ASUS wants to make it rain with the Zenfone 3 Max ’38 Days of Storm’ giveaway campaign!

By Hitech Century | February 10, 2017 |

[UPDATE] ASUS has updated the mechanics of how the ZenFone 3 Max ’38 Days of Storm’ giveaway is going to work. Essentially, you have to snap an outfit of the day with the theme of surviving a thunderstorm and post it on your Facebook or Instagram account with the hashtag #TakHabisHabis and #ZenFone3MaxMY. There’s some fine…

Samsung’s waterproof A5 and A7 now come in Peach Cloud and Blue Mist for Valentine’s Day

By Hitech Century | February 8, 2017 |

A wise person once said that diamonds are forever but that person didn’t reckon that diamonds are unable to let you update your Facebook much less make calls which is where Samsung’s refreshed 2017 incarnations of their Galaxy A5 and A7 phones come in. Currently, both phones only come in Black Sky and Gold Sand…

Huawei P10 and P10 Plus details leak

By Hitech Century | February 5, 2017 |

An alleged information leak in the form of a product information sheet has just turned up for Huawei’s next generation of phones: the P10 and its larger sibling the P10 Plus. The info sheet ought to be taken with a huge grain of salt until official verification appears but as far as the product sheet…

Fazura takes the stage as Neffos brand ambassador

By Hitech Century | February 5, 2017 |

TP-LINK’s smartphone spinoff Neffos has been making waves of late and they’ve just dropped a bombshell today as they announced that Malaysian celebrity Nur Fazura Sharifuddin, more popularly known as Fazura will take point as brand ambassador for their recently launched Neffos X series of smartphones. She is best known for her many roles on…

Huawei’s best UI ever and Nougat 7.0 rolling out for their Honor 8 and P9 phones

By Hitech Century | February 4, 2017 |

Sometime in June last year, Huawei hired one Abigail Brody as Chief UX Designer to work on their next generation of their EMUI user interfaces. Working out of Huawei’s San Francisco hub, Brody was the top gun behind Apple’s design efforts. The former Apple creative director worked at Cupertino for almost a decade and had…

OPPO now lets you preorder a personalised Valentine Red R9s

By Hitech Century | February 3, 2017 |

OPPO has finally released details on how to acquire their Valentine Red edition of the R9s. The phone is essentially identical in terms of hardware to its siblings that come in Gold and Rose Gold but instead sports a bright metallic red paint job. Check out our review to see how it fares here. If…

Android 7.0 Nougat update comes to Moto Z phones for Malaysia

By Hitech Century | February 2, 2017 |

If you own a Lenovo Moto Z phone, you’re in luck as they’re rolling out the Android 7.0 Nougat update just about now to your phone. With Android Nougat on the Moto Z, users can expect several major improvements to their phone including Daydream VR support; assuming you have the headset and controller that is. On…

[Review] Sony Xperia X Compact – X marks the spot

By Hitech Century | February 2, 2017 |

If you need a compact sized phone with a high performing camera and impressive battery life the Xperia X Compact ought to be tops on your shopping list.

OPPO announces red R9s for Valentine’s Day

By Hitech Century | February 1, 2017 |

OPPO’s R9s camphone is one of the more interesting devices in the market of late seeing as it comes with a rear 16-MP camera with a Sony IMX 398 sensor that packs a bright F/1.7 aperture lens along with dual PDAF tech for better performance and faster autofocus, making it one of the more powerful…

[Review] Neffos C5 Max – The Budget Buckaroo

By Hitech Century | January 31, 2017 |

The Neffos C5 Max is adequate if you’re on a tight budget though there’s a slew of choices in its price range. Wait for their higher end X1 Max.