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The CES 2016 will start in Las Vegas in two days time and according to analyst Pan Jiutang, he speculated that Huawei might reveal the new Huawei P9 packing a 6GB RAM inside.

And just like our previous rumour news of it having two camera lens, Jiutang also expects to see the same thing. Tech specs wise, the P9 might sport an octa-core CPU, Mali-T880 MP4 GPU supporting the Kirin 950 chipset, and a 5.2-inch AMOLED screen with the possibility of a 1440 x 2560 resolution display. A deluxe version could also make an appearance, powered by a Kirin 950 chipset, with a 64GB storage (unknown expandable memory), a 6.2-inch display with a QHD (1440 x 2560) resolution, and running on Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

Samsung Gear VR has finally arrived in Malaysia and it is the latest, improved and more ergonomic version of the Innovator Edition for the S6 which was launched earlier this year. Currently priced at RM459 (with GST), the Gear VR comes in Frost White colour, lightweight, wireless, and is compatible with Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6, S6 Edge and S6 Edge+.

“Samsung has been at the forefront of delivering mobile experiences and the new Gear VR is no exception. We see virtual reality as the next computing platform, and this time we are making immersive VR entertainment more accessible and affordable for customers with the introduction of our improved Gear VR,” said Mr Lee Jui Siang, Vice President, IT & Mobile Business Unit, Samsung Malaysia Electronics.

Tomorrow will be a new year and Lenovo continues to tease us with the Lenovo K4 Note, with the #killernote2016 we have received the third teaser that says “Killer Display”. 

In Lenovo India’s Twitter page, it has a short video showing us the K4 Note’s “Killer Display”. It also says “When is a display more than just a sum of its pixels? Get ready to thrill your senses with the K4 Note#KillerNote2016″. In any case, it’s likely that the the device will sport a 2K resolution display. 

According to VentureBeat, the upcoming LG G5 will have a dual camera setup with laser autofocus. The dual camera is rumoured to equip a 16MP camera sensor and an 8MP, the second camera addition will boost the photo frame with a wide 135-degree angle.

Besides that, both VentureBeat and an unknown leak from Reddit have the same rumoured tech specs round up:- 

• Snapdragon 820 processor
• 3GB RAM
• 32GB storage (expandable memory unknown)
• 5.3-inch screen with 2560 x 1440 resolution
• 16MP and 8MP dual main camera + 8MP front camera
• Heart rate sensor, laser focus sensor, fingerprint sensor, and a pressure sensor

Great news for Yuna fans all around Malaysia, book your date on 2 January 2016 because Celcom Axiata Berhad has invited Malaysia’s sensational singer Yuna, to perform live at the Blue Cube @ Sunway Pyramid. She will be performing three of her favourite songs, followed by a special meet and greet session exclusively for 20 selected FiRST by Celcom customers.

This coincides with Celcom’s success of implementing Yonder Music in their latest FiRST Blue and Gold package, which subscribed users are able to enjoy unlimited digital music service starting from 19 November. Yonder Music app is free but only available for Celcom customers on both Android and iOS devices, its specialty is creating a radio-like experience after tracking the user’s choice of songs. 

As 2015 is coming to an end, rumours of the so called Apple “iPhone 6c” and Apple iPhone 7 have not. And we just got some new rumours on what Apple might have in stored for us in the future.

First up, Commercial Times reported that the iPhone 7 could actually be waterproof. They claimed that Apple is working and developing some kind of “new compound materials” that would replace the iPhone 7’s antenna, which also means the possibility of removing the bands from the current iPhone generation’s back. Not only that, the 3.5mm headphone jack could also be replaced by an all-in-one Lightning connector port.

It seems that the Fujifilm X-Pro1 will have a successor next year with two new leaked images, the X-Pro2 will be a refinement of the original camera and will retain the familiar retro-influenced body with better tech specs.

From the image above, there’s an additional joystick and it appears to carry on the traditional compact value of the camera. Reports also said there might be dual SD cards and the reveal will be held on 15 January 2016. 

So according to ETNews, a publication from South Korea. There will be two Samsung Galaxy S7variants for 2016, a normal version and a Edge model, so what’s so special about that? Since it’s just following what Samsung did with Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge. Well, the Korean publication also stated that both Galaxy S7 versions won’t have the same size.

A new Xiaomi smartphone has been certified by TENAA and we got some images that looks like an entry-level smartphone, backed up by the tech specs that are similar to the Redmi series. 

• Octa-core 1.5GHz processor
• 2GB RAM
• 16GB storage (expandable memory available)
• 5-inch screen at 1280 x 720
• 8MP or 13MP rear camera + 5MP front camera
• MIUI OS based on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop

A new leaked Xiaomi Mi 5 video from Weibo has surfaced and it actually seems quite convincing, It looks like the device will come in Black, White, Pink, and Gold according to the video. The video also leaked out the tech specs of both Mi 5 and Mi 5 Plus.

• Snapdragon 820 chipset + quad-core CPU and the Adreno 530 GPU.
• 4GB RAM
• 16GB or 64GB internal storage (expandable memory unknown)
• 5.2-inch with 1440 x 2560 QHD or 1080 x 1920 FHD display
• 16MP rear camera + 8MP front camera
• Fingerprint scanner
• MIUI 7
• 3030 mAh battery