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Malaysian Arsenal fans who have purchased the Huawei Ascend P7 Arsenal Edition smartphone recently could win a trip to watch the Gunners LIVE in the UK in a new contest organized by Huawei Malaysia. The contest is fairly simple to do; just buy a new Ascend P7 Arsenal Edition smartphone and register for the contest, answer 2 simple questions and then complete a slogan. Those who want to enter can do so via the Huawei Malaysia Facebook Page and you can also find out the where-to-buy shop list there as well. There will be 3x grand prizes consisting of the trip to watch Arsenal LIVE in the UK along with other prizes that include the Huawei MediaPad X1, official Arsenal jerseys, Huawei Powerbanks and travel bags. The contest is currently valid until 31 December 2014.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is now officially available for everyone in Malaysia with the recent consumer launch last Friday on 17 October 2014. The launch saw 500 lucky Samsung Galaxy Note 4 buyers walking away with a complimentary Gear Circle necklet-cum-Bluetooth headphones. A three day roadshow was also held with various activities and giveaways at various locations including the Blue Concourse, Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall. Samsung Malaysia and it's partners of Celcom, DiGi, Harvey Norman and Maxis provided booths for users but here is what Samsung had to say about it:

"Our three-day roadshows is just one of the ways to introduce a new experience through our latest device – the GALAXY Note 4 via the activities that we have planned. This way, our consumers can aptly correlate our product with their lifestyle that will simplify their day-to-day tasks." Lee Dong Yong, President of Samsung Malaysia Electronics

U Mobile is currently offering the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 phablet for as low as RM1099. In addition to this, they are also offering a special trade-in feature, so you can send in your old and unwanted smartphone for hopefully some rebates off the asking price. Since the Galaxy Note 4 retails at a very high RM2499, this is quite welcome and you can find out which phone qualifies from the trade-in list. For the no upfront payment scheme, you will have to sign up with your credit card and activate auto debit for the monthly commitment to qualify. Citibank credit card holders get an extra RM100 rebate provided you sign up for a 0% easy payment plan and and the aforementioned auto debit. In any case, you will have to sign up for a 24 month contract on U Mobile post paid plans. Check out the table and links in this article for more details.

As a sign of support for all those ASUS ZenFone 4 A400CXG/CG buyers here in Malaysia, ASUS Malaysia is now offering complimentary ASUS ZenFone 4 original bumper cases for those who bought the ZenFone 4 from 3 October 2014 and onwards. To redeem these absolutely free bumper cases users need only submit the scanned/photographed copy of the ZenFone 4 purchase receipt to [email protected] / [email protected] and your personal details. The purchase receipt must have the following details to be valid for the giveaway:

• Dealer's company name
• Invoice date: Must be 3rd October 2014 onwards
• Description: ZenFone 4 (A400CXG/CG)
• ZenFone 4 serial number
• Purchase receipt must be signed and chopped with dealer's company stamp (handwritten receipt). Receipt which is computer/machine generated that require no signatory or company stamp shall subject to verification.

Apart from the Apple iPad tablets, Apple also revealed that the latest Apple iOS 8.1 update will be available for download on 20 October 2014. The update brings a number of features to your Apple device including support for Apple Pay, the iCloud Photo Library public beta and the camera roll that disappeared in iOS 8. Hopefully it won't cause as many problems as previous iOS 8 updates.

Apple mentioned a little bit about their upcoming smartwatch, the Apple Watch. While it hasn't been released yet, it has been confirmed that the Apple Watch will be coming in early 2015. This means that you'll have to wait till at least Q1 of 2015 (rumours say February 2015) to get the Apple Watch. In the meantime, developers for Watch OS apps will get the WatchKit SDK in November 2014. Bear in mind that the Apple Watch will start from $349 (RM1146) so if you really want it, you should start saving now. No Malaysia release date or pricing yet but we expect it in 2015.

Apple just announced the latest iteration in their smaller tablet range with the Apple iPad mini 3. While it lead all the other Apple iPad tablets in terms of design initially, the latest iPad mini does not change much. The slim bezel design, 7.9-inch screen with Retina Display and measurements are still the same as before. The most notable difference in tech specs and features is that this new iPad mini 3 now has a Touch ID fingerprint sensor built into the Home button and as such can be used with Apple Pay.

The Apple iPad Air 2 was officially announced yesterday. At first glance, the overall design may look the same but the tablet is now 18% thinner at 6.1mm thin and 435g. Other notable design changes include removing the mute button and slanting the volume rocker diagonally, allowing the tablet to achieve it's 6.1mm thinness. Apple also laminated it's 9.7-inch screen, combining the cover glass, touch sensor and LCD into one thinner optically fused layer. However, resolution remains the same at 2048 x 1536 pixels, but at least Apple have included an anti-reflective coating as well.

While we've yet to see any news on Malaysia release dates or pricing for the Apple iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3, the Apple Malaysia Store has already revealed the updated pricing for the previous Apple iPad tablets. This includes a price drop for all of the tablets including the iPad Air, iPad mini and iPad mini 2 of about RM150 to RM300 or so for each. The iPad mini now only has 16GB versions, while the iPad mini 2 has 16GB and 32GB versions. The previous iPad 4 has also been removed from listings, leaving the iPad Air with 16GB and 32GB versions. Check out the updated pricing for the Apple iPad tablets below:

• Apple iPad mini (WiFi, 16GB) ~ RM799
• Apple iPad mini (WiFi + Cellular, 16GB) ~ RM1299
• Apple iPad mini 2 (WiFi, 16GB) ~ RM969
• Apple iPad mini 2 (WiFi + Cellular, 16GB) ~ RM1399
• Apple iPad mini 2 (WiFi, 32GB) ~ RM1139
• Apple iPad mini 2 (WiFi + Cellular, 32GB) ~ RM1569
• Apple iPad Air (WiFi, 16GB) ~ RM1279
• Apple iPad Air (WiFi + Cellular, 16GB) ~ RM1699
• Apple iPad Air (WiFi, 32GB) ~ RM1449
• Apple iPad Air (WiFi + Cellular, 32GB) ~ RM1869

Celcom has launched it's new and improved Internet of Xpax prepaid pack here in Malaysia. Designed for the young and always online, the pack offers 10 minutes of Free 4G LTE Internet 3 times a day, 10 free games every day and 10 seconds of free calls for every Celcom network call. Priced at RM8.50 with RM5 worth of pre-loaded airtime, Internet of Xpax users can get all these benefits by dialing *118# and selecting the appropriate menu option. The Internet of Xpax pack offers 33sen / 10 minutes on Voice Call within the same network (Celcom to Celcom), 33sen / 3 minutes to other networks (Celcom to everyone else) and 20 sen / 5 sms to all networks. In addition, various Internet plans have been created to cater to every need in the market with free 4G LTE WiFi hotspots available across Malaysia. Check it out in the images in this article and the Internet of Xpax site.