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OPPO launched the OPPO Watch in two sizes, the OPPO Watch 46mm and also the OPPO Watch 41mm last year in Malaysia. Today, the OPPO Band that was announced more than six months ago in China finally appeared in EEC certification with some of its tech specs as well.

After HUAWEI, it looks like Xiaomi has also stumbled upon something that doesn't look nice with the U.S. Last week, it was reported that Xiaomi has been added to the country's government’s blacklist, which means that U.S. investors will not be allowed to purchase shares from the Chinese company. However, unlike HUAWEI, Xiaomi will still able to import and use technologies from the U.S. without a need for a license. Following the news, Xiaomi has issued a statement on the matter as follows:

The OPPO Reno5 series has finally arrived in Malaysia today with the vanilla Reno5 5G and Reno5 Pro 5G. Both devices will go on sale starting from 27 January with the pre-order goes live from 13 to 26 January. For the price, the Reno5 5G is at RM1,899 while the Pro variant goes for RM2,599.

Last week, ASUS had dropped a teaser for the next-gen ROG Phone on its official Weibo account. The teaser poster hints that the device will receive upgrades that can level up the gaming experience. Until today, the live photo of the device has been spotted and revealed the rear design.

Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has officially announced the PERMAI initiative which comes with various assistance ranging from tax relief, free internet data, and more. To go into more detail, the government will waive tax of up to RM2500 for any electronics bought until 31 December 2021 to encourage the acquisition of smartphones, laptops, and tablets.

It seems that Apple has recently been sued by the Coalition for a Safer Web for not removing Telegram from the Apple App Store. Based on what was mentioned by the coalition, Telegram was allegedly used as a communication tool by extremists to raid the US Capitol building located in Washington and it could be used for more the in the future.

CES 2021 was held last week and we saw lots of new products being launched. Among them were the latest laptops from ASUS, including models for casual users and gamers. Now, ASUS Malaysia has confirmed that all of the new models will come to Malaysia, with the TUF series devices coming by the end of January 2021.

Based on a statement by Redmi’s product director on Weibo, it seems that there will be 2 variants of the Redmi K40 that will come equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chipset. Other than what was mentioned, there is no exact information in regards to the exact variant that will come equipped with the aforementioned chipset.

Amazfit has officially announced the Amazfit GTR 2e and GTS 2e in the Indian market, and it’s priced at INR9999 (~RM553). While there is no news on the Malaysia release date, it does give us an idea on what to expect when it is available in the local market.

Microsoft has officially announced that the Surface Pro 7+ is officially available in Malaysia starting from the price of RM4115. The products will be available for purchase in Malaysia via Surface Commercial Authorized Resellers.