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

By Hitech Century | July 4, 2017 |

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…

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

By Hitech Century | July 3, 2017 |

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…

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

By Hitech Century | July 1, 2017 |

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…

Asus Malaysia pushes Zenfone 3 Zoom update with sweet new portrait mode

By Hitech Century | June 29, 2017 |

The Asus Zenfone 3 Zoom is currently the best phones they have ever made. A massive 5,000mAh battery ensures endurance under heavy use and it has an efficient Snapdragon 625 processor along with 64GB of expandable storage. The pièce de résistance though is it’s rear dual camera array that has a pair of 12-MP cameras,…

The Honor 8 Pro is coming to Malaysia this July

By Hitech Century | June 21, 2017 |

Honor has carved out a reputation of offering serious bang for the buck with their recent Honor 6x being one of the cheapest dual camera phones in the local market. Their latest phone the Honor 8 Pro continues that legacy and adds to it. In terms of hardware, the Honor 8 Pro packs a…

Vivo launches matte black V5s in Malaysia

By Hitech Century | June 15, 2017 |

Vivo’s selfie-centric V5s which was launched recently last month now comes in a fetching shade of matte black. The matte black Vivo 5s is otherwise functionally similar to the gold and rose gold variants and comes with the same price tag at RM1,299. For your money you’re getting a whopping 20-MP front facing selfie snapper…

[Review] Huawei P10 Lite -Lite it up

By Hitech Century | June 6, 2017 |

The cheapest offering in the triumvirate of phones that make up Huawei’s P10 series, the P10 Lite is a pared down and more affordable offering compared to the P10 and the P10 Plus. It bears several aesthetic similarities to its higher priced siblings though what is under the hood is a somewhat different proposition. Effectively…

HTC’s flagship U11 ships with 6GB RAM, 128GB storage and chart-topping camera for RM3,099

By Hitech Century | June 1, 2017 |

HTC’s latest flagship phone dubbed the U11 is certainly the most novel phone that they have made in ages as it incorporates a new means of interacting with it that no other phone in the market has along with some chart-topping hardware. Lining the sides of the U11 are sensors that they’ve dubbed as HTC…

Nokia is back in Malaysia with four new phones including the classic 3310 starting from RM239!

By Hitech Century | May 30, 2017 |

Mention Nokia back in the 90’s and the Finnish marque would gain instant recognition regardless of whichever part of the globe you were on. While it has.been nascent from some time, they’re now back with a vengeance with a strong showing at this year’s Mobile World Congress 2017 with the launch of their Nokia 3,…

Xiaomi’s humongous Mi Max 2 packs a titanic 5,300mAh battery and 6.44-inch 1080P screen

By Hitech Century | May 29, 2017 |

With dimensions approaching an actual tablet, Xiaomi’s newly launched Mi Max 2 is a massive affair in more ways than one. While the main draw is it’s large 6.44-inch 1080P display, the Mi Max 2 earns its moniker on account of its mammoth 5,300mAh battery. Combined with the efficient Snapdragon 625 2.0GHz octacore processor, the…