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If you are still looking for a great deal for your next phone purchase, do head on to U Mobile. They have a great deal happening right now for the new Apple iPhone SE, one of the first telco to have it on sale in Malaysia. From only RM705, you can own the latest smartphone from Cupertino as your own.

Digi has announced a new Internet Sharing feature for their new Digi Postpaid plans that allows you to manage the Internet quota of up to 6 lines from the MyDigi app. Through the app, you can easily start, share and add Internet quota or subscribe to unlimited calls for each line, family member or gadget from RM10.

Other extra highlights include unlimited social messaging with WhatsApp and WeChat, unlimited music streaming via Digi Music Freedom, a 1-year subscription to iFlix and 100GB of cloud storage on Capture. Check out the details in this article or the Digi site for more information.

Greetings TechNavers! In this Weekly TechNave Malaysia's Telco news is starting to trickle but true to our last weekly's forecast it is mainly about innovation as Celcom refreshed their Xpax Magic SIM, Maxis is offering free 8GB of Internet a month for Hotlink and U Mobile announced more free movie streaming options.

Just over the long weekend, Sony Mobile Communications (Sony Mobile) organized a photography masterclass with special guest and renowned photographer, Kid Chan to conduct the session. The two-hour workshop was opened to all Sony Xperia Z5 series users who had registered via Xperia Lounge. Conducted at Delectable by Su at Glasshouse Seputeh, Kid Chan shared his personal experience and mobile photography tips using the Xperia Z5 Premium Dual to the participants on how to utilize the smartphone’s key camera features especially in taking professional shot-like images.

Thanks to sources online, Sony's next batch of cameras are reported to be revealed soon to the global market, and the two models in question – the RX100 MkV and the A7 MkIII – are reported to come with an interesting set of features. However, thanks to the recent earthquake in Japan, there are some uncertainties on the status of the cameras.  

A researcher from UC Irvine in California has made a breakthrough in battery research using nano wires, that can potentially change how we build batteries for devices that depends on them. The new technology combines nanowires—filaments thousands of times thinner than a human hair – with different alloys to create new batteries that can last for longer, and keep charges for longer periods of time too.

Forget 3D Touch. If Microsoft has their way, they are looking to forsee where your next touch on screen will be, and touch it first before you hover your finger over the area. The aptly named Pre-Touch technology aims to let users move less while doing more on screen.  

It is nearly time for the next Galaxy Note cycle to start, and a leaked report on popular social site Weibo confirmed many features of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 6, including the screen size, possible processor options, as well the possibility of the Note 6 using the new USB Type C connector. 

The devastating earthquake in Kumamoto last month is wreaking havoc to the camera industry, as the Sony imaging sensor factory situated in that prefecture is still closed, and its closure is effecting manufacturers such as Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic and even Sony themselves.  

According to reports, May 10 is the date to look out for as that will be the date where the first big phone from Xiaomi, the Xiaomi Max, will be launched globally. The first big phablet from Xiaomi is set to bring new tidings for the company, and the latest renders of the said phone sheds more hints on its metal construction.