Honor 8 enjoys an RM300 markdown in Malaysia

honor 8 in mirror blue

Launched in Malaysia near the tail end of last year, the Honor 8 was one of the most powerful workhorse phones that we’ve ever seen. It came with a price tag that didn’t bust the bank while delivering in a rock solid spec sheet with a dual camera array thrown in for good measure akin…

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Neffos X1 Lite launches in Malaysia for RM499

Neffos X1 Lite launches in Malaysia for RM499 3

Networking equipment purveyor TP-LInk’s Neffos range of smartphones made waves earlier on this year with their range of circa-RM1000 smartphones in the form of the Neffos X1 and X1 Max that made their debut in Malaysia to the tune of a series of high-profile celebrity endorsements with Malaysian singer Fazura. They’re now looking to shake…

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Samsung’s new budget Galaxy J-Pro series phones come with extended protection for free

Samsung’s new budget Galaxy J-Pro series phones come with extended protection for free 6

Buying a phone when you’re on a budget is often a Faustian bargain of trading off performance for as low a price tag as possible with little margin left for what happens if you inadvertently prang your phone with terminal deceleration trauma; that’s dropping it to the ground, folks. Samsung it seems has taken that…

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Honor 8 Pro officially launches in Malaysia for RM1,999

Close up front shot of the Honor 8 Pro

Honor Malaysia has made a name for itself for offering some of the most value-packed phones in the market and their officially launched Honor 8 Pro is one of their most powerful and affordable phones yet. The Honor 8 pro takes a page off last year’s flagship P9 and comes with a fetching brushed aluminium…

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The Galaxy S8 and S8+ now come in Coral Blue

The Galaxy S8 and S8+ now come in Coral Blue 16

Should the current colours that the Galaxy S8 and S8+ in Malaysia not pique your interest, you’ll likely be interested in their newly issued colour variant for both models that comes in Coral Blue. The finish is a shiny, light metallic blue and the phones, bar the new paint job, are identical to the existing…

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Zenfone AR launched in Malaysia at RM3,799

Zenfone AR launched in Malaysia at RM3,799 19

The Asus ZenFone AR has just been launched in Malaysia. The phone is quite an achievement on several levels though its biggest claim to fame is that it is the only phone so far to integrate Tango and Daydream into one device for users to experience both augmented and virtual reality though both platforms work…

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Samsung’s Galaxy Note Fan Edition improves on the original Note 7 in two crucial ways

Samsung’s Galaxy Note Fan Edition improves on the original Note 7 in two crucial ways 26

After Samsung’s global recall of the Galaxy Note 7 when several of the phones caught fire, they were sitting on a massive stockpile of recalled devices and the spare parts to service them over their projected service life. Rumours have been bandied about for the past several months that Samsung will resurrect the Galaxy Note…

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The Honor 8 Pro is coming to Malaysia with preorders priced at RM1,999

The Honor 8 Pro is coming to Malaysia with preorders priced at RM1,999 29

The original Honor 8 was launched last year and achieved quite a few milestones on account of its fetching mirrored finish, excellent specs and very agreeable price. Its successor, the Honor 8 Pro that has just been announced for preorders in Malaysia  looks set to break quite a few of its own. Also known as…

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The Asus Zenfone AR is coming to Malaysia this July. Here’s what you need to know

The Asus Zenfone AR is coming to Malaysia this July. Here’s what you need to know 32

The ZenFone AR has already been launched in Taiwan though the Malaysian launch of their flagship is extremely likely within a span of days. Asus Malaysia has issued invites for the launch of their next range of phones that strongly hint to the launch of their ZenFone AR. First glimpsed at CES, the ZenFone AR…

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OnePlus 5 gets an official price ahead of preorders in Malaysia

OnePlus 5 gets an official price ahead of preorders in Malaysia 35

The OnePlus 5 phone is one of the more elusive phones that Android aficionados are looking for in the market after its recent official global announcement but official Malaysia distributor Brightstar Malaysia has just announced that it is now up for preorders and has an official price tag. The phone weighs about 153g, is 7.3mm…

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