and distortion-free sound is pure bliss for those who consume multimedia on their smartphones!
4. Blazing fast Nexus fingerprint scanner

Now, I’ve played around with Huawei and Honor’s latest flagship smartphones – the Huawei Mate S and the Honor 7. They both have very similar hardware, and one thing that I’m certain is exactly the same is the fingerprint sensor. They’re the quickest and most sensitive fingerprint sensor I’ve ever tested!
Imagine this – the circle is the fingerprint reader, and I just have to place my finger on it and BAM! the phone unlocked  itself instantly!
5. Best camera performance ever on a Nexus phone
Let’s be honest here – the Nexus 4 and 5 had horrible cameras. No matter how many updates Google pushed, the camera remains to be horrible. Google has finally listened to their customers and improved on the camera department – and it goes to show that Google is making punches to the competition.
The Nexus 6P’s camera performance scored 84 points and ranked on the third spot at DxOMark smartphone camera test ranking just behind Sony Xperia Z5 (87 points) and Samsung Galaxy S6 edge (86 points).
Despite lacking out an optical image stabilizer, its 12.3 megapixels with f/2.0 and 1.55 μm pixels sensor does live up to its standard. 4K or slow-motion video recordings works perfect without a hitch!
6. Beast Mode Battery Life with Doze feature
Battery endurance has become an important criteria when we are looking for a new smartphone. Previous generations Nexus smartphones fell short on this field. But the Nexus 6P is here to rewrite the history of weak battery life for Nexus series devices.
Packed with a 3,450 mAh size battery combine with Android 6.0 Marshmallow’s Doze feature, even heavy user like me can use the Nexus 6P for a full day without looking for a charger.
With the USB Type-C charging port that supports fast charging technology on board, it’s less of a hassle for us to plug the charger or power bank to charge up our phone.
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We just name a few main reasons why we liked the Nexus 6P to be our daily driver. There are still dozens of reasons that we have yet to reveal them – there are just way too much!

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Sign Up Now For EMUI 9.0 Beta For Honor 10; Honor View10; Honor Play

Do you own an Honor 10, Honor View10, or the Honor Play? Are you curious to test the brand new EMUI 9.0 on your Honor smartphone knowing that there are going to be bugs? Then sign up for the EMUI 9.0 beta for the Honor 10, Honor View 10, and Honor Play right now.
The first batch of users who registered for the software testing has already received their EMUI 9.0 update yesterday, 16 October 2018, on their Honor 10 and Honor View 10 devices. As for the Honor Play, the first round of beta testers will receive the update on 21 October 2018.

If you own any of these 3 smartphones from Honor, then you can sign up to become a beta tester at this link: https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/fut/.
Users of the three devices listed above who are keen to be a part of the beta tester recruitment are encouraged to visit this link before the 25 October 2018 deadline

Our brand is committed to introduce the best technological innovations. We consistently introduce products and features which cater to the needs of our fans and customers. The new EMUI 9.0 is an operating system that is more consistent, smarter and tailor-made to what the user wants. We listen to our consumers and because their feedback is extremely important to us, we involve them in the process of this crucial software update in hopes to achieve the most optimum user satisfaction prior to a full roll-out.
– George Zhao Zhiwei, Head of Honor Malaysia

The new EMUI 9.0 simplifies the user’s experience when using an Honor phone and also has new Digital Balance and Easy Projection features for a wider range of new functions for the devices. Those who are interested to learn more about the update can refer to Honor’s official discussion topic on the Lowyat forum in the link here: https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4675430.
You can also quit the beta program if you wish.

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Be all and do all with Jabra’s latest Elite 4 TWS for your work and relax time at RM529

Jabra Malaysia is adding the “4” to the Elite family of TWS by launching the new Elite 4 yesterday.

Made primarily for those who need to stay connected with their digital companions at all times and talk discreetly, the Elite 4’s ability to pair with a smartphone and laptop/PC via Fast Pair and Swift Pair makes switching between those seamlessly without any hassle. The quad-mic array plus 6mm driver is tuned to deliver crystal clear voices both in and out of the device, making sure everyone is catching what you’re presenting.

The battery life is not bad at 5.5 hours per full charge with up to 28 hours if you’re keeping ANC off or 22 hours if you need it on. Android users can also enjoy support for Spotify Tap for quick and easy music access and keep your worries away thanks to the decent IP55 water and dust protection.
Price and Availability
Available across stores from the end of April onwards, the Jabra Elite 4 is priced at RM529 and has 4 colors to choose from – Navy, Dark Grey, Lilac, and Light Beige.
It will be listed on Jabra’s official Shopee and Lazada alongside selected authorized retailers nationwide.

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Facebook Did You Know Feature Introduced; Here’s What You Need To Know About

Things have been pretty quiet on social media platforms these few months, but now they’re back again into the spotlight with a brand new feature – the Facebook Did You Know feature. Here’s everything you need to know about this feature.
What better way to talk to people than to ask them a few questions? Of course, these questions are harmless and non-intrusive. These questions are meant to break the ice and start a conversation – and to see Facebook implementing these questions in such a fashion, it’s bound to get a few likes and comments. Of course, there are a few questions that are personal, and some that really make you think.

Here’s where things get interesting. The questions are presented to you with a single emoji first, then a short question. Then, the question is answered with a text-based status update. Here’s how it works.

Get your smartphone
Update to the latest version of Facebook
Head on over to your user profile
Look for the Did You Know section

It looks a little something like this on your user profile.
The Facebook Did You Know feature will present you with a bunch of questions that they’ve already prepared. All you need to do is answer them, or skip to the next one if you don’t want to answer the current question.

You can answer these Facebook Did You Know questions as either text-only status updates or with images. If you choose to answer them with status updates, then you get to combine them with the Facebook big texts, or Facebook background posts, too. That means you get to spice things by adding a bit of flair to your answers. Of course, you can even answer them with links also.
Treat the Facebook Did You Know feature as an extension to status updates.

Here are a few of the Facebook Did You Know questions that I answered on my personal Facebook profile. Some of these questions do offer insights into some people, and some definitely instill a strong sense of friendship and brotherhood with my pals. Again, great conversation starters.

If you want to try out this feature, visit this page again with your smartphone and tap on one of the status updates above and open it with the Facebook app. Then, look for the “see questions” button. Then, you’ll get to answer these questions and share your answers with your friends and family, too.
Though, the Facebook Did You Know feature is probably not available for every user yet – just like the Facebook big texts and Facebook background posts features that we highlighted a while back.

Did you enjoy using this feature? Or you do not have this feature available on your Facebook profile yet?
Let us know down in the comments down below! We love to know how fast Facebook rolls out their new features to all users, actually.

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New Transcend USB-C Storages Now Available

USB Type-C, or USB-C for short, is taking over the world now. There’s no denial that USB-C devices are getting more and more common, and its prices are also going down through the days. That said, these new Transcend USB-C storages are just in time for those who have devices that only supports USB-C, like the Nexus 5X/6P.
There are actually a total of 5 devices here from 3 different family of storage options. These range from  their OTG flash drives to card readers, and even external hard disks. These new Transcend USB-C are quite affordable too, actually.

JetFlash 850S/JetFlash 890S
Firstly, the JetFlash OTG drives gets an update. Both the JF850S (only single USB-C port) and the JF890S (USB-C on one end, USB 3.1 Gen 1 on the other side) got upgrades as they’re now available in capacities of 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB respectively. These OTG drives are really useful for in my opinion, and I personally have an OTG cable keyring clipped onto my backpack at all times. Saved me quite a lot of time at certain occasions already by the way.
It has transfer speeds up to 130MB/s too. They’re both covered with Transcend’s limited lifetime warranty, and prices for both the JF850S and JF890S are listed as below:

Capacity

16GB
32GB
64GB

Model
JetFlash 850S (JF850S)
RM75
RM105
RM165

JetFlash 890S (JF890S)
RM79
RM109
RM169

RDC8K/RDC2K
These are both card readers and they both work on USB-C, and I think you already knew that. However, these two card readers are tiny in size, and they revolve around reading SDHC cards. These card readers are obviously aimed at creatives!
They got it right too – as the RDC2K is an OTG card reader for USB-C devices, and also features another USB-A port for users to connect some other peripheral to the phone itself. It’s more like a card reader and USB hub merged into a single product. Transcend calls this as “smart reader”.
The RDC8K however is a dedicated card reader that reads compact flash (CF), SD cards, micro SD cards, and even Sony’s Memory Stick cards.
RDC8K is priced at RM109, whereas the RDC2K is priced at RM99. Both of these devices comes with a 3-year limited warranty.

StoreJet 25MC
Remember the military-grade external hard disk we reviewed not long ago? Transcend took that aspect, and pimped it up to USB-C standards. Now, the Transcend StoreJet 25MC features SuperSpeed USB 3.1 Gen 1 interface for all your high-speed data transfers!
Currently it’s only available in 1TB capacity, and it’s backed with Transcend’s 3 year limited warranty too. Price is at RM339!

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ELEPhone Vowney stomps market with most affordable 2K screen smartphone

There’s no other smartphone out there in this world where you can get a beautiful smartphone with 2K screen in under RM1,500 before, but it will change right here, right now. Introducing the ELEPhone Vowney.

This is the first ever smartphone that costs only RM1,349 and have a 5.5-inch screen with 2K resolution jammed in there. Seriously, this phone with a 5.5-inch screen has way more pixels than my ultrawide monitor that I use for my desktop.

The entire phone with the amazing 2K screen is powered by the MediaTek Helio X10  (MT6795) chipset, which has a 64-bit 2.2GHz octa-core processor and GX6650 graphics. ELEPhone claims that it matches the Snapdragon 810, but I guess anything that doesn’t burn itself to death is better than the Snapdragon 810 already.
That said, the ELEPhone Vowney also comes with a humongous 4,000mAh battery and a touch fingerprint sensor – much better than what Samsung and Apple has to offer as of today.
Let’s not forget about the camera here.

It features a 21MP rear-facing camera with Sony IMX230 sensor, and a huge 8MP front-facing camera too.
Surprised? Maybe just one more surprise.
Pre-order the ELEPhone Vowney now and YOU can get a free tempered glass screen protector + case + ELEPhone toy!
Click the link here to find out more!

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Review – Dell XPS 13 9315 2-in-1

Alright, this is a rather new form factor from Dell. This is actually an XPS tablet – and the full name is the XPS 13 9315 2-in-1. Of course, the 2-in-1 means that it can be converted into two different ways to use the device.
Instead of talking, let me show you about the entire device through, part by part.

We’ll start off with the tablet itself first. Starting with the size, we have a 13-inch screen that has an aspect ratio of 3:2 and a really high resolution of 2880×1920 at 60Hz refresh rate. Of course, this is a tablet so it has a touchscreen.

Since the display is such a big focus for tablets, the screen quality needs to be fantastic – and not surprisingly, the XPS 13 9315 2-in-1 covers slightly more than 99% of sRGB color gamut with a very low ∆E number.

The maximum brightness is above 500 nits, and I think it’s good enough for most cases – just not under direct sunlight.

There is a set of stereo speakers and the sound coming out of the tablet is good. Have a listen here by watching the video at the top of this review.

As for the specs, we have:

Intel Core i5-1230U
Intel Iris Xe graphics
8GB LPDDR4X RAM at 4267MHz
256GB of SSD

Now, the specs will definitely not surprise you. It’s not a gaming tablet or anything like that, and the performance is going to be throttled since the tablet is passively cooled.

I did try Genshin Impact on this tablet with the lowest graphical settings but we have to lower the resolution and I can barely get 30fps.

I’d still say it is playable if we lower the resolution even further, but the second problem comes – how do we connect an external mouse?

Looking at the ports available on this tablet, we only have two USB-C ports that are placed side by side. Sure, I can take my simple converter – but my converter will block the second USB-C port too. We need that second port to connect it to the charger too. So, we can only use a wireless Bluetooth mouse.
Dell did include this dongle in the box.
Okay, then the stylus. This is a rather standard stylus, honestly. It’s an XPS Stylus with the model number as shown on the screen here PN9315A. It is created exclusively for this XPS 2-in-1. It snaps to the top of the tablet to be charged wireless and it does have 3 buttons to be pressed and it also supports the Microsoft Pen Protocol standard too.

But, I prefer to use Dell’s own Peripheral Manager app to better customize the buttons and their functions. You can even pair it with the Tile app so that you can find this XPS Stylus if you forgot or misplaced it. I do think this is quite weird since you’ll have to use your phone for it. There is no such functionality on Windows.

The pen feels good to use and I’m not someone who draws graphics, I usually just it to draw graphs and simple illustrations – and it worked out for me so far. However, for those who want to use it as a standalone tablet and draw, do keep note that the device will become quite warm.

Now, for the last piece of this setup – the keyboard case thing. This entire piece sticks to the tablet with magnets – at the back, and also the side here where the pogo pins are located, so that we can start using the keyboard.

I think this design is just not good. Let me show you why.

First, I’m not too fond of this thing being a single big piece. The back cover of the tablet cannot be separated from the keyboard. Why this matters is because I wanted to have my lunch and I want to watch some YouTube on this tablet. Unfortunately, the keyboard will be blocking my plate. If I flip the keyboard backwards, then the keyboard will be grimy and also knock on other things instead.

Then, secondly, the back piece of the folio case. It’s an interesting design. The back piece folds and magnetizes to the back of the tablet, hence propping it up at certain angles. Unfortunately, there are only 3 angles to select from – which I think is just not that good.

This back piece should’ve been built-in to the tablet itself or become a kickstand, actually. The Microsoft Surface series has a better kickstand, and so does the Nintendo Switch OLED. Let me give you an example. In an airplane with those tiny tables, this tablet is impossible to be in those situations.

I don’t even like the keyboard, honestly. The keycaps leave a very little gap between each key, making it easy to accidentally hit other keys if you’re not precise with your keystrokes. The keys themselves have a fair bit of travel distance but if you bottom out every single keystroke then it’s very tiring as you’ll be hitting the table.

The trackpad is fine, but I find myself using the touchscreen more since we have that. The palm rejection is actually very good.

As a complete set, the Dell XPS 13 9315 2-in-1 is kinda weird. By default, Dell has enabled the feature whereby you can just open the laptop lid and it’ll automatically turn on. In this case, instead of a laptop lid, you open the folio case. Unfortunately for me, the flap opened itself a little bit in my bag and the device turned on by itself in my bag.

With that said, you can disable this feature in the BIOS. I ended up not disabling it since I can use Windows Hello to instantly unlock the device when it boots up. Very convenient.
The XPS Stylus is also very poorly attached to the tablet, and a slight bump can cause the entire pen to drop. I don’t even want to think about putting it in my bag as I know it’ll end up at some unknown crevice.

The general performance of doing something on this tablet – well, I’ll just say that it’s great for web browsing, Spotify, and Netflix – but does require some patience if we’re going to do something more intensive. Launching Dell’s own utilities also takes some time, by the way.

The battery life of this tablet is kinda okay, 5 hours total is all we get from my usage of typing scripts while browsing the internet and listening to Spotify in the background plus a bit of YouTube in the mix.
Price
So, for the price of RM5,899, this is what you get. I do think that if you want a Windows tablet with a magnificent display, then this is actually suitable for you. The stylus is rather good, just that I’m very worried about losing it.
The folio keyboard cover thing, I think that should be improved. There are lots of better designs out there that function better.
Where to buy? (Affiliate links)

Amazon
Lazada
Shopee
Dell.com

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Win amazing prize by unleashing your photography skills in vivo’s latest Vision Xmoments contest

vivo Malaysia is inviting all Malaysians to express their skills in photography by taking beautiful or memorable moments through the lens of their smartphone.

And in order for vivo to pull this off, they are inviting everyone and I mean everyone – No vivo device exclusivity. Everyone with any smartphone is allowed to take part in this contest but the contestants are separated into 2 groups: Open Group for 23 and above, and Youth Group for those who are below 23. Submissions are to be 1 of the 3 announced themes are Night, Portrait, and Nature with fellow participants encouraged to follow the steps below to join the contest without hassle.

Take a photo according to your desired theme
For vivo users, include device watermark. For non-vivo users, don’t include it
Upload the photo to Facebook or Instagram with the hashtag #vivoVisionXmoments, Theme of your choices such as #NatureXmoment, and tag @vivoMalaysia for Facebook or @vivo_Malaysia for Instagram. For Youth Group, add another #vivoVisionForYouth after the theme tag
Set post to Public

The contest will see the best submission in the Open Group bring home a DJI Air 2S drone worth RM4,499 while the Youth Group winner will net a vivo X70 smartphone instead. For the 2nd and 3rd place, both categories are comprised of the vivo TWS 2 ANC and vivo TWS 2e.
Submissions are currently open until December 12.

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Review – Sudio Vasa Bla: Beautifully Colored Wireless Earphones

Like what we’ve been saying for quite a while now – wireless audio is the future. It’s coming, whether you like it or not, and audio companies know it. Sudio knows it too, that’s why the Sudio Vasa Bla is made. How does it perform in our hectic day-to-day operations? That’s the purpose of this review!
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Let’s start off with an unusual tangent – and that is how I received the parcel. All of Sudio’s products are shipped directly from Estonia via DHL. I received the item within a week after I clicked the button to confirm my payment. That’s crazy quick considering that it had flown to so many places to end up on my doorstep!

Oh – by the way, Sudio offers free worldwide shipping to all of their products!
Starting off with the packaging. I received my Sudio Vasa Bla in their gift box.
On certain songs like Cameo Lover by Kimbra definitely starts off with a very punchy and tight bass. The vocals are also drowned in the lows. Highs however are decent. It didn’t reach the “sparkly” stage, but it’s decent.

Our usual go-to song, Adventure Time by Rouge, confirms that the Sudio Vasa Bla is indeed a bass-heavy pair of wireless earphones. The bass is extremely punchy, and I find myself bobby my head to EDM genre. It’s very enjoyable on EDMs. Marshmello’s hit song Alone is also very bass-heavy, and the Vasa Bla can definitely reproducing the bass in an enjoyable way.
Songs that focuses more on vocals like The Spine by Darren Korb and Ashley Barrett (part of the Transistor Original Soundtrack, which I absolutely love), sounds decent – but again, the vocals are quite drowned in the bass.
The overall sound signature is great. There’s no distortion and of course, given more emphasis on the bass. The vocals do get drowned in the lows quite a bit, whereas the highs are okay – it doesn’t sparkle or reach as high as other earphones can.
Battery life
Again, the most important question of all. Just how long does the battery last? In my test case, I had it fully charged the Sudio Vasa Bla and listened to music with it for one afternoon – that’s about 4 hours. It only drained about 50% of the battery, which is pretty good.
Only when it reached about 7 hours that the Vasa Bla starts running low on battery. It started beeping, indicating that it’s running low on battery – which is pretty good, since it does have a separate battery “box” on the pair of wireless earphone.

To charge the Sudio Vasa Bla, you’ll have to locate the “battery box” and open the flap there, and the microUSB port will be revealed.
LED shows red when it’s charging. It’ll turn blue when it has completed charging.
Charging it from low battery to full took less than an hour, as the battery in these devices aren’t massive.
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The Sudio Vasa Bla is again, very beautiful. The features that it has is pretty identical to the Beyerdynamic Byron BT that we have reviewed here, but the physical design, material, aesthetics, and its sound signature is vastly different.
Firstly, the Sudio Vasa Bla has a pretty aesthetic. It’s available in 4 different colors – white, blue, pink, or “rose gold” black. Both the white and pink versions will have black ear tips, whereas the blue and black ones will have black ear tips. Whichever color you choose though, will have a colour-matched leather pouch to go alongside with your Sudio Vasa Bla.

The sound quality isn’t flat – and it gives quite an emphasis on the bass. Many people will like this, as it’s definitely more enjoyable to listen to. It’s just more exciting to listen to, and the features that it has is very well-implemented.
I’m too sure about the two “box” design though, as separating the battery with the in-line controls definitely distributes the weight more equally, but it does get in the way when I moved quickly.
For RM398, I can recommend the Sudio Vasa Bla to those who want to seek a pair of wireless earphones with heavier bass. With its color choices, it’s a very interesting appeal that many people will be enticed with.

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The oldest Galaxy Watch just got some nice new updates

Around last week, Samsung has added several new features and functions to the very first Galaxy Watch.

Launched way back in 2018, it paved the way for the smart wearables market and show how things should be done with a great standard of build quality and functions, albeit being very lacking in today’s competition level. The R810XXU1FUB6 update is currently out in the US and South Korea as of now with more regions joining the party later on. As a side note, Galaxy Watch Active users will receive this update somewhere down the line, as promised by Samsung.
Here’s a list of stuff that you can expect when the Galaxy Watch received and installed the update.

See images in notifications
AR emoji + Bitmoji support
Additional audio feedback for pace and heart rate during exercise tracking
Support for scrolling screenshots capturing

While being essential and basic features nowadays, it is nice to see Samsung just ditch support for its older line of products. The Galaxy Watch Active 3 could use some of these as well.
From recent industry rumors, it seems that Samsung is also heavily considering the replacement of Tizen OS for Wear OS with greater compatibility and software management but that’s good news for users with more 3rd party apps readily available for use and kid you not, the Galaxy Watch wearables are some of the best out there. Check out our review for various models and you’ll know why!

Review – Samsung Galaxy Watch Active

Sources: Wareable

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Review – Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro: The new premium king at a relatively affordable price

It’s that time of the year again – Samsung always announces a new pair of truly wireless earbuds alongside the Galaxy S series of smartphones – and this year is no different. We have the Galaxy Buds Pro which is surprisingly quite anticipated by many.
So, after using it for about 2 weeks – and through Lunar New Year because it’s a noisy festival – and here’s what we have to share.

Let’s start off with the box. It’s exactly the same box shape as the Galaxy Buds Live. Of course, the design of the packaging is different – but that’s expected. Opening up, the layout of the box is exactly the same as well – the earbuds are sitting at the recessed piece whereby the accessories box at slotted at the bottom.

The Galaxy Buds Pro uses the exact same case design as the Galaxy Buds Live – which means all of your protective shells from the Galaxy Buds Live will fit on the Galaxy Buds Pro.
However, I don’t really see a reason to cover it up – other than to protect it from scratches or something – because the Galaxy Buds Pro’s case is covered in a nice matte finish. All of the other colors are matte too – not only the Violet color that we have here. This is a nice upgrade compared to the Buds Live where only the bronze color is in matte, by the way.

Then, opening up the case, I realize there’s a big quality of life improvement that Samsung did for the Galaxy Buds Pro. I always complain about the hinge and the Buds Pro has a magnificent hinge that springs up and locks itself, which is definitely better than the Galaxy Buds Live’s stiff-all-the-way-through hinge.

And of course, the inside of the case is different too since the buds themselves are different in shape entirely. No more are the beans, and we’re back to the typical Galaxy Buds+ type of design.

The Galaxy Buds Pro still have more or less the same design language as the Buds Live, whereby the buds themselves have this type of glossy metal finish facing outwards and a matte plastic finish facing inwards.

In terms of design, I’m okay with it, just like how I’m already okay with the Buds+ design from a year ago.
The usual ports and proximity sensor are still here – and what’s new here is actually the eartip. It’s now much softer compared to anything I’ve tried previously, and it’s also now oblong-shaped.

I have been seeing a lot of truly wireless earbuds incorporating this type of oblong-shaped eartips, presumably because it provides a better seal around the ear canal for better ANC, and also better comfort.
Inside the accessories box – alongside the USB-A to USB-C cable, is where you’ll find yet another smaller box with both the S and L eartip sizes.

Also, there’s a mesh on the eartips themselves, separated from the earbuds’ speaker port mesh. That means you can essentially take it for a wash – but please, don’t love the eartip that came with the Galaxy Buds Pro.

But, as I mentioned earlier, the eartips themselves are much softer than what I’ve tried so far – and for me, who has a small ear canal, the M-sized eartip fits me nicely.
Pairing the Galaxy Buds Pro to my phone is easy – since I’m using the Galaxy S21 Ultra anyway. I connected it to my phone and linked it to the Galaxy Wearable app and then a whole list of options and features become available for customization.

We’ll start off with the biggest feature – ANC. Samsung finally got around to make a truly wireless pair of earbuds to have ANC that works as intended. I mean, once I fitted it in my ears and turned on ANC, the world around me disappears.
And let me share my story with you guys. My neighborhood is noisy – and during the Lunar New Year, it’s especially noisy because there are many kids visiting my neighbors’ houses and also lots of fireworks and firecrackers. It’s difficult to even listen to whatever’s playing on my speakers so I thought – hey, it’s the best opportunity to test out ANC.

The Galaxy Buds Pro’s ANC works pretty well. I don’t expect it to cut all of the firecrackers and fireworks out but it did cut a large majority out. I can no longer hear the kids screaming on the streets and the firecrackers don’t give me a scare when it pops all of a sudden.
And looking back at the Galaxy Wearables app, there’s an option to tune the ANC level to “low” or “high”. From what I’ve tested, it did make some difference, but generally unnoticeable.
There’s a new option called “voice detect” where if you speak for a second, it will automatically change to ambient sound mode until you stopped speaking for 5 seconds. This feature works very well and it’s rather important so that you can listen to yourself while you speak and adjust your speaking volume accordingly.

Then there’s the “touch and hold” option which is just weird to me. The only customizable touch gesture that the Galaxy Buds Pro has is the “touch and hold” gesture. And by default, holding it will switch between ANC and ambient sound mode, but it goes into the “off” mode where both ANC and ambient sound are off.
Other gestures are still here, though. Tap once to play/pause, double-tap to go previous track, and triple tap the right side to go to the next track.

The sound quality coming out of the Galaxy Buds Pro is rather good by default. The frequency ranges do not mix and muddle each other. The bass, mids, and highs are clearly separated – making my big band jazz sound clear by default, right out of the box. However, I also tried the equalizer to try to change its frequency response a little – but it made surprisingly little difference. I mean, between “normal” and “dynamic” EQ settings, the differences are barely noticeable.
But, to all Samsung users out there – here’s a tip for you. Go into settings, search for Dolby Atmos, and enable it. Leave everything in auto. By just enabling this option, the Galaxy Buds Pro sounds so much more dynamic.

And back to the app – we now have a new seamless earbud connection feature but it is only truly seamless if you have two Samsung devices logged into the same Samsung account. For other non-Samsung smartphones or tablets, the multi-device connection still works – but it’s definitely not seamless.

There’s also a new 360 audio feature that creates a soundstage. Certain apps – like YouTube – support this functionality. Turning your head while watching a video will cause the audio to sound like it’s still coming out from the same position.

And then – gaming mode. The situation here is the same as the Galaxy Buds+. Without gaming mode, the delay is pretty high, and turning gaming mode on shortened the delay by a little. It’s still not good enough for time-critical games like PUBG Mobile, so don’t bother using the Galaxy Buds Pro for gaming – and that is why the “gaming mode” feature is nested under “labs”. It’s still a feature in testing phase.
And oh – before I forget, we did do a microphone test as well. But, you’ll have to watch the video at the top of this review for that.

Then, the battery life. The Galaxy Buds Pro manages around 7.5 hours with ANC turned off at around medium – and that’s pretty good battery life. Turning on ANC will shorten the battery life to about 5 hours. The case itself provides more than 2 charges but not quite 3 charges – which means you get freaking long battery life.
It charges via USB-C like usual, and it also supports Qi wireless charging.

These buds are also IP X7 rated, which means you can wear these buds and take a bath – no issues at all, but the charging case itself is not water-resistant.
Should you buy the Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro?
So, at the end of the day – do I recommend the Galaxy Buds Pro? Well, lemme tell you something. For the official retail price of RM799 – it’s actually not that expensive compared to other premium true wireless earbuds from – let’s say – Jabra with the Elite 75t or the Apple AirPods Pro.

The Galaxy Buds Pro sounds good, the ANC works great, and Samsung’s integration with its own ecosystem is good – although I do wish to see the dual-device connection feature to work with Windows 10 laptops and desktops too. I mean, it’s valid feedback since Samsung has a lot of partnerships with Microsoft.
And also, since the Galaxy Buds Pro is using the exact same case as the Buds Live, there are tonnes of cute little accessories available now that you can customize it to however you want it to look.

Where to buy? (Affiliate links)

Amazon US
Lazada
Shopee

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New X70 series flagship smartphone from vivo officially launches from RM2,499

vivo Malaysia has officially launched the latest flagship model X70 and X70 Pro together with its brand new line of TWS earbuds, the TWS 2e and TWS 2 ANC.

Bearing the latest camera tech from ZEISS and vivo, both the X70 and X70 Pro carries the ZEISS T* coating lenses that reduces light flares and ghosting to make sure the photo gets all the clarity it deserves in addition to the implementation of 3 new ZEISS Style Portrait features of Distagon, Planar and Sonnar to further enhances the experience of taking a portrait photo.
Supporting the entire photography session is the enhanced Gimbal Stabilization 3.0 tech consisting of VIS 5-Axis Ultra Stable Video, OIS, and EIS to aggressively stabilize both the X and Y axis to give you unparalleled stable footage. Last but not least, being a flagship phone also means that it packs the latest and greatest, nothing short.
Here’s a quick summary of both the X70 and X70 Pro with a slight difference towards the rear camera configuration.
vivo X70

6.56-inch AMOLED Display

Middle Punch Hole Notch
120Hz Refresh Rate
240Hz Sampling Rate

MediaTek Dimensity 1200 5G Chipset
8GB RAM
128GB Storage
Triple Rear Camera

Main: 40MP f/1.9 with PDAF
Telephoto: 12MP f/2.0 with PDAF, 2x Optical Zoom
Ultra-Wide: 12MP f/2.2

32MP Selfie Camera
4,400mAh Battery

44W Fast Charge

Cosmic Black, Aurora Dawn Colors

vivo X70 Pro

6.56-inch AMOLED Display

Middle Punch Hole Notch
120Hz Refresh Rate
240Hz Sampling Rate

MediaTek Dimensity 1200 5G Chipset
12GB RAM
256GB Storage
Quadruple Rear Camera

Main: 50MP f/1.8 with PDAF, Laser AF, OIS
Periscope Telephoto: 8MP f/3.4 with PDAF, OIS, 5x Optical Zoom
Telephoto: 12MP f/2.0 with PDAF, 2x Optical Zoom
Ultra-Wide: 12MP f/2.2

32MP Selfie Camera
4,450mAh Battery

44W Fast Charge

Cosmic Black, Aurora Dawn Colors

Announced together with the 2 smartphones are the vivo TWS 2e and TWS 2 ANC where both are equipped with a 12.2mm driver for good bass outputs and aptX Adaptive codec support for a great audio experience. The latter ANC model carries additional noise reduction tech that can go up to 40dB to eliminate external disruption so you can enjoy a good round of game or vibe to music however you like.
Price and Preorder Bonus
Preorders for the new vivo X70 and X70 Pro together with the TWS 2e and TWS 2 ANC are all available starting today at the following price and their associated preorder freebies:

X70 (8GB+128GB) @ RM2,499

FREE 1-Year Extended Warranty + Screen Crack Protection
FREE Bluetooth Speaker, Fast Charge Car Charger, RM200 VIU TV Member Credit

X70 Pro (12GB+256GB) @ RM3,299

FREE 1-Year Extended Warranty + Screen Crack Protection
FREE Bluetooth Soundbar, RM400 VIU TV Member Credit

TWS 2e @ RM269

PWP Deal: RM68 when purchased along with X70 series device

TWS 2 ANC @ RM369

PWP Deal: RM98 when purchased along with X70 series device

You may also place your orders on places like Lazada and Shopee in addition to authorized dealers and partner stores.

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New Black Shark 5 series lands in Malaysia from RM2,299

Black Shark Malaysia has fully announced the lineup of its latest gaming smartphone, the Black Shark 5 series.

We’ve previously reported on the latest installment of the gaming phone known for affordability, absolute performance, and the whack ton of accessories, both for the China and local release.
The only thing that is missing out is the Black Shark 5 RS which is exclusively available in certain countries and we are not part of that. Additionally, in order to keep the entry cost down, the base version actually uses the year-old SDM870 chipset and if you’re only playing some of the lighter games, it’s definitely still capable.
Here’s a quick recap of what the specs look like for the base and Pro models.

Black Shark 5

Black Shark 5 Pro

Display

6.67-inch AMOLED (1080p Resolution, Middle Punch Hole Notch, 144Hz Refresh Rate)

6.67-inch AMOLED (1080p Resolution, Middle Punch Hole Notch, 144Hz Refresh Rate, HDR10+ Support, 1 Billion Colors)

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

RAM

Up to 12GB

Up to 16GB

Storage

Up to 256GB

Rear Cameras

Main: 64MP f/1.8 with PDAF
Ultra-Wide: 13MP f/2.4
Macro: 2MP f/2.4

Main: 108MP f/1.8 with PDAF
Ultra-Wide: 13MP f/2.4
Telephoto Macro: 5MP f/2.4 with AF

Front Camera

16MP

Battery

4,650mAh (120W Fast Charge)

Pricing
Both the Black Shark 5 and Black Shark 5 Pro are made to be available in 2 sets of configurations to meet different types of gamers around the country, and they are:

Black Shark 5

8GB+128GB @ RM2,299
12GB+256GB @ RM2,699

Black Shark 5 Pro

12GB+256GB @ RM3,699
16GB+256GB @ RM3,999

You can get them on Black Shark’s Lazada and Shopee right now.

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Samsung Malaysia Officiates Galaxy Note9; Available In 3 Colors

The Galaxy Note9 is finally official here in Malaysia! It’s less than a week since its global launch, and now we have the local launch already. Here, we can see the accessories that Samsung Malaysia is bringing into the market as well.
Firstly, let’s take a look at the Galaxy Note9. We’ve actually already reviewed here – so we’ll only do a quick recap.

Review – Samsung Galaxy Note9: Innovating Forward

Firstly, the new S Pen. It looks the same as before – and that’s true. However, it is now connected to the phone via Bluetooth LE, and works as a remote control.
The brand new Samsung Galaxy Note9 will have a total of 3 colors here in Malaysia – the blue phone with a yellow S Pen, the fully copper-colored phone and S Pen (which we reviewed here), and also the classic full black color.

The Galaxy Note9 retails at RM3,699 for the 128GB version and RM4,599 for the 512GB version.
Honestly speaking, it’s a great phone and after using the Note9 for a few days, I fell in love with it instantly.

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Samsung Galaxy S10 series now has dedicated night mode

After many, many complaints from owners of the Galaxy S10, Samsung has finally decided to add a dedicated night mode to the camera. This patch update also brings forth the April 2019 security patch.
Ever since the release of the Galaxy S10, we have seen many commenters saying that Samsung needs to add a dedicated night mode to take even better night shots. And now with the latest update, we have it.

This new update can now be downloaded on the Galaxy S10e, the Galaxy S10, and also the Galaxy S10+. It is about 200MB in size and comes with a few improvements, particularly the April security patch, camera improvements and the dedicated night mode.

Once you open the camera app after the update, you can access the new night mode by scrolling to the left.

Previously, Samsung’s night mode is hidden behind the scene detection mode only and does not have long exposure shots. Now with this dedicated night mode, it can take long exposure shots while handheld.
Here is a sample comparison picture taken with the new night mode using the Galaxy S10e.
Basic photo mode with scene optimizer turned off.
Basic photo mode with scene optimizer turned on.
With night mode.
With night mode, the picture taken is still in 12MP size. It is definitely brighter overall but there is an apparent loss of detail and we do not recommend cropping the image before posting.
Funnily enough, there is no ability to change the cameras while in night mode. It is locked on the main camera only. The ultrawide and telephoto does not have night mode. At least not yet.

With many other competitors like Huawei, Honor, and even OPPO implementing a dedicated night mode, it is great to see Samsung having their own dedicated night mode as well.
As of now, the latest update for the Galaxy S9 only brings camera picture quality improvement but does not have the night mode. Perhaps on the next update.

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Facebook’s interface for new profile page

Yes, I discovered that Facebook is indeed rolling out a new interface for the user profile page. As you may know, Facebook made an huge announcement that they’ll be changing the entire interface for news feed – but no information about the new user profile profile interface.
So here’s a comparison of the new one and the one we’re all using currently.

Modified one (above) and the one we’re using (below)

My apologies for the removed parts of the screenshot, they’re private stuff in there, but let me compensate back by providing you guys a comparison of both old and new interface in an animation with a 5 second delay. You’ll have to click on it to view, though.

The change – is it for better or for worse? For me it’s definitely for the better. At least now I don’t have to sway to one side while having a look at user profiles to look at their contents on the wall.
What do you think?

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[UPDATE AGAIN] Here’s the Poco F2 Pro; starts at RM2,199; promo price at RM1,999 only

Back in the year 2018, a brand new phone came into the market and killed all the smartphones that played around only with the specs sheet. Packing the latest and greatest hardware and tagged with a low price, the Pocophone F1 is a runaway success. But then the brand went into a hiatus – until now. Introducing, the new Poco F2 Pro.
As it is still a specs-focused smartphone, let’s start with the specs.

6.67-inch Super AMOLED

1080p resolution
60Hz refresh rate

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset
RAM + storage (citation)

6GB RAM + 128GB with UFS 3.0 storage
8GB RAM + 256GB with UFS 3.1 storage

Quadruple rear-facing

Main: 64MP with PDAF
Telephoto + macro: 5 MP with AF
Ultra-wide angle: 13MP
Depth sensor

20MP popup selfie camera
4,700mAh battery

30W wired fast charging

Alright, looking at the specs itself – yes, the Poco F2 Pro is technically the same as the Redmi K30 Pro with a different name. If you’re familiar with what the Redmi K30 Pro has to offer, then there’s nothing new here – perhaps other than the price.
The Poco F2 Pro will be available in two different variants:

6GB RAM + 128GB storage @ €499
8GB RAM + 256GB storage @ €599

From what we can see, it will be available in Malaysia soon, as it is shown and mentioned that it will be on Lazada and Shopee too.

UPDATE: The Malaysian price starts at RM2,199!
It’s quite unexpected for the Poco F2 Pro price to be this low. But hey – they showed me that I’m wrong. Starting 10th June, you can buy the new Poco F2 Pro in two different configurations. The price gap might seem huge, but that’s because of the LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 3.0/UFS 3.1 storage chips having such a big gap in technology.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Exclusive flash of the Poco F2 Pro at only RM1,999!
Just when I thought Poco had won this time when competing with another brand that’s selling last-gen specs with a gimmicky zoom, Poco double-taps on its rival’s head with this announcement.
RM1,999 during the flash sale. That’s a great price!

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[Review] Xiaomi Mi 3

For the first batch, 17 minutes was all it took for Xiaomi to sell 4,000 units of its flagship Mi3 handset in Malaysia. Its best feature – the unbeatable price of just RM889 is perhaps the biggest draw in.

To recap, this is a slightly dated handset, running on a quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor and on par with every other standard high-tiered devices’ specs; 1080p screen, 13 megapixel camera, 2GB RAM with 16GB memory, etc. On paper, this is as good as any top end devices released after the 3rd quarter of 2013. But how does it stand up in real life usage?
As usual, we start off with its strengths. The battery rated at 3050mAh and is enough to power the device for a full day, without having to reserve its usage. In contrast, iPhone 5s battery is rated 1560mAh. I could browse my Facebook (top usage), reply to instant message (Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and LINE), browse for news (Flipboard, Engadget, The Verge, Kotaku etc), playing music (Spotify about 4 hours a day) and even occasionally viewing a few video clips on Youtube. This could be rather subjective without a graph to show but ultimately, the battery drain most when you have the screen turned on. Duh.

The screen, 1080p IPS display, performed as advertised. It’s not remarkable, the color does bias towards unnatural contrast but that is hardly an issue here.

What about other features? The MIUI interface as I came to use it was a love and hate affair. While polished and offered various (read : hundreds) of themes to choose and customize from, it just doesn’t offer the same mature feel that HTC has done for its Sense 6 interface.
I’m not saying that its glitch or pardon the harsh word, useless *cough S-Note, S-Translator, S-whatever cough* but at times, I was looking forward to the simple and effective vanilla Google UI. To the ladies however, MIUI could be the very reason they buy the phone.
MIUI v5 theme by Sam1374 [link]
See what I mean?
Maybe go a little Malaysian with this theme.
MIUI v5 Malaysia’s theme by weikang2753 [link]Or if you can be shameless and apologetically unoriginal (notice the cue), you can even do this.
MIUI v5 theme by AlphaSurfer [link]Another note on its software, one important thing that shoppers overlook is the software updates. Sony was plagued with this issue where the updates are scarce and if any, is months later where another new version of Android is launching soon. Xiaomi and its community of developers and testers promises frequent update with stable built released to the masses every now and then. The history of MIUI had been proven to have one developer build update per week, and once they are stable it is then pushed to all users. Pretty neat!
Camera quality is good. The 13MP Sony Exmor sensor works in tandem with the heavily customized MIUI which produces images which are not too shabby. In fact, it’s on par, if not better than fellow 13MP shooter GS4. The samples from its website does impress deeply.

One perhaps not too surprising find on this phone, since it is advertised on its website being very capable of delivering Immersive Sound. The speaker indeed delivery loud but sufficiently clear output and on the audio front, it does adapt to the type of earphone you are using. Sound production, without being scientific, was crisp even without equalizer interference. *cough Beats Audio cough*

Now to count its weaknesses. The endearing device’s seemingly solid build seems to be its own bane. The flat slab design makes it rather hard to grip. Perhaps as the layer of graphite slowly integrates with the oil from my hand, it will improve. But until then, investing on a case seems to be a sound idea.

Not a weakness but rather deficiency, it could use a micro SD card slot with the growing content nowadays. 16 GB minus its internal software, 13 GB can easily be squandered with camera photos (average 1.4 mb per image), HD videos, or even to play some magnificent 1080p videos off the Mi 3.
Now to sum it up, this device is never meant to be crowned champion of smartphones. There is no true innovative advantage over any flagship smartphones out there. We can find better screen with LG G3 and its cousin, Oppo Find7, better sound and UI in HTC One, better camera with Sony’s Z2 and Mi3 doesn’t even have 4K video capabilities. There are even cheaper alternatives being the Asus ZenPhone and Huawei’s array of new phones. Then, what does Xiaomi’s Mi3 do?

What it does, is to bundle all the essentials of a modern smartphone, plus some more in the form of lesser price tag. It doesn’t offer you the state of the art capabilities but it does offer an all round experience, lifted out from a Nexus 5 and improved upon the looks, the specs and some could argue, the UI. The phone may not give you any boasting rights over any of its competitors but you’ll be delighted by it nonetheless. Remember how GT-R ruffled the turf of Ferraris and Lamborghinis? Mi3 comes quite close.

Score :  Screen                                                                                9
Call / Connectivity                                                              9
Performance                                                                          8
Software                                                                                8
Battery                                                                                8
Camera                                                                                7
Design                                                                                7
Speaker                                                                                9
Build                                                                                8
Price                                                                                10

Final Score                                                                              8.3
If you’re looking for a great Android phone on a budget, look no further.

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Kingston is your king of SSD for 2021

Kingston’s 2021 seems to be a great one as they have been crowned as the best SSD seller for last year.

Thanks to TRENDFOCUS providing the data, we can know that Kingston’s win comes from the 22.2% unit market share that equals 22.3 million client SSDs shipped just last year alone. Specifically, Q4 saw the most amount of growth at 26.8% due to the brand launching a couple of new products including the KC3000 PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD which has gathered a lot of positive responses.
The rapid adoption of solid-state drives by the notebook and laptop market is also one of the main contributing factors as digital education stormed through the tech industry in recent years skyrocketed the sales of mobile PCs and in turn, SSDs as even the bare minimum but still competent devices are expected to host at least a 256GB drive.
To be fair, when you buy anything you’ll always go for reputable brands first and with Kingston being the face of memory products (And that stone statue logo, for one), it’s hard to not pick them aside from personal preference or setup purposes.

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EMUI 9.0 Officially Available For Honor 10, Honor View10 & Honor Play

For all those who are using the wildly popular Honor 10, Honor View10, and Honor Play, then Christmas came early for you!0 – which we are interested to try. When we reviewed the Mate 20 Pro, PUBG Mobile was not updated to support that particular phone just yet – we do not know how well it actually performs.
Whichever the case may be, be sure to update to EMUI 9.0 when it is available – that’ll give your Honor smartphones a breath of fresh air too!

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Behold – the Galaxy S22 series is finally here!

The brand new Galaxy S22 series of smartphones is finally here! We had some time with all of the 3 phones, so let’s take a look at what’s new.
If you want to just watch me talk about what’s new, then watch our video here. We literally made this entire video within 12 hours, so please watch it.

We also have yet another video where we talked about the Galaxy Tab S8 series of tablets as well.

Galaxy S22 Ultra
Technically, the new Galaxy S22 Ultra is what the Galaxy Note series is supposed to be. Samsung literally integrated the Note into the S series and calling it the S22 Ultra. That actually makes sense since the Galaxy Note series used to be the Galaxy S series of phones but with a different design and with the S Pen inside.

The Galaxy S22 Ultra is available in a total of 4 different colors, and they’re all in a matte finish as well:

Phantom White
Phantom Black
Green
Burgundy

The Galaxy S22 Ultra is also using the Armour Aluminium chassis to provide extra strength, and comes with Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+ for both front and back of the phone too.

When it comes to the chipset, that’s where things get interesting. For the first time here in Malaysia, we’re getting the Snapdragon version – this time is the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. It’s disappointing, honestly. Just when the Exynos chipset is getting interesting with the AMD GPU, we get the Snapdragon chip.

Anyway, Samsung is also repurposing discarded fishnets to manufacture parts of the phone, as what we’ve discussed here.

Oh – Samsung is also collaborating with LAMY – the pen brand – to create this unique pen that can be a ballpoint pen or an S Pen by just twisting the top. Neat!

Samsung also flexed their engineering skills this time as they’ve retained a 5,000mAh battery inside the phone despite having to sacrifice some space for the S Pen to be slotted inside the phone.
This new S Pen also got an upgrade as its latency has been decreased from 9ms to 2.8ms thanks to the new AI-based coordinate prediction technology and Wacom’s new hardware.

Samsung also expanded the inter-device connectivity as the new Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra and the Galaxy S22 Ultra can work together. One example Samsung gave is connecting the S22 Ultra with the Tab S8, then the S22 Ultra becomes a tools palette and the Tab S8 becomes a big canvas, free of distraction.

Let’s now talk about the cameras of the Galaxy S22 Ultra. The main 108MP camera sensor got upgraded to a larger size and Samsung focused a lot in terms of night photography this time around. We’ll spare you the details since we rather show you the pictures instead of just talking about it.

What’s good is that both Pro Mode and the downloadable Expert RAW app are available on the Galaxy S22 Ultra too! I have to tell you that the Expert RAW app is one of the best features available on the Galaxy S21 Ultra and I’m glad we’ll have it on the S22 Ultra too.

Samsung is also collaborating with Snapchat to bring native support for Super Resolution and Night Mode so that we can shoot amazing pictures and videos directly from the Snapchat app.

Oh – one new accessory Samsung is releasing in tandem with the Galaxy S22 series is this universal adapter thing that allows your phones to use professional-grade lens filters too. The example we had was an ND filter but we can literally screw in any filters we want – like UV filters or polarizers.

Two more things to mention before we move on – I compared the camera bumps on the Galaxy S21 Ultra and the Galaxy S22 Ultra and I found out that they’re both pretty much the same thickness but the Galaxy S22 Ultra’s bump feels smaller since it doesn’t have that big bulge.
S21 Ultra vs S22 Ultra
The battery is the same as before – 5,000mAh, but the charging speed got bumped back up to 45W wired fast charging – so that’s good. There is no charger packed together in the box, just like the S21 series.
Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S22+
This time around, for the design of these two phones, they have a flat surface for both the front and back glass, which is also covered by the Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+ and has the Armoured Aluminium chassis for rigidity. The back is also in the same matte finish, by the way.

As for the colors available, they’re a little different this time around:

Phantom White
Phantom Black
Green
Pink Gold

In terms of specs, there are a few changes here and there. For both the Galaxy S22 and S22+, the camera got tweaked – they’re kinda similar to the Galaxy A72.

Main: 50MP
Ultrawide: 12MP
Telephoto with 3x zoom: 10MP

The battery capacity of these two phones also got tuned down by 300mAh, so the S22 is now at 3,700mAh and the S22+ is at 4,500mAh. Honestly, I consider the S21’s 4,000mAh to be the bare minimum and now they’re just downgrading it.

The charging speed of the Galaxy S22+ got improved to 45W wired fast charging though. However, the Galaxy S22 is only at 25W.
New software update support policy
I’ve seen the leaks and rumors saying that the Samsung Galaxy S22 series will be getting 4 years of Android updates and 5 years of security patches. I have personally asked the team here – and yes, that is indeed true.

I’m amazed as Samsung is stepping up their already-great software update policy to literally be the best in the whole Android smartphone market. Not even Google themselves is able to beat Samsung’s commitment.
Specs
Here’s a quick rundown of the specs for both the Galaxy S22 Ultra and the Galaxy S22 | S22+.

Galaxy S22

Galaxy S22+

Galaxy S22 Ultra

Display

6.1-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X (FHD+, 120Hz Refresh Rate, 240Hz Sampling Rate)

6.6-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X (FHD+, 120Hz Refresh Rate, 240Hz Sampling Rate)

6.8-inch Edge Dynamic AMOLED 2X (QHD+, 120Hz Refresh Rate, 240Hz Sampling Rate, 100% DCI-P3)

Processor

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (Malaysia)

RAM

8GB

Up to 12GB

Storage

Up to 256GB

Up to 1TB

Rear Camera

50MP Wide f/1.8 with Dual Pixel AF, OIS
12MP Ultra-Wide f/2.2
10MP Telephoto f.2,4 with 3x Optical Zoom, OIS

108MP Wide f/1.8 with Dual Pixel AF
12MP Ultra-Wide f/2.2
10MP Telephoto f/2.4 with 3x Optical Zoom
10MP Telephoto f/4.9 with 10x Optical Zoom

Front Camera

10MP f/2.2

40MP f/2.2

Battery

3,700mAh (25W Fast Charge, 15W Wireless, Reverse Charge)

4,500mAh (45W Fast Charge, 15W Wireless, Reverse Charge)

5,000mAh (45W Fast Charge, 15W Wireless, Reverse Charge)

Color

Phantom Black
Phantom White
Pink Gold
Green

Phantom Black
Burgundy
White
Green

Pricing and availability
Surprisingly, we actually got the information before publishing this article! For us here in Malaysia, here are the details. All of the below will be widely available in carrier and unlocked variants starting 10th February 2022.

Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra

Colors available

Phantom Black
Phantom Silver
Green
Burgundy

Price

128GB @ RM5,099
256GB @ RM5,499
512GB @ RM5,899

Samsung Galaxy S22+

Colors available

Phantom Black
Phantom Silver
Green
Pink Gold

Price

128GB @ RM4,099
256GB @ RM4,299

Samsung Galaxy S22

Colors available

Phantom Black
Phantom Silver
Green
Pink Gold

Price

128GB @ RM3,499
256GB @ RM3,699

We will continue to update this page when we have more information regarding the availability, promotions, and whatnot.
In the meantime, check out our coverage of the Galaxy Tab S8 series!

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Grab’s new safety mechanism AudioProtect has been enabled starting today to make all disputes fair and square

Grab has added a brand-new AudioProtect function that aims to improve the safety of its user and safeguard the interest of both parties in general.

Rolling out in phases starting today, drivers and passengers will have the ability to turn on AudioProtect which enables audio recordings during the ride and if needed, used as evidence in case any sort of accident or dispute happens.
Deployed as a security measure, its main job is to provide greater peace of mind while serving as a fallback plan so that no matter you go, Grab is always there for support. It also boosts the responsibility and commitment of Grab’s partners and drivers by reducing any sort of unhappy events caused by miscommunication.
Regardless of the driver or normal user, AudioProtect is seated within the Safety Center section within Account Settings listed as ‘Recording’ with states of either ‘ON’ or ‘OFF’. For full flexibility, you can toggle it to active or inactive depending on your needs.
Grab also made sure that the recordings is encrypted locally and stored within the device only, and only send to them when an official report was made. If not used within 5 days, the voice will be history, leaving no traces behind.
Perhaps I need this for my GrabFood order as well lmao.

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Google Delivery Drone In Testing Phase

In the wake of Amazon’s drone delivery testing, Google is also initiating their own drone delivery research. In Australia, a proof of concept robot is being tested under ‘Project Wing’ by Google X. It is to show that delivery by drones are actually possible.
Modern day drones are commonly capable of vertical take-off and landing. Drones are highly capable and have the agility advantage since the entire flight are fully automated. A delivery mechanism is the first key to this concept where the drone must deliver the package safely without getting it lost or damage. Another challenge is to avoid other airborne aircraft or entity. Google does have the experience in the automation field since they are also working on autonomous land vehicle projects.

With drones, things could be more efficient and faster since everything would be autonomous and simultaneous. We could only imagine drones flying by in groups just like birds in the skies in he near future. Drones that deliver packages, conducting surveys and sorts of stuff. Check out the video below where they introduce Project Wing.

Via – Popular Science

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35th TGV Cinemas officiated in Central i-City; comes with Samsung Onyx & IMAX

Today is the day – TGV’s 35th cinema in Malaysia has just been officiated in Central i-City at Shah Alam. It is radically different from the usual TGV Cinemas as it has many different parts to augment your cinema experience – particularly while waiting for the movie to start.
TGV also relaunched the TGV MovieClub with new features and extending. Sign-up is free and comes with lifetime membership and extended reward validity for upto 2 years. Other benefits to name a few include earning MovieMovie on all transactions and access to Advance Sales on selected titles.

Deluxe is the new standard
This new TGV Cinema brings forth a few different kinds of radical changes:

Royal Selangor and Chatime is inside TGV Cinema, bringing in a retail experience into the cinema hall itself.
The Deluxe hall is the new standard. Utmost comfort with the affordable price.
3 different additional types of special cinema halls

Family-friendly hall
Samsung ONYX
IMAX

Family-friendly hall
Let’s first start off by explaining to you what is the new family-friendly hall. In this case, TGV Cinemas has createda secondary home for the little ones. This hall also has a playroom that is adjacent to the cinema hall. With that said, there are diaper-changing areas in the cinema hall itself too.

Comes with seats specially designed for the little ones and there are also round bed-like seats as well. Very comfortable, if you ask me.
Samsung ONYX

This is Samsung’s best-in-class display for the perfect cinema viewing experience as the Samsung ONYX is using the world’s largest LED screen. Samsung has been a pioneer in the world of LED displays for years now and the ONYX Cinema LED screen in this cinema has a size of 45.93 feed wide and 16.4 feet high. It is also the world’s first DPI-compliant HDR LED theater. It has a peak brightness of 146fL (foot-Lambert) too.

With that said, LED screens have the best contrast as too since its black colors are really just the pixels turned off. The black color is really just black. No light at all.

The Samsung ONYX cinema hall here also has a very comfortable recliner chair with lots of leg space. Depending on which row you are seated, you can adjust your seat to get the best and most comfortable viewing experience.

On a side note, this TGV Cinema in i-City Mall Shah Alam also has lots of Samsung charging stations scattered throughout the vicinity. There are lots of wireless charging pads and also a few USB-powered charging ports too. You can sit around the lounge and charge your device(s) while waiting for your movie.
IMAX
IMAX has this iconic massive floor-to-ceiling screen that has 26% more more visual real estate than any other big-screen format in the world. Literally, the entire wall is the screen itself.

It also has an immersive sound system as its bass can really vibrate your butt. There are laser-aligned speaker placements to cater to the specific hall, so that you will get the most optimum surround sound experience guaranteed.

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Genshin Impact 1.5 arrives at April 28 – Eula/Yanfei banner, Azhdaha, Housing, PS5 support and more!

miHoYo has announced the official date for Genshin Impact’s version 1.5 update which is April 28 that brings new content alongside release for the Playstation 5 platform.

With a major patch, there are always new characters to test your gacha luck. This time Cryo 5-star Eula and Pyro 4-star Yanfei will be added to the game where Eula excels in handling Claymore and dishing out AoE damage while buffing resistance to interruption through Elemental Skills and Bursts while Yanfei plays similarly to Klee which if you have one, they are practically the same in most cases but she’s not limited so it is easy to get her to high Constellation levels if you wished to spam your luck on Eula.
Additional CGs spawned by hangout events towards Noelle and Diona will be added as well (Back to key grinding I guess) plus a new event quest that directly rewards all players with a Diona which is useful for both collections and Constellation upgrades. In addition to these story-based contents, Zhongli returns yet again for another lesson in Liyue’s history and yes, his banner rerun is also expected for this patch too, thanks to some leaked info.

2 high-difficulty mobs are added into the latest patch as well as ‘Lord of Vishaps’ Azhdaha blasts travelers with multi-element attacks and terrain skills but reward those with rare drops on a weekly basis for those who managed to defeat him while Cryo Hypostasis will be introduced as a Boss type enemy that provides Level-Up mats like its other Hypostasis friends.

The highly requested system which is housing is also being added to the game for the first time in the form of Serenitea Pot, a brand new item. Decorate your home as you wish through different house and realm styles that also include a bit of outdoor area as well. You can get some of your questions answered through the Q&A Developer Discussion post.
Sticking to the topic of metagaming, the gameplay has also been adjusted to amp up the player experience quality such as the first 3 Trounce Domain weekly rewards now cost only 50% as much and Co-Op mode providing 2x Companionship EXP points.
Check out the trailer for more action coming next week.

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Solar Powered Aircraft Soars

Solar Impulse have finally made its solar powered aircraft fully functional! The development of this particular type of aircraft has been long in development but only recently it took an international flight from Switzerland to Belgium.

It does not end there. Solar Impulse is now planning to fly the craft across the USA in a five-stage transcontinental flight. The speed of the aircraft will be at 70 KM/H, making the flight last for three days. The craft will only stop every 24 hours where at each stop, it will be on display to educate the public about this new type of aircraft which will be conducted for 10 days.

This thing is flying on nothing  but solar power. By 2015, Solar Impulse says that their target would be to fly around the world.
-Via Dvice.com

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Honor View10 Arrives To Malaysia; Priced At RM2,099

When we first got a look at the Honor View10 about a month ago here, it was… reminiscent of the roots of what Honor’s brand is supposed to be. It’s low-priced with great specs – and that’s exactly what the Honor View10 is all about.
It is equipped with HiSilicon’s Kirin 970 chipset with 6GB of RAM with a humongous 128GB storage. With these specs, the Honor View10 is actually comparable to the Huawei Mate 10 Pro. It is also capable of doing what the Huawei Mate 10 and Pro variant are touting – artificial intelligence, or AI for short.

AI seems to be Huawei and Honor’s future, as they’ve been touting these AI cameras for quite some time now. With a 16MP + 20MP with f/1.8 aperture dual-lens cameras, the Honor View10 boast “professional pictures to be taken in the blink of an eye”.
It’s also equipped with a humongous 3,750mAh battery alongside with Honor’s SuperCharge technology which promises 50% of charge within just 30 minutes.

The Honor View10 is definitely an interesting smartphone, as it has the latest and greatest specs offered by Huawei and Honor. It also doesn’t come with a ridiculous price. Take it this way – it’s a cheaper Huawei Mate 10 Pro with the same specs, other than the camera and the screen’s panel.
All these for the price of just RM2,099. Pre-order starts from 8th and ends at 10th January. Comes in both black and blue colors.
But wait – there’s more. Be the first 1,000 customers to pre-order and you’ll get exclusive gift set that is worth RM699. You get the Honor Band A2 and a Final Fantasy Redemption Card. Though, the Honor Band A2 is priced at only ~RM150, and I doubt that the Final Fantasy Redemption Card is worth RM550.
You can pre-order them from all the major online e-commerce sites – Vmall, Lazada, Shoppee, and 11Street.

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Pre-order the ZTE Blade A5 2020 starting today and get RM158 worth of freebies

As per the announcement, you can now pre-order the ZTE Blade A5 2020 from now as ZTE Malaysia is bringing it into Malaysia on 16th March 2020.
One thing that stood out to me immediately is the rear-firing speaker design. I have not seen such a speaker system on a smartphone for many years – which goes to show how much of an entry-level device this smartphone really is.

The ZTE Blade A5 2020 can be pre-ordered via its official store on Shopee and score those freebies togeher. In conjunction with Shopee’s 4.4 Brands Festival, you can get other forms of discounts and vouchers for ZTE products as well from 20th March until 4th April.

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[UPDATE 1] Megalist: Which Smartphone Brands Are Absorbing SST?

So I think we’re all wondering – which brand is affected by SST and which brands aren’t? SST rates ranges from 5% to 10% – which is a big gap and within the category of electronics alone. It is confusing, yes – but here we’re creating a big list to tell you everything you need to know.

At this point of transitioning to SST, products that are in the market right now will have to adjust its prices to accommodate for SST. Some brands will absorb SST, and some will not. There are many brands  which still have not announced any price change nor confirmed SST absorption.

Some brands have officially announced their absorption of SST via press release or Facebook posting, and some are still awaiting confirmation.
The list of brands that are absorbing SST are as below:

Samsung (source)
OPPO (source)
Vivo (source)
ASUS smartphones (unofficial; compared the prices at their LazMall store)
Acer (source)
OnePlus (source)
Machines (Apple) (source)
Switch (Apple) (source)

These brands are not absorbing SST are as below:

Huawei (comparing before (RM1,899) and after (RM1,919) prices for Nova 3)
Pocophone (source)
Alcatel (unconfirmed, hinted here)

These brands are absorbing SST for some of their products:

Nokia (source)
Xiaomi (source)

These brands have not provided any update on the prices after SST:

Sony
HTC
Neffos
Lenovo
Honor
Meizu
Nubia

We’ll continue updating the list when we have more information and confirmation from the brands themselves. Until then, be a smart shopper and know what items have SST.

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HTC U12 Life Launched; Priced At RM1,399

HTC just launched a brand new smartphone in the market that is aimed towards the mid-range audience with the new U12 Life. It packs with specs that we think is actually pretty good.
The all new HTC U12 Life packs a 6-inch display with 18:9 aspect ratio and a resolution of 2160×1080. Comes with Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 chipset with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage and expandable via microSD card, the HTC U12 Life seems to be in a pretty good position. It even comes with a 3,600mAh battery as well.

As for the cameras, HTC is boasting a dual rear-facing cameras with 16MP f/2.0 + 5MP depth sensor and another 13MP f/2.0 selfie camera with backside illumination (BSI) sensor. Though once again, no autofocusing.
A few interesting things to note here is that the HTC U12 Life has a USB-C port, 3.5mm audio jack, and also NFC.

The HTC U12 Life is available right now in two colors – Moonlight Blue and Twilight Purple at the price of RM1,399.

On paper, the HTC U12 Life seems to be a pretty good contender in the mid-range market. However, I do still feel that the price is a little bit too high for the specs that it offers. HTC really needs to trim down the price a little to compete in the market.
At this point of time, the ASUS ZenFone 5 actually has all of the same specs but a lot cheaper. However, for those who have already used HTC Sense UI since the early days – you’ll know that certain special feel that only the HTC Sense UI can offer. To be frank, I still think HTC’s Sense UI is one of the UI that makes sense – pun intended.

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Set daily Facebook timer now to kick addiction

Let’s face it – Facebook is an integral part of many of our daily lives because of how many people are using it and how nearly everyone uses it. Some of us rely on Facebook to have our businesses going too.
With that said, Facebook – out of all people – has implemented a feature to actually let you see your time spent on the Facebook app. Yes, only mobile for now. This little feature is hidden inside the app itself and can be accessible through here.

It displays the time you spent on the Facebook app over the week and calculates an average for you too. Scrolling down this menu shows you a few more options – to change how your news feed shows new posts, to add more friends (ironically), and also to set a daily reminder on how long you have used Facebook.

I’ve set it to a reasonable time of 30 minutes. Everyday whenever I use the Facebook app for 30 minutes, a notification will appear and tell me that my time is up. Instead of locking the Facebook app out for the day entirely, the reminder can be dismissed and continue using the Facebook app. After all, it is still just a reminder.

This reminder is independent of phones so if you have multiple phones, you will have to manually set the timer again for both phones. Quite troublesome but at least it works.
My 30 minutes is up for the day.
Also within that menu is where you can mute push notifications. I have been getting lot of random notifications from groups that I have joined but never signed up for notifications at all. Through this option, I am able to disable all of the notifications, making it less stressful and annoying whenever I hear my phone chime again.

This can honestly assist in kicking out the Facebook addiction issue as even I found myself to be using Facebook app more than an hour a day. Also, less time on Facebook so I can have more time for people face-to-face.

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Taylor Swift : Apple Music is "shocking" and "disappointing"

We all know Taylor Swift – but not many of us know about Apple Music, Apple’s very own music streaming service, much like what Spotify and Google Play Music is doing.

There’s a sweet deal for using Apple Music – it’s coming to Android too, and you get 3 months of free trial for those who sign up for their service. However there’s a twist – as Taylor Swift says it, “Apple Music will not be paying writers, producers, or artists for those three months”.
Taylor Swift claims that this isn’t about her, but about the newcomers to music who can’t financially support themselves just yet. This is about the producer who works tirelessly to innovate and create, just like the innovators and creators at Apple are pioneering in their field…but will not get paid for a quarter of a year’s worth of plays on his or her songs.
You can read her open letter at the link here.

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Enhanced edition Samsung Galaxy SmartTag+ now better than ever at RM109

The Samsung Galaxy SmartTag is a neat little device that we have found pretty practical and fun to use which we originally thought was a “Nice to see, Nice to have” kind of thing. Today, Samsung Malaysia has brought in the Galaxy SmartTag+, an enhanced edition, and obviously a better version.

Now packed with both Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and Ultra Wide Band (UWB), you now can apply AR technology through your Galaxy smartphone (UWB-supported) to find your missing item by showing you where it is and how to get to it – something like a navigational guide in video games. You can also make it ring a loud noise once you have moved in close enough, in case it slipped into somewhere that is completely covered up.
If AR is not your thing, you can also use the SmartThings app to find your missing tagged belongings. Due to smart synchronization, any connected devices or appliances within your ring of SmartThings connection will pick up the BLE signal and sends you a notification about the exact location. Signals in between the devices are encrypted so don’t need to afraid of nearby people spying on your movements.
Being an upgraded version, of course, it still does what it does like turning off a lamp in your room while you’re outside of your house with a simple tap and several functions can be mapped for a more comprehensive experience.
Launch Offer
To encourage more people into trying this useful and practical device, Samsung Malaysia has offered the whole line of Galaxy SmartTag on sale for a limited time that lasts across the entire month of June. Now it might be the best time to get one to try it out and perhaps grab a few more if you really liked it.

Galaxy SmartTag+ (Denim Blue, Black): RM109
Galaxy SmartTag (Oatmeal, Black): RM99 / RM159 (Pack of 2)

Catch the deals directly at Samsung’s official web store.

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Lenovo shows off new IdeaPad products at MWC 2023

A couple of new IdeaPad products by Lenovo have been announced by the brand at Mobile World Congress 2023 happening over in Barcelona.

The name of the game this time around is dedicated to extremely lightweight users in the form of the latest generation of IdeaPad Duet 3i. The detachable form factor is powered by an efficient Intel N series CPU for students and any jobs that primarily deal with paperwork.
At just 8.95mm, one can bring it around and complete their task anywhere they wish thanks to everything being easily removable, including the touchscreen and keyboard. Turning back the subject back to the display, it has been upgraded to an 11.5-inch 2K panel with a 100% DCI-P3 color gamut.
The overall battery longevity is also quite good at up to 8.5 hours per full charge while the 8MP rear + 5MP front camera can be useful in terms of serving as a webcam and temporary photography device.

On the other hand, Chromebook fans may like the IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook equipped with MediaTek Kompanio 500 series processor in a 14-inch form factor that hosts an FHD IPS touchscreen with 100% sRGB, resulting in up to 13.5 hours of use time that eliminates the need to carry power bricks around.
At just 1.3kg, it is light enough to not overburden the shoulders and you may find some good points all around as well including USB-C ports, an FHD webcam with a physical shield, tuned front-faced speakers, and more.
Price and Availability
The Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 3i will launch officially starting June at the starting price of EUR449 (~RM2,140.03) while the IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook comes slightly earlier in May and starts from EUR339 (~RM1,663.41).

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Arm’s 2nd COMPUTEX 2021 keynote aims to deliver discussions regarding AI and Machine Learning topics

Following the steps of fellow CEO Simon Segars at COMPUTEX 2021, Arm’s IP Products Group President will be joining in by delivering the 2nd keynote at 3 p.m. today.

As many industries have begun to prioritize the engagement of digital transformation, the tech world especially the AI and Machine Learning fields are more than crucial nowadays in order to help all digital businesses through automatic and smart optimization. This is related to what the President, Rene Haas will deliver during the keynote: Everything about the 2 fields through the eyes of an industry expert.
Arm’s session will be starting at 3.15 p.m sharp so it is best to get ready at 3 p.m. for getting all the insightful reveal by Mr. Haas from the beginning until the end.
You can RSVP for the event here: https://virtual.computextaipei.com.tw/events/arm

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Li-Fi Data Transfer Technology Coming Soon!

Light Fidelity that is! It is the new wireless data transmission technology made popular by Harald Haas at TED 2011. A parisian company, Oledcomm, said that they will have Li-Fi implemented devices on the consumer market next year.

Alright, Li-Fi is nothing like our current WiFI radio. Li-Fi uses light to transfer data instead of radio waves. The way it work is pretty much like your old, old phone uses the IR port to transfer data, as any obstructions in between or even slightly misalignment will have the data transfer end up in a catastrophe. Li-Fi’s light beam is pulsates to represent data in binaries. The data beam are actually visible.
Because of how this data is focused or directed to the intended recipient, this may make your data connection more secure as they will have to be in the path of the beam to intercept your visible data. Just imagine a light bulb, they will not only illuminate the environment but  it also contains data!
If you are still having a hard time to imagine this, here is a video of that data in light beam in action.

What’s even more amazing about this technology is that it is faster than Wi-Fi. WAY FASTER! So far, Oledcomm claimed that it can achieve 3 Gbps in their lab and expecting to break the 10 Gbps.It is like fiber optic technology but without those fiber optic cables. Just like how Wi-Fi is without the copper cable.  Well, not literally since we know that copper cables transmit electrical pulse and Wi-Fi emanates electromagnetic waves.
I can see that we can now hide data in light beams 😀 Imagine pointing that Li-Fi sensor of yours at a random light source and getting hidden data that somebody want you to find it. Soon, LED will stand for Light Emitting Data 😀
-Via Dvice

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