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Huawei have also announced that they will be coming out with a 5G Mate 20 X smartphone. While they already announced the 5G Huawei Mate X, this is still a prototype foldable display device, so the Mate 20 X will be Huawei's first commercial 5G smartphone. While no technical details were mentioned, we expect the 5G Mate 20 X to come equipped with a Kirin 980 + Balong 5000 modem which allows it to take advantage of existing 4G and 4.5G networks along with future 5G networks.

In a somewhat surprise statement, Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan Md. Yusof, Entrepreneur Development Minister of Malaysia said that Malaysia will showcase their first flying car by this year of 2019, and it will be developed by local companies. According to him and the New Straits Times, there is already a prototype, and that they “will use local capabilities to build the flying car…”, with foreign parties only involved as consultants for safety features and procedures.

Maxis and Huawei have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at this year's Mobile World Congress to accelerate 5G in Malaysia. Looking to collaborate and cooperate on full-fledged 5G trials with end-to-end systems and services, the event saw Gokhan Ogut, CEO-designate and Morten Bangsgaard, Chief Technology officer for Maxis signing with  Guo Ping, Huawei Rotating Chairman, Jeffery Liu, Huawei President of the Southern Pacific Region, and Michael Yuan, CEO of Huawei Malaysia.

Vivo has announced today that the V15 Pro, is officially available in Malaysia and will be on sale for RM1799 just like the rumours suggested. It also appears that the V15, the lesser variant of the V15 Pro won't be coming at all. Anyway, the V15 Pro will be available at every Vivo Concept Stores scattered around Malaysia, authorised dealers, and selected telcos.

The day that a smartphone will have as much storage as a PC is finally here. SanDisk and Micron unveiled their 1TB microSD cards over at MWC 2019 today. Micron states that their cards will be the world’s first commercially available card whereas SanDisk counters that their cards will be the fastest among the two.

Qualcomm has always been ahead of the rest when it comes to technology. We’ve only barely scratched the surface when it comes to 5G chipsets on smartphones and Qualcomm has already announced their next-gen modem-integrated processor.

The foldable smartphone trend doesn’t seem to be stopping. Apple has now been rumoured to have hopped on the foldable smartphone bandwagon with their very own device dubbed the iPhone X Fold.

In case you didn't know, Maxis is now offering all Apple iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR Malaysian users their very own eSIM! However, it's not just for them but it's also viable for Huawei Watch 2 users as well. If you're curious on how to activate one, read on below on steps to set up your eSIM provided by Maxis.

While the MWC 2019 is still going on, we have some local tech promo news to bring to you. Starting today until 3 March 2019, HONOR Malaysia is treating all customers a Pay Day Sale where you can own a smartphone (selected models on discount!) and freebies exclusively on hihonor.com/my.

Usually companies send out fancy schmancy invites for their upcoming smartphone launches. Maybe a teaser or an email or even a video preview. Not ASUS though. Theirs is very different. Inside the MWC 2019 Official Show Preview is an advertisement by the company mentioning that the ASUS Zenfone 6 2019 will be launched on the 14th of May in Valencia.