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We already reported plenty of Xiaomi Mi Note 2 rumours, this time around, it's something official and the news is coming from Xiaomi themselves. Because on their official Weibo account, it's confirmed that the fans and media in China will be seeing the Mi Note 2 on 25 October 2016.

So here's some news about Nokia, while we're all waiting patiently for their return, the company has announced that Nokia President and CEO Rajeev Suri will be presenting a keynote at the Mobile World Congress 2017. But will we be seeing any new devices from them? Maybe.

There aren't much news about the Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus, so this would be one of the first. Released in China last month, we have just gotten some insider report in the Xiaomi forums about how Xiaomi succeeded in using Qualcomm's cutting-edge processor, and also explained how the Clear Sight technology for the dual rear camera contributed to the smartphone's photography quality.

By now, you probably have read many rumours circulating the upcoming Huawei Mate 9. We already covered most of them in regards to tech-specs, from dual cameras to two different screen versions, there's just a lot of them to consider which one seems legitimate until the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology literally confirmed the device's existence.

In case you haven't heard, a new laptop called the Chromebook Pro will be announced soon by Samsung. The Chromebook Pro did appear briefly online before it was taken down, but luckily someone managed to copy down some of the tech-specs from there.

This week we launched our own GadgetBook Giveaways so you can win or own a floating Bluetooth speaker with more weird, trendy and fun gadgets coming soon. However, most of the tech news this week involved the official arrival of the Apple iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 plus and their subsequent deliveries or bundled launches with Celcom, Maxis (which involved interrupting a band), Digi and U Mobile along with GemFive.

Since 1996, Canon has been picked as Malaysia’s No. 1 Inkjet Printer brand – making this year its 20th consecutive selection by customers around the nation. In conjunction with the celebration Canon Marketing (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd launched a total of 13 new printers in five of its printer model ranges. Designed with exciting new features, these models are targeted for use in homes, SOHO and government or large corporations.

Yesterday, there was a hot discussion topic about eSports in Kuala Lumpur between Hill+Knowlton Strategies and Riot Games. The panel discussion was touched on was about the growing industry in South East Asia (SEA).

Next week on 17 October 2016, ZTE will be holding an event in China and rumours have it that they company is planning to launch the ZTE nubia Z11 mini S. It'll be their first smartphone to have a dual rear camera according to rumours, but the latest leak has revealed that it might not be the same.

During the midnight launch of the Apple iPhone 7 & 7 Plus today, GEMFIVE Malaysia was also up moving around making a special delivery to 5 lucky customers who placed pre-orders for the new Apple iPhone flagships at the stroke of midnight. One surprise delivery was made specially by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Kwek Kon Chao to Stephenee Won at her residence in Klang.