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In this short news, ASUS Malaysia has announced on their Facebook page that the customers who have ordered the ZenFone Max Pro (M1) 4GB + 64GB model will receive a complimentary 32GB microSD Card as a token of apology. This is due to the shipment delay happening elsewhere so they really feel bad about it. That being said, the new shipment date was also revealed and it will arrive on 10 July 2018 onwards. What a bummer.

The Samsung Galaxy J8 has been officially released in India with a starting price of INR18990(~RM1115) with sales starting from 28 June 2018 onwards. In terms of tech specs, the Samsung Galaxy J8 is running on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 chipset, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of internal memory, 6-inch Super AMOLED display with a screen resolution of 720p, dual 16MP + 5MP rear cameras, 16MP front facing selfie camera and it is powered by a 3500mAh battery. There is no other news on whether the device will be available in the Malaysian market. For more updates like these, stay tuned to TechNave.com.

At this year's Frost and Sullivan Malaysia Excellence Awards, U Mobile has once again been recognized as Malaysia's Mobile Data Service Provider of the Year and this marks their second win in a row, along with a total tally of four awards. So why does U Mobile deserve the award? Well, Ajay Sunder, Vice President of ICT, Frost & Sullivan Asia-Pacific has only this to say:

Recently, both ASUS Malaysia and honor have announced their own budget-friendly phones for the Malaysia market. While they are both priced under RM400, it comes with entry-level tier specifications which are expected and that left many Malaysians a bit down due to the low processor power.

While Xiaomi has released plenty of smartphones, they are not even close to wrapping up this year. Coming this July 2018, Xiaomi India's Twitter account has announced that there will be a Global event with a caption "Mi fans! Which country would you ?? to go with @xiaomi for the next global event?" Quite a teaser there by the company, but the most important question is what device will be unveiled next?

ASUS ROG has announced the release of the the ROG Strix SCAR II and ROG Strix Hero II as part of their new ROG Laptop lineup. These laptops have several key features such as a 144Hz IPS-Panel monitor with 3ms GTG response time, HyperCool Pro technology which aids the cooling of the CPU and GPU, HyperStrike Pro keyboard as well as ROG RangeBoost which provides 30% wider Wi-Fi range compared to dual-antenna setup.

Lenovo held their first 1v1 tournament at their Legion concept store in Digital Mall PJ with a total prize pool of up to RM10000 worth of Lenovo Legion products. There were over 60 local gamers that battled it out in the game title League Of Legends for the opportunity to be the Champion of the tournament.

Today, ASUS Malaysia has decided to release ZenFone Live (L1) into Malaysia and no, this is not part of the new ZenFone 5 series that was announced back in MWC 2018. For an amazing and affordable price of RM 399 (0% GST) only, this entry-level phone will be available at the end of this week (June 2018) across the nation at every ASUS store and authorized resellers.

Today Grab Malaysia has announced the launch of GrabPay Credits which acts like an E-Wallet for Grab services such as their ride-hailing and food delivery app. Not only that, the E-Wallet is now usable with more than 500 famous food and beverage merchants across major cities in the nation such as Tealive, TeoChew Chendul, Devi’s Corner, KGB Burgers, TedBoy Bakery in Klang Valley, China House Penang, Burps & Giggles in Ipoh, Kopi Ping in Kota Kinabalu, Big Bowl Ice in Melaka, and lastly, Coffee Gallery in Kuantan.

Western Digital officially launched a new range of backup and storage devices for rugged mobile photographers on the go. This includes the My Passport Wireless SSD (250GB - RM1099, 500GB - RM1499, 1TB - RM2299, 2TB - RM3699) and SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD (250GB - RM529, 500GB - RM829, 1TB - RM1699, 2TB - RM3299).