Huawei’s MediaPad M3 and Nova Plus arrive in Malaysia

By Hitech Century | October 14, 2016 |

Huawei’s Nova Plus smartphone and MediaPad M3 tablet that were glimpsed at IFA 2016 in Berlin are now finally available for sale in Malaysia. The MediaPad M3 is Huawei’s take on a slate that comes with an 8.4-inch, 2,560 x 1600 pixel resolution display. Running under the hood is Android 6.0 on a HiSilicon Kirin 950 processor paired with 4GB…

Huawei and Leica set up joint-lab at Wetzlar, Germany

By Hitech Century | September 25, 2016 |

Huawei and Leica announced their alliance earlier this year with the first fruits of their team-up being the P9 and P9 Plus smartphone. Now, both parties have taken the next step in their collaborative effort by pooling their R&D assets and establishing the ‘Max Berek Innovation Lab’ based at Leica’s global HQ in Wetzlar, Germany.…

The Honor 7 Enhanced is getting an RM200 price reduction, will soon be RM1299

By Hitech Century | September 24, 2016 |

Huawei’s spinoff midrange retail brand Honor has been making quite a few waves lately with their Honor 8 phone that incorporates hardware culled from their high-end P9 flagship phones, in particular their dual camera setup which has a single mono and a single colour sensor paired up together for better overall performance. The difference is…

IFA 2016 – Huawei announces new midrange Nova and Nova Plus phones

By Hitech Century | September 3, 2016 |

While Huawei’s P9 family of flagship phones are taking most of the limelight this year, they’re branching out with their unveiling of a new range of phones that they’ve dubbed the Nova series that’s angled for midrange buyers at IFA 2016. Rather than tacking on a ton of bells and whistles, the Nova along with…

Huawei’s P9 now comes in either Blue or Red

By Hitech Century | September 2, 2016 |

The original Huawei P9 launched earlier this year with a slew of metallic colours along with their rear dual Leica-certified camera setup that served up some excellent snaps as we can attest to in our prior review. The P9’s HiSilicon Kirin 955 processor was a solid performer as well that handled everything thrown at it…

[First Look] The Honor 8 is coming to Malaysia this September – behold its gorgeous mirror finish

By Hitech Century | August 26, 2016 |

If you harboured aspirations of owning the smartphone equivalent of a sports car at family sedan prices, you’ll likely have been eyeing the Honor 8 that has already been launched in China, the States and, recently, in a grand debut in Paris, France. The phone is a midrange workhorse that comes with some of Huawei’s best…

Huawei teases new ladies-oriented phone range, a new Mate series phone and more

By Hitech Century | August 23, 2016 |

On a balmy Tuesday, Huawei gave a glimpse of their plans for the future when Mr. Kevin Ho, President, Handset Product Line, Huawei Consumer Business Group took a few minutes out of his schedule to chat about the P9 phone series, how it is doing in Malaysia and beyond as well as what to expect…

The gorgeous new Honor 8 blends metal, glass and dual cameras in one sweet looking chassis

By Hitech Century | August 22, 2016 |

There’s a smartphone that has just hit the States and China that blends glass, metal, a dual 12-MP rear camera and has terrifyingly good specs in the form of a high-end octacore processor, 4GB RAM and a sharp 5.2-inch 1080p Super Amoled screen. While you’d reckon that it would cost an arm and a leg,…

Mastering light and shadows with the Huawei P9 – master photographer Aqmal Hadi Shapee shows us how

By Hitech Century | August 5, 2016 |

On a sleepy Sunday morning, master photographer Aqmal Hadi Shapee was full of energy and passion as he shared his first love – black and white photography with a gathered crowd of eager students. A native of Kuala Lumpur and an acknowledged master of black and white photography with over a decade of experience, Aqmal is…

Huawei’s MateBook hits stores in Malaysia, costs RM3,999

By Hitech Century | July 29, 2016 |

Unveiled at Mobile World Congress earlier this year, Huawei’s first take on a hybrid notebook dubbed the Huawei MateBook had tech pundits staring at it with admiring gazes as it had PC-grade hardware along with the looks, svelteness and form factor of a tablet to angle it as a credible contender to the Surface Pro 4. It’s…