News & Reviews:   india

As some of you may already know, PUBG Mobile is officially banned in India due to security reasons along with other over 100 apps from China. India is one of PUBG Mobile largest fanbase (estimated 33 million users) so from a business point of view, this really hurt PUBG Corporation and they are taking action in working closely with the India government. 

A few weeks ago, we reported that the India Government was looking into banning several mobile apps from China due to security reasons. They have already banned TikTok in their country and now with the latest update - a total of 118 mobile apps are blocked.

Yesterday, OPPO has put up the teaser on their official site for the launch of OPPO F17 series. Not only confirming that the device will arrive soon, but the teaser also revealed that the OPPO F17 Pro will come with a 48MP quad-camera setup. Today, the teaser has been updated with a confirmed launch date, and it will be on 2 September.

As the launch of the Apple iPhone 12 series is getting closer and closer, many of us are wondering if the devices are going to make it without any further delay. Although the first batch of iPhone 12 series might still facing production delay, it has been reported that Apple is preparing to assemble the devices in India that are for the middle of next year.

Gaming addiction is not a new thing but it's certainly a concern across the world. From all the way in India, a youngster (aged 16) unfortunately passed away for having a marathon on PUBG (note: not PUBG Mobile) for an unknown period of time.

OPPO has officially unveiled the OPPO Watch in India, equipped with a curved display starting from the price of INR14990 (~RM839) for the 41mm variant while the 46mm variant priced at INR19990 (~RM1119). Unfortunately, there is no official information on the Malaysia release date and local pricing for now so you might want to check back with us as soon as we get an update.

It seems that the Xiaomi Mi Notebook 14 series which consists of the Mi Notebook 14, as well as the Mi Notebook 14 Horizon edition has been spotted on Amazon India starting from the price of INR41999 (~RM2386) and INR54999 (~RM3125) respectively. While there is no official information on when the aforementioned laptop series will be available in Malaysia, it will most likely be purchasable via Xiaomi official store on Shopee and Lazada.

If you still remember the "Remove China Apps" news, looks like it's not over yet. According to sources, it seems that the India intelligence officials have taken this matter into their own hands and actually prepared a list of apps that are deemed "dangerous" in terms of security risk.

It seems that India is currently testing a new ATM withdrawal method that allows the user to withdraw money simply by scanning a QR code displays on the ATM. With that said, the user theoretically does not need to physically touch the ATM other than to grab the dispensed money.

In case you missed out the news, there was a "Remove China Apps" that got popular in India's Google Play Store. As racist as it may sound, this app actually helped users to remove apps made in China and has gained over 5 million downloads. Of course, Google took note of this and has suspended the app in the Google Play Store.