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With the recent quiet announcement of the Samsung Galaxy J Max, there was another one appearing in South Africa too, called the Galaxy J1 Ace Neo, as a tiny entry-level 4.3-inch smartphone. Below are the tech-specs listed from Samsung South Africa website:

HTC 10 has been out for quite some time now, and it hasn't been able to sell well commercially despite being praised for being the best HTC smartphone so far. Why is that? Perhaps price might have something to do with it since in Malaysia currency it's listed RM2799 in 11street.com which is kind of expensive.

It appears that Samsung have also embraced the tablet phone form factor with the official announcement of the Samsung Galaxy J Max which comes with a 7-inch 720p HD display (1280 x 800 pixel resolution). Priced at 13400 INR (RM798), other tech specs are similarly lower end with a 1.5GHz quad-core processor, 1.5GB of RAM and 16GB of storage. We expect it to have the latest 4G LTE dual SIM capabilities as the Galaxy J1 2016 though and it does come with a large 4000 mAh battery.

The Xiaomi group from China, while known for selling good quality devices in an affordable manner, they are also known for not having a physical store and relies on online sales especially their annual flash sales every year. It is not known if because of that, that's why Xiaomi is no longer in the top 5 spot for manufacturing phones last quarter, as OPPO and Vivo made their way into the ranks in China.

So here's another news of the rumoured Xiaomi Mi Note 2, we know it's coming thanks to its teaser promo from the company. Rumours have it that it might be ready to be launched at the IFA 2016 in Berlin this coming September. However, that might not be the case as a new gossip just came out of China about the device's release date to be scheduled differently.

Word on the Xiaomi Mi 5S has been going around that it could be released in August and adopt a pressure sensitive display from our previous news. One would wonder just how advanced the Mi 5S version is, well, get aboard the rumour train and check out what we've heard so far.

Apparently the HTC 10 is now available in Malaysia at 11street.my for RM2799. The listing has it priced at RM2799 with GST and a free Ice View case worth RM159. Three colours are available which include gold, grey and silver while tech specs reveal it to be the 4GB RAM version with 32GB storage and 4G LTE.

While it doesn't appear to be an official launch, it is being handled by Dynamics Distribution which is a fairly big official smartphone distributor in Malaysia. Perhaps they are going this way to minimize costs and maximize profits. In any case, you can still get the imported HTC 10 from as low as RM2639 at our seller lists in the tech specs, just scroll down to find them.

Both the OnePlus X and BlackBerry Classic have officially been discontinued. With no plans in the works for a successor, it looks like the OnePlus X is dead in the water after only 7 months availability. The BlackBerry Classic may have had a longer run of 18 months, but it also looks like BlackBerry is trimming down their product lines.

The Augmented Reality (AR) based Pokémon GO has officially been launched, complete with Pokémon GO Plus wearable. The game is free to download to your Apple iPhone or Android smartphone and you can do everything you did in the game like hunt wild Pokémon, build your Pokédex, train your trainer, have battles and go to virtual gyms. The only downside for now is, it isn't available in Malaysia... yet.

We may soon see more foldable phone technology implemented in future smartphones, if these patents from Samsung are any indication. They have patents for just about any and every form imaginable, and we may see one (or more!) of them in the next 12 months.