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Following in the footsteps of the HTC One A9, the HTC One X9 has been officially announced featuring a fairly similar rounded metal body but this time with a plastic band at the top on the back that looks a lot like the Huawei Nexus 6P (which HTC say copied them first) and BoomSound dual front speakers. In any case the HTC One X9 is priced from 2399 CNY (RM1590) which is actually cheaper than the One A9 (2799 CNY) but there are still no Malaysia release dates or pricing details. Check out the HTC One X9 tech specs below:

• Octa-core MediaTek Helio X10 processor
• 3GB RAM
• 32GB storage + microSD
• 5.5-inch display (FHD 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution)
• 13MP rear camera (OIS, LED Flash, 4K video recording) + 4MP UltraPixel front camera
• 153.9 x 75.9 x 7.99mm | 170g
• features 4G LTE, Bluetooth 4.1, WiFi a/b/g/n/ac, GPS, Dolby Audio + HTC BoomSound
• 3000 mAh battery

After months of teasing, the Samsung Galaxy A9 finally got its official announcement for China. No Malaysia release dates or pricing details but like the other Samsung Galaxy A (2016) smartphones, it will have a rounded metal frame and glass back. Check out the tech specs below:

• Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 processor
• 3GB RAM
• 32GB storage + microSD
• 6-inch display (AMOLED, FHD 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution)
• 13MP rear camera (wide f/1.9 aperture, OIS) + 8MP front camera
• features fingerprint sensor, Samsung Pay, WiFi a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, NFC
• 4000 mAh battery (supports QuickCharge)
• Android 5.1 Lollipop (Wait, what? Why not Android 6.0 Marshmallow?)

The Sony CAS-1 is a new Hi-Res compact desktop audio system by Sony for music lovers all around, it is capable of producing exquisite audio detail and suits those who want to experience high-quality music they desire. Equipped with dual amplifiers and a main unit which can be adjusted through settings, the goal of such design is to deliver the ultimate sound quality according to the user’s preference. It’s available in Malaysia from December 2015 onwards at Sony Stores andwww.sony.com.my for RM4199.

Following the rumours of China Mobile confirming Samsung Galaxy S7 yesterday, now it appears that Apple’s rumoured 4-inch iPhone will make an appearance in April 2016, or so they claimed.

This is not the first time that rumours have been going around about the 4-inch iPhone, previously we also covered two rumoured news of it releasing in February or March 2016, along with the next generation Apple Watch. Another name for the 4-inch iPhone was also called the “iPhone 6c”, which is rumoured to be modeled after the Apple iPhone 5s and be equipped with the same A9 processor from the Apple iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus.

So according to WinFuture.de writer from Twitter, Samsung is planning to add two new colours - Platinum and Rose Gold for the Samsung Gear S2 Classic version. Whether if it's real or not, it actually seems like a good idea since Rose Gold is becoming a very popular colour.

In addition to that, a lot of companies seem to be jumping on the bandwagon of creating new colours or changeable straps. Like Samsung introduced a new metal version of its SmartWatch 3 Android Wear just last year at the CES, Sony Smartwatch 3 also allow users to change the straps with a price, and lastly, rumours has it that Huawei is planning to launch a new Huawei Watch for women.

Lenovo has started its own teaser series, starting from last week showing a smartphone decending upon Earth like a meteor along with a tagline "#killernote a new age dawns" (movie poster much). We assumed it will be a new K3 Note successor, which it is as confirmed by Lenovo.

Hailed as the Lenovo K4 Note, we can confirm from the new teaser image that it will run on 3GB RAM. Other than that, there are speculations that it will also feature a 32GB internal storage, a fingerprint scanner, a MediaTek Helio X10 chipset, and a full metal body.

Microsoft Corp. and Code.org have held a campaign in Malaysia to launch the third-annual Hour of Code in Asia Pacific, in effort to to broaden global participation in computer science. Using the theme “Code4Good”, Microsoft Malaysia hosted the Hour of Code campaign spanning 247 locations across Malaysia. Over 25000 children and youth from nonprofit and international schools participated the campaign.

On 16 December 2015, Cyberview (Cyberjaya Sdn Bhd), TeratoTech and Microsoft Malaysia have worked hand in hand to initiate a programming workshop for coming young generation. The Cyberview Minecraft Camp 2015, which saw 28 participants between the ages of 8 - 12 join the two-day camp, which was held on the 8th and 9th of December at the Pentagon Suite, Wisma Suria, Cyberjaya.

In other news, Cyberview has also recently secured a Smart City Catalyst funding from the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC). This is to to implement a Smart Traffic Management System, or Smart Traffic Lights on the streets of Cyberjaya.

Christmas is just 3 days away, and Celcom Axiata Berhad are already bringing their Celcom customers a season of joy by giving the latest devices and more internet data exclusive for them starting this holiday season.

In conjunction with their FiRST Blue and FiRST Gold post-paid internet plans success, Celcom has implemented 40GB worth of internet and data for FiRST Gold with a monthly commitment of only RM100. In addition, starting from 23 December the new FiRST Blue Internet and FiRST Gold Internet users were also given a chance to get new devices bundled together which are the Apple iPad Mini 416GB, Apple iPad Mini 64GB and Apple iPad Pro 128GB models, starting from as low as RM1268.

If you’re looking for an extremely affordable entry-level smartphone with decent hardware specifications and beautiful design, look no further as LEAGOO presents you the LEAGOO Alfa 8. For only RM269, it is available in four different colour options - Midnight Black, Dazzling White, Champagne Gold and Sweet Pink.

Tech specs:-

• 1.3GHz quad core processor
• 1GB RAM
• 8GB internal storage (expandable memory up to 32GB)
• 4-inch display with 800 x 400 pixels resolution 
• 154.6 x 77 x 8.9 mm
• 5MP rear camera + 2MP front camera
• Xender, Wake Gesture
• Micro-SD reader, Dual SIM card slot
• LEAGOO OS 1.1 based on Android 5.1 Lollipop
• 1600 mAh battery (removable)