News & Reviews:   Mobile

Apex Legends, the latest battle royale game by Respawn Entertainment which is set in the same universe as Titanfall, is in the talks on developing an iOS and Android version of the game. While it may not happen so soon, they planned to include cross-play while enables the mobile players to go against players from other platforms such as PC or even consoles if they desire to.

According to Samsung Mobile division CEO DJ Koh, Samsung has plans to launch a foldable smartphone this year which could double as a tablet when unfolded with a completely different user experience to boot. The foldable Galaxy device, although complicated to develop and manufacture, is expected to make its debut at the Samsung Developer Conference some time around November 2018.

In conjunction with Malaysia’s upcoming 61st Merdeka celebration, Samsung is offering several deals with savings up to RM530 on their tablet devices such as the Galaxy Tab S, as well as the Galaxy Tab A series which is starting from as low as RM559.

During their recent global analyst summit in Shenzhen, Huawei showed a slide teasing their first Huawei 5G mobile hotspot set for Q2 of 2019. They also revealed what could be their first 5G smartphone, which is presumed to be the Huawei Mate 30 in the second half of 2019 which also indicates when Malaysia and other countries could start seeing the full implementation of 5G networks.

Have you ever moaned about your small thumbdrive capacity? Well after you get yourself this new thumbdrive from Kingston, you will never go hungry for storage. The new Kingston DataTraveller Ultimate GT is the, well, ultimate thumbdrive to own.

If your calls and data service with your telco is spotty these days – don’t be too alarmed. It is mainly due to the current exercise of spectrum re-allocation between the major telecommunications companies in Malaysia. The telcos involved are Maxis, Celcom and Digi.