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Just in time for Chinese New Year, DiGi is now offering the Gold coloured HTC One for FREE under their DG SmartPlan 148 postpaid plan. While the HTC One is retailing at RM2199 you can also get it at RM1489 or RM1249 under their DG SmartPlan 58 or DG SmartPlan 88 postpaid plans. You will have to sign up under a 24 month contract and pay an advance and upfront payment though. For more information, check out the table and links in this article.

Curious about the Motorola Moto G but still a bit hesitant about the already very affordable RM698 retail price? Well, kill two birds with one stone by signing up with DiGi and get the Motorola Moto G for FREE. You will have to sign up for either the DG SmartPlan 58 or DG SmartPlan 88 under a 24 month contract but you get both the Moto G and a data plan all in one go. The Motorola Moto G being offered is the 8GB version and is only available in black. For more details, check out the table and links in this article.

The battle of the midrangers is on as the Nokia Lumia 1320 is now available at DiGi from RM1018. While the Windows Phone smartphone does retail at RM1199, DiGi is offering this Lumia phablet at zero contract provided you sign up for the DiGi SmartPlan 58, 88 or 148. The Nokia Lumia 1320 is available in black, yellow and white with 8GB storage options. While it is on zero contract (which means you can opt out at any time) you still have to pay an advance payment which will be credited back to you over a 12 month period. If you're a loyal DiGi postpaid subscriber of 12 months and above, you won't have to pay this advance payment fee. For more details check out the table and links in this article.

Every Samsung phone has it's own User Agent profile, and an unknown profile has appeared on the Samsung website. The profile is listed as SM-S780L and doesn't match any known Samsung smartphone yet. However, this same listing appeared to have passed WiFi certification which lists the SM-S780L as having tech specs such as dual-band WiFi a/b/g/n/ac. Rumours indicate that the Samsung SM-S780L could be a midrange device. It is expected to be revealed at the MWC Expo in February 2014.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo is rumoured to be on pre-order soon for Belgium. This has resulted in a number of better looking pictures along with pricing. Unfortunately, the Note 3 Neo isn't as affordable as we thought it would be at €599 (RM2731). The pics show that the overall design is more or less the same, right down to the artificial leather backside. Tech specs still haven't been confirmed but most estimates have them include an 8MP camera, 5.55-inch 720p Super AMOLED display, 2GB RAM, 16GB storage, LTE and microSD support, Android 4.3 and a 3100 mAh battery. It should get it's officialy launch in March 2014 with the official announcement expected in February at the MWC expo. If it is already on pre-order in Belgium, we should see it get to Malaysia soon.

Amidst rumours that Apple is testing 4.7-inch and larger screens for the Apple iPhone 6, one Wall Street analyst thinks Apple have finally made a decision. According to said analyst, Timothy Arcuri, Apple will make the Apple iPhone 6 with a 4.8-inch screen. He says he reached this conclusion based on Apple's supply chain. This matches with other rumours which said that the iPhone 6 would indeed go for a larger screen but not go as big as 5 inches. Arcuri goes on to say that the iPhone 6 will offer tech specs that include the latest WiFi which is 802.11ac. While the operating system will still likely be iOS 7, the software will be updated to include integration with iBeacon, Passbook and more TouchID. He also expects more 64-bit features asides from the TouchID fingerprint scanner. These analysts predict the Apple iPhone 6 coming in June with a possible 13-inch Apple iPad expected in late 2014.

Starting from 21 January 2014 the Motorola Moto G will be officially available in Malaysia thanks to Motorola and Brightstar. This Moto G will be the dual-SIM version and will be available with 8GB worth of storage from a retail price of RM698 and 16GB storage from RM798 (you can already see a number of other sellers going lower from RM666 for the 8GB version as well). The Moto G will come with an extra Motorola Shell (costing about RM78) along with 15GB + 50GB worth of Google Drive storage for 2 years. Tech specs for this midrange smartphone include a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor, 4.5-inch 720p display, 5MP camera with LED flash, Dual-SIM support and a 2070 mAh battery.

A couple of months back we saw a Nike Fuelband inspired Apple iWatch concept from Thomas Bogner and in the recent CES 2014, the trend for smartwatches is leaning more towards the smart band or bracelet look than your traditional watch. This time around we get another, very polished and very beautiful Apple iWatch concept render, this time courtesy of designer Todd Hamilton, who not only did a similar band design but also added in iOS 7 functionality. Overall, the design here is a lot more realistic, as the icons look more readable (as it is oriented differently) than the previous one. However, there are major hurdles for this design, one of which would be flexible enough batteries for such a slim bangle but with LG's recent string batteries, we don't see why it can't be fit into a band form as well. Check out the concept render for yourself below:

While some people seem to forget that Alcatel have been making phablets with their Scribe range of large-format smartphones for some time, we haven't as Alcatel are now bringing their OneTouch Hero phablet to Malaysia as well. Breaking somewhat new ground with a 6-inch display, the Hero offers a number of other fairly impressive tech specs which include a full HD 1080 x 1920 pixel resolution display, 1.5GHz quad-core processor, 2GB RAM, 8GB / 16GB storage, Single-SIM / Dual-SIM support, a 13MP rear camera, 2MP front camera and 3400 mAh battery. The Hero also comes with a stylus and a Bluetooth companion device to make phone calls or send and read text messages. So far, Alcatel have yet to reveal any Malaysian pricing or specific release dates but it should reach Malaysia soon.

While the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch probably offers the most in terms of functionality for any smartwatch currently on the market one of it's main limitations was that it only works with certain Samsung smartphones. This short compatibility list included the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, Note 2, S4 and S3 with Android 4.3 firmware. However, this is no longer the case as Smart Watch Fans have come up with a guide showing how to make the Galaxy Gear smartwatch work with a Nexus 5 smartphone. It may require you to download some files, extract them and rename them, but there isn't any arduous programming or too-technical stuff to do to make it work. Do bear in mind that most of the apps work, except for S-Voice and Weather. Other smartwatch fans are saying that they have also made the Galaxy Gear work with the Sony Xperia Z Ultra, provided that it is the pure vanilla Google Edition version.