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As per tradition, Apple will be hosting its annual Apple event and there will be a livestream at 1 AM (GMT), 11 September 2019. We have already covered most of the speculated tech specs and features, but the most popular one is of course, the price tag which got leaked online.

The Huawei Mate X was delayed to launch with many questioning when it will be announced. Thankfully, your answers have been answered as the device has been slated to launch this October, according to Huawei Business Group Chairman Richard Yu. 

Vivo has always been innovative when it comes to their smartphones and the upcoming vivo V17 Pro is no exception. This device has been confirmed to feature a dual pop up selfie camera and no physical buttons. 

2 videos were shared by Huawei today in regards to their upcoming Huawei Mate 30 series devices. The hype for the devices is definitely real as the Kirin 990 and the Kirin 990 5G was unveiled recently at IFA. 

Plantronics recently announced the launch of their true wireless BackBeat series, with the BackBeat PRO 5100 confirmed coming to Malaysia for an RRP (recommended retail price) of RM899. The true wireless earbuds will offer lightweight compact performance for nearly all scenarios including fitness, music or taking calls and are set for pre-order in Malaysia on Shopee and Lazada from 14 September 2019. Those who pre-order will also get RM350 worth of freebies.

Xiaomi recently announced the world’s first 30W super fast wireless charging technology with a 40W version currently in development. According to them, the Xiaomi Mi 9 Pro will be the first to utilize this 30W super wireless fast charging tech but there’s no exact Malaysia release dates or pricing details about it yet.

Based on a statement by winfuture.de, the upcoming Vivo V17 Pro could come with a dual pop-up front-facing selfie camera as well as a quad-camera setup in the rear. Not only that, but it is also expected to come embedded with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 chipset, up to 8GB of RAM and a 6.44-inch Super AMOLED display.

The Nokia 9 PureView, which is equipped with 5 rear-facing cameras has recently tested by DxOMark not too long ago and it managed to achieve an overall score of 85 points. This is rather surprising if you consider that fact that the device comes with a 12MP wide-angle sensor, two 12MP RGB sensors and three 12MP monochrome image sensor in the rear.

Qualcomm announced during IFA 2019, that majority of their Snapdragon chipsets such as the 600, 700 as well as the 800 series is expected to ship with 5G-capabilities starting next year. With that said, there is a high possibility that smartphones releasing next year that are priced under the RM1000 could come with the new 5G modem embedded in the chipset.

Here at IFA 2019, as expected, Huawei have revealed their 7nm EUV Kirin 990 5G chipset with a built-in 5G modem, which they say is the world’s first flagship 5G System-on-Chip (SoC) supporting an NSA/SA dual-network over the TDD/FDD spectrum, a 2.3Gbps 5G download speed and upload speed of 1.25Gbps. Using overlay LTE download speeds can reach 3.3Gbps while upload speed reaches 1.32Gbps. According to them, it also has the world’s first Big-Tiny Core Architecture NPU and 16-Core Mali-G76 GPU while maintaining the same size as the Kirin 980.