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With 7.7 Orange Madness Campaign just five days away, both OPPO Malaysia and Vivo Malaysia are having special sales during this period, having deals from as low as RM499 and discount offers up to 60%! Of course, keep in mind that this only applies to their online stores on the Shopee platform.

Huawei’s first 5G phone is expected to be its first foldable smartphone, the Huawei Mate X 5G. The device was initially rumoured to have been released last month but now it is reported that the device may be released this December. 

While US President Donald Trump recently said that Huawei could continue buying products from US companies, Larry Kudlow, National Economic Council chairman said that these “are selling products that are widely available from other countries ... This is not a general amnesty ... The national security concerns will remain paramount.” This means that Huawei will likely remain on the US Entity List and this was further confirmed with his comment “All that is going to happen is Commerce will grant some additional licenses where there is a general availability”.

The much anticipated Samsung Galaxy A80 with its interesting pop up and swivel camera is finally making its way to the market in selected regions including Malaysia. The device is one of Samsung’s most interesting innovations - a triple rear camera setup which slides up and swivels that turns into the selfie camera as well. It is reported that the Malaysian price for the smartphone is RM2500.

Shopee Malaysia has announced the App Protection Warranty programme, which allows users who bought any of the selected Huawei devices (see the list below) from 1 July until 30 September 2019 from participating dealers on Shopee to get a full refund if some apps are not working. These dealers include the Huawei Official Shop, Huawei Concept Store, DirectD, Senheng, Courts Flagship Store and Satu Gadget.

The MSI GE65 Raider, which was unveiled during Computex 2019, is now officially available for pre-order in Malaysia starting from RM8099 at either Shopee, Lazada, or MSI’s very own official online store. Not only that, get a free Mystic Knight Backpack worth RM399 when you purchase the laptop from MSI’s online store and Lazada. There will also be a promo for the MSI Optix G24VC bundled together for an additional RM699 when you purchase the laptop on Shopee.

I’m sure you’ve all seen the Status tab on your WhatsApp. It is essentially the same thing as Facebook Stories and Instagram Stories. However, I don’t believe that many people actually use that feature on the app but that may just change. 

The Realme X has been officially launched in China and now a special edition variant of the device is out. In collaboration with the upcoming Spiderman Far From Home movie, the Realme X Spiderman Edition has been officially launched in China with a nifty red case and a Spiderman themed UI. The device is priced at CNY 1799 (~RM1081).

One of the most anticipated flagship devices of the year is the Huawei Mate series and despite the ominous cloud surrounding Huawei, that fact doesn’t seem to have changed. Leaked renders of the Huawei Mate 30 has surfaced online and instead of a square camera setup on the back is a circular one with quad cameras.

Huawei Malaysia have kicked off their Online IT Fair starting from today until 8 July 2019 with 50% discounts, daily flash deals, the chance to spin and win up to RM1000 store vouchers and more. Today’s major 50% deal is the Huawei WiFi Q2 5GHz mesh WiFi system normally RM999 but now priced at RM499 but the latest 8GB RAM + 256GB storage P30 Pro is also going for RM3399 (RM400 off of the usual RM3799) and you can also get a bit more off with the RM20 store wide voucher.