In conjunction with the X-Men Apocalypse movie, honor Malaysia recently announced their honor X Power lucky draw competition with prizes worth up to RM3 million. Prizes include the Grand Prize of an all expenses paid trip for two to Hollywood California along with X-Men branded luggage, accessories, RM30 VMALL.my cash vouchers and more. The contest starts from 29 April 2016 to 31 May 2016.

To help reveal the inner rockstar in you, Honor Malaysia is partnering with Red Box Malaysia to declare that every Tuesday from now on will be the "honor day" for their karaoke fans out there. Because every Tuesday from 2PM - 9PM starting 19 April 2016 until 31 December 2016, all Honor product users are entitled to 20% discount in any Red Box & Green Box outlets, except for Red Box Plus in Pavilion Mall. There is a total of 12 applicable Honor products, which include the Honor 5x, Honor Band Z1, Honor 7 Enhanced, Honor 7, Honor 6 Plus, Honor 6, Honor 4X, Honor 4C, Honor Tablet, Honor Tablet WiFi, Honor 3C Lite and Honor 3C.

With Christmas just around the corner, Honor ended their year-end sale on VMALL.MY with a bang. Over 150000 fans and customers participated in Honor’s festive season celebration by purchasing attractive discounts, deals and gifts. 

The highest sale during the three day period went to Honor 7 with over 4000 units sold, Honor 7 is also the first model to achieve over 100000 unit sales in Malysia, and the third to join Honor 4C and 4X in the exclusive 100K club. Besides that, fans and customers who purchased the Honor 7 were also entitled to a 6-month one-to-one replacement guarantee and a 6-month cracked LCD replacement insurance policy.

On 11.11, over 200000 customers flocked to the Honor Gala Day and went “gaga” over their fantastic offers. In just four seconds at Vmall.my, 100 units of battery packs (RM11) were instantly sold. The battery packs turned out to be the top seller on top of the 15000 units of Honor smartphones that were also for sale on the day itself for a total sale value of RM12 Million.

Hello everyone, as 11.11 is just a day away. We have collected all the best gadget deals that will take place tomorrow in various online locations just for you! Without further ado, here we go with the Top 11 Gadget Deals on 11 November in no particular ranking.

We recently revealed that honor will be holding their honor Gala 2015 sale on 11 November 2015. All set to happen at 11:08am and 3:08pm on VMALL.my, the annual sale will include deals such as:

• 13000 mAh powerbanks at only RM11
• free RM30 vouchers that can be used to buy the honor 4c, honor 4X, honor 6 Plus and honor 7 for those who checked-in between 1 November 2015 and 9 November 2015
• every 100th buyer of an honor 4c, honor 4X, honor 6 Plus and honor 7 will get the phone for free, with their money reimbursed afterwards
• deals on accessories as low as RM11

While we recently reported that the Huawei honor 7 and a number of Huawei and Honor smartphones are going to receive the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update, new reports indicate that the honor 7, 6 Plus, 6, 4X and 4C could get said update as soon as February 2016. This rumour comes courtesy of an Honor India tweet, so it is likely going to be official. No word yet on the Huawei smartphones but we could see said updates around that time as well.

The Huawei Honor 5X has been officially announced in China to succeed the Honor 4X. There are two versions for the Honor 5X, with the 2GB RAM version retailing for RMB 999 (RM 668.50), while a 3GB RAM version will go for RMB 1399 (RM 940.77). For an entry level to mid-range priced phone such as this, the tech specs and features are actually quite solid as they include a:-

• Snapdragon 616 chip, with a 64-bit quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex A53 and quad-core 1.2 GHz A53 cores, plus Adreno 405 GPU
• 2GB RAM / 3GB RAM
• 16GB internal storage with a microSD card slot
• 5.5-inch 1080p display
• 13MP main camera (dual LED flash) and a 5MP at the front
• features Fingerprint sensor, 4G LTE Dual Sim
• Android 5.1.1
• 3000 mAh battery

According to some leaked roadmaps, certain Huawei and Honor smartphones should be getting their Android 6.0 Marshmallow updates. Of course, they'll all be using EMUI so we expect the current EMUI 3.1 to get an upgrade as well. No Malaysia release dates just yet but rumours indicate that the builds will start being made in November, so you can probably expect updates to appear either the end of the year or in 2016. For now, you can check out the lists below to find out if your Huawei or Honor device will be getting an Android 6.0 Marshmallow update.

• Huawei P8
• Huawei Mate 7
• Huawei Mate S
• Huawei P8 Youth Edition
• Huawei P8 Max
• Maimang 4 (Huawei G8 in China)
• Huawei G7 Plus
• Huawei G7
• Honor 7
• Honor 7i
• Honor 6 Plus
• Honor 6
• Honor X2
• Honor 4X
• Honor Play 4C

Announced at around the same time, the Huawei Honor 7 and Meizu MX5 share a number of similar features such as an all metal body, more than 5-inch sized full HD display, fingerprint scanner and 20MP rear cameras. Neither are currently available here in Malaysia yet but at 1800 CNY (RM1081) the Meizu MX5 is priced lower than Honor 7 which is going for 1999 CNY (RM1214). The Honor 7 is more compact due to its 5.2-inch display but the Meizu MX5 is thinner at 7.6mm and lighter at 149g despite the larger 5.5-inch display. Both come packing with the latest 64-bit processors, the Honor 7 with a HiSilicon Kirin 935 while the Meizu MX5 comes with a MediaTek MT6795 Helio processor.

The Honor 7 ups the Meizu MX5 with an 8MP front camera but the MX5 has a slightly higher 20.7MP rear camera compared to the 20MP rear camera on the Honor 7. The Honor 7 rear camera uses phase detection autofocus while the Meizu MX5 uses a laser autofocus. Which autofocus is better? Well, the debate on that still hasn't quieted down yet, especially if Huawei uses newer algorithms and sensors like in the Samsung Galaxy S6 which also uses phase detection autofocus. So far, there are still no details yet on which will be coming to Malaysia first, but both have a presence here so we would say in the coming months. For the full comparison check out our Huawei Honor 7 vs Meizu MX5 tech specs comparison tool. Check out our other comparisons in this article or take a spin with our phone comparison tool yourself.