A beefed up OPPO A71 with 32GB storage for RM699 is coming to Malaysia

By Hitech Century | March 21, 2018 |

OPPO’s A71 phone that was launched last year was a modest affair which had 3GB RAM and 16GB of storage though the brand is now revamping their entry level A71 with an upgraded variant that has double the storage and which will be a Digi exclusive device for now. The revamped OPPO A71 with 32GB of storage…

Huawei’s smartphones will come with freebies this Chinese New Year

By Hitech Century | January 20, 2018 |

If you’ve been eyeing a Huawei phone but have been on the fence about buying it, well, they’ve added something extra to sweeten the pot. If you purchase from a Huawei smartphone from their Mate 10 series, 10 Plus or Nova 2 series, you can get freebies worth up to RM499, depending on what you…

ASUS launches Zenfone Max Plus M1 for RM899

By Hitech Century | December 13, 2017 |

Asus’ latest phone the Zenfone Max Plus M1 aims to tick off on the wish list of everything that most smartphone users want in a phone as it comes with a crisp widescreen display, dual rear cameras and a hefty battery to boot at a sub RM-1K price tag. In Malaysia, Asus is selling the…

ZTE’s dual rear camera toting Blade V8 phone is yours for RM999

By Hitech Century | April 27, 2017 |

ZTE’s latest midrange offering hops onto the dual-camera bandwagon with a rear camera setup that consists of one 13-MP camera with PDAF paired up with a 2-MP rear camera riding shotgun to capture depth details for nifty depth of field shots. Shots snagged off the rear camera array can also be refocused after capturing them…

OPPO’s new A57 phone has just landed in Malaysia for RM1,098

By Hitech Century | April 14, 2017 |

If you’re in the market for a smartphone and are looking for something that will sate the narcissist in you, you’ll appreciate what OPPO’s new A57 phone has to offer. The phone has a more powerful front-facing camera than its rear, packing as it is a 16-MP front-facing camera with an F/2.0 aperture, a large…

[Review] Asus Zenfone 3 Zoom – Absolutely Zentastic

By Hitech Century | April 10, 2017 |

Earlier this year at Consumer Electronics Show 2017, Asus revealed their next generation camphone dubbed the Zenfone 3 Zoom that integrates the best hardware and optics that they have to offer and crammed them into an 8mm thin casing that almost entirely eliminates the dreaded camera bump save for a tiny raised smidgen in the corner.…

Coolpad spearheading Malaysia debut with two budget phones

By Hitech Century | March 31, 2017 |

While the Coolpad brand name isn’t particularly well known in this part of the country, it has a rather distinguished pedigree in its part of the globe along with a history that spans over a decade with a global presence that spans the United States, India, Europe and Indonesia. Late last year, they made their…

Sony’s ultra luscious XZs phone with Motion Eye slo-mo camera launches in Malaysia for RM2,899

By Hitech Century | March 28, 2017 |

Sony made quite an impression at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with their impressive XZ Premium smartphone that integrates their Motion Eye camera that was able to offer up ultra slo-mo 960fps video. While that particular phone isn’t slated yet to grace our shores, Sony has instead served up another offering with a similarly powerful…

The MWC 2017 Roundup – Our Fave Offerings on the Showroom Floor

By Hitech Century | March 23, 2017 |

Mobile World Congress 2017 has come and gone. In the short space of 96 hours under one roof and multiple halls in Barcelona that spanned the length of several football fields, the world’s greatest manufacturers of tech across the spectrum for smartphones and the ancillary services and technologies that support them showcased their latest and…

Neffos launches X1 and X1 Max phones in Malaysia

By Hitech Century | January 12, 2017 |

TP-LINK’s has just launched two of their latest smartphones – the X1 and X1 Max in Malaysia. Both phones made their global debut at the tail end of last year at IFA 2016. Both the X1 and X1 Max come with a machined aluminium casing sporting gently curved edges and the subtle chamfering that’s in vogue…