A perk of having a Xiaomi device is that even its oldest phones still receive updates till this day. At least, until now. The Chinese manufacturer made an announcement on their forums stating 7 Redmi devices will cease to receive any form of software support.

Hey Xiaomi fans, MIUI 10 is coming upon us and the company just released a scheduled date for all Mi devices to receive an Over-The-Air (OTA) update soon. Since 29 June 2018, the Mi series such as the Mi 8, Mi 8 SE, Mi Mix 2S, Mi Mix 2, Mi Mix, Mi 6X, Mi 5 and Mi Note have gotten the update. The following update will be for the Redmi series in July this month.

In conjunction with Xiaomi's 8th birthday, there will be a Mi Fan Festival hosted by Xiaomi where you can get freebies and discounts on your purchases. The festival, as well as their juicy discounts, are available at the official Mi Store on Lazada and in all participating Mi Stores in Malaysia.

Tall and slim smartphones with 18:9 aspect ratio displays are flooding the market, with many just focusing on the display and not much else. Granted, this lets them churn out cheap devices but they don't really offer much in terms of value. The RM899 ASUS ZenFone Max Plus (M1) may just change this with not only a 5.7-inch HD+ 18:9 aspect ratio display but also, 4GB of RAM, a big 4130 mAh battery, a 16MP selfie camera and 16MP + 8MP wide angle dual rear cameras. Does it manage to deliver on it's value-for-money mission for Malaysia's masses? Read on and find out in our full review of the ASUS ZenFone Max Plus.

The ASUS ZenFone 3 Max offered a big 4000 mAh battery in a sleek metal body that did just enough for most of Malaysia’s entry-level masses. Now, as the new ASUS ZenFone 4 range comes to the market we’ve had the chance to try out the ASUS ZenFone 4 Max Pro ZC554KL smartphone. It features a bigger 5000 mAh battery, 16MP + 5MP dual rear cameras with a wide angle combo, a 16MP front camera with it’s own LED flash and many other improvements in the same metal body as before. Does it deliver more oomph to the overall big battery but just above average entry-level smartphone its predecessor was? Find out in our review of the ASUS ZenFone 4 Max Pro below. 

Good news for Xiaomi fans everywhere, MIUI 9 Global ROM 7.9.7 update is now live and the third batch of Xiaomi smartphones are now eligible to download it which you can get it from Xiaomi's forum thread here. Below is the list the third batch that can be updated:

With the recent big announcement from Celcom, it's Xpax's turn now to shine in the spotlight, introducing a way for prepaid users to own a smartphone at very low prices. Xpax EasyPhone now lets every Xpax subscriber purchase a smartphone from as low as RM74 per month, with choices ranging from flagships like the latest Apple iPhone 7 Plus, Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus and Huawei P10 Plus to midrangers like the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4. Below is the list of available phones (for now) in the EasyPhone plan:

Just last week, some of you have probably heard of Celcom's newest, craziest and biggest plans. Yup, we are talking about the latest FIRST Gold Supreme and FIRST Platinum Plus postpaid plans that we covered last week which is offering everyone 100GB and 50GB worth of Internet data and more.

With the recent release of the Neffos X1 lite, TP-Link has once again made smartphones a lot more affordable with a price tag of RM499 only. If that's not economical then I don't know what is. Anyway, we also noted that some of you have been asking for a list of entry-level phones. So here's our Top 5 Entry-Level Smartphones you can get now in Malaysia (entry-level being RM800 and below).

As reported from a Gfk market research study, a majority of Malaysians seem to favour midrange smartphones more now. That seems to be true nowadays as many flagship smartphones today seem to require your selling your kidney just to own one. Midrangers, which we define as from RM800 to RM1300, are getting better every month and if you're hunting for such a smartphone, here are our Top 5 Midrange Trending Smartphones so far in no particular order.