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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. For Malaysians, that means finding ways to save money through various means. E-commerce sites have played a key role in this area, with Carousell being one of the platforms that saw an increase in transactions during the movement control order (MCO).

In this on-going pandemic season, we have yet another free game to claim and this time, Rocket League will be free-to-play on Epic Games Store. Those who already have the game on their Steam account can also play the game with their friends from Epic Games Store, as a cross-platform feature will be implemented.

If you're a tech enthusiast, you would know about Samsung's AMOLED and LG's OLED displays, but have you ever heard of BOE's OLED displays? That's right, there is a new player in the market and the last time we mentioned them was a rumour that Apple could be using their materials for the upcoming iPhone 12 series. It's also reported that the Huawei Mate 40 series would be using them. 

Now that AMD has seen success with its mobile CPUs for 2020, the company is turning towards the huge OEM desktop PC market. AMD has unveiled the Ryzen 4000G series and Athlon 3000 series APUs that are built on the 7nm process. In particular, the Ryzen 4000 G series will be targeted at OEM and system integrators.

We have talked about the iPhone 11 as the most shipped smartphone of Q1 2020 before, but what about Q2 2020? Now that we are in the middle of July, we just got our first sales report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) and turned out that the iPhone SE 2020 is doing super well. We will come to that Android switch part later, but first, the sales report.

Although seeing new premium tablets like the Galaxy Tab S7 is exciting, some people may want a more affordable model from the Galaxy Tab A series. Well, good news for those people as Samsung seems to be gearing up to launch the Galaxy Tab A7 series soon. Recently, the device has started to receive certifications and has appeared on the Google Play Console.

Just a few days ago, we reported that a local tech seller is selling the Xiaomi Mi Smart Band 5 (Global edition) at RM179. Although it's not an official price, it's quite a reasonable price when compared with the euro pricing. That said, Xiaomi Malaysia is pleased to announce that the new wearable will be arriving in Malaysia on 24 July 2020.

Last week, supposed high-quality images of a new Xiaomi device appeared on Aliexpress. Allegedly the Mi Mix 2020, this device featured a thicker right-side bezel to hold the dual front cameras, a design that's never been seen before. But now new renders have appeared for another Mi Mix device and it shows a completely different design.

As we get closer to the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked on 5 August 2020, more rumours just keep popping up online showing us the design, tech specs and features. In this latest news, Some folks from Russia managed to get some information about the Galaxy Note20 series, especially on a new Xbox Game Pass, S Pen and more. 

OnePlus has officially unveiled the OnePlus Nord starting from the price of INR24999 (~RM1427) while the European market at EURO 399 (~RM1950), and it comes equipped with notable tech specs such as a Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G chipset, up to 12GB RAM as well as a 6.4-inch FHD+ 90Hz display. While the device will be available in the Indian and European market from 4 August 2020 onwards, there is currently no official information on the Malaysia release date and local pricing of the device for now.