Smartphone cameras today are approaching a level of sophistication and performance that have put left all but the most powerful point-and-shoot compacts in the dust. A piece by Petapixel derived camera production data from CIPA for 2016 and while photography is more popular than ever, most of the sales on the chart was derived from…
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If you need a budget phablet that prioritises battery life, you’ll find the Zenfone 3 Max an appealing option
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An immensely capable workhorse that is water resistant with decent front and rear cameras. A fetching looking finish makes it a desirable option for those seeking a premium offering at midrange prices from the marque
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…
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.…
After nursing a hangover of epic proportions and what seemed to be the onset of a flu what with getting drenched in the interminably unpredictable Malaysian weather of late, we needed to get something that was both hearty, heartwarming and filling. Quite a few items were on the list but we needed something that wouldn’t…
Local outfit SNS Malaysia has just launched a trio of Windows-10-toting two-in-ones, two of which have Marvel’s Avenger team iconography all over them. The AVRT10T has an Iron Man theme going about it with a light-up arc reactor on the rear, the AVR116T has a light-up Avengers team logo while the JOI 11 eschews such…
While calling helplines are usually an extended exercise in managing your blood pressure, Digi is now offering an additional avenue to make things significantly easier and less stressful as they just launched a new, revamped MyDigi app. The improved app improves on what the original did when it haunted the Google Play store and Apple…
While everyone’s eye is on the latest smartphones to grace the coming year, TP-LINK has outed their behemoth C5400X 1.8GHz 65-bit quad-core router. Resembling as much an art deco sculpture that you’d usually see on the wide avenues of Las Ramblas in Barcelona where it was unveiled at Mobile World Congress 2017, the Archer C5400X…
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…