The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 – here’s what’s going around the grapevine

By Hitech Century | July 17, 2016 |

Samsung’s next epic phablet is about to make its official debut in a matter of weeks and so far everything seems to be straight from the official Samsung playbook. For the past several years, Samsung has kept to a dual-flagship phone launch schedule with the Galaxy S-series phone making its debut in the first half…

[Review] Asus ZenFone Max – Exceptional Endurance Exemplified

By Hitech Century | July 13, 2016 |

While a host of midrange phones exist in the market, hawking one feature or another be it a better front facing selfie camera, a fingerprint sensor or some other foible, few actually address the most important thing that a smartphone needs to have – endurance. Fortunately, Asus’ workhorse ZenFone Max addresses that particular need by…

Samsung’s huge A9 Pro (2016) phablet with 5000mAh battery now available for RM1999

By Hitech Century | July 12, 2016 |

If you’ve been on the hunt for a phablet with impressive battery life, you’ll be inordinately pleased to know that Samsung’s 2016 update of their huge A9 Pro phablet is finally official today. The A9 Pro (2016) comes with a 6-inch Full HD Super Amoled 367ppi display sheathed in Corning Gorilla Glass 4, runs Android…

Samsung transcends barriers with the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

By Hitech Century | July 4, 2016 |

The Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge are marvels of engineering and design that incorporate everything you’d want in a smartphone and then some with an ultra sharp, Super Amoled display, blazing fast performance, expandable memory, water resistance and one of the best cameras that have ever been put into a smartphone; a tough act…

Huawei parts the veil on their Kirin 955 processors

By Hitech Century | July 3, 2016 |

The intricate, painstakingly precise manufacturing process along with the R&D that goes into making smartphone processors is something that’s rarely elaborated on by their makers. For many, a phone simply works; every single bit of plastic, metal, silicon and glass crammed into a handheld chunk of metal that’s often little thicker than a deck of…

Asus launches Malaysian variant of ZenBook Flip UX360CA

By Hitech Century | June 24, 2016 |

Befitting its name the local variant of the new Asus ZenBook Flip is a convertible with a hinge that lets you turn the 13.3-inch 1080p touchscreen display all the way around to turn it from a notebook into a slate of sorts akin to Lenovo’s Yoga series notebooks. You can also opt to prop it…

[Review] BackPack Galaxy S7 Edge casing: Juicing the pocket rocket

By Hitech Century | June 24, 2016 |

The use case (pun aside) for Samsung’s official BackPack battery casing is fairly obvious. If you drive your phone hard, like we do, without the opportunity to recharge it when out and about, you’ll often have to resort to a snake pit of cables and a plethora of spare power banks jingling about in your…

[REVIEW] Huawei P9 – The Magical Monochrome Marvel

By Hitech Century | June 20, 2016 |

Huawei’s P9 flagship that comes with a dual camera setup co-engineered with Leica gets put to the test

The Galaxy S7 Edge Injustice Edition is coming to town

By Hitech Century | June 11, 2016 |

If you’ve ever wanted a closer connection to the Caped Crusader, you’re in luck as Malaysia will be getting a small production run of the limited edition Galaxy S7 Edge Injustice edition phone that prominently features Batman’s famous iconography all over it. For the price of entry of RM4,099 inclusive of GST, you get a…

The new Hello Kitty Grace 10 Light convertible dials up the cuteness into overdrive

By Hitech Century | May 25, 2016 |

If you’re keen on a cute looking convertible, you can’t get cuter than this 10.1-inch slate dubbed the Hello Kitty Grace 10 Light that comes with a detachable keyboard from SNS Network that is liberally emblazoned with Hello Kitty imagery and comes complete in a rather eye catching shade of black with pink trim on…