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In this week's latest news, every tech geek is talking about the OPPO Find X for stepping up the game. Sure, it's €999 (~RM4664) but it has one of the best designs thanks to the notch-less front 6.4-inch AMOLED display and that motorised camera on top that's super cool. Anyway, during the week I also got the chance to sit down and have a talk with OPPO's Director of Design, Fan Xiaoyu, and OPPO Vice President, Alen Wu to find out more about it.

OpenKirin is a project to bring stock Android ROMs as well as other ROMs such as the LineageOS, Resurrection Remix OS, and CarbonOS into the Huawei and Honor ecosystem. As for now, the project currently supports 17 phones and tablets that are running the EMUI 8, notably the Huawei Mate 10, Huawei Mate 10 Pro and the Honor View 10. Unfortunately the project only lasts until 22 July 2018 so be quick if you’re interested in flashing your EMUI devices. You can check out the complete list of supported devices and downloadable ROMs on the OpenKirin website as well as guides to install the custom ROMs as well.

The Samsung Galaxy J4 is now available on Maxis’ NeXT for RM68 a month for a 24-month period. Maxis will also be providing a 24-month warranty period which allows for a 1-to-1 replacement of the device as well as a 6 months screen protection. The Maxis NeXT grants the user 5GB of data and free 50 minutes of talk time to all networks a month.

Samsung Malaysia is giving all Wanna One fans a chance to win limited edition Wanna One Merchandise as well as be one of the 150 winners to catch them live in Kuala Lumpur on the 21 July 2018. The competition is open to all Samsung Galaxy A6+, Galaxy A6, Galaxy J6, and lastly, Galaxy J4 owners.

Sony has announced the launch of the World's First wireless splash-proof headphones which is equipped with a noise cancellation design, the WF-SP700N, WI-SP500 and lastly the WI-SP600N. Each going for the price of RM709, RM329.25 and RM619 respectively.

In conjunction with the 2018 FIFA World Cup, OPPO is having a Football Frenzy R15 Pro promotion in partnership with Celcom and SenQ from 21 June 2018 to 15 July 2018. Customers will be rewarded with an Olike WeLoop smartband whenever they sign up for the OPPO R15 Pro on Celcom and SenQ outlets.

Few days before the official release of the Xiaomi Redmi 6 Pro, official press renders has been revealed in their official Weibo page. Based on the renders, it is confirmed that the Redmi 6 Pro is confirmed to come with a notch at the top of the display as well as a 19:9 aspect ratio 5.84-inch screen.

According to inside sources, Huawei has claimed that the HiSilicon Kirin 1020 chipset is about 2 times as fast as the HiSilicon 970 chipset present in plenty of Huawei’s smartphones, such as the Huawei P20 Pro,  Honor 10, as well as the Huawei Mate RS just to name a few.

Whatsapp has announced that it will stop the support for certain operating systems on Android and iOS such as iOS 7 and older as well as Android Gingerbread 2.3.7 and older. Whatsapp has recommended to upgrade your device’s operating system to the latest operating system version your device is able to, in order to receive continued support from the messaging app. For more updates like these, stay tuned to TechNave.com.

Boost App is an e-wallet has been launched in Malaysia which helps users to send and receive money through the app. Not only that, the e-wallet enables the users to make payments to eligible merchants in the nation as well as make bill payments to Boost partners such as Telekom Malaysia, Astro and Syabas.