The exquisite Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ make their global debut

By Hitech Century | March 30, 2017 |

In the days leading up to today’s launch, a host of leaks made the rounds speculating everything from a new screen to a new AI running under the hood. Today, all the rumours have been put to rest as Samsung took the wraps off their latest flagships for 2017: the Galaxy S8 and the larger…

4 awesome reasons why the Honor 6x is the perfect travel companion

By Hitech Century | March 29, 2017 |

Your long awaited holiday is finally here. To paraphrase a popular song – ‘Your bags are packed and you’re ready to go!’. You’ve bought the plane tickets and have gotten a travel itinerary jotted down to the hour with every culinary delight, cultural hotspot and shopping haven marked out on a map in such exacting…

Sony’s ultra luscious XZs phone with Motion Eye slo-mo camera launches in Malaysia for RM2,899

By Hitech Century | March 28, 2017 |

Sony made quite an impression at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with their impressive XZ Premium smartphone that integrates their Motion Eye camera that was able to offer up ultra slo-mo 960fps video. While that particular phone isn’t slated yet to grace our shores, Sony has instead served up another offering with a similarly powerful…

The Galaxy S7 and S7 edge is now RM500 off for a limited time

By Hitech Century | March 22, 2017 |

What can you get for half a grand? Well, quite a lot really. That’s a darned lot of barista-brewed coffee or a substantial artery-clogging amount of pizza. If that lofty amount of cash sounds like an elusive proposition to you, well, you’re in luck as Samsung is knocking off RM500 off the retail price of…

Oukitel officially launches new phone line-up in Malaysia

By Hitech Century | March 21, 2017 |

China-based Oukitel has finally spread their wings to Malaysia with a comprehensive line-up of Android smartphones. For their initial Malaysia debut, Oukitel is launching three new phones – the K6000 Plus, the U16 Max and the U20 Plus. For more details on Oukitel’s new line-up new phones swing by www.oukitel.my. Oukitel K6000 Plus The K6000 Plus…

Hands On: A first look at Xiaomi’s Mi 5c, their first phone with their in-house Surge S1 SoC processor

By Hitech Century | March 16, 2017 |

The number of phone companies that make their own SoC chips in-house is an elusively elite club that Xiaomi has just joined when they began production on their 28nm Surge S1 octacore processor that combined eight Cortex A53 cores, with four of them clocked at 2.2GHz and another at 1.4GHz with the ability to handle…

Xiaomi’s slick Redmi Note 4 goes on sale today in Malaysia for RM799

By Hitech Century | March 16, 2017 |

Cramming in the most bang for the least buck has become an art form for Xiaomi and their latest sub RM800 phone is a testament to the fact that they are seriously good at what they do. After a launch in Vietnam yesterday and a preorder in Malaysia that begun on 10 March, Xiaomi’s eponymous…

[Review] Moto Z Play – The Well Connected Workhorse Phone

By Hitech Century | March 16, 2017 |

Sturdily built with an innovative, semi-modular design, the Moto Z Play is an affordable entry point into the Moto Mod ecosystem. On its own the Moto Z Play is a serviceable sub RM1.8K phone with decent performance and great battery life but combined with its Moto Mods, it’s a potent camphone/portable pico projector/ghetto blaster.

Attack of the Titan: Unboxing the Massively Powerful Galaxy C9 Pro

By Hitech Century | March 10, 2017 |

Bordering the edge into tablet territory, the Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro straddles an interesting demarcation of form and function as it logically extends the size and potential of a phablet form factor to its logical conclusion beyond that of their Galaxy Note series but paring down some features to keep it within the more affordable circa-RM2K…

ASUS Malaysia rolls out Nougat 7.0 update for Zenfone 3

By Hitech Century | March 9, 2017 |

If you own an ASUS Zenfone 3, rejoice as they’ve has just rolled out the Android Nougat 7.0 update for Zenfone 3s acquired in Malaysia. The Nougat update encompasses the ZE520KL and ZE552KL, and the updates are over the air so you should be getting it by the time you read this. If not, go…