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Not only the Huawei Mate 8 has finally arrived in Malaysia (8 March), but the MediaPad M2 10.0,Huawei Watch Elegant and Jewel version, and a Nexus 6P Gold Edition made their appearance at the event as well. We got some hands-on videos so check them out below!

Huawei Malaysia have just announced that they have brought in both variants of the Huawei Mate 8 with the 3GB RAM Huawei Mate 8 and 4GB RAM Huawei Mate 8 Premium for value busting prices of RM2099 and RM2399 respectively. They also announced the Huawei Nexus 6P Gold Edition, Huawei MediaPad M2 10.0 and Huawei Watch Jewel and Elegant for Malaysia. The Mate 8 smartphones will be available from 11 March 2016 at VMALL.my and Lazada, but sales will start today on 8 March 2016. Telco partners for the Mate 8 include Celcom, Digi, Maxis and RedOne for now.

• Huawei Mate 8 Standard (available in Moonlight Silver and Space Grey) ~ RM2099
• Huawei Mate 8 Premium (available in Champagne Gold and Mocha Brown) ~ RM2399
• Huawei Nexus 6P Gold Edition ~ RM2698
• Huawei MediaPad M2 10.0 ~ RM1299 to RM1999
• Huawei Watch Jewel and Elegant ~ RM2299 / RM1999

Samsung Mobile Malaysia extended their Samsung Galaxy S7 edge pre-order recently at 15% discount for RM2634 and a free 64GB microSD but with 2000 units. This time around the site was a lot more stable, and according to their Facebook page, many managed to get through and successfully do the pre-order. We found the site to be a lot more stable, so kudos to the Samsung Mobile Malaysia team for that.

So it's been for some time that we've been hearing about the iPhone 7 could have a dual-lens camera, we don't know if that's true but one thing for sure that it's quite consistent coming up in speculation news. And according to MacRumors.com, Apple has recently submitted a patent application back in January and this gives us some ideas on what Apple could do with the technology.

During the end of February, it was reported that Carl Pei, co-founder of OnePlus is expecting theOnePlus 3 to be launched this coming June, and he hopes the new device will feature a “new design” to surprise us. This also means OnePlus is planning to move on from its traditional design from its predecessor, the OnePlus 2. 

In a recent MWC 2016 briefing, Aicha Evans, the Corporate Vice President of Platform Engineering Group and General Manager of the Intel Communication and Devices Group revealed Intel's plans regarding 5G devices, networks and technologies with the major highlight being that we should see such devices and networks in the next 6 to 12 months. According to her, Intel are working on clients, networks and the cloud to support these new 5G technologies particularly due to the Internet of Things or IoT. These always connected IoT devices may include wearables, vehicles, video security, smart buildings and energy management. Sumner Lemon, Country Manager, Malaysia and Singapore subsequently followed up with info relating to this regarding Malaysia's involvement in Intel's 5G plans.

Today on 7 March 2016, LEAGOO Alfa 2 is now available at every authorized LEAGOO dealers throughout Malaysia. For only RM449, Alfa 2 is an improved and upgraded version of the previous Lead 2 and Lead 2s models with the first ever Ion Smart Touch feature. Available in Midnight Black, Dazzling White, Champagne Gold and Glossy Pink colour options, below are the specifications:-

Having sold-out their 1000 Samsung Galaxy S7 edge pre-order, Samsung Malaysia are extending this promotion for another 2000 units tomorrow on 8 March 2016 at 10.00am. While you don't get the same deal as the first 1000, you still can get the Galaxy S7 edge at RM2634 with a 15% discount and a 64GB microSD flash memory card for free. Check it out at the Samsung site tomorrow.

Last week, Huawei allegedly released a teaser poster of an event in Berlin on 9 March and many suspected the company might reveal the Huawei P9, but turns out that's not the case when it was reported Huawei themselves confirmed there's no P9 on that day, but acknowledged the device's existence