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Based on a report by cnet.com and Evan Blass on Twitter, Samsung phones could start using graphene batteries instead of lithium-ion batteries by the year 2021. Smartphones fitted with the graphene batteries will have significantly higher capacity, and it is able to be fully charged in under 30 minutes. Not only that, but it could also reduce the overall price of the smartphone as graphene batteries are rather cheap to manufacture.

Good news to all The Alley fanatics out there. In collaboration with HONOR Malaysia, The Alley will be offering the Capture Wonder tea at 50% off by showing off the HONOR 20 Pro on purchase. The promo will start from 15 August until 14 September 2019, and it will be available at any selected The Alley outlets across Malaysia.

Recently Facebook Malaysia revealed a bit more about their Community Standards, which are basically their rules on what can and can’t be shared on Facebook. Designed with Safety, Voice and Equity in mind, these Community Standards were published in a more detailed version to avoid harmful content such as hate speech, bullying and extremist content from being published on Facebook in all of the local languages including Bahasa Melayu.

Rounding up the entry-level for their new Galaxy A series, Samsung have officially announced their Galaxy A10s for the entry-level. Stand-out features are a large 4000 mAh battery and 13MP + 2MP dual rear cameras but there’s still plenty of value for the other tech specs. This includes a 6.2-inch HD+ (720 x 1520 pixel) Infinity-V display (the one with the V notch) and an Octa core processor.

It can be hard to remember every single password for every single account you’ve created online. Google has taken note of this and decided to make life (a little) easier for everyone. Android users (starting from the Google Pixel phones) can now verify their identities for Google services by using their fingerprints or screen lock instead of a password (hurray!).

As per tradition, Samsung would release a new Note phablet in August, followed by Apple in September then finally, Huawei in October with a new Mate series. However, there is a rumour floating around that Huawei could be jumping the on gun early by revealing the new Mate series in September!

Initially, we speculated that Realme’s upcoming 64MP camera smartphone may be the Realme 5. However, that doesn’t seem to be the case. The Realme 5’s camera specs has been released and has been confirmed to feature a quad camera setup with a 48MP Sony IMX586 sensor as the main sensor. 

After teasing what is arguably the largest megapixel mobile camera sensor yet, Samsung have officially unveiled their 108MP ISOCELL Bright HMX 0.8μm mobile image sensor. The image sensor is a super large 1/1.33-inch in size (great for low light) but also sports Tetracell technology for brighter 27MP images and Smart-ISO which intelligently selects ISO to improve pixel saturation (more vivid images). Coming later in August 2019, it is expected to be available first in a Xiaomi smartphone, perhaps the upcoming Mi Mix 4?

DxOMark has recently done a review of the main camera, as well as the selfie camera of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G. Their verdict is that the device is currently the highest scoring smartphone on DxOMark, with a main camera and selfie camera overall score of 113 points and 99 points respectively.

If you've been looking for an instant camera that is compact, produces really cool retro looking photos and can save your photos, you're in luck! Canon Malaysia recently launched the Canon Inspic series which are the Canon Inspic [S] and Canon Inspic [C] and they're super awesome!