Asus Malaysia reveals latest notebooks from Computex 2017

By Hitech Century | June 16, 2017 | Comments Off on Asus Malaysia reveals latest notebooks from Computex 2017

Fresh off their Computex debut, Asus Malaysia revealed their next generation of ZenBook and VivoBook notebooks that are slated to roll out soon in Malaysia. For Malaysia, Asus will roll out three ZenBook models – the ZenBook Flip S, the ZenBook 3 Deluxe, the Asus ZenBook Pro along with two workhorse VivoBook notebooks – the…

Zenfone 3 Max enjoys RM100 discount for Raya holidays

By Hitech Century | June 16, 2017 | Comments Off on Zenfone 3 Max enjoys RM100 discount for Raya holidays

Asus’ Zenfone 3 Max is one of the more interesting evolutionary offshoots of their Zenfone 3 family as it bears aesthetic stylings similar to its siblings but prioritises battery life by cramming in a humongous 4,100mAh battery within its casing that is rated to last up to 38 days on standby with 4G on or…

Samsung’s latest microwave oven has a setting to cook Malaysian rendang!

By Hitech Century | June 16, 2017 | Comments Off on Samsung’s latest microwave oven has a setting to cook Malaysian rendang!

Granted, the lads in the office are certainly a few steps short of the likes of Gordon Ramsay much less whatever mum can whip up in the kitchen and have barely gotten past fried eggs and instant noodles on the culinary competency scale but Samsung’s latest all-in-one microwave may just make home meals vastly more…

Vivo launches matte black V5s in Malaysia

By Hitech Century | June 15, 2017 | Comments Off on Vivo launches matte black V5s in Malaysia

Vivo’s selfie-centric V5s which was launched recently last month now comes in a fetching shade of matte black. The matte black Vivo 5s is otherwise functionally similar to the gold and rose gold variants and comes with the same price tag at RM1,299. For your money you’re getting a whopping 20-MP front facing selfie snapper…

Honor 6X: The ultra affordable midrange beast of a phone

By Hitech Century | June 15, 2017 | Comments Off on Honor 6X: The ultra affordable midrange beast of a phone

In a way, buying smartphones can be likened to buying a car. There’s super high end devices that may be speed demons on the proverbial track and look like a gorgeous sculpture that has just waltzed out of an art gallery but they also come with an eye-watering price to match. Both phones and cars…

Heading home for Raya? Waze has you covered with Planned Drive feature

By Hitech Century | June 15, 2017 | Comments Off on Heading home for Raya? Waze has you covered with Planned Drive feature

As far as navigation apps go, Waze has something of a following in Malaysia. How much? Well, apparently there’s over 2.5 million Malaysians actively using the app with over 1.2 million alerts contributed to the app per month of road hazards from potholes to accidents. That massive font of data offers an unprecedented bird’s eye…

Huawei’s MediaPad M3 now comes with one year of webe broadband for RM1,999 plus updates to EMUI 5.0

By Hitech Century | June 15, 2017 | Comments Off on Huawei’s MediaPad M3 now comes with one year of webe broadband for RM1,999 plus updates to EMUI 5.0

Huawei’s MediaPad M3 slate is getting an update to EMUI 5.0 that will roll out by the end of June for devices in Malaysia. One of the key benefits of Huawei’s latest EMUI 5.0 user interface is what they call ‘Machine Learning’ where the firmware runs through an algorithm, learning your usage patterns over the…

Lenovo’s P51s ThinkPad workstation gets refreshed with Kaby Lake processors

By Hitech Century | June 14, 2017 | Comments Off on Lenovo’s P51s ThinkPad workstation gets refreshed with Kaby Lake processors

Lenovo has rolled out a product refresh across their ThinkPad range with new Kaby Lake processors that integrate a host of welcome benefits including support for USB-C Gen 2 ports, integrated GPUs that can better tackle 4K video and better multitasking duties too. Their revamped P51s workstation comes in at the top of the list…

Here’s where you can experience Samsung’s Gear VR for free

By Hitech Century | June 11, 2017 | Comments Off on Here’s where you can experience Samsung’s Gear VR for free

Samsung’s Galaxy S8 and S8+ were launched in Malaysia alongside an improved version of the Gear VR headset that adds in an interactive pointer that works with content. Outside of the official launch roadshow, there were scant few places that you could have a gander at how the phone and the VR headset worked. Until…

GAMDIAS unleashes new keyboards and their first gaming chair at Computex 2017

By Hitech Century | June 10, 2017 | Comments Off on GAMDIAS unleashes new keyboards and their first gaming chair at Computex 2017

Computex is an annual affair that sees some of Asia’s biggest players in components, hardware and other computing related kit gather together to show the digiterati and technophiles alike some of their newest hardware that will hit store shelves in the coming months. Renowned gaming kit purveyor Gamdias went all the way with a Greek…