Vivo launches selfie-centric V5s phone for RM1299

By Hitech Century | May 3, 2017 |

Most smartphones place overwhelming emphasis on the rear camera. Vivo’s newly launched Vivo V5s goes entirely in the opposite direction by plonking a vastly more powerful selfie camera on the front than on the rear. The V5s has a front-facing 20-MP camera which comes with an F/2.0 aperture, a larger 1/2.8-inch sensor and a dedicated…

OPPO R9S Black Edition preorders open for RM1,828

By Hitech Century | May 3, 2017 |

OPPO today officially launched the R9s Black Edition today at a cost for RM1,828 with a special pre-order period that starts from today on 3 May to 9 May 2017. This puts the new Black Edition phone at the same price as the original colours in gold as well as the prior one that was…

Jabra’s new Speak 710 speakerphones are the coolest thing you can currently get for your desktop

By Hitech Century | May 2, 2017 |

If you’re a high-flying corporate suit, you’ll need to look the part and that also means ensuring that whatever you have on your desk at the office is a statement in chic and taste. This, then is the solution if you’re in need of a speakerphone that doubles as a pair of rocking music cans.…

Hands-on with OPPO’s R9S Black Edition

By Hitech Century | May 2, 2017 |

OPPO’s latest variant of the R9S banks on the universal appeal of the colour black as well as the star power fronting it in the form of Malaysian celebrity Neelofa. As a phone, the R9s is a sound sub-RM2,000 camphone and one of the more viable options if you’re after a phone with a wide…

OPPO announces Neelofa as the face of their new R9s Black Edition phone

By Hitech Century | May 2, 2017 |

OPPO Malaysia has just announced that Malaysian TV actress and model Neelofa is the new face for thir latest aesthetic variant of the OPPO R9S which comes in a shade of black. The OPPO R9S Black Edition is functionally identical to its siblings in terms of specifications, hardware, camera and performance bar the matte black…

Otterbox launches their new line-up of tough casings for Samsung’s Galaxy S8 and S8+ in Malaysia from RM159

By Hitech Century | May 1, 2017 |

Everyone has heard of the saying that ‘prevention is better than the cure’ but more often than not, people tend to overlook that timeless bit of wisdom when it comes to their smartphones until that heart-stopping moment when your phone encounters terminal deceleration trauma with the floor due to some misadventure or mishap. While a…

Sony’s new A series tellies serve up 4K HDR goodness in your living room

By Hitech Century | April 30, 2017 |

Sony’s recent convention at the Intercontinental Hotel in Malaysia transformed a series of ballrooms within the establishment into a veritable wonderland of tech as they showed off everything they had to offer across their entire product range from their Playstation VR headsets, their latest cameras, Xperia smartphones and more including a range of the latest…

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S8 & S8+ roadshows to offer bargains galore and trade-in offers aplenty from 5th to 7th May

By Hitech Century | April 29, 2017 |

To say that the Galaxy S8 and its sibling the S8+ are one of the most anticipated and wanted phones for 2017 does not exactly do it justice. Samsung sold 7000 of the phones when they opened up their preorder blitz on their website in mid-April and in Samsung’s native Korea, Samsung’s Chief of Mobile…

Huawei’s P10 in Dazzling Blue and Greenery arriving on May 5

By Hitech Century | April 28, 2017 |

Should the current colour choices for Huawei’s latest flagship phone the P10 not tickle your fancy, you’ll be rightly pleased as they will be launching the P10 in two Pantone endorsed colours for the Malaysia market: Greenery and Dazzling Blue. Both of the new hues received extensive airtime at MWC 2017 with a Pantone rep…

[Review] Samsung Galaxy S8 – Exquisite Elegance Exemplified

By Hitech Century | April 27, 2017 |

Offering innovative design, impressive performance and one of the most powerful cameras yet mounted on a smartphone, the S8 shows that Samsung is still at the top of their game. If cash is no object, this is one of the best phones that you can currently buy.