The latest IDC smartphone market share figures are in – here’s the top five biggest smartphone vendors in Malaysia for 2016

The latest IDC smartphone market share figures are in - here’s the top five biggest smartphone vendors in Malaysia for 2016 1

The International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report which covers smartphone shipments in Malaysia recorded about 2.7 million units across the range from entry level to flagship phones shipped in Malaysia in quarter 4 of 2016. This brings the year to a close with 8.8 million or so phones shipped which is, according…

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Preorders begin for the Honor 6x phablet

Preorders begin for the Honor 6x phablet 6

The Honor 6X is Huawei’s latest budget offering that attempts to embody their philosophy of bringing in the most bang for the least buck. Having made its initial debut in China and the US, the Honor 6X is now making an appearance in Malaysia, one of the first regional markets to do so outside of…

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Huawei’s best UI ever and Nougat 7.0 rolling out for their Honor 8 and P9 phones

Huawei’s best UI ever and Nougat 7.0 rolling out for their Honor 8 and P9 phones 12

Sometime in June last year, Huawei hired one Abigail Brody as Chief UX Designer to work on their next generation of their EMUI user interfaces. Working out of Huawei’s San Francisco hub, Brody was the top gun behind Apple’s design efforts. The former Apple creative director worked at Cupertino for almost a decade and had…

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Huawei’s Mate 9 wins award on the prestigious Hurun Report

Huawei’s Mate 9 wins award on the prestigious Hurun Report 23

Somewhat akin to the Forbes list, the Hurun Report is a who’s who list of China’s richest elite along with the stuff that they prefer spending their mountains of dosh on. Their latest report, the Hurun Best of the Best Awards 2017 lists the recently launched Huawei Mate 9 smartphone as winning the “Smartphone Best…

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Huawei has shipped over 10 million P9 and P9 Plus phones in 2016

Huawei has shipped over 10 million P9 and P9 Plus phones in 2016 26

Huawei recently released a report on their overall performance in 2016 and by all indications, they’ve done exceptionally well even in a bearish market. Globally, Huawei has shipped over 139 million phones and the numbers are going up, with 29% year-on-year growth despite a tough market with International Data Corporation (IDC), stating that global smartphone…

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Huawei unveils the P8 Lite (2017) with Android 7.0 & Kirin 655 processor

Huawei unveils the P8 Lite (2017) with Android 7.0 & Kirin 655 processor 30

Huawei has quietly released a refreshed successor to their earlier P8 Lite at CES 2017 initially destined for European markets. Oddly, it also improves on the P9 Lite that was released last year. Complicated nomenclature aside, the new P8 Lite (2017) has a beefed up set of hardware and looks distinctly different from its predecessor…

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A hands-on with Huawei’s Mate 9 Pro: Leica goodness dialled to 11

A hands-on with Huawei’s Mate 9 Pro: Leica goodness dialled to 11 31

The upgunned sibling of the Mate 9, the Mate 9 Pro comes with a 5.5-inch 2K curved touchscreen up front and runs Huawei’s own latest-gen Kirin 960 processor that’s built on a 16nm FinFet architecture paired with an impressive 6GB RAM and 128GB of non-expandable storage. The Mate 9 Pro does not support microSD cards…

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The RM7000 Huawei Porsche Design Mate 9 is coming to Malaysia this 22 December

The RM7000 Huawei Porsche Design Mate 9 is coming to Malaysia this 22 December 39

Do you happen to have seven grand lying around burning a hole in your pocket and you want to get your hands on Huawei’s ultimate uber phone? Well then, the stars have aligned and you’re in luck as Huawei is shipping in an extremely limited number of their exclusive and elusive Porsche Design Huawei Mate…

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Huawei and partners donate generously to underprivileged at Rumah Keluarga Kami

Huawei and partners donate generously to underprivileged at Rumah Keluarga Kami 40

The holiday season was made quite a bit brighter as underprivileged children from the Rumah Keluarga Kami home were given presents sponsored by the public in a short ceremony at Plaza Lowyat earlier this evening. 31 young children from the home smiled happily as they received their presents. Gracing the event and also handing out…

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Up-close with Huawei’s new MediaPad M3 tablet

Up-close with Huawei's new MediaPad M3 tablet 41

Decent slates running Android aren’t particularly common these days but Huawei has attempted to resolve their complication nicely with their new MediaPad M3 tablet that has just hit shelves in Malaysia. Huawei held an intimate media preview of their latest slate and shared a few points of what makes it one of the hottest Android…

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