News & Reviews:   ASUS ZenFone Max Pro M1 pre-order

Chinese New Year is just around the corner and as the saying goes: New year, new phone. Shopee is the perfect place for you to get your upgrades as it is offering low prices for this festive season. In addition, you will get an additional RM30 off when you use the code NEWMOB30 with a minimum spending of RM660 from the collection. Better hurry though, as this promotion is only available till the 11th of January and vouchers are only valid till tomorrow.

ASUS officially teased the ASUS Zenfone Max Pro M2 on the ASUS Indonesia Twitter account. This phone is featured as a gaming smartphone with the hashtag #NextGenerationGaming. The phone will be launched on the 11th of December. Though, we suspect that the device was teased due to a video leaking the device by Youtuber “GadgetsNow”, whose video was removed only a mere few minutes later.

Get ready, everyone! A new gaming phone will be coming to town soon and it is from ASUS. No, it is not another ROG phone, but rather, the ASUS ZenFone Max Pro M2, which will be unveiled in Indonesia on the 11th of December. The company claims that the phone is a gaming phone but it does not seem likely that it will be running on the same software that the ASUS ROG gaming phone utilizes.

Well known leaker Roland Quandt (@rquandt) today tweeted about the upcoming budget phone by ASUS, which is the ASUS ZenFone Max Pro (M2). He claims that the smartphone could be launched soon in two variants, one with a triple rear camera.

Mobile gaming and value buy are two terms that don't often mix, but thanks to more and more brands coming to Malaysia, there's now a whole bunch of value buy smartphones for gaming that you can get for below RM1K or RM1000. Rather than have you sift through all of them, here's our Top 5 Value buy smartphones for gaming you can get in Malaysia for below RM1K.

ASUS will be having major discounts on various ASUS electronics such as the ROG Phone Limited Edition Set which is bundled along with all the accessories, ROG Zephyrus M GM501G, ROG Strix Scar Edition GL703G, ASUS VivoBook S430, ASUS VivoBook A411U, ZenFone Max Pro M1 and more on the 11 November 2018.

ASUS Malaysia is back at it again. In conjunction with Lazada's 9.9 Super Sales this coming long weekend, the company will be putting the ZenFone 5z (6GB + 128GB) and the ZenFone Max Pro M1 (6GB + 64GB) on another flash sale on 9 September 2018 only, for a price of RM1699 and RM899 respectively.

The ASUS ZenFone Max Pro M1 6GB RAM version is now available in Malaysia for RM999 (RM899 for 1 day on 9 September 2018) and we managed to get some hands-on time with it. Packing in practically the same tech specs as the ZenFone Max Pro M1 3GB RAM version, the extra memory comes with upgraded 16MP cameras and offers a bit of a boost to the already midrange Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 chipset and massive 5000 mAh battery it comes with. Check out our first impressions below to see if it's worth your while.

In this short announcement, if you are one of those who were waiting on the ASUS ZenFone Max Pro (M1) 4GB + 64GB model, it's finally available in the Malaysia market now! As previously stated, this variant will be on sale for RM849. Every participating ASUS authorized retailers and their online store in Lazada will be selling this model so you can start making your way there now.

Another round of the ASUS ZenFone RM1 Frenzy deal is back in the ASUS Official Store on Lazada! The RM1 Frenzy deal will start at 3PM sharp on 24 July 2018. However, you need to act fast as there are limited units of the devices available. To be exact, there are 2 units of ASUS ZenFone 5 and 10 units of the ASUS ZenFone Max Pro M1 up for grabs.