White House executive order results in Huawei losing access to Google and Android. Here’s what you need to know

By Hitech Century | May 21, 2019 |

If you have been keeping up on current events in the world of tech of late, you’ll likely have heard of a bombshell of a statement from the White House as United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order on 15 May 2019 that prohibits US companies from transferring, dealing or using any telecommunications…

[Review] Realme 3 Pro – The Outstanding Midrange Marvel

By Hitech Century | May 15, 2019 |

Realme 3 Pro Review – specifications and performance Previously, we took a look at what was in the box for the Malaysia retail version of the Realme 3 Pro and gave it a once-over in terms of its build quality, design and aesthetics as well as a quick look at what it has under the…

Win a cool US$20,000 and a P30 Pro in the Huawei smartphone photography contest

By Hitech Century | April 22, 2019 |

The arrival of Huawei’s latest flagship phones, the P30 and the P30 Pro have set a new bar for the concept of smartphone photography as they include some of the most powerful cameras ever mounted in a phone. The results of Huawei’s long-time collaboration with Leica, the P30 and P30 Pro have won critics over…

The Huawei P30 series’ Leica cameras rewrite the rules of photography. Here’s how…

By Hitech Century | April 18, 2019 |

The Huawei P30 series, which consists of the titular Huawei P30 and the more powerful P30 Pro have only been in the market for a few weeks but they’ve been impressing pundits with jaw-dropping image quality and zoom capabilities that were lauded by the likes of DxOMark, which exhaustively tests for every aspect of camera…

Samsung’s Galaxy A80 is a slick triple-camera packing rotating slider phone

By Hitech Century | April 10, 2019 |

In a star-studded event in Bangkok graced by the likes of Korea’s top K-pop girl band BLACKPINK, Samsung unveiled their Galaxy A80 midrange phone that integrates their New Infinity displays that are essentially almost all panel up front along with a unique first – a pop-up motorised rotating triple-camera array. The uniquely engineered camera mechanism…

[Review] Acer Predator Triton 500 – Svelte Gaming Goliath

By Hitech Century | April 9, 2019 |

Gaming notebooks worth their salt are typically massive behemoths that fling mortal concerns such as portability and lightness straight out the window but Acer’s latest gaming notebook is not only powerful enough to tackle the latest titles but is absurdly slim to boot. Enter the Acer Predator Triton 500. Externally, the Triton 500 has dimensions…

Sony launches the α6400 and RX0 II cameras in Malaysia

By Hitech Century | April 3, 2019 |

Sony Malaysia has unveiled two new cameras and a plethora of other kit that include new lenses and grips intended for vloggers and other video content creators though the ultra compact RX0 II and the α6400 mirrorless camera took the limelight as the stars of the show today. Sony α6400 The Sony α6400 is an…

Huawei P30 and P30 Pro launched in Malaysia priced from RM2,699

By Hitech Century | April 2, 2019 |

Huawei has officially launched their flagship camphones the P30 and P30 Pro in Malaysia a week after their official global debut in Paris on 26 March 2019. In the lead up before all the way to the launch, there were a deluge of leaks about its capabilities, in particular its impressive optical zoom on the…

OPPO demonstrates 10x lossless zoom technology in Malaysia

By Hitech Century | April 1, 2019 |

Smartphones today have better cameras than were imagined possible half a decade ago with the latest battleground for industry heavies being the ability to implement better and steadier optical zoom into their phones. OPPO today demonstrated a working prototype of their 10X Lossless zoom tech that was first showcased at Mobile World Congress 2019 at…

Insanely powerful ROG Zephyrus S GX701GX gaming laptop with RTX 2080 graphics can be yours for RM14,000

By Hitech Century | March 28, 2019 |

It’s a perpetual arms race by notebook vendors to make the next most powerful and slimmest gaming laptop to trump all others and in that regard Asus has fired a shot off the bow as they’ve just unleashed one of their most powerful and slimmest laptops ever dubbed the ROG Zephyrus S GX701GX in Malaysia.…