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With a new year comes a new start and a new week of NewsBytes. But enough of the rhyming and let's get on to the happenings for this week. Being in between new year's holidays means that news has been sparse, though we did see LG announcing some upcoming stuff for CES 2020, realme's giant Christmas tree made of smartphone boxes, and more.

Back in the day, BlackBerry smartphones were a symbol of status for many businessmen. Today, you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone still using one in Malaysia. But the people at BlackBerry Limited have continued to work on other things that many of us don't expect, such as the electric superbike.

Have you ever wondered how the futuristic humans in Wall-E feel in their comfy self-transporting chairs? Well, the Segway S-Pod isn't quite that advanced but it's as close as you can get. According to TechRadar, the new self-balancing transporter is expected to show up during CES 2020, where we will get to see more of it in action.

There's always a few stand-out products that appear in CES every year and this year one of it could be a Samsung monitor. The Korean manufacturer has revealed that it will be showing off new gaming monitors, called the Odyssey G9 and G7. Both monitors will come with an incredible 1000R curvature.

Earlier today, Samsung has officially announced the Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite as well as the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite, which will be showcased during CES 2020 that’s happening on 7 until 10 January 2020. While there is no official information in terms of the pricing, we can expect both these devices to be cheaper than their non-Lite counterpart.

Based on a statement by HipHopGamer, the upcoming Sony Playstation 5 console will most likely be backwards compatible with previous generation consoles. This isn’t the first time we’ve heard of this feature as there were various rumours before, hinting the existence of this capability on previous consoles such as the PS4 Pro.

Recently, a Samsung promotional video has been spotted on Twitter which showcased the unveiling date of the Samsung Galaxy S11 series. Not much is exactly known in regards to the aforementioned smartphone series, other than the fact that the series will consist of the Galaxy S11, S11 Plus and potentially more.

Nowadays, smartphone manufacturers are brainstorming ways to hide the front-facing cameras to bring beautiful bezel-less screens to their consumers. As time goes by, the ideas used to hide the selfie cameras are becoming bolder and more interesting. Not long ago, patents from OPPO have revealed side pop-up front-facing camera that looks amazing!

Illegear has officially announced that their brand new Raider 2020 custom gaming desktop is officially available in Malaysia, and the price of the desktop starts from the price of RM2599. The chassis is available in two different stylized option that features a mesh front panel which provides better airflow to cool the components inside.

Earlier, OnePlus has revealed that they are working on a prototype phone, OnePlus Concept One, and it was rumoured to be a foldable smartphone. Well, it turns out to be a false alarm. Today, OnePlus has officially posted a sneak peek on Twitter and it appeared to be another normal-looking smartphone. However, it is going to come with a special design tweak which is called the ‘disappearing cameras’.