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While we wait patiently for the count down of Xiaomi Mi 5 on 24 February, the rumours have not died down yet and just recently GFXBench has somehow leaked some specifications online. 

It's no mystery that the Snapdragon 820 chipset is listed there, as it was already confirm weeks ago. However, the graph does confirm that the flagship will indeed have Adreno 530 GPU, 3GB RAM, 64GB internal storage, Android 6.0 Marshmallow (MIUI 7), and a 1080 x 1920 resolution. Previously, it was speculated that the Mi 5's screen is measured 5.2-inch, but GFX says otherwise (5.7-inch). 

VAIO, former makers of performance laptops, are now making phones and the second phone to come from them is the VAIO Phone Biz. Surprisingly, it runs on Microsoft Windows 10 but packs in rather midrange tech specs and a design similar to the Huawei G8. No Malaysia release date or pricing details, but the VAIO Phone Biz looks to be a Japan only release for about RM1783.

Here are the VAIO Phone Biz tech specs:

• 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 processor
• 3GB RAM
• 16GB storage
• 5.5-inch display (FHD, 1080 x 1920 pixel resolution)
• 13MP rear camera (LED flash) + 5MP front camera
• Works with Continuum

Microsoft Malaysia held a Windows 10 Treasure Hunt activity yesterday in effort to show more innovative key features of the two Windows 10 devices – the Surface Pro 4 and Lumia 950. Five teams were taught how to use Windows Hello, Edge annotation, superior camera optics, and multitasking functions to finish their respective challenges. Each team had to complete six challenges at six stations, with the help of the Microsoft Senior Leadership Team (SLT) - Michal Golebiewski (Chief Marketing & Operations Officer) and Bruce Howe (General Manager of Consumer Channel Group).

Every station had a challenge that requires the team to use either the Surface Pro 4 or Lumia 950, the devices have help each team to complete the tasks by using their key features such as multitasking between snap assist function, taking a hidden message picture in low light condition, using a biometric security feature (Windows Hello), utilizing the digital pen and sharing the answers via e-mail, and especially learning to use the Continuum; which replicates real-life working scenarios with tight deadlines by having to proofread a PowerPoint presentation with the use of the Lumia 950. 

LEAGOO Malaysia has organized their first Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) charity work in Pure Life Society last week at Jalan Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia. The event planned by LEAGOO, was to further strengthen the sustainability of LEAGOO's operations and also the communities.

Sony a6300 was unveiled by Sony today and it features a newly developed 24MP APS-C sensor, and a new '4D' AF system with 425 phase-detection AF points. What this means is, it is able to auto focus as fast as the speed of light (just an analogy) with a respectable 8fps shooting rate with AF. Below are the key specifications of the new mirrorless camera:-

• 24MP CMOS APS-C sensor with copper wiring
• 425-point on-sensor phase-detection AF system
• 11 fps continuous shooting (8fps continuous live view)
• Silent shooting  
• Max ISO of 51200
• 4K video capture up to 100 Mbps
• Phase-detect AF compatible with A-mount lenses via LA-EA3 adapter

According to BuzzFeed's John Paczkowski and 9to5Mac, both sites have claimed that Apple will have an event planned for 15 March (Tuesday) this year to announce and showcase the three rumoured products – the 4-inch iPhone “5se”, iPad Air 3, and a second generation Apple Watch.

A round-up from all our rumoured news of those three products, the iPhone “5se” is said to sport an A9 chip with M9 motion coprocessor, 1GB RAM, 16GB and 64GB storage variant, Bluetooth 4.2, Apply Pay, VoLTE and WiFi connection support, and a 1624 mAh battery. 3D Touch might not be included so it can be different from the iPhone 6s. 

It was not so long ago that Microsoft Malaysia released the Microsoft Lumia 550 just last month along with the Nokia 230 Dual SIM, but there's a leaked image of a Lumia 650 from @evleaks which shows the front look of the device. 

According to the rumours, the device will look just like the Lumia 550 except for the metal frame. Specifications could include a  quad-core 1.1GHz Snapdragon 210 or 212 chipset, 1GB RAM, 8GB of expandable storage, 5-inch display with 720 resolution, supports WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS, 2000 mAh battery, and of course it runs on Windows 10 Mobile. 

Celcom recently announced that on top of the updated Celcom FiRST Gold postpaid plan, Malaysians can now get new prosperity deals for this Chinese New Year with their NewPhone 4G LTE smartphone exchange program and FATTNET from Xpax for prepaid users. While the FiRST Gold plan offers increased data of up to 10GB for just RM80, the FATTNET from Xpax prepaid plan increases data to 8GB per month including free 88 minutes for calls and free 88 SMS along with Unlimited Internet Burung Hantu, exclusively for this Chinese New Year. In addition, Xpax users who activate Yonder Music for unlimited music streaming at zero Internet charges will also receive additional RM10 free credit.

Remember Celcom's FiRST Blue and Gold plan package they introduced somewhere at the end of last year? This new year is no different, as they continue to give their customers the  greatest plan for 2016 with a price cut from RM100 to Rm80 only for FiRST Gold with extra gigabytes!

The privileges and benefits of FiRST Gold for this new year have also increased by 1GB, you can check out the graphs below to see the diferrence.

As you may already know, Xiaomi will be presenting their latest flagship, the Xiaomi Mi 5 simultaneously in China and MWC 2016 (Barcelona) in just 3 weeks. Not to mention, the Mi 5 will also be equipped with Qualcomm's latest chipset the Snapdragon 820. 

With great anticipation, Xiaomi's Weibo post suggested that they might consider to incorporate Microsoft’s Windows 10 Mobile OS into the Mi 5 as another variant. Previously, they have also announced their new and upcoming Xiaomi Mi Pad to run on Windows 10 Mobile. If that's the case, we can actually expect them to reveal four Mi 5 variants with different hardware and software altogether.