The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 – here’s what’s going around the grapevine

By Hitech Century | July 17, 2016 |

Samsung’s next epic phablet is about to make its official debut in a matter of weeks and so far everything seems to be straight from the official Samsung playbook. For the past several years, Samsung has kept to a dual-flagship phone launch schedule with the Galaxy S-series phone making its debut in the first half…

Plantronics launches Voyager 5200 and Backbeat Go 3 wireless headsets

By Hitech Century | July 15, 2016 |

Plantronics today took the wraps off two wireless headsets, one intended for those who mean business while another is designed for more casual users – the Voyager 5200 and the Backbeat GO 3 Voyager 5200 Bluetooth headset The Plantronics Voyager 5200 is a mono wireless Bluetooth headset that perches on your ear in a manner befitting…

HTC 10 makes Malaysia debut plus HTC announces arrival of Vive and Healthbox

By Hitech Century | July 15, 2016 |

While it has been seen on the local grey market in one fashion or another, the HTC 10 is finally officially launched in Malaysia. It’s a bit late to the party but HTC’s flagship blower is still a strong contender on several fronts. The chassis is a delicately chamfered unibody aluminium job though one that’s…

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…

Logitech’s quaint new Party Collection mice want to be the life of the party

By Hitech Century | July 13, 2016 |

Mention the word mouse and you’ll likely conjure up images of either the harbinger of the bubonic plague or that plastic clicky thing that lives on your desktop. Both usually come in a motley, unremarkable grey but Logitech aims to jazz up the latter with their new Party Collection range of mouse devices that come…

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…

Honor 8 camphone launched in China from RM1193

By Hitech Century | July 12, 2016 |

Huawei’s spinoff sub-brand Honor took the wraps off their latest flagship, the Honor 8 in a launch in China yesterday. The phone cribs a few notes off their flagship P9 that was launched recently though at a lower price tag; it only costs CNY1,999 which works out to a very reasonable RM1193. The Honor 8…

Samsung’s huge A9 Pro (2016) phablet with 5000mAh battery now available for RM1999

By Hitech Century | July 12, 2016 |

If you’ve been on the hunt for a phablet with impressive battery life, you’ll be inordinately pleased to know that Samsung’s 2016 update of their huge A9 Pro phablet is finally official today. The A9 Pro (2016) comes with a 6-inch Full HD Super Amoled 367ppi display sheathed in Corning Gorilla Glass 4, runs Android…

Play guitar like a pro with this bizarre device

By Hitech Century | July 11, 2016 |

Every aspiring lad in the school of manliness knows that one of the surest ways to impress the fairer sex is by demonstrating skill with a musical instrument. Unfortunately, getting up to speed on one of the manliest instruments that a guy can use (someone tried pianos ages ago, it didn’t end well) in a…