With all the rumours scattered everywhere, we think we have a general idea of how Samsung’s next flagship smartphone series is going to be like. Before more and more rumours come as we approach the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S11 series, we better prepare a quick recap for you to keep up so you won’t have a heart attack when the smartphones arrive.

We have gotten a confirmation from vivo saying that they are going to release five 5G devices next year. The devices are also said to be affordable as 5G smartphones can be quite pricey these days.

Based on a statement by MediaTek CEO Cai Lixiang, the MediaTek’s 5G chipset will most likely be launched in Q1 2020 and we can expect smartphones released around January and March 2020 to come equipped with it. But that’s not all, MediaTek has also announced that MediaTek will be launching a 5G-capable chipset for mid-range and low-end smartphones as well.

Yesterday, I was lucky enough to attend a keynote panel discussion hosted by edotco where notable figures such as CEO of Time Broadband Afzal Abdul Rahim, CEO of Robi Axiata Limited Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, Head of BCG Vaishali Rastogi, as well as Chairman of MCMC Encik Al-ishal Ishak were present. They then discuss the state of Malaysia's network infrastructure and whether it is enough to support the upcoming 5G network which will start to roll out sometime next year.

Yesterday, U Mobile has announced a partnership with WeChat to launch the WeChat GO Malaysia Mini Program. The aforementioned program serves to aid travellers coming from mainland China by allowing them to purchase items and services via their own currency, Renminbi(RMB) via the WeChat app.

A leaked image has recently surfaced on Geekbench, showing benchmarks for a chipset from Qualcomm called Kona. We suspect that this could be the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset, which is expected to be installed in most flagship smartphones in the year 2020.

Based on a statement by Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the three iPhones that are due to be released in the year 2020 is expected to come with 5G support. While Apple is still keen on utilizing Qualcomm’s 5G modems for its upcoming smartphones, there is a high possibility that Apple will end up developing its own 5G modems by 2021.

Tokyo 2020’s organizing committee has unveiled the designs of the Bronze, Silver and Gold Olympic medals which will be awarded to the winners of their respective sport. The medals will be made out of materials extracted from 6.21 million pieces of electronics. The extraction resulted in a total of 32kg of gold, 3500kg of silver as well as 2200kg of bronze metal.