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realme during its livestream event today announced the release of two new entry-level smartphones in Malaysia, the narzo 50 and narzo 50A Prime. Designed specifically for ‘Generation Z’, both smartphones provide comprehensive user experience for the devices’ target audience.

For the narzo 50, it is powered by a MediaTek Helio G96 processor that has two Cortex-A76 cores and six Cortex-A55 cores with up to 2.05GHz clock speed. Furthermore, it also has either 4GB or 6GB of RAM and utilises realme’s DRE technology that allows for up to 11GB RAM expansion by turning its ROM into virtual RAM.

Today, Astro just announced a new Astro Fibre broadband bundled with its TV content packages. Aimed to deliver the best entertainment experience and broadband value, it starts with an all-new Pek Jimat Kencang RM129 which includes 50Mbps, a Primary Pack consisting of more than 85 channels, and a free Mesh WiFi for 12 months.

Today, realme finally launched the realme GT 2 Pro and not surprisingly, the phone will be on sale in Malaysia on 25 March 2022. At the price of RM2999, there will be some promotion sales and exclusive bundles for realme fans. But first, let's talk about the tech specs and features.

The global premium smartphone market sales reached its highest ever level in 2021 with an impressive 24% year-on-year (YoY) increase. This is according to a report by Counterpoint Research, a global industry analysis firm based in Asia.

The study, conducted by Counterpoint Research’s Market Pulse Service found that premium-priced smartphones with a wholesale average selling price (ASP) of more than ~RM1700 outpaced the 7% YoY growth of overall global smartphone sales last year. In fact, premium smartphones amounted to 27% of 2021’s global smartphone sales.

Google has announced that it will allow developers the option to offer third-party payment options for apps that is available on the Google Play Store. The pilot programme for the move will start in South Korea with the music streaming app Spotify.

Shared via an Android Developers blogpost yesterday, Google announced that it will allow Android users to select payment systems other than its own soon. Furthermore, it will only start with Spotify and other trusted partners first due to security concerns.

Instagram yesterday announced that it is revamping the app by introducing ‘Favourites’ and ‘Following’, two new ways for your feed to behave. The good news is, regardless of which option you take, your feed will display posts in chronological order again!

Shared by the Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri via a Meta blogpost yesterday, the change is part of the platform’s initiative to give users more choice and control over what they see in their feed. Furthermore, the change wants to make the time users spend on Instagram ‘feel more intentional’.

Some of you are probably using a lot of GIF images to send to your friends and family on your social apps as a reaction or joke, but do you know who invented the GIF? Well, it was Stephen Wilhite and he recently just passed away last week at the age of 74 due to COVID-19. 

Apple refreshed its iPhone SE lineup recently and you’d be hard-pressed to notice any difference from its previous generations. That’s because the design is unchanged from the outside, essentially using the same body as the iPhone 8.

Under the hood, however, is a different story as that is where the iPhone SE shines. In fact, this 3rd generation of the lineup features the A15 Bionic chipset that’s found in Apple’s flagship smartphone the iPhone 13 series!

On 23 March 2022, Carl Pei, the founder of the Nothing brand took the opportunity to announce a new device. Often mistook as an audio company, we all knew that wasn't the case as he officially announced the Nothing phone (1).

ROIDMI recently announced an early year promotion on their website for their ROIDMI EVE PLUS self-emptying robot vacuum and mop at just RM1588. Normally priced at RM2699, the robot vacuum will not only get a discount of RM1111 but there’s also a free desktop air purifier with HEPA filters for the first 88 customers worth up to RM399. The offer starts at 0:00 on 27 March 2022 while stocks last so be prepared for a midnight raid.