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This week sees a bit more variety of happenings for our TechNave NewsByte 2019. There's SOCAR's promo, LG winning some awards at the first Asia Tech Awards, Mudah.my encouraging us to sell back stuff we might have bought unnecessarily, and more. Let's see what these are all about, shall we?

Seems that the clamshell design is something more people wanted than Motorola expected. In fact, it would seem that a foldable clamshell Razr 2019 is so interesting that too many people have been demanding for it. As a result, Motorola has decided to push back the launch date of the product.

If you are the kind of person who keeps switching between multiple accounts in one app, HUAWEI App Twin is the ultimate feature for you to try out. With HUAWEI App Twin, you are able to clone an app and sign into a different account. Now, you will have two same apps but using different accounts!

Hold on tight to your wallets and credit cards, friends, because the sales are out to get us this December. It's the season for discounts and things are heating up on the console space, with Sony joining the holiday festivities with a sale on the PlayStation Store. This time around, there are about 900 titles that are available at discounted prices.

Apple has never been shy of flexing its muscles when it comes to pouring in investment to help deliver better products and services. In fact, the company is rumoured to be working on satellites that can deliver internet services to its mobile devices like the iPhone 11. Apple supposedly has a dedicated team that has been assigned to this endeavour.

From 19 December 2019 onwards, Digi has announced the that they will be introducing the All-Day All-Usage Internet which allows the user to use their internet data at any time. Not only that, but customers who are subscribed to a Digi plan for longer than 6 months will be eligible for an upgraded Internet quota and bonuses as well.

Based on a statement by analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Huawei’s upcoming P40 series will most likely be the world’s first smartphone to come equipped with 10x optical zoom. Not only that, but it seems that the aforementioned smartphone series is expected to come with a “never-before-seen” design as well as four curved edges.

Based on an announcement made by the Finance Ministry, Malaysians who are eligible could receive RM30 on either Touch ‘N Go eWallet, Grab, or Boost. To into more detail, Malaysian citizens who are 18 years old and above and earn less than RM100000 will be eligible to receive the cash gift gift.

Has your mother ever told you not to look at your phone before bed so that you won't go blind? However, you would still toggle on the ‘light filter’ on your phone and continue to scroll your phone at ease. Now, you may need to consider scrolling it without toggling anything on (yea, just be blind, I don't care). Researchers have found out that the blue light filters on smartphones are actually not helpful at all.

Many brands rely on Qualcomm's mobile chipsets these days but there are others that are trying to gain more market share. Apple and Huawei have an advantage here, being able to manufacture their own chips, like the A13 Bionic and Kirin 990. But Samsung actively uses Qualcomm chips in many of its devices and needs orders for chips to improve its chip business. Unfortunately, Qualcomm may not want to play ball.