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Tablet devices in the market are slowing down and it’s been awhile since we heard anything exciting about it for a few months, thanks to the popularity surge of smartphones. But this time, we get to hear some new rumours about Xiaomi’s Mi Pad 3, and here’s what we know so far.

One of our favourite smartphone tipsters, Evan Blass from Twitter has leaked some more information of the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus, not only we are getting an almost complete list of the tech-specs, but so as some new colours and even the price range too.

The rumour mill continues to churn out Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus leaks despite the upcoming announcement on 29 March 2017. This time we have a side by side shot of what appears to be the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus, the Galaxy S8 in purple and a video showing off the AnTuTu score of the Galaxy S8.

You probably have never heard of the brand AGM before, well, in short, they are makers of rugged smartphones that pack long-lasting battery life. According to rumours, AGM may soon be announcing an IP68-rated rugged premium smartphone that is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset called the AGM X2. It is to be paired with 4GB of RAM, as well as 128GB of internal storage.

For imaging, it packs dual 16MP rear cameras and a 13MP front-facing camera. Keeping the lights on for the 5.5-inch AMOLED display with Full HD (1080p) resolution will be a 6000mAh battery. There will also be an AGM X2 Pro that features 8GB of RAM, 256GB of internal storage, as well as a whopping 10000 mAh battery! Both the AGM X2 and X2 Pro will allegedly be running Android Nougat out of the box.

Brightstar Malaysia had just announced that the OnePlus 3T will be officially available in Malaysia from March 22 onwards on Lazada as well as authorised retailers for RM2229. It will be available in Gun Metal and Soft Gold in 64GB storage variant. On the other hand, OnePlus has also announced an incremental roll-out of OxygenOS 4.1.0 for both the OnePlus 3 and 3T. As usual, it includes miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes, as well as some added new features.

According to sources from an anonymous supply chain, Microsoft is ready to release a new Surface Book 2 and it’s already in mass production as we speak. But here’s a plot twist, it’s said that the Surface Book 2 won’t be a 2-in-1 but a pure laptop, unlike the first Surface Book.

If only someone could fast forward time to the unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus, but nope, someone just had to continually leak more photos and rumours about the upcoming flagship, and we just gotten some intriguing news about its cameras.

If you thought Huawei is the only one that has the special Greenery colour for their latest P10 series, then you’re mistaken. It was only a matter of time that other brands will try to mimic it, and the brand that is likely to make it happen is none other than OPPO; giving their R9S and R9S Plus a new paint job of green.

A media invite for an ASUS event recently got circulated revealing the release date of what we assume to be the ASUS ZenFone 3 Zoom for Malaysia which could be sometime from April till March 2017. We recently managed to get some time with an engineering sample of the new ZenFone and even though it still wasn't the production unit it still managed to wow us with its dual Pixel, dual rear cameras, 2.3x optical zoom and 5 day battery life. The new ZenFone 3 Zoom is expected to come in black and we're looking forward to what the full production unit can do. As always, do take this with a grain of salt but this seems like a fairly valid rumour so stay tuned and tell us what you think at TechNave.com.

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