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20th February 2019. That’s the date to look out for. Vivo has released a teaser with the words “There’s a new pop-star in town” and “Block your date 20.2.2019”. On the poster shows the top of a smartphone with a square pop up on top. This may likely point to the upcoming vivo V15 Pro smartphone.

During the recent weekend on 26-27 January 2019, vivo Malaysia held a PUBG Mobile Malaysia National Championship (PMNC) tournament in Sunway Velocity Mall, Kuala Lumpur where the last 16 teams from across four different states (Johor, Sabah, Sarawak and Kuala Lumpur) came to compete with each other. Among all the teams, Gank.Fty came up as the champion and brought home a total cash prize pool of RM60,000, starting from the qualifiers until the Grand Finals.

The Malaysian government will wait on the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission's report, before allowing Huawei to build their 5G infrastructure in Malaysia. Based on TheStar.com.my, the delay is due to various security concerns involving Huawei globally, including allegations of cyberspying, international scandals and so on. Communications and Multimedia Minister Gobind Singh Deo wants to play it safe, to ensure that the system is secure before rolling out.

AnTuTu has recently announced that they will begin benchmarking AI performance, which can be found in quite a number of modern-day smartphones. The number of AI capable smartphone has increased since the start of 2018, which brings plenty of added functionality such as AI scene detection, AI power management and so on.

Remember the vivo v91i smartphone that we talked about at last Christmas? It's the budget-friendly smartphone that has a mega 4030mAh battery inside. However, with entry-level tier tech specs, the memory capacity is pretty small so with this, the company is releasing another variant with 32GB ROM for the same RM599 price tag.

Imagine the iPhone XI looking like the iconic iPhone 4. Wait, there’s more. 120Hz screen, a sexy red special edition version, UD fingerprint scanner, a better facial recognition then before. While things are too good to be true, you’d still be stuck with the huge notch. Well, that’s what concept artist Gunho Lee had in mind when he created the latest mock up iPhone 11 ad.

We’re only a month away from Samsung’s Unpacked 2019 and many rumours are already surfacing on the internet about the smartphone. The latest one comes from GSMArena where an unnamed Samsung rep working on the devices mentioned that the lowest spec Samsung Galaxy S10 smartphone may not be called ‘Lite’. These smartphones are set to be released on the 8th of March.

After teasing them and doing a hands-on preview, Samsung India officially revealed the Samsung Galaxy M10 and Galaxy M20 with Infinity-V (waterdrop notch) displays. Priced from 7990 INR (~RM461) for the 2GB RAM + 16GB storage Galaxy M10 and 8990 INR (~RM519) for the 3GB RAM + 32GB storage version, the Galaxy M20 goes for 10990 INR (~RM635) for the 3GB RAM + 32GB storage version while the 4GB RAM + 64GB storage version goes for 12990 INR (~RM751). No Malaysia release dates or Malaysia pricing details yet, but they could hit Malaysia's value market in the coming months. For now, they'll be available in India from 5 February 2019.  

Based on 91mobiles.com, the Vivo NEX has been discontinued in India. Instead, Vivo announced that they will be launching the Vivo V15 Pro which is equipped with a 32MP front-facing selfie camera, as well as a triple rear camera. Best to note that, we are not entirely sure of the exact tech specs of the rear cameras as of now.

HONOR has announced that the newly launched HONOR Watch Magic in Paris on 22 January 2019 alongside the Honor View 20, has sold out within 1 hour of it being available on HONOR’s Malaysia’s official website.