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Some may have been surprised when Xiaomi unveiled its new Redmi Note 9 series last week, as it came with a new Helio G85 chipset from MediaTek. The company has now unveiled the details behind its new chipset, which is geared towards mobile gaming. This chipset is essentially an upgrade of the Helio G80, with a few extras on top of it.

We know how you all love the Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset series and we just got some juicy news. According to sources, the company is expected to release their next-gen flagship chipset - the Snapdragon 875. If the rumours are true, this unannounced chipset will be much stronger than we think compared with the current SD 865 chipset.

As many of you are aware, not all smartphone models are sold in every country. This is true for vivo, which has been rather selective of what models it launches globally. The brand launched its vivo Z6 5G back in February and didn't announce any global launches at the time, but a newly found Geekbench score seems to suggest that a global launch could come soon.

As the Redmi Note 9 series was just recently unveiled on 30 April, it was only a matter of time for the Malaysia launch to be announced. Today, Xiaomi Malaysia have officially stated that the Redmi Note 9 series will be launching here on 11 May 2020 on their Facebook page at 2PM.

At this point, Xiaomi have come up with so many hardware products that nothing really surprised us anymore. In their latest project, it seems that the company have started crowdfunding for a new Mijia handheld ironing machine. The cost? 99 Yuan only (~RM60).

Back in March, Apple announced that the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2020 would be held in June 2020. Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the event will be held online so that people could watch from the safety of their homes. It has now been confirmed that the event will be held on 22 June 2020 via the Apple Developer app and the Apple Developer website.

Today, a tipster posted on a Weibo account revealed the HONOR X10 will be launching around 18 and 19 May along with the other products. The highly anticipated HONOR X10 was first rumored and renamed from HONOR 10X in April that set to replace the successful HONOR 9X.

Whenever Samsung launches a new smartphone series, the Malaysian market will always get the Exynos variant. Some people may be cool with it, but some may not as they prefer the one that comes with a more powerful Snapdragon Qualcomm chipset. However, it looks like Samsung is going to change that as the Exynos 1000 is rumoured to be three times faster than Qualcomm's Snapdragon 865.

In conjunction with Huawei Online Official Store's 6th anniversary, they have officially announced that the Huawei P30 Pro, Mate 30, as well as the Mate 30 Pro will have their pricing reduced down to RM2799, RM2499, and RM3599 respectively. Not only that, but they’re also giving away rewards of up to RM2400 and 3-month access to Huawei Video from now until June 2020.

These days, we are witnessing that smartphone brands are slowly entering the smartwatch business as well. A smartwatch not only will increase the product line, but it is also a great tech gadget to be bought along with a new smartphone. Earlier, we have heard rumours that vivo will be joining the competition by launching its first smartwatch. Until now, we finally can get a brief look at how the brand's smartwatch is going to look like.