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It has been some time since OPPO came to Malaysia but it looks like they are finally warming up to Malaysia's telcos with some new bundles from U Mobile. For now, the first two devices will be the entry-level OPPO Neo 5 and OPPO Joy. U Mobile has the Neo 5 available at RM598 on a postpaid plan while the OPPO Joy is going for RM348 on a prepaid plan. Benefits includes a free 6-month U58 subscription for the Neo 5 but you have to sign up for a 24 month contract. The OPPO Joy gets a free SIM pack, free RM20 top-up voucher and 4 months worth of free Internet on a contract-free prepaid plan. There are conditions for the prepaid freebies though as you will only get the free Internet if you keep the line active (make sure you have enough airtime). However, after the four months of free Internet are up, U Mobile will also throw in 250MB worth of free Internet for every RM30 top up. Check out the tables and links in this article for more details.

Barely a few days after OPPO is supposedly working on a 4mm thin smartphone and rumours have come up that Vivo could be working on a 3.8mm thin smartphone too. This comes from two teaser images of what appears to be a metal-frame Vivo smartphone, which is then compared against an Apple iPhone 5 or iPhone 5S both of which measure 7.6mm thin. There is no news on what sort of tech specs or features such a thin device could pack, but it should be technically possible. Also no news about a Malaysia release date or pricing but with Vivo officially available in Malaysia it could just be a matter of time. As always, do take such rumours with a pinch of salt, but we can't help but ask; when is a thin smartphone too thin?

ASUS has officially announced the MeMo Pad 10 (ME103K) 10.1-inch display tablet for just $199 (RM652). If it does come to Malaysia, this would place it in direct competition with the ASUS FonePad 8 tablets. However, the tech specs for the MeMo Pad 10 (ME103K) are a bit lower-end with a 1.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, 1GB RAM, 8GB Storage, 10.1-inch display with 1280 x 800 pixel resolution, 2MP/5MP rear camera, 0.3MP front camera, SonicMaster speakers and Android 4.4 KitKat. It also weighs a good deal more at 525g but has a 9.5-hour battery life. No Malaysia release dates or pricing yet, but do check out the video in this article.

With the announcement of Android 5.0 Lollipop, practically every Android user is asking, will my phone get that update? Well, ASUS ZenFone smartphone users and those who are going to get the ASUS PadFone S superphone will definitely get it sometime in April 2015, at least according to rumours in Taiwan. You may be asking why it is going to take such a long time, but we're thinking that this is due to having update all the ASUS ZenUI to fit the Android 5.0 Material Design. Hopefully, ASUS will also include all the latest camera modes like slow motion video recording or maybe a panorama shot for the front camera, but only time will tell. As usual of such rumours, do take this with a pinch of salt, but since most ASUS ZenFone smartphones here in Malaysia have already received their Android 4.4 KitKat updates, we assume ASUS will stay on track and deliver the next Android update too.

It seems inevitable that other Apple products will get a bend test as well, especially after how easily the Apple iPhone 6 Plus bent due to bare hand force. This time around the 6.1mm thin Apple iPad Air 2 goes through the bend test and rather predictably, breaks. While we're not surprised at such a thin and big device bending or snapping in half, it appears that you do need a good deal of strength to bend it. If you've got pencils for arms then you probably won't have to worry too much about it. In the meantime, do check out the iPad Air 2 bend test video in this article.

Unveiled recently, the Dell Venue 8 7000 tablet wowed everyone by being the world's thinnest tablet at just 6mm thin. It even manages to beat out the Apple iPad Air 2 which is 6.1mm thin. Tech specs and features for the Venue 8 7000 are also much higher-end with a quad-core Intel Atom Z3500 processor, 8.4-inch OLED display with 1600 x 2560 pixel resolution and Intel's RealSense 3D camera on the back consisting of three cameras. It also features 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage and stereo speakers along with a metal frame. While there are no Malaysia release dates or pricing details yet, it has been announced for a very affordable $499 (RM1634) coming in or after November 2014.

It happens quite often these days that upcoming smartphones accidentally get revealed by their own website and this seems to be the case with the Samsung Galaxy A7. While we still don't know how it looks like, leaked images of the Galaxy A3 suggest that it will share features with the metal-body Galaxy Alpha. The leaked tech specs for the Galaxy A7 include a 1.5GHz 64-bit processor and a 5.5-inch display with 1080 x 1920 pixel resolution. We assume that it will come out with Android 5.0 Lolipop but asides from that there's little else in terms of details. No Malaysia release dates or pricing but we expect it to be a bit lower than the Galaxy Alpha (which is RM1899) perhaps at RM1799 or so. Stay tuned for more developments.

While OPPO have been teasing the upcoming OPPO N3 relentlessly, it seems that another smartphone could also be released along side it. While this new teaser image comes direct from OPPO, showing a smaller smartphone next to the OPPO N3 with it's rotating camera, rumours suggest that this smaller smartphone could be the OPPO N3 Mini. Other rumours indicate that it could be 4mm thin, which would beat the current record of 5.1mm held by the Gionee ELIFE 5.1. This certainly seems unlikely so do take this rumour with a good amount of salt. In any case, we should not have to wait long for the OPPO N3 release as it is scheduled for the next couple of days. No Malaysia release dates or pricing yet but we'll let you know as soon as we find out.

While they were previously known as Nokia Lumia smartphones, Microsoft has officially confirmed that they will be dropping the Nokia branding from Lumia smartphones in the future. Windows Phone will also get dropped. Instead, Microsoft will be using their own branding so your next Lumia will be called the Microsoft Lumia smartphone. This applies to all Lumia smartphones for now, but not the older Nokia featurephones. Older Nokia Lumia users don't need to worry though as there are no changes in terms of support, tech specs, performance or features just yet. Nokia may be looking to resurrect the brand name elsewhere but for now Microsoft Lumia smartphones are here to stay.

The Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus just can't seem to catch a break as more rather strange faults appear. This time, the white, plastic parts on the gold coloured iPhone 6 have apparently become dyed blue from the blue jeans pockets they were put into. Apple has said it can be removed using normal cleaning products, but afflicted users have said that this does not work. The 128GB iPhone 6 Plus on the other hand is crashing or looping continuously from a reboot. Many of these users apparently installed too many apps but this hasn't been confirmed to be the cause just yet. As per their earlier replacement policy, Apple has been replacing these crashing iPhones. While we don't want to stir up anything, we've had any number of white phones and blue jeans but no dyed blue smartphones yet, so this Dyegate problem could be just specific to the Apple iPhone 6. Our earlier recommendation remains the same though, get a casing on as soon as you get your iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus.