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We reported earlier that Maxis might have plans to introduce a smartphone of their own, and it might will be made available from 3 March onwards. Well, looks like they had made it official! Maxis had just launched the device, which is called the NeXT M1, and it’ll be priced at RM78/month as a ready to use plan which includes the device, calls minutes and data as a bundle.

After reaching out to Huawei Malaysia, while it may be true that Malaysians might get the Huawei P10 and P10 Plus early, it won't be launched on 8 March 2017 as so many other sites have said. As stated in the invite, it will be a "product briefing". We think it will probably be a media plus dealers event where we might find out when the P10 and P10 Plus actually are available.

Maxis Berhad recently launched their own “MATTA Fair” with their Maxis Travel Fair. Available just for their own Maxis staff, the fair showcased over 30 vendors with discounts and deals on travel packages, flights, tours and a variety of travel accessories. Part of their #fitterfasterstronger internal employee well being improvement campaign, #lifeatmaxis seems even sweeter with more to come. Check out the video and pics below for a peek at what else you might get if you join up at Maxis Berhad.

Digi had just updated its MyDigi app, giving subscribers improved account control, and better access to Digi’s services, as well as offering exciting rewards for digital-savvy customers. It is all part of Digi’s larger customer journey strategy, to progressively digitize their business from retail to network.

With all the spotlight on Huawei’s latest smartphones, the P10 and P10 Plus, let’s not forget about the equally capable Huawei Mate 9. Huawei Malaysia had just announced that the Huawei Mate 9 is now available in a new colour, Black.

The OPPO R9s Plus has been officially launched here in Malaysia for RM2498 with OPPO Malaysia's R9s Plus endorsers Ayda Jebat and Min Chen on hand to help launch it. Available on 1 March 2017 at authorized resellers, the OPPO R9s Plus features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 processor, 6GB RAM, 64GB storage (up to 128GB microSD) and a 6-inch full HD display.

Building on the success of last year’s Xperia XA and XA Ultra, Sony had just announced the Xperia XA1 and XA1 Ultra as successors to the popular mid-range smartphones. While the XA1 is a 5-inch device, the XA1 Ultra is a 6-inch selfie-centric device.

U Mobile had just launched booKu, a service that enables U Mobile subscribers to purchase e-books and e-magazines using their mobile plans. This service is in partnership with four digital publishers, namely SPH Magazines, Pubu eBook, FullAMark and NovelPlus.

After rumours about pinecones, Xiaomi officially announced their first Surge S1 SoC (System on Chip) processor. Turns out Pinecone is the research subsidiary that designed and developed the 28nm Surge S1 which is now being used to power the Xiaomi Mi 5C. The Surge S1 is an octa-core ARM Cortex A53 processor (4 x 2.2GHz A53 + 4 x 1.4GHz A53) with a Mali T-860 MP4 graphics processor. According to Xiaomi it has outperformed the Snapdragon 625 and can decode 4K video, support VoLTE via a 32-bit DSP while an integrated 14-bit dual ISP allows it to take pictures in low-light.

GSMA have announced that the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge has been awarded the Best Smartphone 2016 for this year's MWC 2017. Previously named the best smartphone for last year's MWC, this year the Galaxy S7 edge went up against the Huawei P9, Apple iPhone 7 Plus, Google Pixel XL and Moto Z.