Smartphones
Maxis launches their own 4G phone – say hello to the NeXT M1
Most telcos in Malaysia offer smartphones from the world’s best vendors as a matter of course. Few have made their own smartphone though Maxis has just joined that exclusive club with their own NeXT M1. Teased via elusive ads a few days ago, the NeXT M1 was unveiled in its full glory today. The NeXT…
Read MoreHuawei releases Mate 9 Black Edition and launch date for P10 and P10 Plus
If the current crop of colours for Huawei’s Mate 9 phablet don’t pique your interest and your wallet, you’ll be glad to know that they’re launching it in a new shade of black. Currently, the only Mate 9 you can get in black is the Mate 9 Porsche edition that retails for a whopping RM6,999.…
Read MoreOPPO launches R9s Plus today for RM2,498
Most of the limelight on OPPO globally is on their new camera system that was launched at MWC 2017. In Malaysia, they are focusing most of the fuss on the upgunned R9s Plus phablet that has just been announced for sale today. The R9s Plus is aesthetically similar to the R9s but has an improved…
Read MoreXiaomi has just announced their own chipset. Say hello to the Surge S1
Xiaomi has just joined a very exclusive club of phone vendors that have the mojo and the lucre to create their own chipsets. Today, they’ve announced their first in-house SoC, the Surge S1 along with the first phone that will be powered by it – the Mi 5C. The Surge S1 is an octacore processor…
Read MoreHuawei launches P10 and P10 Plus at MWC 2017
Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei’s Consumer Business Group took to a packed stage at MWC in Barcelona and revealed their latest successors to last year’s P9: the new P10 and the P10 Plus. Both phones come in not one, not four but a whopping eight different colours with two of them specially created by Pantone…
Read MoreKeyboards are back in style with Blackberry’s KEYOne at MWC 2017
While beleaguered Blackberry has all but become a shadow of its former self in reach and influence with their phones now being made by Chinese smartphone manufacturer TCL, they’re still giving it the old college try with their KEYOne phone that was just announced a scant few hours ago ahead of Mobile World Congress in…
Read MoreSamsung C9 Pro phablet is official at price of RM2,299
If you’re hankering for a phablet that is larger than almost anything else in Samsung’s line-up, you’re in luck as they’ve just made their Galaxy C9 Pro official. Previously only meant for the Far East market and India, the phone is now available for sale in Malaysia. Paired with a massive 6-inch 1080P Super AMOLED touchscreen…
Read MoreOPPO’s Min Chen special edition R9s arriving in Malaysia
OPPO’s R9s camphone has recently made headlines of late as it’s one of the few sub-RM2000 phones that come with a cracking good rear camera with an F/1.7 aperture, PDAF and Sony’s new IMX398 sensor to serve up some brill shots. It has appeared in several different colour variants including a limited edition Valentine Red…
Read MoreHTC’s new flagship U Ultra offers ultra slick mirror finish, AI, secondary display and removes headphone jack
HTC’s eponymous HTC 10 phone last year was not only a looker, it was also quite a performer too and remains one of the few, if not the only phone that integrates optical image stabilisation for the front-facing selfie camera. This time around, HTC is offering a new spin on things with the rollout of…
Read MorePreorders begin for the Honor 6x phablet
The Honor 6X is Huawei’s latest budget offering that attempts to embody their philosophy of bringing in the most bang for the least buck. Having made its initial debut in China and the US, the Honor 6X is now making an appearance in Malaysia, one of the first regional markets to do so outside of…
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