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While there wasn't any clear big event or device this week, the sheer number of announcements was huge with Vivo announcing their V5 (set for an official announcement in Malaysia next week) along with their X9, X9 Plus and XPlay 5 devices. The more powerful OnePlus 3T got announced rather quietly alongside the downgraded Huawei Mate 9 Lite while Huawei also announced the Huawei Mate 9 Pro for China. Check out the rest in the article.

According to Huawei, they've managed to sell more than 9 million Huawei P9 smartphones and they are looking to exceed their projected 10 million sales volume. Featuring a unique Leica enabled dual camera monochrome mode only matched by the Huawei Mate 9 and Porsche Design Huawei Mate 9, the P9 has won various awards along with the hearts of black and white photography enthusiasts around the world.

While the Huawei Mate 9 and Porsche Design Huawei Mate 9 arrived with plenty of fanfare, Huawei have quietly listed the Huawei Mate 9 Lite on their global site. Featuring a dual rear camera, it appears that Huawei are reserving the monochrome mode for the higher-end versions as the 12MP + 2MP rear cameras instead focus on wide aperture or "bokeh" mode much like the Honor 8. The overall design is the same though but the Leica branding is gone as well. No Malaysia release dates or pricing details yet.

A new superpower in mobile processing will be heading to smartphones soon, as Qualcomm unveiled the new Snapdragon 835 SoC. The new processor will be built on Samsung’s 10 nanomtre FinFET process, which promises better performance and energy efficiency.

During the Young Social Entrepreneurs (YSE) 2016 programme event, which was organized by the Singapore International Foundation (SIF), BeBonobo, a trio of Malaysia-based youths Kay Kay Ong (27, Malaysian), Jasur Hasanov (26, Azerbaijani) and Madyan Aziz Hasan Malfi (24, Yemeni) have won a spot as one of the six winning teams, receiving seed funding of up to RM60000 and granted to join the YSE alumni of 480 young changemakers representing 23 nationalities.

We actually like the Xiaomi Mi Mix, and a bit saddened that it will not be officially be heading to Malaysia. A big comment about the phone is the screen size – 6.4-inches may be a bit too much for some. However a new rumour may see a smaller version heading our collective way.

Once again, rumours of the Apple iPhone 8 is floating around on the internet, all thanks to the similar iPhone design for the past three years, which has heavily implied Apple will make a huge makeup haul for the 10th Anniversary next year. Today, we take a look at a new render concept of what it could potentially look like based on the speculations, and as well as the dual rear cameras.

If you are a Hotlink customer – head’s up. Maxis’s prepaid brand is launching the Biggest Internet Pass package that offers free calls to all networks and two times more YouTube streaming quota than ever before. With just RM50 per month, you will get 17GBs of high-speed Internet.

The launch for the Sony Xperia XA and XA Ultra in Malaysia was less than half a year ago, and now the company has announced that they will be giving some price cuts on the two large phablets from the land of the rising sun. We have reviewed the Xperia XA before – check it out here.

If you paid attention to the USA election this year, you'd remember that President-elect Donal Trump mentioned in his speech at Liberty University in Virginia earlier this year saying "We're going to get Apple to start building their damn computers and things in this country instead of in other countries.". Also, he also threatened to introduce a 45% tax on products imported from China. Haha, what a joke...and will Apple do it?