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The Apple iPhone 6 has been rumoured to use sapphire crystal displays for better durability and also get a screen size increase to 4.7-inches. Apparently, the folks at MKBHD along with Sonny Dickson managed to get their hands on what appears to be this 4.7-inch sapphire crystal display for the Apple iPhone 6. They then went on to do a torture test which includes trying to scratch it with a knife, keys and bend it. All of these did nothing to the panel but do check out the videos for yourself in this article.

Sony is joining the selfie bandwagon with the official announcement of the Sony Xperia C3 smartphone. While it has tech specs that slot it into the midrange market, the most notable features include a 5MP front camera complete with LED flash. Like some other selfie cameraphones, the Xperia C3 front camera is wide angle and features a Superior Auto mode for automatic enhancement, portrait retouch, Timeshift-burst and sweep panorama. Other selfie features include a double tap rear control which triggers the camera and a smile shutter feature which takes the shot when you smile. Other tech specs include the following:

• 1.2GHz Snapdragon processor
• 1GB RAM
• 8GB storage + microSD
• 5.5-inch Triluminous display (720 x 1280 pixel resolution)
• 8MP rear camera (Sony Exmor RS, pulse LED flash) + 5MP front camera (wide angle, soft LED flash)
• Supports 4G LTE, dual-SIM
• 2500 mAh battery
• Android 4.4 KitKat

LG Electronics has announced the global launch of their LG G Pad 10.1 tablet. This means that the tablet could be coming to Malaysia soon and it will be bringing many features normally found on the LG G3 which is LG's latest flagship smartphone. These features include:

• Touch & Shoot: Tapping anywhere on the display will focus and activate the shutter in a single step, saving time and that once-in-a-lifetime shot.
• Gesture Shot for Selfies: Simply clenching the free hand into a fist within the shot frame will automatically begin a three-second countdown before snapping the picture for a blur-free photo.
• Smart Keyboard: Reduces input errors by up to 75 percent by tracking and analyzing typing habits and intuitively “knowing” what word the user intended to type.
• Dual Window: Splits the tablet screen and runs two applications at the same time, dragging and dropping content from one window to the other for effortless multitasking.

Xiaomi Malaysia will be selling their new Xiaomi Redmi 1S tomorrow, with a batch of 5000 units starting from 12pm on 8 July 2014. Keeping the smartphone company will be 10000 units of Xiaomi Mi-3 smartphones, 10000 units of 10400 mAh Mi Power Banks and 5000 units of 5200 mAh Mi Power Banks as well. Tech specs for the Xiaomi Redmi 1S are quite competitive with a 1.6GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor, 1GB of RAM, 4.7-inch 720p display and 8MP rear camera at just RM419. However, unlike the Huawei Honor 3C, the Redmi 1S will only offer a 1.3MP front camera. The Xiaomi Redmi Note will be coming 22 July 2014 at RM509.

Huawei Malaysia recently revealed that 10000 units of their value-busting smartphone, the Huawei Honor 3C will be available at http://www.vmall.my from 11:58am on 8 July 2014. Unlike other third-party dealers and sellers of the Huawei Honor 3C, VMall.my is the official online store for the smartphone and as such, one of the few places in Malaysia to offer the smartphone at it's retail price of RM499. We've noted other sellers offering the smartphone for as high as RM799 and even then, there are still buyers for it. The Huawei Honor 3C brings many value-added tech specs to the market with 2GB of RAM, a quad-core processor, 8MP rear camera and 5MP front camera. Do check out our full review of the Huawei Honor 3C smartphone for more details regarding this smartphone.

We recently received some admittedly blurry pictures of the ASUS MeMo Pad 8 (ME181C) next to the ASUS MeMo Pad 8 (ME180A) from an anonymous tipster. Well, said tipster has provided again, this time with some clearer hands-on like pictures. From the pictures it is clear to see that the new ASUS MeMo Pad 8 is thinner than before with and overall flatter backside thanks to no rear camera hump. The chrome trim is a nice effect and we hope the white coloured MeMo Pad 8 makes it to Malaysia soon. Still no Malaysia release dates or pricing, so stay tuned for more developments.

ASUS Malaysia is currently holding a free giveaway for official ASUS ZenFone 4 bumper cases. The first wave has 200 cases and each case should give your ASUS ZenFone 4 a bit more protection from drops, shocks and scratches. Each case is worth RM49 and there is an additional Mystery Gift for ZenFone 4 owners. To participate follow the instructions below:

1. Take a selfie (be creative!) with a ZenFone 4 box or ZenFone 4 logo
2. Post this selfie on your Facebook Wall with #zenfone4 and #asusmalaysia
3. Print screen that post and send it to [email protected]

ASUS recently released a new update for PadFone 2 users. The last update for ASUS PadFone 2 owners was way back in 2012 so this comes as a very welcome update for the owners of this still premium device. ASUS have since come out with the instructions to update your PadFone 2 which you can see below:

1. Go to http://www.asus.com/Tablets_Mobile/PadFone2/HelpDesk_Download/
2. Select the Driver & Tools tab
3. Select Android from Select OS
4. Select Firmware
5. Select Version WWE V11.8.3.3 and wait for it to download and update

The rumoured premium metal body Samsung Galaxy F just got another press render leak, again from serial leaker @evleaks. This time around, it is the full smartphone but instead of gold, it is a metallic silver colour. While the leak did not go into details many are expecting a 2K display on the upcoming smartphone or one that will provide a 2560 x 1440 pixel resolution. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S range of tablets already offer 2K displays so it seems very likely that that would be a feature in the next premium smartphone from Samsung. No Malaysia release dates yet but the Galaxy F is expected to arrive in 2014 perhaps in Q4. As always, do take this rumour with a good pinch of salt but stay tuned for more developments.

The rumoured HTC Volantis or Flounder is the 8.9-inch tablet from HTC expected to be the last Nexus device from Google. Tech specs and features about this tablet have recently surfaced stating that the Volantis tablet will have tech specs that include a 64-bit NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor, 5GB of RAM, 64GB storage, 8.9-inch display with 2560 x 1600 pixel resolution, an 8MP rear camera, BoomSound speakers and a silver aluminum unibody chassis. Serial leaker @evleaks also revealed a HTC volantis macro shot showing that it could be under the Android silver OS Alpha 1.4 program, making it the first tablet in Google's new Android Silver program. No Malaysia release dates were mentioned but it could come in Q4 of 2014.