Xiaomi has just joined a very exclusive club of phone vendors that have the mojo and the lucre to create their own chipsets. Today, they’ve announced their first in-house SoC, the Surge S1 along with the first phone that will be powered by it – the Mi 5C. The Surge S1 is an octacore processor…
If you’re short on time and want to get some grocery shopping done but don’t have the time to nip out to the store and actually take the time to pick quality produce, you’ll usually be stuck with the Faustian choice of either randomly picking stuff up from an online service that wouldn’t know the…
While the Galaxy S8 will not make an appearance at MWC 2017, they still had something to show: the Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 and a productivity-oriented Galaxy Book. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 only comes in one size variant but in two different colours – silver or black – along with two different variants –…
While it was the last to be announced, it was also the most eagerly anticipated at the Nokia launch for their new handsets at MWC 2017. The venerable Nokia 3310 is back with a redesign and an upgrade. The revamped 3310 is strictly a feature phone but has quite a few enhancements that put it…
Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei’s Consumer Business Group took to a packed stage at MWC in Barcelona and revealed their latest successors to last year’s P9: the new P10 and the P10 Plus. Both phones come in not one, not four but a whopping eight different colours with two of them specially created by Pantone…
![[Review] Otterbox Defender Casing for Galaxy S7 edge 21](https://hitechcentury.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IMG20170225234907-e1488041703229-300x225.jpg "[Review] Otterbox Defender Casing for Galaxy S7 edge 21")
If you need absolute peace of mind and the ultimate protection for your smartphone from drops and dents, this is it. It may cost a pretty penny but it’s money saved from chunking out for repairs.
While beleaguered Blackberry has all but become a shadow of its former self in reach and influence with their phones now being made by Chinese smartphone manufacturer TCL, they’re still giving it the old college try with their KEYOne phone that was just announced a scant few hours ago ahead of Mobile World Congress in…
If you have ever been curious as to what Japan’s famous bullet trains are all about, you can find out more at the Project Shinkansen exhibition that is taking place at the Japan Store at Lot 10 which will also feature Asia’s largest train diorama. The exhibition will also feature limited edition Shinkansen related merchandise…
If you’re hankering for a phablet that is larger than almost anything else in Samsung’s line-up, you’re in luck as they’ve just made their Galaxy C9 Pro official. Previously only meant for the Far East market and India, the phone is now available for sale in Malaysia. Paired with a massive 6-inch 1080P Super AMOLED touchscreen…
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The Honor 8 is a stand-out phone with a unique finish and top-shelf specifications including a great rear camera worthy of a flagship phone but without the commensurate price tag. A very worthy choice for those seeking to get their money’s worth.