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While the HTC One A9 was released in Malaysia not too long ago, its successor the One X9 is enjoying the spotlight in MWC 2016 and it's reported that it will begin landing in North Asia first, followed by Europe, and the Middle East from the end of this month. Price is not revealed yet.

The full metal device is available in Carbon Gray, Opal Silver, Topaz Gold, and Cooper Rose. Journalists are complimenting its solid and sleek design and it weighs quite “heavily” with 170grams even though it's only 8mm thick. It can also record a 4K video, offers a Pro mode with manual controls and one-touch RAW enhancement, and is compatible with the Dot View case. Below are the tech specs:-

If you thought Lenovo was done showing their new laptops and tablets, they still have their smartphones to show. Introducing the Lenovo Vibe K5 and Vibe K5 Plus, these are two economical mid-range devices and share similar hardware specifications except the Snapdragon 415 and 720p in Vibe K5 and the latter with Snapdragon 415 and 1080p respectively.

HTC has officially announced the HTC Desire 530, HTC Desire 630 and HTC Desire 825 aimed for the young and trendy entry-level to midrange user. Featuring rounded corners and colourful back, the smartphones come with clearly better than average cameras but not so impressive processors which you can see in the full tech specs list in this article. No Malaysia release dates or pricing details yet but they could be HTC's answer to Samsung's Galaxy A series, too bad it looks like the Desire 630 may be missing for Malaysia as it isn't available on the HTC SEA site.

Three new tablets by Lenovo, TAB3 7, TAB3 8 and TAB3 10 Business made their debut in MWC 2016 at Barcelona just a few hours ago, all three tablets have water and dust resistant materials and are designed for “family-friendly” usage and business work respectively, below are the tech-specs:-

HP have officially announced the HP Elite x3 for MWC 2016. While packing plenty of the latest tech specs like the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, its main feature appears to be full support for Microsoft Windows 10 Continuum. Featuring the Desk Dock, which when connected with a monitor (and mouse and keyboard), instantly works like a desktop and the HP Mobile Extender, which is a 12.5-inch HD laptop that connects wirelessly to the Elite x3 (can anyone say ASUS PadFone S?) the smartphone is wholly aimed at business users on the go. Coming with an iris scanner and fingerprint scanner, the only thing it seems to be missing is a projector or laser keyboard. No Malaysia release dates or pricing details yet.

Lenovo is making a fancy entrance at the MWC 2016 by showcasing 9 brand new devices, in this section we will take a look their latest notebooks  - The Lenovo Yoga 710 (11-inch and 14-inch model), Lenovo Yoga 510 (14-inch and 15-inch model), and the Ideapad MIIX 310.

So the day has finally come, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd's long rumoured of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge were announced as the latest additions to the Galaxy family. Designed to fit the consumer's modern digital lifestyle today, it has more advanced camera, better software functionality and connectivity to various galaxy products, services, and experiences.

“We believe in a world that is brighter, sharper, more convenient, and more fun. We strive to deliver on that vision with the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge by marrying elegant design with functionality and providing a seamless mobile experience,”  said DJ Koh, President of Mobile Communications Business, Samsung Electronics.  “We empower consumers with technology to help them get more out of life and will continue to push the frontier of what’s possible.”

Apart from modular attachments and rear dual-cameras the LG G5 was also announced with the LG 360 VR, the LG 360 CAM, LG Rolling Bot, LG Tone Platinum and H3 by B&O PLAY friends, all controllable from the LG G5 using the LG Friends Manager and LG Smart Controller. No Malaysia release dates or pricing details but do check out the list of LG G5 Friends and the video and infographic in this article.

LG officially announced the LG G5 at MWC 2016 today featuring a metal uni-body and modular attachments to swap out the battery, increase the camera performance or make the smartphone into a HiFi audio device. As rumoured, the LG G5 offers a modular slide-out battery connected to the bottom panel which you can slide-out after you turn off the phone. You can then slot in another Slide-Out Battery or increase the camera performance with a Slide-Out CAM Plus attachment featuring dedicated buttons for the power, shutter, record, zoom anda an LED indicator with a more comfortable grip. The LG CAM Plus also offers an extra 1200 mAh battery with auto focus and exposure lock.

The LG Hi-Fi Plus attachement features Bang and Oluffsen or B&O PLAY for 32-bit Hi-Fi DAC upsampling audio. It also supports 32-bit 384 KHz high-definition audio playback. The LG G5 itself is always on and features an extreme Wide Angle Lens consisting of two rear cameras. One is a standard 78-degree lens while another has a 135-degree wide-angle lens, so you can switch between the two when you need to. The Always-on feature means that you can always see just the time, date and notifications on the screen even while the G5 is in sleep mode (perhaps useful in a darkened room according to the video below) which saves battery by only requiring 0.8 percent of the battery's full capacity per hour, so you don't have to always turn on the display to check things out. 

This MWC 2016, Huawei have announced their rumoured Huawei MateBook 2-in-1 tablet notebook. Powered by a 6th Gen Intel Core m processor and Windows 10, the aluminum unibody device is a thin 6.9mm with a compact 110g pocket charger. The 12-inch display tablet slots out of the super thin Surface like keyboard complete with touchpad (that is also spill proof and over-current protected) and folio case and is surprisingly lightweight at 610g.

Aimed squarely at the business user it also has the world's first side single-touch fingerprint sensor and the MatePen stylus which also has a built-in laser pointer. No Malaysia release dates or pricing details yet but Huawei say that it will be coming worldwide soon. The MateBook with Intel Core M3 processor, 4GB RAM and 128GB storage will be priced from $699 (RM2941) while the keyboard case will go from $129 (RM542). The MatePen will be priced from $59 (RM247) but you can get it with a headset in a bundle called MateDock for $89 (RM373). In the meantime, you can check the full tech specs, images and video in this article.