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As we gear up for the upcoming announcement or teaser video of the Samsung Galaxy S8 for MWC 2017, serial leaker @evleaks has revealed fairly clear images of the phone in a case. While no tech specs were revealed, the images clearly show a rear fingerprint sensor beside the rear camera and heartrate monitor. It also shows a dual curved edge display and what appears to be an iris scanner.

The ASUS ZenFone 3 range of smartphones looks to be getting the complete set as a leaked image of the ZenFone 3 Go was recently revealed. According to sources, the ZenFone 3 Go will have a metal body, front LED flash, dual mics and be powered by a Qualcomm snapdragon 410 processor with 2GB RAM. Other tech specs include a 5-inch 720p display, 13MP rear camera and 5MP front camera but the main kicker is that it could be priced at about $160 (~RM712).

Once again, a couple more new images of the LG G6 leaked ahead of MWC. This time, they are live images showing something new, the phone is turned on and showcasing its Always-On Display, which shows the time, date, battery percentage at all times.

For a change, the phone isn’t the black variety, we could clearly see the minimal bezels on its side and top. The bottom bezel is slightly larger though, and features a simple LG branding in the middle. The rounded corners of the screen are a pleasant change from the usual square cut bezels, giving the phone a better uniformed look to go along with its rounded corners.

DiGi recently formed a partnership with Tink Labs Limited to bring to Malaysia, a mobile travel solution, called “handy”. So, what is, handy? It is a complete hospitality solution, that essentially, thru the use of a dedicated smartphone (which is provided as a free amenity in partnering hotels to guests), allows remote access to hotel services, localised city guides and travel facilities.

The Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro, a mid-range smartphone that was initially launched in China in October last year, had remained exclusively only available in China, but, it looks like that’s about to change soon. With the device being made open for pre-booking earlier this month in India, it looks like it’ll also be launching soon in Malaysia too!

If you missed out on getting your hands on a unit of the limited edition Valentine Red OPPO R9s earlier this month, fret not, as OPPO Malaysia is back with yet another special edition of the OPPO R9s! This time, they teamed up with one of their company ambassador in Malaysia, Min Chen.

While it is still essentially the same hardware as the standard R9s that was launched earlier this year, it receives the same striking red finish as the Valentine Red Edition, but this time, instead of offering customised engraving, all OPPO R9s Min Chen Special Edition will have the artist’s signature laser-engraved on its back, much like the OPPO F1s Ayda Jebat Edition. To make it extra special, the OPPO R9s Min Chen Special Edition box set will include a mini Min Chen standee, four postcards featuring the artist’s photo, and a phone cover featuring a cartoonised image of the artist.

Good news to all ASUS Malaysian fans! Two new colours variant have been added to the ZenFone Max (ZC553KL) - Rose Pink and Sand Gold!. How do you get one? Well, they are now available in Malaysia for the same retail price of RM869, but there’s a kicker, those who purchase the Rose Pink and Sand Gold Zenfone Max are entitled to redeem a Special gift too!

Just recently in Taiwan, Acer has been awarded the Taiwan Excellence Gold award for its Predator 21 X gaming notebook. This was based on criterias including R&D, design, quality, and marketing strategy, by a panel of industry professionals.

In an unrelated Huawei mobile news, it was recently announced that Huawei Consumer Business Group and The Pantone Color Institute have partnered to feature the latest trend colours in Huawei’s upcoming product launches. But what does this mean?

Yesterday, HTC has launched an all-new HTC U Ultra and U Play in Malaysia. Available from early March onward for RM2999 and RM1899 respectively, the two models come in different colour format as Brilliant Black, Cosmetic Pink, and Sapphire Blue (U Ultra), while the latter comes in Black Oil and Iceberg White. Below are the official specifications: