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Today, in honor of creative efforts of local YouTuber such as Upin & Ipin and BoBoiBoy for being featured on YouTube Kids App, MDEC together with Google Malaysia have hosted an event to celebrate these home-grown companies for their achievements.

Not so impressed by the Xiaomi Mi Note 2 or Mi VR? Well, Xiaomi continued to push boundaries with their fully ceramic Mi MIX concept smartphone utilizing a single block of ceramic and edge-to-edge display. Designed in collaboration with designer Philipe Starck, the front camera has been moved to the bottom and a number of sensors have been updated to work with the new fully ceramic build.

Asides from announcing their dual curved edge display Xiaomi Mi Note 2, Xiaomi also announced their affordable Mi VR headset for just 199 CNY (RM122). Compatible with the Mi Note 2, the Mi VR features a 16ms ultra-low latency for less motion sickness bundled with a hardware-based 9-axis inertial motion sensor controller. No Malaysia release date for this or whether or not we'll be getting this but it would certainly be a cool accessory to go with the Mi Note 2.

We may see a new phone manufacturer that will feature Samsung’s excellent dual pixel technology in their phones. The upcoming Vivo X9 is said to have the fast autofocus that is present in the Samsung Galaxy S7 & S7 Edge.

Xiaomi have officially announced their dual curved edge OLED display Mi Note 2 smartphone from 2799 CNY (RM1721) for 4GB RAM + 64GB storage, 3299 CNY (RM2029) for 6GB RAM + 128GB storage and 3499 CNY (RM2152) for 6GB RAM + 128GB storage global version. Available on pre-order in China starting from today, the Mi Note 2 features a front fingerprint sensor and a metal frame with curved 3D glass front and back design very much like the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge. It also has a 22.56MP rear camera with phase detection autofocus and dual-LED flash. There are no Malaysia release dates yet but we expect the global version to come to Malaysia soon.

Our pals at Lowyat.net shared that TM is in the initial stages of upgrading and doubling up Internet speeds in Malaysia throughout the whole of next year. The upgrade will be in stages, but will involve most TM customers out there.

Contrary to reports shared online, it seems that Samsung has no intention of killing off its Note series of smartphones, if the report we saw is true. We will see the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 in 2017, and if the report is right, Samsung Galaxy Note 7 owners will get a big discount on the new model with a special upgrade programme.

As some of you may know already, the Apple Watch Series 2 was finally released in Malaysia last week after the iPhone 7 & 7 Plus craze. But remember that Apple Watch Nike+ that Apple also mentioned at their event last month? That's right, we just got an official date of the wearable from Apple. Launching in 38 countries worldwide, including Malaysia, the Apple Watch Nike+ will be released on 28 October 2016.

In just a few hours ago, Huawei has released an official teaser promotion about an event coming soon in November. What device could it be? Well, it's none other than the much anticipated Huawei Mate 9, which will make a debut on Munich, Germany with a tagline "A Step Ahead".

If you are looking forward to the LG V20, be envious of Japan, as they are getting a special version of the smartphone model, to be called the LG V34 isai Beat. It will be exclusive to Au Japan, and only for the Japan market.