News & Reviews:   Mobile

Huawei has been working hard to develop HarmonyOS 2.0 and some results are starting to show. As it's still in beta, only selected Huawei devices to have access to it. But now the company is expanding the list of devices in the second beta phase so that more developers can test the OS.

Last week, we reported that LG Electronics would quit the smartphone industry and it is now official. As posted in the company's newsroom, their mobile business unit will shut down and the decision was approved by its board of directors just earlier today.

If you grew up with the series in the late 90s, chances are you might have played Final Fantasy VIII. You can still get the game these days on platforms like Steam or the PlayStation store. But what if you wanted to play it on your phone?

Based on a study done by speedtest.net, Malaysia is currently in 3rd place when it comes to the national average download speed with Thailand and Singapore coming in at 2nd and 1st place respectively. To go into more detail, Malaysia’s download speed averaged around 90.88Mbps while upload speed is somewhere around the ballpark of 50Mbps in H2 2020.

Today, a fellow Malaysian from Twitter just found out that Netflix Malaysia is testing out a new subscribing plan called Mobile+. From the screenshots, it seems like the plan is between the Mobile and Basic plan at RM25 per month. It's also only found in the phone browser instead of the desktop.

For many people, the smartphone is now their go-to for casual photography. As a result, smartphones with good camera sensors tend to become popular options. Samsung is a key provider in this area and now has a new upgrade with the ISOCELL 2.0 announced yesterday.

If you bought a phone with a 4K screen, like the Sony Xperia 1 II, then you're going to get more use out of it. YouTube has had 4K videos for quite some time, but HDR was never available on mobile devices. However, it looks like that's about to change with an update for Android.

While many prefer to watch their shows on a big TV screen, there are times when you feel like chilling in your best with your phone. Well, you'll soon find that the audio from Netflix is better on Android now. This is all thanks to the company switching to a new audio encoder.

It seems that a sequel to the popular Fruit Ninja mobile game is now available for download via the Google Play Store, as well as the Apple App Store for free. The sequel not only features familiar gameplay mechanics as its predecessor, but it also has 2 new game modes such as Minigame Shuffle, as well as Fruitar Hero.

Based on a statement by PUBG Mobile official website for the Indian region, it seems that they have officially pulled the plug on all PUBG Mobile services and servers starting from 30 October 2020 onwards. With that being said, if you’re residing in India, it is now impossible for you to play PUBG Mobile unless a VPN or proxy is being used.