Update - Now that we have an official TechNave app, you can now search the nearest physical gadget shops around you. You can choose to opt for COD (cash on delivery) and all the shops on our app are verified sellers. You can download the TechNave app on both iOS and Google Play Store, click here to read more.

From time to time, our readers tend to ask us where is the best place to buy a smartphone (and also asking where our "shop" is, lol). Normally, we would tell you that the official concept stores or websites are the way to go, but there are still some people out there just waiting to con your money. So TechNavers, we have decided to write this article just for you. Here's "How To Safely Buy An Original Smartphone Online" along with some tips and tricks too. 

Raja Futsal by Digi and Vivo is offering up to RM100000, RM20000 and RM2500 prize in cash for the top 4 teams of the tournament. Not only that, there will be additional cash prizes, medals and merchandises for teams that made it to top 4 during the state level qualifiers.

Comrade_Rasydan from Melaka claimed the title as the best FIFA18 player in Rah Rah Russia FIFA 18 Tournament, beating FF_Shinge in a best of 3 finals. The winner will not only take home the title but also be awarded a trip for 2 to Russia and also RM5000 prize. To go into more detail about Rah Rah Russia, it is an Esports Tournament and roadshow hosted by the official smartphone sponsor Vivo along with eGG Network from Astro as their official broadcaster for Esports.

By now, most of you already know vivo is the official sponsor of the 2018 FIFA World Cup this year. But not only are they sponsoring the greatest and biggest sports entertainment in the world, they also recently held a Rah Rah Russia Football eSports Tournament at Penang with the game FIFA 18 with Mashmallow and NX_Dakota qualified for the finals at Sunway Pyramid.

While the MWC 2018 event was going on, there was another event held in Barcelona too called the GTI Summit 2018. In that event, over 2300 exhibitors and 100,000 guests from various governments, organizations, operators, vertical and partners from 208 countries came together to discuss how 5G and A.I. can enable the future. With the theme "5G + A.I., Fuel the Innovation", vivo held a talk and its contribution to 5G technology research and development.

Today at CES 2018, vivo has finally showcased the world’s first ready-to-produce ultrasonic in-display fingerprint scanning smartphone. If you are already aware, so far, no smartphone brand has achieved this yet and this makes vivo the first to do so. In other words, vivo has deliberately solved the industry's challenge of providing a better and convenient security authentication experience for future smartphones.

Remember the Under Display Ultrasonic Fingerprint Sensor that vivo has been bragging about? We got the latest update for you, it seems that Synaptics has finally solved the problem of embedded fingerprint sensors on the display and is now mass producing it for vivo as we speak. Finally!

In a short announcement, Vivo Chief Executive Officer, Shen Wei has announced that Vivo's technology department has kicked off the research and development for its 5G smartphone prototypes next year, as well as combining artificial intelligence (A.I.) with it. With that, the earliest that we can see such product will be in 2019 where the company plans to release a commercial 5G smartphone, followed by a 5G device that leverages A.I. in 2021.

Last week Thursday, vivo has officially signed an agreement with Qualcomm to supply US$4 billion in components for the next three years. During the signing, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump witnessed the signing of deals worth US$253 billion, making the USA visit to China one of the most fruitful business agreements ever witnessed.

Aside from the recent introduction of the Under Display Fingerprint Scanning Solution by vivo, the company has also announced two more technologies at the Mobile World Congress 2017 in Shanghai - a new Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and a customised DAC decoding chip.