The Galaxy Note 7 is official – hitting Malaysia for RM3,199 on 19th August

By Hitech Century | August 3, 2016 |

The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Unpacked reveal was conducted with the grand spectacle that Samsung is known for with D.J Koh, Samsung’s mobile chief taking to the stage in New York with the thunderous applause once reserved for rock-stars. He shared about the evolution of the Galaxy Note series and shared how Samsung trail-blazed the…

The OnePlus 3 hits stores officially in August for RM1,888

By Hitech Century | July 31, 2016 |

The elusive OnePlus 3 phone is finally available in Malaysia via local distributor Brightstar Distribution Sdn Bhd. The phone is hewn from a single block of aluminium that is 7.3mm thin. The casing weighs 158g and incorporates a 5.5-inch 1080P AMOLED display, a potent Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 2.2GHz processor, a whopping 6GB of DDR4 RAM and 64GB of non-expandable onboard storage.…

Explore Malaysia’s cultural hotspots with Samsung’s free Culture Explorer app

By Hitech Century | July 28, 2016 |

Mention the words history and culture and you’ll usually have the mental association of a dry pile of books to pore through but Samsung is taking an interesting new approach by launching their new Culture Explorer app that allows users to virtually explore and experience Malaysia’s cultural and historical hotspots as well as interact with…

Blackberry launches ultra-secure DTEK50 Android phone

By Hitech Century | July 27, 2016 |

It seems like Blackberry isn’t out for the count just yet as they’ve just announced preorders for their DTEK50 phone that runs on Android Marshmallow 6.0. The phone has a 5.2-inch 1080p 424ppi display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 processor, 3GB RAM, 16GB of onboard memory expandable via a microSD card slot, a rear 13-MP camera paired…

This new app will let you visualise what your Breezway louvre windows will look like before installation

By Hitech Century | July 21, 2016 |

If you’re chunking out change for doing up your house, you’ll likely need something more than a bunch of doodles scrawled on a sheaf of paper to indicate what exactly your dream home will look like. Breezway’s new mobile app helps somewhat as it helps you to visualise just how its numerous louvre designs will…

Know where all the rare Pokémon are before Pokémon GO arrives in Malaysia

By Hitech Century | July 19, 2016 |

If you’ve been like everyone else on the planet, you’ll likely be aware of a small, trifling game called Pokémon GO that has you running around collecting presumably sentient fictitious creatures that you can then use to battle other fictitious creatures. Or, in plainspeak for the rest of us who weren’t born when cassettes and vinyl…

The awesome Superbook wants to turn your Android phone into a laptop for US$99

By Hitech Century | July 13, 2016 |

The elusive grail of turning your smartphone into a notebook has been attempted numerous times over the years with mixed results. Asus tried it with their PadFone S that had the complexity of a matryoshka doll as you had to slot the phone into a tablet dock and then attach the combined phone/tablet hybrid to…

Ultra budget RM359 6-inch Chat 6 phablet hits stores

By Hitech Century | July 13, 2016 |

If you’re on a tight budget, you may find EXMobile’s Chat 6 phablet something worth a look. The phone has a 6-inch 720P display, has a 1.3GHz quad-core processor, 1GB RAM and 16GB of storage with a supplementary microSD card slot. The rear camera is a 5-MP f/2.0 snapper with a dual LED flash while…

[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…

Own the Huawei P9 for a song and RM76 via U Mobile’s U Package plan

By Hitech Century | July 9, 2016 |

Huawei’s P9 is a highly capable flagship phone that comes with quite a reasonable price tag for what it offers – it retails at RM2,099 in the open market which is quite a deal for its capabilities, in particular it’s dual camera setup that’s been tweaked by Leica. Now, you can get it for a…