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Today, in an important industry milestone, Mastercard has unveiled the foundation for the future of commerce with the new Masterpass global digital payment service. This enables consumers to look no further than their own trusted bank or credit union to make fast, simple and secure digital payments – across devices and channels – anywhere they want to shop be it online, in app and now in-store with contactless.

We have seen the Sony Xperia X line of models in Malaysia – the Sony Xperia X, Sony Xperia XA and the Sony Xperia XA Ultra. We even tested one of them, with a bit of a bitter aftertaste in our mouth. Now though a new sighting of a new Sony Xperia design phone is putting our hopes back up for the Japanese company.

Is something “galactic” something that interests you? If yes, head on to Maxis right now as they are opening registration of interest for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 7 before it is officially launched in Malaysia.

So it's confirmed, one of the two Xiaomi devices that are set to appear on 27 July 2016 is not a Redmi Note 4 as previously speculated, but a new Xiaomi Redmi Pro instead. This was found in Weibo as seen in the opening hashtags (lol at the direct translation).

We all know Nokia will eventually return to the smartphone scene, but they have been really quiet these past few months. Even the rumours regarding that are quite scarce, until today that is, as we just got some leaks from the internet that Nokia is planning not one, but two Nokia-branded devices.

For a few weeks since 27 June 2016, Huawei Malaysia has invited all Huawei P9 and P9 Plus users a five-week social media photography contest called 'Capture the Beauty of Malaysia 2016'. The contest is based on a series of themes that celebrates the uniqueness of Malaysia culture, the most creative and original submission of the weekly theme will win a Huawei Smart Watch worth RM1799! Huawei Malaysia will also be shortlisting top ten weekly finalists who will then be in the running for the grand prize of a LEICA T-SERIES worth RM17000.

ASUS Malaysia have just revealed their latest Zenvolution event to be on 6 August 2016. Signaling the Malaysian reveal of their recently announced ASUS ZenFone 3 range, now it is only a question of how many ASUS ZenFone 3 smartphones will be revealed for Malaysia.

While we're quite sure the ZenFone 3, ZenFone 3 Ultra and ZenFone 3 Deluxe will probably arrive, will the recently announced ZenFone 3 Laser and ZenFone 3 Max also make an appearance? How about Zenbo? Since Intel is involved, should we also expect the new ASUS Transformers or ZenBooks? 

LG launched their X series of phones earlier last month, but only a couple of models was truly showcased during the launch. Now we have updated promo videos that show two more models that should be coming soon – the LG X mach and LG X max.

July 27 seems to be a date to look out for, especially for Mi fans. One of the devices that will be launched is apparently the Mi Laptop, and we have leaked specs of the upcoming machine from Xiaomi.

This week, quite a few official announcements happened with the Honor 8 arriving with its rumoured 2.5D glass front and back, the ASUS ZenFone 3 Laser and ZenFone 3 Max getting their official marching orders in Vietnam while Samsung came out with their Galaxy J Max, Galaxy J2, Galaxy J1 Ace Neo, Galaxy On5 Pro, Galaxy On7 Pro, Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Edition and UFS microSDs. LEAGOO announced their affordable shock-proof metal M5 smartphone for $59.99 (RM237) while Final Fantasy 7 was announced for Android 19 years after it was first released.