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This week we launched our own GadgetBook Giveaways so you can win or own a floating Bluetooth speaker with more weird, trendy and fun gadgets coming soon. However, most of the tech news this week involved the official arrival of the Apple iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 plus and their subsequent deliveries or bundled launches with Celcom, Maxis (which involved interrupting a band), Digi and U Mobile along with GemFive.

Since 1996, Canon has been picked as Malaysia’s No. 1 Inkjet Printer brand – making this year its 20th consecutive selection by customers around the nation. In conjunction with the celebration Canon Marketing (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd launched a total of 13 new printers in five of its printer model ranges. Designed with exciting new features, these models are targeted for use in homes, SOHO and government or large corporations.

Yesterday, there was a hot discussion topic about eSports in Kuala Lumpur between Hill+Knowlton Strategies and Riot Games. The panel discussion was touched on was about the growing industry in South East Asia (SEA).

Next week on 17 October 2016, ZTE will be holding an event in China and rumours have it that they company is planning to launch the ZTE nubia Z11 mini S. It'll be their first smartphone to have a dual rear camera according to rumours, but the latest leak has revealed that it might not be the same.

During the midnight launch of the Apple iPhone 7 & 7 Plus today, GEMFIVE Malaysia was also up moving around making a special delivery to 5 lucky customers who placed pre-orders for the new Apple iPhone flagships at the stroke of midnight. One surprise delivery was made specially by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Kwek Kon Chao to Stephenee Won at her residence in Klang.

The next iteration of the Mate series from Huawei is just around the corner, and more details are being shared online the launch date nears. A new report states that the upcoming Huawei Mate 9 is set to have both a flat and curved screen version on launch.

When Huawei revealed their latest mid-tier smarphone Nova Plus and tablet MediaPad M3 at the IFA 2016 last month, Huawei Malaysia has finally brought in the devices into Malaysia and they are now available in all Huawei authorized dealers for RM1499 (Nova Plus), RM1699 (MediaPad M3 32GB ROM), and RM1999 (MediaPad M3 64GB ROM). Below is the recap of the specifications:

Today Celcom Axiata Berhad announced the availability of the Apple iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus for their phone plans and as promised earlier, they even had the iPhone 7 for as low as RM7 for the first lucky seven customers in line at their Blue Cube Sunway Pyramid launch at 7am. Reportedly, they'd stayed in line for 2 days straight. Another lucky 3 first pre-order and walk-in buyers got the RM7 chance as well.

The iPhone 7 hype is finally over here in Malaysia. Maxis Berhad started to deliver the device to the customer via their #Maxis24hrExpress plan. Morten Lundal, CEO of Maxis also joined the game and delivers the brand new iPhone 7 to one of their customers.

As of 14 October 2016, Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (Digi) celebrated the premiere of the Apple iPhone 7 & 7 Plus together with the Apple fans at their Digi HQ D'House during the midnight launch. Fans started queuing up as early as 7pm on 13 October yesterday evening and were treated with movies, music, food treats and games while they waited patiently for the official launch.