News & Reviews:   Apple iPhone 7

Heads up Apple iPhone fans! Celcom is now offering the Apple iPhone 7 from as low as RM115 on their FIRST Platinum postpaid plan or RM135 with the FIRST Gold Plus. Even more so, you can change your device anytime with NewPhone by Celcom, so even if you want to change up to the iPhone 7S or any other device available on Celcom you can do so, complete with easy monthly payments.

2016 was an interesting year for smartphones, the year Huawei introduced their dual Leica camera lens P9 phone, along with Samsung’s critically acclaimed Galaxy S7 and S7 edge, also not forgetting Apple’s “courage” to remove the headphone jack on the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus entirely. This year is another round of exciting devices, so here are the 7 smartphones that we are looking forward to in Malaysia this year (in no particular order).

Several charts released by the benchmarking company shared online covers the ranking of smartphones that were put through its benchmark test last year. Antutu is a favourite platform for owners (and reviewers alike) to test and see if their new smartphone has passed the test to be one of the best in its class.

While it’s a fact that Apple arrived pretty late with the water and dust resistance feature for their iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, it’s no doubt that their upcoming 10^th Anniversary iPhone will continue to carry forward that feature and according to The Korea Herald, a news agency from South Korea; Apple is planning to upgrade it to IP68 from IP67.

As you already know, the Apple iPhone 7 and 7 Plus comes in Silver, Gold, Rose Gold, Matte Black and the latest Jet Black version. But there's a new rumour going around on the internet lately, which is Apple might release a new Blue Shade variant for their flagship.

Just when you thought we didn't need another selfie smartphone in the market right after the OPPO F1s, Vivo decided to drop another one on us - the Vivo V5 coming in full frontal attack with a 20MP front camera. Actually, the V5 is the latest phone marketed as an all-purpose selfie phone, just after the F1s and the Gionee S6s (which is only available in China and India). With a retail price of RM1299, is this too much for just a selfie phone? To find out the pros and cons, take a read below to find out.

While you may be heading to your nearest pasar malam or your nearest phone shop to buy that cheap charger for your brand spanking new iPhone (or even Android) – be warned. Those chargers are cheap because the manufacturers has most likely cut corners here and there to keep the price down, which results in an unsafe peripheral.

We are just four more months away until Samsung officially reveals the brand new Galaxy S8 to us, we are not really sure what to expect, rumours have it that the device will adopt an autofocus on the front camera, a buttonless home button, and a bezel-less design. This time, the latest rumour is Samsung is planning to follow what Apple has done for their latest iPhone, which is implementing stereo speakers.

Although it's been barely 3 months for the Apple iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, Apple has already started to reduce their orders from the suppliers, not because of the big sale in September or how boring the phone is, but rather because the interest from the market is slowly "fading", all thanks to the 10th Anniversary iPhone rumours flying around.

2017 is set to be a big year for Apple – as it will be the 10th anniversary of the original iPhone. However we will still see more products coming out in the same year, especially tablets and computers. The next iPad is set to be the same size as the Apple iPad Air 2, and may not feature a physical home button.