Latest News:  ces 2016

The recent CES 2016 saw a number of new devices and smartphones being announced and the upcoming honor 5X was one of the top picks from various tech media. This included Android Central, Gotta Be Mobile, Tom's Guide, PC Mag.com, PhoneArena.com, CRN.com and Android Authority. While there is still no official Malaysia pricing just yet, the honor 5X is due for its Malaysia debut next week on 26 January 2016. Currently, the honor 5X offers tech specs that include a full metal build, fingerprint sensor, 5.5-inch full HD display, 13MP rear camera and more for just $199 (RM853). Check out what these media had to say about the honor 5X in this article.

Sony Corporation revealed many new products during CES 2016 planned for this year, the products revealed by Sony Electronics (SEL) President and COO Michael Fasulo were the X93D series of BRAVIA 4K LCD TV, new Sony audio products, three new camcorder series, and two new Life Space UX products which can be found below. 

Sony Corporation President and CEO Kazuo Hirai stated, “From the choices we’re making to be differentiated and unique, to the curiosity that drives our passion to face challenges, to our commitment as enablers of creativity, it is clear that the philosophical and strategic pillars are in place to continue to build a stronger, better, more profitable Sony. Providing kando continues to be the core focus and goal of our business.”

Nikon has announced not one but two new cameras at the CES 2016, the Nikon D5 and the Nikon D500. Both cameras are to be released in March on American soil and each body will cost $6500 (around RM28366) and $2000 (around RM8728) respectively.

Built for speed and accuracy, the Nikon D5 built features 153-point AF system to assist covering on an extremely wide focus area. It’s also equipped with a 20.8MP sensor, a 12 fps continuous shooting and an EXPEED 5 image processor. What’s more, the D5 is able to shoot 4K UHD video and reach up to 3280000 ISO sensitivity. To date, this is probably Nikon’s most powerful camera and the company claims it’s capable of creating “true to life masterpieces.” 

As you might have guess, Huawei’s teaser yesterday hinted a possible new tablet and it turned out to be true. Introducing the Huawei MediaPad M2 tablet, the 10-inch device was revealed in CES 2016 and has an active stylus support with two variants in Silver and Gold colour.

Huawei MediaPad M2 tech specs:-

• Kirin 930 octa-core chip
• 2GB (silver) / 3GB (gold) RAM 
• 16GB (silver) / 64GB (gold) internal storage (expandable memory available)
• 10-inch screen with an IPS LCD panel and 1920 x 1200 resolution
• 13MP rear camera + 5MP front camera
• Fingerprint sensor, M-Pen stylus
• Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and microUSB 2.0
• 6660 mAh battery

Griffin Technology, a digital accessory manufacturer from USA will be presenting a new Travel Power Bank, a wireless compact Apple Watch charger, and new strap bands for the Apple Watch during the CES 2016 which will take place tomorrow.

CES 2016 will start soon on 6 January in Las Vegas, and Huawei will be holding a press conference. At the same time, they also teased us with three new image teasers in their Facebook page. What will they present? Could it be the new Huawei P9? Or something related to the Huawei Mate 8 as according to their Facebook page? 

We have already confirmed that the Mate 8 is official, and looking at the tech specs it sports a Huawei Kirin 950, supported by quad Cortex A72 cores (2.3GHz) and quad Cortex A53 cores (1.8GHz), and a 3GB/4GB RAM. This seems to fit “power and efficiency” very well. As for the “rhythm and entertainment”, it seems to suggest they will show us a new tablet; and the last teaser looks like a new Huawei Watch.

LG Electronics has planned to reveal its newest K Series, the LG K10 and K7 this week at the CES 2016 in Las Vegas. The devices are equipped with the latest and advanced camera technology and UX features of LG’s premium models. No price or availability is announced yet, but the full tech specs were given by the company:-

The annual CES event will kick off early in January next year and Samsung will make an appearance there, events like this is the time when tech companies present their newest flagship but that doesn’t seem to be the case for Samsung.

An announcement from CES revealed that Samsung will be presenting “innovations in TVs and home appliances”, so that means the rumour of the Samsung Galaxy S7 or the new 2016 Galaxy A series (A3, A5, A7 and A9) won’t likely make their debut that early. Howver, let's not rule out that it’s still possible that they will appear in the first half of 2016.

After countless rumours on the next-generation of Samsung Galaxy A series, Samsung Electronics dropped the bomb by announcing the latest Galaxy A smartphones for 2016 (finally) with the Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016), Galaxy A5 (2016) and Galaxy A7 (2016). The new Galaxy A series will offer premium designs, easy mobile payment technology and improved camera features. 

With just three more days for the upcoming Budget 2016 (23 October 2015), the National ICT Association of Malaysia (PIKOM) have prepared a few recommendations or 'Wish List' to the Malaysia government for the budgetary plans of the ICT sector next year.