News & Reviews:   COMPETITION

Samsung Electronics has concluded the 2025 Odyssey Cup Counter-Strike 2 Championship, bringing together top competitive teams from Southeast Asia and Oceania for a high-profile esports showdown. The tournament capped off with an in-person Grand Finals held at EBN Esports City from 12 to 14 December, where eight finalist teams competed for a total prize pool of US$50,000 (~RM197725).

In conjunction with the early pre-order for the ROG 2025 gaming series, ASUS Malaysia has announced a new social media competition for Malaysians to stand a chance to win an ROG Ally X and exclusive Monster Hunter merch.

Samsung Malaysia Electronics have announced that their latest "Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2024" competition is open for entries. It invites Form 1 to Form 3 students (ages 13 to 15) to use their STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) skills to solve real problems facing their communities. The theme this year is "Start with Can".

OPPO have recently announced the start of their IF Photography Awards 2023 mobile photography competition for OPPO and OnePlus users. Featuring a Golden Award prize of 160000 CNY (~RM103118), participation in the Hasselblad Image Training Camp and international photo exhibition opportunities it offers the highest value of prizes for a mobile photography contest yet.

Samsung Malaysia's anticipated competition - Solve for Tomorrow returns for the third time in a row this year. In case you didn't know, this competition is for secondary school students (Form 1 and 2) to register and provide STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) solutions. 

Since the end of March 2022, Samsung Malaysia Electronics organised a short film competition called Born of the Galaxy Stars. It was endorsed by the Malaysia International Film Festival (MIFFest) which sought 22 aspiring filmmakers to produce their short films with the Galaxy S22 Series.

It is undeniable that the competition in the smartphone industry is getting fiercer day by day. With new technologies continuously being discovered, smartphone manufacturers are having a hard time catching up to stay on top. Now, it looks like a company might be dropping out of the game and it appears to be LG.

In conjunction with the upcoming year-end celebrations, vivo has announced that they will be working together with Big Camp Group to host the 2020VYOU party which will be held at the Mega Star Arena, VIVA MALL. With that said, they also added that you could stand a chance to win a vivo smartphone via their “Snap & Win” contest.