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…

Wiko’s new UFEEL and UFEEL Lite want you to feel the French connection

By Hitech Century | June 10, 2016 |

While French phone vendor WIko has been in the Malaysian market for less than a year, they’ve certainly been making waves if their most recent crop of smartphones are any indication. Blending surprisingly good looks at a price that won’t raise eyebrows, their new trio of budget phones – the UFEEL, the UFEEL Lite and…

Doogee’s Y300 sub-RM600 Android phone aims to offer serious bang for the buck

By Hitech Century | May 30, 2016 |

If you’re thinking of getting a phone on a budget that’s not made by all the usual players in the game, you might want to give Doogee’s new Y300 phone a look. Interesting appellation aside, the phone runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow and comes with a 5-inch HD display sheathed in 2.5D Corning Gorilla glass, sports…

Budget Flash Plus 2 phone hits preorders today in Malaysia at RM599

By Hitech Century | May 24, 2016 |

Most phones these days usually have an unusual launch gimmick to make it stand out from the crowd be it a better camera or phone but the value-centric Flash Plus 2 attempts to do it all by offering quite an array of interesting features at a surprisingly low price tag. The phablet-sized phone comes with…

Handy new CardPow! app gives you cashbacks and discounts aplenty

By Hitech Century | May 17, 2016 |

If you’ve signed for a credit card – and who doesn’t these days – you’ll likely be aware of the usual array of cashbacks, rewards and bonuses tied to each card. The problem is that there’s so many that it’s a chore to keep track, more so if you have more than one card. Enter…

PropertyGuru shares revamped mobile app and key local insights

By Hitech Century | May 3, 2016 |

According to real estate site PropertyGuru, despite an economy in the doldrums, Malaysians are still keen to invest in property. According to the burgeoning site, which now has 42% market share in Malaysia and a presence in Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, some 83% of Malaysian buyers are in the market for new projects and…

Samsung’s Galaxy S7 is now in Malaysia for RM2699

By Hitech Century | April 29, 2016 |

While Samsung initially announced that only the Galaxy S7 edge will be available in Malaysia several months ago, they’ve now decided to make its more affordable sibling the Galaxy S7 with a conventional 5.1-inch Quad HD Super Amoled display with a razor sharp 577ppi available in Malaysia with modest fanfare. Barring the display, the S7…

Leagoo’s Shark 1 phone goes for the kill

By Hitech Century | April 27, 2016 |

If you’re keen on a budget phablet with a huge screen and ridiculously good battery life, Leagoo’s new Shark 1 phone looks like something that’s right up your alley. The phone comes with a 6-inch 1080p 368ppi display sheathed in 4th gen Corning Gorilla curved 2.5D glass crammed into a svelte metal unibody chassis that…

[REVIEW] Freeblade – In the grim dark future there are only giant stompy robots and quick time events

By Hitech Century | April 23, 2016 |

In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, so goes the popular tagline in Games Workshop’s titular post dystopian Warhammer 40,000 game universe and at the pace of games that they are releasing, there’s plenty of fighting to go around. That’s no surprise either seeing the setting. The Warhammer 40K…

Huawei serves up a sweet trade-in programme for the Mate 8

By Hitech Century | April 20, 2016 |

If you’re staring at your old phone and are looking to part ways, now is the time to make that final split as Huawei’s offering an interesting trade-in programme for their Mate 8 phone. All you have to do is to walk into any one of several of Huawei’s designated trade-in locations and bring your…