DualSense Edge, a.k.a. The PS5 Pro Controller, Is Finally Here

DualSense Edge is the Long-Rumoured PS5 Pro Controller

Get a first look at the DualSense Edge wireless controller: https://t.co/PJEVb216T2
Customizable controls, back buttons, changeable stick caps, on-controller interface and more pic.twitter.com/sAtVdrg6Us
— PlayStation (@PlayStation) August 23, 2022

After rumours of the PlayStation team working on a PS5 Pro controller, the DualSense Edge has been officially unveiled. This will be better than the original DualSense controller and, in one way or another, provide the necessary edge over the Xbox brand of controllers, namely the Xbox Elite.
The DualSense Edge generally looks like the original but it comes with a number of extra features. For starters, you can adjust stick sensitivity, deadzones, remap buttons, and change the analog stick caps along with the back buttons. You can even have multiple game profiles stored inside the controller, much like how gaming mouse and keyboard works in this day and age.

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There are also extra Fn buttons which will allow you to quickly change between profiles, adjust chat volume and game volume. The D-pad is not interchangeable, nor can you swap positions with the analog stick so if that’s the kind of controller you’re looking for, you might need to wait a while longer for a viable solution.
Unfortunately, the pricing and availability of the DualSense Edge controller isn’t available at the moment. We will report more on this as soon as information becomes available so stay tuned.
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Pokdepinion: As much as I am excited to give this a try, I personally don’t mind sticking to the original since it’s already so good and is adequately sized. This differs a lot on the PS4, where I feel that the DualShock 4 is a bit too small for my hands.
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AMD working on more HBM GPUs, priority to HBM 2.0 capacity

The AMD R9 Fury series with the Fiji silicon are the first to implement high bandwidth memory (HBM), and it seems like they won’t be the last, as AMD is hard at work designing a whole range of GPUs using HBM.

The new chips will pave the way for AMD to introduce mobile GPUs with HBM technology. The advantages that HBM brings to the table, including smaller PCB area needed for the same amount of VRAM and improved power efficiency, makes its use in notebooks an extremely attractive proposition. The smaller chip and board area as well as the power efficiency gains that HBM enables would have a more profound impact on notebooks where power and size are much more strict limitations than what we typically see on the desktop. AMD has already shown what it can do with the compact PCBs of the R9 Fury X and R9 Nano.

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AMD is reportedly also working on a whole new generation of cards which are code-named Artic Islands with their flagship GPU named Greenland. This new generation will debut with HBM 2.0 technology and a new process node along the lines of 14/16nm. AMD is also supposedly getting first dibs on HBM 2.0 production capacity, thanks to the 7 year partnership with SK Hynix co-developing the HBM standard. Getting priority in HBM 2.0’s initial production capacity will mean NVIDIA will be left sitting on their hands with insufficient HBM 2.0 chips to produce their Pascal-based graphics cards for some time. HBM 2.0 is the next generation of the standard with improvements in bandwidth, data rates, and increases the maximum amount of VRAM from the 4GB limit in HBM 1.0 to 32GB in HBM 2.0.

SOURCE: WCCFTech

Pokdepinion: The upcoming mobile HBM GPUs may mean that we will be seeing more AMD mobile GPUs used by OEMs. When I was choosing my laptop last year, there were very few AMD options. MSI had several choices but the AMD GPUs were paired with AMD CPUs also which were weaker than Intel’s solutions. Finally some competition. And the choice of a red or green sticker on the palmrests of your laptop. Next, we are very interested to find out NVIDIA’s response to AMD’s priority for the initial HBM 2.0 production capacity. They might spend the time waiting for the production capacity of HBM 2.0 chips to increase by optimizing the GPUs further. They don’t have a choice of going with GDDR5 for the earlier stages and swapping out to HBM 2.0 when there is sufficient supply, as the implementations are very different.

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HUAWEI Aims To Release An Affordable 5G Smartphone — With A Price Tag Around ~RM611

Not many will argue that devices that comes with new technology, well they aren’t pretty cheap. In this case we’re talking about 5G, which looks set to to be the current trend. It seems that HUAWEI plans on making the technology affordable and make it accessible for users to experience it.
Affordable is very subjective. So how ‘affordable’ is it really? Well according to reports, HUAWEI seeks to release a smartphone that costs around US$150 (~RM611). At the current moment and outside of our country, the cheapest 5G smartphone that you could possibly get is the Redmi K30 5G that’s priced at US$285 (~RM1,160).
5G was seen as a feature only available on top-tier smartphone but seeing Snapdragon and MediaTek has released mid-range 5G chipset. It’ll be interesting to see if HUAWEI produces a 5G chip in that segment, seeing their only offering for 5G support is the Kirin 990.

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Needless to say, it’ll be interesting to see whether HUAWEI will manage to release such a device, which they plan on releasing at the end of this year or early of 2021. Stay tuned to Pokde.net for more updates.
Pokdepinion: Who wouldn’t want top features to come at affordable prices, right? Let’s hope they achieve it.
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ASUS hints towards its first Zennovation event on 4th January 2017 — “expand your vision and stretch the imagination”

In this 2016, we have witnessed the ASUS Zenvolution campaign which launched of the ASUS Zenfone 3 series. The line-up is consisting of the ASUS Zenfone 3 Max, Zenfone 3 Laser, Zenfone 3, Zenfone 3 Ultra and Zenfone 3 Deluxe. For the coming year, 2017, ASUS has already planned its  campaign with its first Zennovation event on CES 2017.
The event scheduled on 4th January 2017 which falls during CES 2017, Las Vegas. There are no specific details of what will be making an appearance at the event, yet. But the banner actually give us some hint with the “expand your vision and stretch the imagination”.The galaxy art resembles an iris and should be a hint at what’s coming. Iris or eye could mean something related to visual or optical. Considering this year’s focus on the ASUS Zenfone 3’s camera, further innovation in that area could be highly probable.

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If we take a look at 2016 smartphone’s trends, we saw a lot of smartphone manufacturers pack their flagship smartphones with powerful front cameras, like the OPPO F1s and Vivo V5. Some of them mounted dual-lens camera setups like we found on the Huawei P9, Honor 8 and iPhone 7 Plus. Last but not least, the Hasselblad True Zoom module for Moto Z and Z Play pushes the boundaries of smartphone photography.
ASUS could also be planning to launch the rumored ASUS Zenfone AR, a smartphone to run Tango, Google’s augmented reality technology which right now can only be found on the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro. Or, will we see a Zenfone 3 Zoom? We will definitely keep you updated as we receive more news!

Pokdepinion: We should be seeing a new flagship device with the flagship-class Snapdragon 835, and hopefully a new member in the unique Padfone series.
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Win New Samsung Galaxy Buds+ With Samsung Reward’s Select and Win Product Contest

Samsung Pay users are in for a treat with the Select and Win Product Contest from Samsung Reward. Many people earn Samsung Rewards Points when they use the contactless payment system since it is convenient and safe, and they can now add winning fantastic rewards to the list!
Samsung Reward’s Select and Win Product Contest

Put your Samsung Rewards Points to use from 30th September to 31st October 2021. You simply need 100 Samsung Rewards Points to redeem one entry. There is no limit to the number of entries. As a result, the more you redeem, the greater your chances are.

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Just follow the steps below to participate in the Select and Win Product Contest:

Redeem one (1) entry with 100 Samsung Rewards Points.
 Fill in your delivery information and answer “Yes” or “No” to the statement: “Samsung Pay adds a level of security to your payment information”.
Multiple entries are allowed, you can redeem as many entries as you can!

Check out the prizes that can be won in the contest:

Samsung Galaxy Buds+ x1
Samsung Galaxy Fit x1
Samsung Galaxy Fit-e x1
Giant RM50 e-voucher x1
TNG e-Wallet Reload PIN RM50 e-voucher x1

For more information on Samsung Reward’s Select and Win Product Contest, head over to the official website right here (the URL can only be accessed from an Android device). Samsung Pay can be downloaded from the Play Store or the Samsung Galaxy Store.
Pokdepinion: The contest sounds simple enough to join. I wonder what to get to earn that 100 points so that I can qualify for the contest?
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[SPOILERS] The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel Review; A Must-Have for J-RPG Fanatics

Our review of the PC port of Nihon Falcom’s J-RPG, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel. Fair warning, there will be some spoilers in here.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel Review

When it comes to role-playing games (RPGs), you’ll often hear the Final Fantasies or Personas dominating the genre. Once in a blue moon however, a game will surface that will manage to put those 2 iconic game series to shame. Lucky enough, today’s review happens to be on one such game. It’s called The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel and it was ported to the PC. It’s a game that no J-RPG fanatic should miss out on.

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Synopsis
Rean Schwarzer (right), talking to classmate Elliot Craig (Left)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel takes place in the Erebonian Empire, where protagonist Rean Schwarzer has enrolled in Thors Military Academy, an educational institute that divides the classes according to the students’ social classes. The nobles are in a white uniform whereas the regular folks wear the green uniform. Upon reaching the town of Trista, he makes an odd discovery; he and a very few selected students are clad in red instead.

During his class orientation, the ‘red’ group was thrown into a dungeon with 1 simple instruction; to get out of there alive. After somehow managing to subdue all the monsters and making their escape, Class Instructor Sara Valestein finally explained the purpose of the ‘red’ group. The students were specifically chosen as they have the most aptitude with the new battle technology known as the ARCUS Battle Orbments.
The students were expected to be beta testers for this new technology and they will be thrusted to dangerous missions, more so than the other classes, in order for them to learn what the real situation is with the empire, opposing governments, as well as to collect data for the machine. With not much choice left, they all agreed to participate in the program and thus began their adventure in the real world.
Gameplay

Generally speaking, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel can be divided into 3 parts; academics, practical exams, and field studies. During the academics session, you will be going around the town of Trista as well as Thors Military Academy to complete certain objectives, engage with other characters, and study. By study, I mean gather bits and pieces of the game’s lore via the library.
Generally, the academics will have you descend further and further down the ‘Old Schoolhouse’, where you’ll slowly uncover the mystery behind the building. Afterwards, you will then be taking a practical exam, which consists of a variety of combat-based challenges, such as fighting a robot or other students of the school.

Then, you will proceed with field studies, where the protagonist will be grouped up with specific classmate and sent to other areas in the region. This is where the bulk of the game’s storyline will take place. In all 3 parts, there will be some side quests or optional objectives to meet as well as the opportunity to bond with your classmates, and I can’t stress enough as to how important these things are.
For one thing, bonding with your classmates will earn you ‘Link Points’ with that specific character. The points can be used to power up your “Links” which will in turn help you work better with that specific classmate in battle. Furthermore, you’ll have additional narrative that will give you a better idea of that character. Side quests on the other will award you with items that will make the game easier to go through, along with additional narrative.

This may make the game a bit too predictable but at the same time, this is also what makes it surprising when it decides to throw you off tangent. Without spoiling the game too much, it is a surprisingly effective way to design a game without the need to overwhelm players with tasks. On the downside, it can also make the storyline move somewhat slow, which is one negative point for the game. The game does make up for it with ‘Turbo Mode’, which makes the game twice as fast with the press of a button.
Combat

Considering that the game starts off with a glimpse of the future and thrusts you into battle with high level characters, the combat system may seem like too much to swallow but it’s actually a lot simpler than you think. In combat, you can have up to 4 characters present in the battlefield with an additional 2 characters as the support team. The support team’s function is simply for you to switch with the active members whenever you like during battle.
The game utilizes a turn-based system, so the characters’ and enemies’ turns are fully dependent on their parameters, especially speed. When it’s your turn, you can choose between 6 commands; Attack, Arts, Crafts, Items, Run, and Move. Attack is where you directly cause damage to your opponent physically whereas for Arts and Crafts, they are special attacks that will cost you Energy Points and Craft Points respectively. Arts also take 1 turn to cast whereas Crafts can be executed instantaneously.

As with any other RPGs, every character and enemy has their elemental affinity and weakness. Taking advantage of this with your Arts and Crafts will make battles easier. While Run and Item is self-explanatory, the Move command serves to re-position a character in a battlefield to either avoid enemy attacks or get in range of an enemy. Certain offense-based commands will re-position your character anyway, but only the Move command will allow you to place them at a specific position.
Taking into account that all these commands will affect who gets to act next is what makes the game interesting. For example, certain Crafts will enable you to act again after executing it, effectively giving you a free move whereas directly attacking an opponent will not yield you such a benefit. This makes the combat system more akin to chess, where you need to properly strategize your moves, and it keeps the game feeling fresh and fun until your characters become too powerful and they can essentially mow down the enemies with little to no effort.
Conclusion

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel is a solid entry that any fans of the genre should not miss out on regardless of whether they have played other games in the series or not. Sure, the game may have some quirks here and there, such as the story being a bit slow to progress from time to time, but it’s not enough to hinder you from getting immersed and seeing the hours fly right by you.
If anything, the addition of the Turbo Mode feature helped in making the portions of the game that seemed draggy more tolerable. What would make the game better is if they could allow more characters in the field of combat like Suikoden, given the sheer number of playable characters that will certainly have people stressing out as to who should be placed in combat. With that in mind, I give The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel with our Gold Pokdeward!

If you’re interested to purchase it yourself, click here to head straight to the game’s Steam page.
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PSA: Update Your Twitter App NOW

PSA: Update Your Twitter App NOW

We recently fixed a vulnerability within our Android app. To keep your account safe, please update your app as soon as possible. The update is available here: https://t.co/ImcsssBt9b— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) December 20, 2019

Twitter recently released an update for their Android app. Alongside it, there is a big warning for all users that should not be missed. Apparently, they have fixed a particular vulnerability which allows a hacker to see things that they wouldn’t normally be able to.
According to Twitter, the vulnerability exploit allowed hackers to see “nonpublic account information or control your account,” and that they have yet to find evidence of anyone using this vulnerability prior to the update. The bug is supposedly hard to trigger, but it’s best not to risk it anyway.
Prior to the fix, through a complicated process involving the insertion of malicious code into restricted storage areas of the Twitter app, it may have been possible for a bad actor to access information (e.g., Direct Messages, protected Tweets, location information) from the app.Twitter
If you have your Twitter updated from the latest version which was released on 17th December 2019, then you should be fine. It’s still important for people to know as not everyone is has their phone frequently updating apps. If you’re worried that your account might get attacked, best to change passwords and enable two-factor authentication.

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Source: Knowtechie
Pokdepinion: There is no such thing as a completely secure system, especially if it’s something that can be accessed by a huge number of people online. Best to get that updated as soon as you can.
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PS Plus Asia December 2017 FREE GAMES Lineup; Last One for The Year

The official free games lineup for PS Plus Asia December 2017 is finally here. Need a good reason to subscribe to PS Plus? Well, look no further than this.

PS Plus Asia December 2017 Free Games Lineup

It feels like 2017 began just yesterday and we’re already in December 2017. The year is about to end but that also means we have another lineup of games to look forward to for PS Plus members. Without further ado, let’s check out what’s in store this time for PS Plus Asia December 2017.

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First up on the PS Plus Asia December 2017 free games lineup is the 3D platformer, Ratchet & Clank. Based on the original PS2 game of the same name, Ratchet & Clank gives gamers a deeper insight into the characters’ origin stories. Join Ratchet, Clank, Captain Qwark, and new friends as they battle to save the Solana Galaxy from the evil Chairman Drek.
Not to forget, there was a movie for this specific game that was released last year, and it’s a decently entertaining movie. If you haven’t watched it yet, you should check it out.
Next up on the PS Plus Asia December 2017 free games lineup is the platforming beat ’em up game, Knack. Mankind must turn to Knack, an unlikely hero, to protect them from a dangerous new threat. The unassuming Knack stands at a mere 3 feet tall, but thanks to the mysterious ancient relics, he can transform into a powerful brute or even a gigantic wrecking machine. Knack is mankind’s only hope for turning the tide against the invading goblin army but it could also be the one to destroy the world itself.
Sony Interactive Entertainment continues to celebrate the 1-year anniversary of the PlayStation VR. As told last month, they are giving PlayStation Plus members another bonus PlayStation VR game. From November 9th to December 6th 2017, PlayStation Plus members can download Until Dawn: Rush of Blood as a bonus game. Get ready for the most disturbing roller coaster ride you’ll ever take in this trigger-happy arcade shooter.
For the full list of games in the PS Plus Asia December 2017 free games lineup, check it out just below here:
Full Lineup for PS Plus Asia December 2017

Ratchet & Clank, PS4
Knack, PS4
Dungeon Punks, PS4 & PS Vita
The Last Blade 2, PS4 & PS Vita
Until Dawn: Rush of Blood (BONUS), PS4

If you want to compare it with last month’s free games offering, which is still available if you haven’t claimed them yet until December 8th 2017, click here to get up to speed.

Pokdepinion: Well, we seem to have kind of like a platforming theme here for the major games in the PS Plus Asia December 2017 free games lineup. Not that I’m complaining of course. Let’s hope Sony Interactive Entertainment will kick things up a notch for January’s lineup to start off the new year.
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HTC Vive and Vive Pro to Officially Launch in Malaysia By End of October?

When it comes to mainstream VR headsets, we need to find resellers or ship them from overseas in Malaysia. This is especially the case with the HTC Vive. However, we’re expecting that to change very soon according to an e-mail that we received recently.
According to the e-mail, the HTC Vive and Vive Pro are set to be officially launched in Malaysia by the end of the month. If you have been looking to adopt a VR headset, this would be more viable now as an official presence would mean better customer / after-sales support in case anything were to happen after purchase.

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While many are aware of what the Vive is capable of, I’m sure many people would be keen to know how the Vive Pro is compared to its predecessor. From what we know thus far, it is capable of displaying higher resolution images (2,880 x 1,600 @ 615 PPI), can track a bigger area, improved audio options, and more.
For now, we will just have to wait until 31st October 2018 to know more about both VR headsets being officially available in Malaysia, especially in terms of pricing, where to purchase them, and if we get anything extra upon purchase. Until then, stay tuned to Pokde.net for more updates on the matter.
Pokdepinion: I was genuinely consider the Acer Mixed Reality headset given that at least I can purchase it officially from Acer Malaysia. With this, I have more options provided my wallet doesn’t suffocate itself.
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Things you could do with the Oppo R9s Fingerprint Sensor

We already know the OPPO R9s has a fast fingerprint sensor, allowing you to unlock the device almost instantly. Can we make more of it though? The answer is yes, and there are actually several ways that you can use the fingerprint sensor for more than just unlocking the OPPO R9s.
Use your fingertips as shortcuts

You can configure a shortcut to any app you want by assigning it to a registered fingerprint. The OPPO R9s supports up to five fingerprints, which means you can open up to 5 different apps immediately from the lockscreen. Or literally speed dial with your fingerprint when you assign a contact. Why waste time unlocking the device, looking for the app you want, and then tapping the icon to open it, when you can immediately get down to business simply by placing your finger on the OPPO R9s’ fingerprint sensor? Now, it’s convenient.

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How to enable this feature:

Tap Fingerprint and password in Settings.
Add a fingerprint or tap on one of your saved fingerprints.
Tap Add a shortcut, and pick whether you want your finger to be a shortcut to an app or a contact.

Keep files away from prying eyes

This is a feature that many of us would have tried with third party apps way before the advent of fingerprint sensors in smartphones. All of us have things we want to keep private, some of us more than others. Scandals can happen if certain files were to reach certain hands. We have had our fair share here in Malaysia. Perhaps they could have been avoided if they simply used OPPO devices?  After selecting the files you want to keep away into the safe, the files will be accessible from the Files app, where you will need to either enter your password or scan your fingerprint to access. Now, it’s safe.
How to enable this feature:

Tap the Fingerprint and password in Settings.
Enable File safe.
Select the files you want to keep secure.
Access your files from the File safe in the Files app.

Encrypt apps for privacy

The OPPO R9s offers built-in app encryption, which will lock the entire app away until you enter the password or fingerprint to access it. It can be used on any app, so that people without your password or fingerprint (which is impossible to have) will not be able to check out your WhatsApp conversation with your crush. Now, it’s protected.
How to enable this feature:

Tap the Fingerprint and password in Settings.
Enable App encryption.
Select the apps you want to lock.
If you want to add other apps, open the Security Center app and tap Privacy permissions, tap App encryption.

Summon Google Now On Tap

The OPPO R9s runs ColorOS 3.0 based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow, which gives it the Google Now on Tap feature. Hold the home button-cum-fingerprint scanner for 2 seconds, and Google Now will analyze your screen’s content to give you relevant search results. You can even select the on-screen text to Google it or copy. A nifty feature of Google Now on Tap is optical character recognition, or the ability to discern text in images. Have a look at us trying it on the KFC coffee cup. Not entirely accurate, but it’s something.
How to enable this feature, if it isn’t already enabled:

Hold the home button.
Tap on “Yes, I’m in!”
It is really that simple.

The OPPO R9s’ fingerprint sensor not only allows you to unlock it quickly, but also use your fingertips as shortcuts, hide files away and even encrypt entire apps to protect your privacy. Also, let’s not forget that ColorOS 3.0 based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow nets it the Google Now on Tap feature too. How else would you want to use your fingerprint sensor? Let us know in the comment section below!
Disclaimer: This is an exclusive advertorial for OPPO.
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Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro Review — yet another flagship killer from Xiaomi?

The new flagship killer?

The Xiaomi Mi 9T arrived, offering a lot for very little money. But still, people wanted more. They probably didn’t need any more, but they definitely did desire more. Perhaps, they wanted another POCOPHONE F1. The Mi 9 did it for me, but not for some. The Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro has big shoes to fill, after all, the POCOPHONE F1 was one of my personal favorite devices of 2018. Can the Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro satisfy the value-seeking crowd as the venerable POCOPHONE F1 did?
What’s in the box?

The packaging is very similar to the Mi 9T’s, with the exception of the Pro designation. It’s black with an image of the device. Simple, yet striking enough to be easily recognizable.

On the inside we find the exact same contents as you would with the Mi 9T as well. The device itself, an 18W Qualcomm QC 3.0 charger, a USB-A to USB-C cable, a nice hard case and the SIM ejector pin.

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Probably the most aggressive looking one out there

The Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro’s target demographic would definitely be the younger crowd, as the overtly flashy design won’t go down well with a more conservative population. We got the Glacier Blue variant here, and the blue flame motif along the sides look even more aggressive, if not more, than most gaming phones out there.

Xiaomi has somehow decided to sucker punch Mi 9 buyers with a bezel-less display here on the Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro. The camera is hidden away in top edge, which is where you will find yet another surprise.

Another sucker punch that Xiaomi landed on Mi 9 users is that the Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro still has a 3.5mm port. While most flagships have gone ahead and dropped the headphone jack, Xiaomi didn’t. At least, on the Mi 9T Pro here. The top here is actually quite busy. The popup camera also doubles as a notification light. Pretty nifty, and definitely an unexpected move.

Over on the bottom, we see an equally busy scene. The SIM tray, loudspeaker and USB-C port are all here on the bottom of the Mi 9T Pro.

This makes for a very blank left flank, as all the physical buttons are on the right side, as they should be. Xiaomi decided to give the power button a little more flair, and it comes in red, contrasted against the rest of the blue body. Now, onto the specifications.
Specifications
CPU: Snapdragon 855 (1 x Kryo 485 Gold @ 2.84 GHz + 3 x Kryo 485 Gold @ 2.42 GHz + 4 x Kryo 485 Silver @ 1.8 GHz), 7nm FinFET GPU: Adreno 640 @ 585 MHz RAM: 6GB LPDDR4x 2133 MHz dual channel Display: 6.39″ FHD+ (2340 x 1080) AMOLED display, 103.8% NTSC, HDR, Corning Gorilla Glass 6 Storage:128GB UFS 2.1Camera: Main Camera(s)48MP f/1.75 + 8MP f/2.4 2x telephoto + 13MP f/2.4 ultra wide-angleNight Mode, Pro mode, Portrait Mode, 4K60 video, 1080p960 slow mo, AI Beautify, face recognition, 48MP HDFront Camera20MP f/2.0AI Beautification, HDR, AI lens flare, AI make up, AI portrait mode, AI studio light, 1080p30 video OS: MIUI 10 based on Android 9 Pie  Connectivity:  LTE Band 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/20/28/38/40Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz)Bluetooth 5.0Dual-frequency GPS (L1+L5, E1+E5a)NFCSIM:Dual SIMBattery: Li-Po 4000 mAh (non-removable)Quick Charge 4+ support27W Charge Turbo support Dimensions: 156.7 x 74.3 x 8.8 mm Weight:191gIngress protection:None
The Mi 9T Pro here features specifications that are very similar to the Xiaomi Mi 9, in the body of a Mi 9T. Notably there are some changes here and there, but much remains the same.
Performance
As you might expect, the Snapdragon 855 chipset here delivers top notch performance, although the Mi 9T Pro lacks a top notch. See what I did there?

It seems like the Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro is still slightly slower as compared to the Mi 9. Intentional nerfing of the more affordable offering? Regardless, the Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro with its Snapdragon 855 is faster than most smartphones in the market. Even much pricier ones.

As you might expect, the Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro’s CPU scores are pretty much in line with what we have seen in the past. It’s fast, but it’s not as fast as the Galaxy S10’s custom Mongoose cores in the Exynos 9820. Once again we see it come just under the Mi 9.

The Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro shines in 3DMark, as does most of the Snapdragon-toting smartphones in this list. Here the Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro edges out the Mi 9. The enhanced cooling of the Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro probably helped when it comes to 3DMark, which has a demo run to warm things up before the it actually starts recording the performance.

PCMark also places the Xiaomi Mi 9T just ahead of the Mi 9.

The large battery mated to the efficient 7nm chipset of the Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro gives it a real advantage over the Xiaomi Mi 9, lasting more than hour longer.

The 4000 mAh power pack also lasted really long in my daily use, netting over 7 hours of on-screen time in a day. Quite an impressive showing especially given that I threw in some COD Mobile in between. Plugging in the charger got me 41% extra juice in just 30 minutes, which is great considering the large battery here.
Speaking of gaming, the Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro performs admirably. I mean, this is about as fast as you would need on an Android phone for at least a year. There’s zero issues with anything from PUBG Mobile to Honkai Impact, and I believe many people would get this for gaming, with the fancy design, headphone jack and what not.
If you want to use this as a smartphone for your daily needs, well, the Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro will more than satisfy you. There is literally no stutter or lag during my usage, even when switching between tasks which usually chokes the lesser devices.
Flagship-killing Experience

As mentioned earlier, the Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro goes for a notchless display than the Mi 9 that came before, while being more affordable. The display is virtually the same. Of course, Xiaomi offers DC dimming on the Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro which adjusts the brightness via voltage adjustments instead of a PWM signal, although I have yet to see a real use for it as I am not that sensitive to the PWM effect which can cause headaches in those who are.
Watching videos on the Mi 9T Pro is an enjoyable experience, although the single loudspeaker on the bottom can only do so much before you decide to plug in some earphones. Which you can, thankfully, do without the need of any dongles. The under-display fingerprint scanner is pretty speedy here too, probably thanks to the latest software updates optimizing its performance.

Software wise, you won’t really be seeing much difference coming from a Mi 9T or Mi 9. There is the curious choice to use the stock Phone and Messages app from Google instead of the ones baked by Xiaomi, but aside from that, the Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro runs good ol’ MIUI 10, for better or worse. I do like the UI, with it being clean and runs fluidly as well, although some have noted that certain settings are often quite confusingly arranged in their submenus.

In the camera app, you get a pretty simple interface with some minor settings to the left and a pretty extensive list of modes just above the shutter button. That is my main complaint with the camera UI: there is no quick way to switch to a mode on the far end of the list. Say I wanted to switch to the Pro mode, I needed to swipe a fair number of times before I got where I wanted to. With that said, the Pro mode is well-stocked with my favorite feature being the focus peaking. More smartphones should offer this! And oh, the Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro shoots 4K60 videos, unlike the non-Pro variant.

Images turn out pretty well, with the primary 48MP delivering some awesome shots. Less awesome are the ultra-wide angle and telephoto cameras. The telephoto camera especially, with its weak performance at higher ISOs, making it quite an unnecessary addition to the camera setup on the Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro. Digital zoom can do better. Low light shots are best taken with the primary camera in Night mode, as the other two cameras cannot use Night mode and deliver overly smoothened images due to an aggressive noise reduction engine. You can check out the photos produced by the Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro here.
Is the Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro doing it better than the Mi 9 for less money?
The Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro offers almost everything the Xiaomi Mi 9 does, with the exception of an IR blaster and wireless charging. In exchange, you get a headphone jack, a larger battery and a beautiful notchless screen. The cherry on top is, of course, the price. The 128GB Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro is priced at just RM1799, while the 128GB Xiaomi Mi 9 was launched at RM1999.
Who should get it? Casual gamers, value seekers and maybe those who still want to hang on to the 3.5mm jack, if only for just a little longer. The Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro offers almost everything you would need from a flagship, and probably more, at a price that many a brand are now offering their mid-range devices at. I guess it’s a no-brainer to pick up the Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro if you are looking for a smartphone below RM2000.

I personally prefer a strong ultra-wide angle camera. Also, the missing IR blaster coming from a Mi 9 did mean I enjoy a bit less convenience turning the A/C on and off before I leave the room. Nonetheless, I still highly recommend the Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro, especially if you aren’t particularly concerned about the ultra-wide angle shooter or an IR blaster. The bigger battery and headphone jack are just too good to turn down.

Our thanks to Xiaomi Malaysia for sending us the Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro to review.
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ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC Edition Review — much cooler than the Founders Edition, but at what cost?

ASUS did an amazing job with the TUF Gaming cards this generation, with a beefy two-part cooler. Some testers have also found it to outperform the more premium ROG Strix cooling solutions, although we will have to put that to test soon. With that said, while the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC Edition looks pretty similar to the TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 OC Edition on the outside, the cooler is actually quite significantly redesigned. And with that, let’s see what does the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC Edition bring to the table here.
Unboxing
          Front            Back
ASUS obviously reused the design of the packaging across their lineup of the TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 30 series, with similar design elements across the range. You will have to pay close attention to the green area to really know what you are getting, or maybe just take a look at the amount of VRAM on offer, which ASUS has thankfully emblazoned on the front here. ASUS is well prepared for any upcoming GPUs with larger VRAM, eh? The back is where you will find more information about the features of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC Edition.

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In the package you get all the necessary documentation, including a trading card. I honestly have no idea how does ASUS plan on us collecting them, but hey, it’s a cute gesture. But that’s about it. I am very thankful that we don’t have to see driver CDs anymore.
Appearance

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC Edition itself, as mentioned earlier, looks exactly the same as its bigger, badder brethren. Three large 90mm Axial-tech fans take up most of the space here in the metal shroud. Of course, ASUS added a touch of style with some nice TUF motif across the blank space, as well as some brushed metal touches, making for a pretty sweet looking card. It probably goes without saying that this card should cool significantly better than the FE card.

Over on the back, the backplate is redesigned for the GeForce RTX 3070. Instead of the spring-loaded backplate which should improve the mounting pressure on the larger GA102 GPUs, the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC Edition here sports spring loaded screws. The capacitor array behind the GPU die is also significantly smaller, which shouldn’t be an issue given the lower power demands of this card. For some reason ASUS also decided to give the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC Edition some cutouts to show off its output filter capacitors on the back of the card, something which was absent from the TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 cards.

On the side here is where you will notice another rather major difference. Instead of having the secondary heatsink fill the entire space under the shroud with aluminium fins, you now have a rather large gap between the PCB and the fan shroud. ASUS did redesign the entire cooler for the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC Edition, but it does seem kinda weird that ASUS decided to cut away the aluminium fins in that area.
On that note, the rear array of VRMs are cooled by a thick metal heatspreader, instead of the main heatsink block. The row closest to the PCIe bracket is cooled by the main heatsink though. Perhaps the VRM towards the rear of the card are for the memory and non-core power rails, which have to handle much less current, and will thus put out less heat. Speaking of power, the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC Edition requires two 8-pin power connectors, unlike the Founders Edition which only needs one.

Outputs are above reference spec, which calls for three DisplayPort 1.4a and one HDMI 2.1 outputs. Regardless, you can only use up to four monitors at once, so this is only really for convenience sake if you want to use two HDMI monitors, as you can do so with the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC Edition without having to get adapters.

The rear end of the GPU is just as beefy, with the same two screw holes for the GPU supports. This is another area which you can see that ASUS really cut down on the cooling. Instead of six heatpipes sticking out here like what you get with the GA102-based cards, you only get four here. With that said, this is probably the perfect number. The GeForce RTX 3070 is rated for significantly less power, so the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC Edition should run perfectly fine with just four heatpipes.

RGB lighting wise, the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC Edition looks exactly the same as its bigger brothers. You get what looks like an ARGB badge extending out from the fan shroud here, and that’s about it. In a standard installation, you will see the TUF Gaming logo light up, but if you install it in a vertical GPU arrangement, all you see will be a color bar.
Specifications
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC Edition

GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (GA104)
Samsung 8N

Clocks
Base Clock: 1500MHz
Boost Clock: 1815MHz (+90MHz over FE)

Cores
5888 CUDA Cores
184 Tensor Cores
46 RT Cores

Memory
8GB GDDR6

Memory Speed
14Gbps

Memory Interface
256-bit

Display outputs
3 x DisplayPort 1.4a
2 x HDMI 2.1

Power connector(s)
2 x 8-pin

Recommended PSU
750W

Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16

Multi-GPU support
No

Dimensions
30.0 x 12.69 x 5.17 cm
(2.7 slot)

Test Machine

CPU
Intel Core i9-10900K @ 5.1GHz

Motherboard
MSI MEG Z490 Unify

Memory
2 x 8GB T-Force Xtreem ARGB 3600MHz CL14

Storage
120GB Kingston UV400
960GB Kingston UV500 SATA SSD
1TB Seagate FireCuda SSHD

Power Supply
Cooler Master V1200 Platinum

Monitor
BenQ EL2870U

GPU Driver
NVIDIA GeForce Graphics Drivers 456.96

Performance
Synthetic

In Superposition, we do see the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC Edition pull off a rather significant lead over the GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition. Quite an interesting result, but we can see that it still doesn’t touch the ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti.

Time Spy has the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC Edition coming out on top of the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, along with another nice lead over the GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition. It is still a far cry from the GeForce RTX 3080, which is unlike the situation between the GeForce RTX 3080 and 3090.

3DMark Port Royal is where it makes a rather nice surprise. It ekes out a small win over the ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, a feat that the GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition was not capable of. Perhaps we will see similarly significant gains in gaming too? Well… Not really…

Gaming
On average we are seeing a different of a few frames extra with the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC Edition over the Founders Edition, thanks to the mild overclock on the GPU.

4K performance is good, but not exactly great. Most of the games tested run below 60FPS, which is not really acceptable. Control with DXR enabled chugs at just 22FPS, but DLSS does helps things quite significantly. Still, I wouldn’t recommend any GeForce RTX 3070 for gaming at this resolution anyway.

1440p is the sweet spot for the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC Edition, with the less demanding games delivering a high refresh rate gaming experience at this resolution. With the sole exception being Control with DXR enabled, we see every game delivered at above 60FPS, which is what I consider to be the bare minimum of a playable experience.

FHD is a cakewalk for the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC Edition, with it capable of above 60FPS even in the most demanding game and settings we have in our arsenal. To be entirely honest, last-gen cards are plenty good enough for 1080p anyway, so if you can afford a GeForce RTX 3070, you might want to consider upgrading your monitor to a 1440p one at the same time.

Thermals
Temperatures were maintained under 62°C at all times, although we can almost call them spikes as they were observed very infrequently, with the GPU temps hovered around 60~61°C for most of the 30-minute Superposition run. When compared against the Founders Edition, the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC Edition’s cooling solution definitely blows the former away by being able to keep the GA104 at least 12°C while it was pulling close to 240W, or an extra 20W, and running at 1918MHz on average, or about 100MHz faster. The fans spun at an average of 1622RPM to maintain this level of clocks and thermals.

That was in in the Performance BIOS. As previously observed, the Quiet BIOS doesn’t drop clocks nor the power consumption. All you get is a slightly smoother fan curve, but it isn’t that significant. The temperatures end up being the same, despite the fans spinning about 40RPM slower at steady state. Yeah, there’s almost no difference between the two BIOSes.

Regardless of the BIOS, the fans stop at 38°C. Interestingly enough, the Quiet BIOS sees the fans start slightly earlier at about 54°C. The Performance BIOS’ fans only start at 60°C, although the fan immediately ramps up to 1000+RPM.
Conclusion

ASUS delivers a great card with the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC Edition. There’s no denying that. It runs up to 12°C cooler than the GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition, while also having about 100MHz higher clocks. Difference in real-world gaming performance is negligible, but ignoring that, you are still getting a much cooler card with ASUS’ TUF Gaming design, thermally and design.
The only issue is its price. For the better cooler and 90MHz factory overclock, ASUS Malaysia is asking for RM3199. That’s a good RM500 higher than their ASUS DUAL GeForce RTX 3070 offering, which will come in at just RM2699. If you don’t mind possibly higher temps and probably slightly louder fans, there’s little reason to get this over the more wallet-friendly option.
But that’s probably not the worst threat to the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC Edition. ASUS is also offering the TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 for RM3360. It’s significantly faster by around 30%, and yet only RM161 more expensive. (ASUS Malaysia has adjusted the pricing of the TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 to RM3599) If I am shopping for a graphics card in this price range, I would just make the step up to a GeForce RTX 3080. Unless maybe you really need a new card right now, as the GeForce RTX 3070 cards are supposed to be in better supply than the GeForce RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 cards.
Our thanks to ASUS Malaysia for sending us the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC Edition for review.

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ROG Phone Malaysian launch date CONFIRMED — prepare your wallets!

If you are an ROG fan waiting for the most powerful Snapdragon 845-powered device to drop, there finally is a date. The ROG Phone is confirmed to launch here in Malaysia on 22nd October.

Pricing has yet to be confirmed though, although it is expected to be priced below RM3000. However we wouldn’t be too surprised to see it break that RM3000 mark either, as the pricing in international markets is all over the place.
The ROG Phone features a binned Snapdragon 845 running at up 2.96 GHz, 8GB LPDDR4X RAM and a 90 Hz AMOLED display and also an innovative vapor cooling system with an AeroActive air cooler to further amp up the cooling.
Will you be saving up for the ROG Phone? Let us know in the comments section.
Pokdepinion: Finally the ROG Phone is coming! We have been waiting since Computex 2018 to get a proper feel of the device!

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ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED Review – Compact Yet Powerful

Unboxing the ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED
ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED Review – Box

Kicking off the ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED review with the unboxing, there are two primary boxes with the outer cardboard one holding the laptop and accessories boxes. The inner box has a cool wave pattern to it, giving it a touch of class. After taking out everything, you should be able to find the following items:
ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED Review – Box content

65W charging brick
UK plug adapter
USB-C cable
USB-C to USB-A adapter
ASUS Pen 2.0
Protective carrying case
MyASUS leaflet
User guide
Quick start guide
The ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED laptop itself

Specifications

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 6800U (8C/16T, 2.7GHz, boost up to 4.7GHz, 28W TDP)

RAM
16GB LPDDR5 6400MHz

Graphics
AMD Radeon iGPU

Storage
1TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 Performance SSD (Samsung PM9A1)

Connectivity
3 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C support display / power delivery
1 x 3.5mm combo audio jack

Display
13.3″ 2.8K (2880 x 1800) OLED 16:10 aspect ratio, 0.2ms response time, 550nits HDR peak brightness, 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, 1,000,000:1, VESA CERTIFIED Display HDR True Black 500, 1.07 billion colors, PANTONE Validated, Glossy display, 70% less harmful blue light, SGS Eye Care Display, touchscreen with stylus support, 89% screen-to-body ratio

Audio
Smart Amp Technology
Built-in speaker
Built-in microphone
harman/kardon (Premium)
Cortana and Alexa voice-recognition support

Power
67Wh 4-cell lithium-ion battery
90W Type-C power adapter

Dimensions
296.7 x 210.5 x 14.9 mm

Weight
1.1 kg

Performance
ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED Review – CrystalDiskMark
Starting off the benchmark suite with CrystalDiskMark, you can see that they really meant it when they said “Performance SSD” in the specifications. The speeds are quite high up there and it’s great. In case you’re wondering, it’s the Samsung PM9A1.
ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED Review – Cinebench R20
In Cinebench R20, the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U powering it is showing great numbers but I personally feel that it’s not displaying its full potential just yet. I say that mostly because the laptop does heat up quite a bit, and thermal throttling was present as I looked deeper into it. Regardless, it’s still pretty solid figures nonetheless.

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ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED Review – Unigine SuperPosition
The ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED doesn’t have a strong showing in Unigine SuperPosition’s 4K Optimized benchmark. This shouldn’t be a surprise as it only has an AMD Radeon iGPU, and you’d need a discrete GPU to have anything better than that.
ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED Review – 3DMark Time Spy
A similar pattern can be seen in 3DMark Time Spy, albeit not as bad as most other laptops with just an iGPU has noticeably lower scores. Either way, do temper your expectations if you plan on gaming with this laptop.
ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED Review – PCMark 10
On an overall level, the ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED is a pretty solid as seen in PCMark 10, with its weakest point being digital content creation. If it had a discrete GPU, we would see a significant boost across the board but in all honesty, this is pretty good for what you’re getting.
ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED Review – Battery endurance test
Lastly for battery life, the ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED is rather decent as it lasted 9 hours and 10 minutes (550 minutes) in PCMark’s Modern Office endurance test. It does well on standby time but the battery drains noticeably as you continue using it, not to mention the heat. I’d say it’s reasonable enough but if you plan on bringing it out with you, do bring a charger along unless you’re not gonna use it much.
If you want something with two screens instead, check out our review of the ASUS Zenbook Pro 14 Duo OLED by clicking right here.
The Good
ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED Review – It’s really thin and light
The ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED is a 13-inch laptop that is very lightweight. Unsurprisingly, it’s strongest point is its portability because at just 1.1kg, it really feels like you’re not really adding weight to your bag. You can just chuck it in a small bag and forget it’s even there. Thanks to its magnesium-aluminum build, it manages to be this light and still have great build quality.
ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED Review
Another major highlight is the OLED display, which is capable of showing some really punchy colours. If you want something more vibrant for creative work or media viewing, this is a pretty solid choice. The added benefit of touchscreen with stylus support and 180° ErgoLift hinge (which also improves airflow) makes it even better. Keep in mind that this does come with ASUS Pen 2.0, so creatives will enjoy this right out of the box.
As far as laptops without a discrete GPU goes, the ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED is one of the strongest laptops we’ve tried so far. Benchmark figures aside, it’s really fast and works smoothly for me overall for the most part. The use of the Ryzen 7 6800U and DDR5 RAM certainly helps a lot.
ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED Review – Well-spaced keyboard
Lastly, you get a decent-sized keyboard with short travel distance that can give you a comfortable typing experience. Furthermore, the use of ASUS’s Numberpad feature ensures that you won’t be missing anything despite using such a compact laptop. I can’t emphasize enough how well-spaced the keyboard is given how small it is. Just be mindful that the arrow keys are really small but it’s not a dealbreaker.
The Bad
ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED Review – Powerful but hot
There isn’t really much to complain about the ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED, but it does have some drawbacks you need to be aware of. For starters, the laptop does heat up quite a bit, and it can get a bit uncomfortable to use. If there are any sudden slowdowns or battery drain issues, this is likely the cause. And yes, thermal throttling is present during the benchmarking process from our tests.
ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED Review – Only USB-C ports
The other issue is the ports as it only comes with three USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C ports and a combo audio jack. You will likely need to bring adapters to make full use of it. I would have given it a pass if it came with at least one USB-A port just for the mouse. Do remember that this isn’t Thunderbolt, so keep that in mind if you’re buying a USB hub.
ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED Verdict
ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED Review
The ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED is a great laptop, and there isn’t much bad things about it either. If you’re looking for a lightweight laptop with high performance capabilities, then look no further. Anything more than that and you will need to find one with a discrete GPU.
At the end of our ASUS Zenbook S 13 OLED review, I award this laptop with our Silver Pokdeward.

Big thanks to ASUS Malaysia for sending us this laptop for the purpose of this review.
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11street 11.11 Deals start today — Shopping Madness with up to 90% discounts on selected products!

11.11 is upon us, and sales are everywhere. 11street have just announced incredible 11.11 Deals, with amazing offers and promotions for shoppers. During this shopping madness, 11street will be rolling out crazy flash deals for a month to revive the joy of shopping.
Items from categories such as Tech, Beauty, Family and Lifestyle will see mind-blowing discounts from now until 27th November. The schedule is as follows:

29th October – 1st November: Tech Madness
2nd November – 4th November: Beauty Madness
5th November – 7th November: Family Madness
8th November – 10th November: Lifestyle Madness

During these periods, the specified categories will see crazy slashing of prices, allowing everyone to enjoy more affordable items on 11street. You will not want to miss these few days, if you are a fan of tech like us.

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However, the peak of this campaign will be the “Madness Heaven” period, from 11th November to 14th November. This is when 11street will be unleashing their 90% discounts, flash deals, coupons and deals below RM11. The flash deals will be running up to 5 times a day, so keep your phones at the ready to snatch what you want.
A large slew of brands have partnered with 11street for this sale, including Nestle, Durex, Tesco and many more. Shoppers who spend during this session also stand a chance to dine with local social media influencers. For more details about that, head over to 11street’s Facebook page.
Meanwhile, to be a part of the Shopping Madness 11 campaign and enjoy all the 11.11 Deals, all you need to do is head over to 11street’s home page or download the 11street.my app. Happy shopping!
Pokdepinion: Oh well, so many deals, so little money…
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Razer Raion is an Arcade Fightpad for PS4 and PC Gaming

Ever wanted a controller that gives you an edge in fighting games but would prefer not to have the bulky size of a fight stick or hitbox? Razer is offering just that with the new Razer Raion arcade fightpad for the PS4 and PC.
The Razer Raion arcade fightpad features a 6-button layout on the face, a tactile 8-way D-pad, and traditional shoulder and trigger buttons. It’s designed for both standard and “claw grip” style gamers, giving players the control and accuracy of a fight stick in the size of a gamepad.
Interestingly, there’s even a competition mode which disables the extra buttons for uninterrupted gaming. With the PS4 touchpad included, you won’t be missing out on key functions with the console.

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The buttons on the Razer Raion arcade fightpad utilizes the Razer Yellow mechanical switches, which are designed for fast and accurate actuation. It’s said to have an 80-million tap lifespan, so you don’t have to worry about it breaking down fast even with competitive gaming.
The mecha-tactile 8-way D-pad is said to have a cushioned feel with tactile feedback. This will allow gamers to have a better feel on their inputs, which is especially important for execution-critical attacks. This will also make wave-dashing, quarter-circle, and half-circle motions easier to execute.

Specifications
6 face button layoutRazer Mechanical Switch face buttonsRazer Mecha-Tactile 8-way D-padButton lock function for competition3.5mm analog audio port9.8 ft / 3 m wired cable with strain reliefWired connectionApproximate Size:  173 x 103 x 58 mm (L x W x H)Approximate Weight:  275g / 0.6 lbs
The Razer Raion will be available with a retail price of USD $99.99 (RM419.01 approximately). It is said to be currently available in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, China, and Asia Pacific. We’ll be reporting on the Malaysian release as soon as information becomes available.
If you want to see more of the Razer Raion arcade fightpad, click right here.
Pokdepinion: Would definitely like to give this a try in Tekken 7. Seems pretty easy to use but I wonder if I would favour this over my arcade stick.
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First AMD A620 Motherboard Images Has Surfaced Online

Courtesy of ASRock.

Videocardz has got themselves the very first images of AMD’s budget-segment A620 motherboards, coming from an ASRock model. AMD has said they are targeting to launch a sub-$150 motherboard at some point, and it looks like aside from budget B650 boards, these A620 models should be well under the targeted price point.

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The ASRock A620M-HDV/M.2 is the model in question – and it’s among the most basic model offered by the brand mostly intended for low-cost systems. The mATX motherboard features a single PCIe 4.0 x16 slot with two DDR5 slots, and the VRM is expectedly looking fairly sparse (though it’ll likely do just fine with most Ryzen chips given their relatively low power usage).

Since this is an entry-level motherboard, don’t expect high-end features – and that includes PCIe 5.0. Still, the latest PCIe standard is still largely a niche that only a very small amounts of consumer hardware can utilize, so it isn’t much of a concern here. AMD hasn’t officially confirmed the existence of A620 motherboards just yet, but sources are pointing at launch as early as next month (which is just a few days away at this writing, at soonest).
Source: Videocardz
Pokdepinion: The I/O of this model does look quite lacking, so hopefully this isn’t a chipset limitation.
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Hackers Breached EA And Are Selling Their Source Code

It appears that EA has been hit by hackers, where the latter managed to obtain the source code to several of the company’s tools.
Hackers are selling EA’s source code

It is reported that the source code for FIFA 21, Frostbite Engine, as well as other game development tools has been stolen. Adding to that, they (the hackers) appears to be interested in selling the data on a hacking forum but they’ll only accept offers from renown hackers in the community.

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As you probably know, getting access to source codes enable hackers to create cheats or even cracks. It would also reveal some of the hidden things that the company’s have hidden. Aside from EA’s code and tools, the hackers has also revealed that they have Xbox and Sony’s SDKs and PI keys up for sale.
According to the screenshot, the hackers have stolen 780GB worth of data from the parties mentioned earlier. A spokesperson from EA confirmed recently of the incident, admitting that they have stolen “a limited amount of game source code and related tools”. He then adds that the issue will not impact on their games or business. They are working with authorities to solve the issue.
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Pokdepinion: By what’s been reported, doesn’t look like EA is too concerned… I wonder how much the source code is worth and how much they will sell it for.
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[CES 2023] AMD Reveals Ryzen 7000, Radeon RX 7000 Series for Laptops; Ryzen 7000X3D & 65W for Desktops

AMD Reveals Ryzen 7000, Radeon RX 7000 Series for Laptops; Ryzen 7000X3D & 65W for Desktops

In this CES keynote, AMD has brought a huge portfolio of products from laptops, PCs all the way up to server and datacenter AI hardware.

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AMD first previewed the new naming system starting with Ryzen 7000 mobile few months ago, and now it’s announcing the lineup starting with flagship 7045HX “Dragon Range” series. This desktop-derived series contains up to 16 Zen 4 cores and up to 80MB of L2+L3 cache – with default TDP set to 55W and capable of pushing up to 75W. AMD claims +18% in 1T and +78% in nT performance compared to previous generation Ryzen 9 6900HX; with gaming benchmarks pointing to gains as high as +62% in League of Legends.

Another Zen 4-based CPU is the 7040 “Phoenix” series – designed for ultrabooks, this 4nm-based lineup contains the most powerful onboard graphics on offer with up to 12 RDNA3 cores at disposal in the form of Radeon 780M GPU. AMD has revealed Ryzen AI with this line of CPUs: a dedicated XDNA AI hardware (based on Xilinx AI accelerators) boosts AI performance which the company didn’t provide any specific details into. It looks like this will be part of AMD’s future endeavors so we may not get much benefits from this hardware just yet.
Down the stack, the 7035 (Rembrandt-R, Zen 3+), 7030 (Barcelo-R, Zen 3) and 7020 (Mendocino, Zen 2) series each get their own refreshes based on Ryzen 6000, 5000 and (loosely) 4000 series respectively. Also introduced is the Ryzen PRO 7030 series for business and enterprise-grade systems.

On the GPU side of things, AMD has so far only introduced mid-range models which are: 7600M, 7600M XT, 7600S and 7700S. Both the 7600M XT and 7700S shares the same core and memory configuration (32 CUs, 8GB) with the only difference being the total power allocated; the same applies to the other two models (at 28 CUs, 8GB). Meanwhile, AMD has also updated its Smart Technologies suite – now includes AMD SmartShift RSR.

When paired with AMD Advantage systems, SmartShift RSR offloads the upscaling workload to the onboard graphics, leaving the discrete GPU fully utilized on the frame rendering itself. AMD touts improved gaming performance but didn’t specify on details, apart from availability in first half of 2023. The chipmaker also previewed its rival to NVIDIA’s DLSS3: aptly named FSR 3.0, this include a feature called ‘Fluid Motion Frames’ (likely equivalent to NVIDIA Optical Flow Accelerator) which is said to double the framerates.

Moving on to desktops: the Ryzen 7000X3D series is among the star of the show here. Three models are revealed: Ryzen 9 7950X3D, 7900X3D and Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Unlike its regular counterparts, the TDP has been lowered to 120W (raised for the 7800X3D from 105W) while retaining the same boost clocks. The 7800X3D gets a combined 104MB (8MB L2 + 96MB L3) cache, however the surprise was the Ryzen 9 X3D parts which only have a single CCD added with the extra 3D V-cache.
That translates to 140MB of cache for 7900X3D (12MB L2 + 32+96MB L3), and 144MB for the 7950X3D (16MB L2 + 32+96MB L3). It remains to be seen if AMD has worked out the core scheduling for the Ryzen 9 X3D chips as we’ve learnt from Intel’s first foray in their Hybrid architecture which had ran into some early teething issues. At the same time, this can be seen as AMD testing waters for upcoming Zen 5 CPUs, which is said to feature similar hybrid architecture like Intel does.

The second part of the desktops are 65W SKUs, featuring Ryzen 9 7900, Ryzen 7 7700 and Ryzen 5 7600. As the budget offerings this generation, AMD also included stock coolers (Wraith Prism and Wraith Stealth) for these models. That being said, AMD says you can get up to +34% more multicore performance by simply turning on PBO, and overclocking remains unlocked for these chips should you wish to push things a little further.

Onto datacenter hardware. AMD previewed its most powerful datacenter GPU ever – the INSTINCT MI300 series. Powering it is among the most advanced technologies available – 3D chiplet packaging, 128GB HBM3, 146 billion transistors, 24 on-die Zen 4 cores (based on EPYC) and CDNA 3 architecture to top it all off. AMD puts its focus on AI performance, which is 5x perf-per-watt and 8x performance over the preceding INSTINCT MI250X. Finally, on the FPGA side there’s the Alveo V70 AI accelerator – designed for AI video analytics, it is the most energy-efficient AI accelerator of this type, the company claims.
Pokdepinion: I especially look forward to 7000X3D models to see what it’s capable of.
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New Genshin Impact X Razer Peripherals Are Now Open For Pre-order

Early in October miHoYo announced that they have partnered with Razer to release Genshin Impact X Razer gaming peripherals. Now, the two companies have started opening pre-orders for the new Genshin Impact X Razer peripherals.
Pre-order the Genshin Impact X Razer peripherals now

The Genshin Impact-themed Razer peripherals include three products, namely the Razer DeathAdder V2 Pro gaming mouse, Razer Iskur X ergonomic gaming chair, and Razer Goliathus Speed gaming mousepad. To further commemorate the occasion, each co-branded product includes a bonus code that fans may use to redeem in-game goodies.

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Razer Customs, a service on the Razer website that offers certified partner designs for a number of Razer devices, will also carry Genshin Impact designs. Razer has also provided a bespoke THX Game Profile via the THX Spatial Audio app. The profile is available for PC and is compatible with all Genshin Impact gaming headphones.
You can pre-order the Genshin Impact X Razer peripherals right here.
Pokdepinion: My original question still stands, does this mean I can sit on Paimon?
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You Could Soon Import Music To Spotify On Your Android Smartphone

It seems that you could soon import your music directly from your Android device to Spotify. The news which was revealed by Jane Manchun Wong, who’s known for spotting experimental features, on her Twitter account.

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— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) November 29, 2018

If it is indeed becomes true, the feature will allow you to import your local music to the app. In addition to that, it’s reported Spotify is also preparing a “saved for later” feature. With it, you can keep the songs that you want to listen to for another period of time. They are also hoping to make a smoother podcast episode menus by moving descriptions into a separate screen.
Adding to that, they are trying to reworked Library view, where they are aiming to create an automatic playlist out of your favorite songs.

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Pokdepinion: Though Spotify is big, I’ve noticed that they don’t have of the songs that I listen to. If we are able to import our own songs, it would be cool, certainly welcomed.
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Aigo Serac T240 AIO Liquid Cooler Review – Bigger radiator, better heat dissipation

We have previously reviewed a 120mm AIO liquid cooler from Aigo, the Aigo Serac T120, which offered pretty decent cooling performance at an affordable price. This time we will be taking a closer look at a higher end model, most probably with better performance in store. Ladies and gentlemen, the Aigo Serac T240.
IMPORTANT: We conducted our tests on a very beastly machine running on an LGA2011 socket CPU which puts the cooler to some serious stress in testing. In an ideal situation, you would probably want to use the Aigo Serac T240 AiO Liquid Cooler on an LGA115X Socket compatible CPU. Our good friends at MnG has provided us with their results for your convenience. Click here to jump to the results.
Unboxing

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Aigo Serac T240 box is understandably larger than the T120’s, simply due its 240mm radiator size. On the front, there is nothing except for the Aigo logo on top left, its official website’s URL, product name and three small icons.

At the back, we have the product detail specification but unfortunately, it’s also written in Chinese here. The only thing I could understand is the list of sockets the cooler is compatible with.
We uses all the thermal paste, that’s the reason why it’s missing in this picture
Inside the box, we have the Aigo Serac T240 itself, two 120mm Aigo’s Ring cooling fan with white LED, one syringe of thermal paste, MOLEX power adapter, the product guide and user manual, screws, AMD mounting kit and a plastic backplate. For Intel users, installation will be easier as the mounting kit is pre-installed on the CPU cooler block.
Appearance

The Aigo Serac T240 uses a 240mm radiator with a thickness of 27mm. The flexible rubber tubes are 310mm long, enough for most PC build. The pump power connector is using 3-pin fan header connector.

Its water pump is quite small in size, measuring only 58x58x38mm. It will light up in white when turned on.

The mounting kit for Intel sockets is pre-installed on the pump. It’s removeable, and all you have to do is slide it off the pump. Aigo also provided a plastic backplate for AMD AM3+ and Intel LGA 115X sockets.

Aigo provides two cooling fans, the Aigo Ring 120mm fans with white LEDs. Physically it looks similar to the Aigo Eclipse but the Ring version has a higher RPM and better air-flow, up to 88 CFM.

For the baseplate, it uses pure copper for efficient heat transfer. Aigo Serac T240 supports most Intel and AMD sockets, except for the AMD AM4 socket which is still not supported.
Basically, the main difference between the Aigo Serac T120 and T240 is the radiator size, number of fans and of course, the retail pricing.
Installation

The Aigo Serac T240 is going to be tasked with cooling the Intel Core i7 5820K in our bench rig. Installing the Aigo Serac T240 on Intel socket LGA2011 is very easy as it only need four mounting screws on the LGA 2011’s ILM.

After tightening the screws and applying adequate thermal paste, secure the cooler on top of it. Don’t forget to mount the fan on the radiator and connect the fan and pump headers to your motherboard. Installation was very easy with only several simple steps in total. Both the fan and pump emit white light when switched on, perfect for white-themed rigs.
Specification
Cooler Specifications

The Aigo Serac T240’s specifications are pretty similar with the T120. The only main difference is the radiator size which is doubled, providing a much bigger surface area to dissipate heat. The pump operates on 12V and can go up to 3500 RPM. For the tubing, it is 12mm in diameter and 310mm in length.
Fan Specifications

Test Machine
Hardware

Processor
Intel Core i7-5820K

Motherboard
ASUS X99-Deluxe

Memory
Avexir Blitz 16GB DDR4

Storage
Sandisk Ultra II 256GB

Power Supply
Cooler Master V850

Software

OS
Windows 10 64bit Annivesary

Utilities
LinX, OCCT, Intel XTU, RealTemp, CPU-Z, HWMonitor

Test Methodology
We are testing the Aigo Serac T240 on our official Pokde’s rig. With an Intel Core i7 5820K with a 140W TDP, it can pose a challenge for any cooler to tame the heat output when all the cores are under load. The CPU will be running [email protected] and also overclocked to 4.1 [email protected] Turbo Boost is disabled and SpeedStep enabled in both BIOS and operating system. For the testing phase, I will also be using three different tools to stress the CPU cores to the max: LinX, Intel XTU and OCCT. The tests are run for an hour each.
Our target is to monitor how high the temperatures can rise during the test. We also monitor closely during the test to check if any thermal throttling happens when the temperature hit the CPU’s Tjmax of 105°C. If it is just a spike there will be no thermal throttling unless it stays at the temperature for a certain period of time. This is just to see the maximum potential of the cooling performance of any CPU cooler. The fan speed settings are left at default. The system runs in an open test bench, with ambient temperatures of 25°C.
After applying new thermal paste, I ran a stress test for 1 hour before letting it sit for more than 12 hours. After the idle period, I stressed it again for 1 hour before shutting down the computer completely for more than 6 hours before I start recording the temperatures.
Performance
On the RealTemp software I manually set the Tjmax at 105°C, and for the results, I picked the maximum reading from HWMonitor. The highest temperature I got with the Aigo Serac T240 is over 103°C (Core #0 and Core #2), while the rest cores are at 96°C when running LinX. Of course, thermal throttling occurred during the stress test but it still manages to complete some tests.
Stock clocks

For the comparison, I picked four other coolers to compare against the Aigo Serac T240. With the i7 5820K running on stock clocks, we can see that the cooling performance on the T240 is much better than the T120. On LinX we can see that the Aigo Serac T240 hit 103°C. But the reading was just a spike on Core #0 and Core #2, no thermal throttling occurred during the stress test, which actually very good.
Overclocked

With the chip switching on and off at a rate of over 4 billion cycles in a single second, it really generates a lot of heat. Even at idle we can see the temperature increased by about 3°C compared to stock clocks. While under load, the difference between overclocked and stock clock is not that different.

Let’s compare the Aigo Serac T240 and T120 head to head. I’m using the results we got when using them to cool our overclocked i7 5820K here. From what we have here, the T240’s idle temperature is cooler compare to the T120. While on load, the result seems similar, actually T120 is suffered from thermal throttling.
Overall the Aigo Serac T240 cooling performance is great. The fans and pump are silent, just like the Serac T120 even though the pump is rated at 3500 RPM, while the fans spin at 2000 RPM.

LGA115X CPU Testing
Our good friends at ModNGo shared their Aigo T240 cooler result to compete with the rest of the AIO brands. This result might give you a better insight on the temperature reading with Intel LGA 115X processor. Considering the price of this cooler, the performance really surprised us as it is competing with some of the much expensive coolers and yet managed to stand very strong! You should also checkout the results of the LGA115X CPU testing of its T120 sibling here.

Recommended CPU:
Intel: LGA 1150, 1151, 1155, 1156, 2011 processors
AMD: AM3+ (except AMD FX 9370, 9590), AM4, FM2+ processors
Recommended form factor:
Mini-ATX, ATX, E-ATX
Conclusion
Aigo Serac T240 performed very well in every stress test, especially in LinX. With the result, I can say it could handle most processors in the market. Unfortunately, Aigo didn’t provide a mounting kit for the AMD AM4 socket. I would recommend Aigo to seriously consider adding AM4 to its list of supported sockets, as we know the new AMD Ryzen CPUs are selling like hot cakes.
The Aigo Serac T240 is priced at RM 289, backed by a 2-year warranty, only RM50 more expensive compared to the Serac T120. For me, the Aigo Serac T240 is a better investment compared to the T120, given that your case has enough space for a 240mm radiator.
I’m very satisfied with the Aigo Serac T240 performance and I believe with a push-pull fan configuration this cooler can achieve even better cooling performance.

After considering all aspect, including packaging, performance and price, I award the Aigo Serac T240 with the Silver Pokdeward.
Thank you Aigo Malaysia for providing us with the sample unit to review.
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Rakuten Kobo Elipsa 2E Review – Big And Convenient

Unboxing The Rakuten Kobo Elipsa 2E

The Rakuten Kobo Elipsa 2E – now an upgraded model – comes with a few things. Among these are:

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Quick start guide
USB-A to USB-C charging cable
Kobo Stylus 2
Pen tips
Rakuten Kobo Elipsa 2E eReader itself

We’re also provided with the SleepCover for the Elipsa 2E (sold separately), and in this box there’s nothing else than the cover itself. There’s also installation instruction printed on the inside, which is produced with recycled materials.

The Kobo Elipsa 2E comes with a black shell which contains 85% recycled materials (with 10% ocean-bound plastic), and it comes with a few magnetic spots for pen docking (alternatively, there’s a dedicated pen compartment with the SleepCover itself). Both the pen and the device itself features a single USB-C port for charging and data transfers.
Specifications

Display
10.3″ E Ink Carta 1200 touch panel
Resolution: 1404 x 1872 @ 227 ppi
ComfortLight PRO adaptive brightness & color temperature
Dark Mode support

Processor
Dual-core, 2.0GHz

Connectivity
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac (dual band), Bluetooth & USB-C
Stylus: USB-C

Storage
32GB onboard

Battery
2,400mAh

Supported file formats
eBooks: EPUB, EPUB3, PDF, FlePub and MOBI
Audiobooks: Kobo Audiobooks only
Images: JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP and TIFF
Text: TXT, HTML and RTF
Comic Books: CBZ and CBR

Stylus
Kobo Stylus 2

Dimensions
193 x 227 x 7.5 mm

Weight
390g

The Good
First things first – knowing other eReaders (including Kobo’s own models) that have very tiny sizes, the Kobo Elipsa 2E is good for those who wants a more ‘authentic’ reading experience. Resolution is pretty good for its size too, with the text crisp and clear. On the software side, there’s quite a few features that makes it good to use in various lighting conditions. Among the controls you have, there’s brightness and color temperature that applies globally on all modes.

Brightness does what it says – and cranking it up to 100% is bright enough to exceed what you’d use in bright indoor conditions (since it’s E Ink display, a brighter lighting provides better contrast). Color temperature on the other hand lets you adjust from near-white up to very warm orange, though low brightness levels will introduce warm shades regardless. There’s also a switch that lets the device figure it out for you based on lighting conditions and time-of-day.
The reading mode provides users with good amount of customization to suit their preference, with options of 12 fonts, various font sizes, weights and spacing, as well as Dark Mode if you prefer to read the content at low-light conditions. Some file types supports annotations, and you can simply start drawing using the included Kobo Stylus 2 pen to get going.

On the note-taking side, it comes with a stylus – rechargeable using USB-C – which is very intuitive to use. The pen itself contains three modes: writing, highlighting and eraser. Highlighting is done by holding the side button where your thumb typically rests on, and eraser is on the other end of the pen. Latency is pretty good by E-ink standards, it’s not ‘realtime’ fast, but it’s good enough to serve most people short for full-time illustration artists.

The device also comes with access to the Kobo Store, which offers a good number of books to purchase from. Kobo provides short previews on each of the books available, ranging from books, comics to audiobooks as well (which we’ll get in a bit). You can also bring your own files and read it from here, and given the file support is fairly broad, you won’t be facing any issues getting files to work. There’s also DropBox support, if you happen to have one.
The Bad
It’s not perfect though: there are a few minor issues that I think is hampering the entire user experience somewhat. While the Kobo Elipsa 2E supports annotations, in practice as you lie your hands onto the panel to annotate, it can sometimes register a tap and jumps to the previous page (or next page if you’re right-handed user). At times I found it can even register pinch zoom from my palm which can hide the annotation – though you can restore them by a small button on the right which reverts back to the zoom level that you wrote on.

Another minor complaint is the auto-rotate feature. To be fair, I’m being picky here – sometimes placing the Elipsa 2E on diagonal-ish angles will throw the display into switching back and forth in between portrait and landscape view in rapid succession, and I’d prefer it to be less sensitive (more akin to how Android devices behave in rotation). That said, you can always lock it on certain orientation on the quick settings above.
As for audiobooks, it’s a bummer that it basically requires you to own a Bluetooth device in order for this to work. Since the Elipsa 2E doesn’t come with a headphone jack nor a speaker, you’ll have to pair it with a Bluetooth audio device (headsets or speakers) for the audiobooks to play properly. A 3.5mm headphone jack onboard would’ve been nice to have. There’s also no water resistance rating – so keep this out of the moist, if you will.
Rakuten Kobo Elipsa 2E Verdict

As the plus-sized member of Rakuten’s Kobo eReaders family, it’s a well-rounded devices that covers not just the reading, but also note-taking part of the equation. The general experience is pretty good, as I haven’t dealt with any major issues during the time using the Kobo Elipsa 2E. Still, the device itself costs RM2,019 – so you’re looking at the pricey end of the spectrum as far as eReaders go.
Aside from that, there’s the optional SleepCover accessory that adds another RM319 on top of the device itself. I’d suggest you bring your own sleeve cover instead since the cover is functionally similar to a standard cover that you’ll see in 2-in-1 laptops, minus the electronics part (and the included stylus will still attach to the device magnetically just fine). If you’re looking for a big eReader that gives you plenty of reading and note-taking flexibility, this is a solid choice to consider.

Special thanks to Rakuten for providing the Kobo Elipsa 2E eReader for the purposes of this review.
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vivo Is Now Among The Top 5 Global Smartphone Brands in Q2 2021

vivo just stated that in the second quarter of 2021, they were placed fifth in worldwide smartphone shipments, with a market share of 10%, up 27% year on year. This ranking is based on the most recent Canalys statistics, which showed that the company maintained excellent growth momentum in the past year, being within the top five in worldwide smartphone shipments.
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You can check out the chart below to check out the company’s rank among other smartphone brands. As you can see, vivo has a Q2 2021 shipment share of 10%, the same as OPPO and is slightly behind Apple at 14%.

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The smartphone company’s sales network now spans more than 50 countries and regions, and the company is adored by more than 400 million users globally. The company has filed over 3,000 5G invention patents and submitted over 5,000 5G proposals to the 3rd Generation Partnership Project’s telecoms standard development groups as of May 2021. (3GPP). In the meantime, the business has begun research and development on 6G, which is scheduled to be available around 2030.
For more information about vivo Malaysia, you can check out their Official Website or their Official Facebook Page.
Pokdepinion: Congratulations vivo on this great achievement! Hopefully they can build on this and soar even higher.
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