News & Reviews:   ASUS ZenPower Pro

This week Huawei dominated the news with their latest and greatest Huawei Mate 9 and Porsche Design Huawei Mate 9 smartphones to go with a Huawei FIT smartwatch as well. Xiaomi managed to slip in their Redmi 4, Redmi 4A and Redmi 4 Prime smartphones while Olympus announced their OMD E-M1 Mark II DSLR will be going on sale in December 2016. The Meizu Pro 6S and Meizu M5 were officially announced while the Samsung w2017 flip phone officially arrived in China.

ASUS Malaysia have announced that you can now get the 10500 mAh ASUS ZenPower Pro powerbank in the pastel colours of baby blue and rose pink. This doesn't change the rugged metal exterior though and you still get two USB charging ports to go with a built-in LED flashlight and LED energy meter for just RM129. Check it out on the ASUS Store Malaysia site with the other ASUS ZenPower series of powerbanks.

This week, quite a few official announcements happened with the Honor 8 arriving with its rumoured 2.5D glass front and back, the ASUS ZenFone 3 Laser and ZenFone 3 Max getting their official marching orders in Vietnam while Samsung came out with their Galaxy J Max, Galaxy J2, Galaxy J1 Ace Neo, Galaxy On5 Pro, Galaxy On7 Pro, Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Edition and UFS microSDs. LEAGOO announced their affordable shock-proof metal M5 smartphone for $59.99 (RM237) while Final Fantasy 7 was announced for Android 19 years after it was first released.

Building upon the powerful yet affordable ASUS ZenPower 9600 mAh powerbank, ASUS Malaysia recently revealed two new powerbanks with the 10050 mAh ASUS ZenPower Pro and 20100 mAh ASUS ZenPower Ultra. Both feature quick charge, dual USB ports and a built-in LED flashlights in compact space saving form factors. The ZenPower Pro will be priced at RM129 while the ZenPower Ultra will go for RM249, with both set to be available in Malaysia by the end of July 2016.