Realme 5 Pro review – The affordable quad camera powerhouse

By Hitech Century | October 4, 2019 |

The realme 5 Pro was previously launched with great success in India a few months back and it’s only recently that it has made its way to Malaysia. Effectively the most powerful phone in realme’s current local line-up, the realme 5 Pro has quite a bit going for it as they cram in a large…

Huawei Nova 5t review – Fabulously Fashionable

By Hitech Century | September 9, 2019 |

Notably as one of the first phones to enjoy a global unveiling in Malaysia, the Huawei nova 5T is an interesting blend of flagship hardware and design with a mid-range price tag. We had the pleasure of field testing a retail unit. Here’s how it fares. There isn’t much to shout home about with the…

STM USB-C Media Hub Review – Embracing the Dongle Life

By Hitech Century | August 26, 2019 |

As laptops and other hardware get lighter and slimmer, they also end up omitting features that we once took for granted like USB ports and card readers. If you’re one of those out there lamenting the loss of all those ports, you’ll appreciate the charms that the STM USB-C media hub will bring to your…

MSI PS63 8RC Modern Review – MSI’s Marvelously Svelte Marvel

By Hitech Century | August 19, 2019 |

Renowned Taiwanese notebook brand MSI is usually best known for their gaming notebooks which are built like muscle cars with plenty of pixel crunching punch, large roomy chassis and aggressively hewn lines but this time around, they’re catering to a more discerning demographic that wants all that power but in a more understated and slimmer…

Samsung Galaxy A80 review – Sensationally slick triple camera shooter

By Hitech Century | August 11, 2019 |

The Samsung Galaxy A80 is easily the most powerful midrange offering from their Galaxy A-series phones and integrates a rather uniquely engineered solution that aims to resolve one of the classic problems in any smartphone – inconsistent front and rear camera quality. The traditional solution in many smartphones is to integrate a separate set of…

Xiaomi Mi 9T Review – Affordable Power

By Hitech Century | July 31, 2019 |

Xiaomi’s latest phone the Mi 9T represents one of their more outstanding attempts at maximising value while minimising cost as it brings a lot of features and quite a fair amount of performance while keeping the cost down to just RM1,199. In terms of what goodies comes with the box, the phone comes with a…

Samsung 82-inch Q900 QLED 8K TV – Massively Magnificent

By Hitech Century | July 15, 2019 |

Even before 4K video has become a mainstay in most homes, Samsung is redefining the future of television with their first 8K TV in the form of the gorgeous new Q900 QLED 8K TVs which comes in 75-inch, 82-inch and an absolutely massive 98-inch model for the Malaysia market. We had the chance to field…

HONOR 20 review – Affordable Power Performer

By Hitech Century | July 9, 2019 |

One of a triumvirate of HONOR phones in the same series announced at the same time, the HONOR 20 is but a few features short of the HONOR 20 Pro and worlds ahead of the HONOR 20 Lite and, for the matter, a good deal of phones that cost more than its RM1,699 price tag.…

Samsung Galaxy A70 Reviewed – White Knight Delight

By Hitech Century | July 6, 2019 |

Samsung is aiming to capture the midrange smartphone market by storm as they’ve released a slew of Galaxy A series phones in Malaysia in the form of the Galaxy A30, the A50 and this, the currently best specced and largest of the lot, the Galaxy A70. That’s not counting the other midrange offerings they have…

[Review] Asus VivoBook Ultra K403 – Pretty in Pink and Tough to Boot

By Hitech Century | May 20, 2019 |

The elusive grail for road warriors is an ultraportable notebook that is capable of offering all-day battery life with sufficiently sound performance to tackle most if not all of their computing needs. The Asus VivoBook Ultra K403 manages to handily achieve most of these objectives and it even adds in a few extra features of…