A lot of smartphones have similarities these days, so we always appreciate seeing different designs that stand out from the norm. That seems to be what vivo is going for, as a new patent from the company was recently discovered. The patent depicts a device that comes with a slide mechanism.

These days, we are witnessing that smartphone brands are slowly entering the smartwatch business as well. A smartwatch not only will increase the product line, but it is also a great tech gadget to be bought along with a new smartphone. Earlier, we have heard rumours that vivo will be joining the competition by launching its first smartwatch. Until now, we finally can get a brief look at how the brand's smartwatch is going to look like.

Based on a statement by gizchina, it seems that vivo’s upcoming smartphone could come equipped with a sliding mechanism which is quite a rare feature these days. While there is not much known in regards to when it will be available, we do know that it will most likely come with vivo’s upcoming Apex concept phone somewhere around 2021.

In this episode of TechNave NewsBytes, Huawei’s P40 series wins awards from TIPA and Samsung has some fitness tips for their Galaxy users during the MCO. Maxis is working on #KitaSapotKita while SOCAR Malaysia is offering promos for Malaysia’s Healthcare Heroes. Experian is offering freebies for Malaysia’s SMEs and Moonton is holding a global Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 515 EParty.

Boost got recognised as leading fintech, Texas Instruments helped donate and Vivo achieved a few things. Team Secret emerged as champions of the PMPL MY/SG S1 and Carousell also pitched in free ad inventory for charity. For TechNave NewsBytes 2020 #7 we got some special Interview time with Xiaomi about the Redmi Note 9S and other plans for Malaysia, so do read on and check it out at the end. 

The next vivo smartphone for the Indian market has been confirmed as the vivo Y50, with quite a few of the details having been leaked. Some promotional images for the phone were found online, listing the key specs and showing the design of the device. Judging by how legitimate it looks, the phone could launch very soon in India.

Quite an eclectic mix this time around for TechNave NewsBytes #5 as Samsung weighs in with their stylish and colourful Microwave ovens. AMD reveals their EPYC processors while Sony showcases their 8 Red Dot winners. 

Other news comes from Tencent, Celcom, Maxis, SOCAR, Micron, MDEC + KK Fund, TnG, Vivo, Tokenize Xchange, Mondelēz International and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. This time around there’s also a special Best Practices for remote workforces from Microsoft all the way at the bottom.

In conjunction with the Lazada 8th Birthday Sale, smartphone brands such as Xiaomi, Samsung, Huawei, vivo, HONOR, Acer, as well as Wiko will be having a bunch of amazing deals on 27 March 2020. But that’s not all, you could also get various free gifts ranging from smart bands, gift boxes, powerbanks, and more depending on the products you purchase.

After several days into the movement control order, we are still not seeing a drop in the Covid-19 cases in Malaysia. Other than our country, India is also facing the same challenge which has led the country to implement movement restrictions at several cities as well. The movement restrictions are made to halt the spread of the virus, and it’s probably the best solution that could be carried out by governments right now. During the lockdown, manufacturer plants from companies like Samsung, vivo and OPPO are temporarily closed in the country too.

vivo first dropped a teaser for its next phone last week but now we're getting the details right from the horse's mouth. The vivo S6 will be announced officially on 31 March 2020, with the launch set to be held on 7:30 pm local time online. This is expected to be a 5G device that's equipped with a Qualcomm chipset.

It wasn't all too long ago when vivo launched the V17 smartphone in Malaysia, but it seems that the next one is already on the way. vivo's V series consist of smartphone models that focus in delivering devices with high-resolution cameras and the upcoming vivo V19 is expected to come really soon.