OPPO’s new Sonica Wi-Fi speakers are yours for RM1,299

OPPO's new Sonica Wi-Fi speakers are yours for RM1,299 1

While OPPO is best known for making phones, they’re apparently cracking good at making audio gear too. Their newly launched Sonica Wi-Fi speaker has a 2.1 audio setup with a 3.5-inch bass driver, a pair of 3-inch balanced bass radiators and a pair of 2.5-inch wideband neodymium-magnet-enhanced drivers to churn out some hefty audio. The…

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Lighting gets serious at Philips’ new Professional Lighting Experience Centre

Lighting gets serious at Philips’ new Professional Lighting Experience Centre 2

Plebeians will likely just think a light bulb is a light bulb but the chaps at Philips beg to differ. Corner one of their experts roaming the showroom floor at the Philips Professional Lighting Experience Center or Home Lighting Lounge and you’ll gain an enlightening revelation. Literally. There’s so much more to lighting that meets…

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Revamped Samsung Galaxy Tab A now sports S Pen stylus for RM1,599

Revamped Samsung Galaxy Tab A now sports S Pen stylus for RM1,599 3

While there has been a dearth of new Android slates in the market, you’ll be chuffed to know that there’s a slate in town. Samsung’s revamped incarnation of the Galaxy Tab A that sports a raft of improvements all around and the notable addition of an S Pen stylus to turn it into an artist’s…

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Leaked renders show Huawei’s next flagships the Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro

Leaked renders show Huawei's next flagships the Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro 4

Alleged renders of Huawei’s next flagship phone have already been leaked by Venturebeat. Dubbed the Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro, the phones will purportedly come with a 5.9-inch screen in flat and curved variants with the curved one coming with QHD resolution and the flat one at Full HD. Both phones will come with…

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ZenFone 3 Deluxe now available in Malaysia from RM2,599

ZenFone 3 Deluxe now available in Malaysia from RM2,599 5

The most powerful variant of Asus’ ZenFone 3 series, the ZenFone 3 Deluxe is now available for sale in Malaysia following on from its more affordable siblings that were released within the past two months. The phone comes in two different subvariants for Malaysia. What both variants have in common is that they come with…

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Summer Lesson is appearing in English for Playstation VR in 2017

Summer Lesson is appearing in English for Playstation VR in 2017 6

If you’re looking for a VR game for the PlayStation VR that is distinctly Japanese, you can’t go further than Bandai Namco’s outing for the PlayStation VR dubbed Summer Lesson: Hikari Miyamoto. The premise of Summer Lesson is that it allows you to interact with that most famous of Japanese archetypes – the schoolgirl- and layers…

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Samsung Galaxy S7 saves Australian quartet in Melbourne seas

Samsung Galaxy S7 saves Australian quartet in Melbourne seas 7

It has been said that bad news sell better than good news, which may possibly explain why there has been so much news on Samsung’s woes regarding their Galaxy Note 7 of late, though it seems that the tide has turned for them. Literally. According to Australian tech site Ausdroid, Samsung’s Galaxy S7 phone managed to…

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Sony gets in on the action like a BOSS with new FDR-X300R and HDR-AS300R action cams

Sony gets in on the action like a BOSS with new FDR-X300R and HDR-AS300R action cams 8

Sony made a splash in the local market recently, literally so with the launch of the FDR-X3000R action camera that captures 4K video and the HDR-AS300R action camera that captures Full HD footage. Both cameras also come with their Balanced Optical Steadyshot Image Stabilisation (BOSS), that ensures ultra smooth footage, which in the case of…

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[First Look] Wiko Robby phablet

[First Look] Wiko Robby phablet 9

Wiko’s phablet sized Robby phone comes in a sturdy, if rather gaudily done box that comes with quite an array of accessories bundled with it. Out of the box, you get a two-pin micro USB charger, a USB cable, a pair of headphones, a screen protector and a soft transparent silicone casing as well as…

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Samsung updates details on Galaxy Note7 returns for travellers at KLIA and KLIA2

Samsung updates details on Galaxy Note7 returns for travellers at KLIA and KLIA2 10

If you’re an owner of a Galaxy Note7 owner in Malaysia and are about to head off on a flight and fretting over what to do since it’s been recently banned on several airlines, you’re in luck. Technically speaking, it’s still allowed on a flight, except that you have to keep it powered off and on…

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