Are you a loyal Huawei customer?. Yesterday, Huawei announces a new trade-in program called Level Up. Through this program, you can start to trade-in your older Huawei smartphones to get the latest P30 series smartphone. You can participate in this trade-in program at the local Huawei brand-stores.
Huawei Malaysia joins hands with the Ingram Micro Malaysia Sdn Bhd to start the Level Up program. Ingram Micro determines the trade-in valuation and shares the table on the Huawei Level Up page. According to the list, if you have the Mate 20 Pro, you might trade-in it for RM2200 while the P20 Pro is going for RM1250. Both these models have to be Grade A condition in order to get the expected price offered. Unless your device is not in good condition then the value will be lower.
Even if you own more than one Huawei smartphone in a good condition, you are still only allowed to trade-in one device under the Level-Up program. Other than that, Huawei also strictly says your smartphone needs to have an MCMC label to prove it is a certified Malaysian used product.
In conclusion, another few days Huawei P30 and P30 pro will go on sale nationwide. If you feel your device is eligible for the trade-in program head now to your nearest Huawei brand outlet.
Google has been holding the throne for the past decades to be the best search engine in the world. Now time has change. If you think Google is still the best search engine in the world you are 100% wrong about it.
If you compare Google with other search engines in terms of result the answer surely will be yes. The same goes if you compare it with the users satisfaction. However, if you compare Google with the data protection, you should know that Google really have problems with data protection.
A Dutch company recently launches a new search engine to compete with Google on privacy. The result shows the Dutch search engine wins. It is called Startpage. It claims to be the world’s most private search engine. Other than that, it also has all the features Google has. The only key difference is, it does not use trackers to store your personal data.
Apart from that, Startpage also allows you to choose your language and region same as Google. Even during the test runs done, Startpage is able to deal with various types of typos same as the tech giant.
In conclusion, Google is still the best search engine in this world except it gets defeated when comes to data privacy. If you care about your personal data, then you should go on to try the Startpage search engine.
After two years, Microsoft add a new Surface Book 2 configuration to its Surface Book 2 shelf. Quietly Microsoft adds the 8th-generation Intel Core i5 processor for the Surface Book 2. Previously, the entry-level device is powered by the 7th-generation Intel i5 processor. Now, you can get the entry-level device powered by the 8th-generation Intel i5 processor.
You can purchase the 8th-generation i5 Surface Book 2 for $1499 (RM6117). It is the 13.5-inch model which offers 8GB RAM and 256GB of storage. Other than that, you still can purchase the 13.5-inch model with the 8th-generation i7 Surface Book 2 for $2499 (RM11,000). This comes with 16GB RAM and either 512GB or 1TB of storage. Prices vary based on the different storage sizes.
In conclusion, if you think Microsoft Surface Book 2 is your personal choice, then you can order it online from the Microsoft online store.
Purchasing an Apple Macbook would be really expensive unless if you can afford it. What if you can purchase an affordable Macbook-like notebook for a cheaper price?. Apart from the P30 series smartphone, Huawei also announces on its Matebook 13 laptop which soon will be available in Malaysia. Huawei will be selling both its devices in Malaysia starting April 6 onwards. As for now, Huawei has started to take the preorder of the P30 series smartphone on it official website.
If you are planning to purchase the Huawei Matebook, you have two options to consider. There is the Core i5 model which comes with 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD which is RM3999 and the Core i7 model which comes with 8GB RAM and 512GB SSD which is RM4399. The difference between both this model is just additional RM400. If you order the Matebook through its online store, you are eligible to get fre gifts worth of RM857. This includes the Huawei AF30 Bluetooth mouse, Microsoft Office 365 Home edition for 1 year and the Huawei Laptop Grey Backpack.
The new Matebook 13 has 13-inch Huawei FullView display which has the resolution of 2160 x 1440 pixels. This means it has 200 pixels per inch (PPI). The depth of the Matebook 13 is 14.9mm. This means it is very light around 1.3kg only. It also has the NvidiaGeForce GPU MX150 which has 2GB of GDDR5. Video editing and gaming will be smooth and reliable too.
Especially for existing Huawei smartphone user, you can transfer 500 photos from your Huawei smartphone to your Matebook in just 1 minute. Other than that, you can also transfer your video size of 1GB in just 35 seconds. All these can be done through the NFC with a single tap. The Matebook 13 also able to extract text from the image for easy editing. Isn’t it cool!. The connectivities it offers is two USB-C ports with a 3.5mm audio jack.
Charging the Matebook is never going to be a problem. This is because the it comes with a new pocket charger which fits into your pocket easily. With a 15-minutes of quick charge you can use the laptop for 2.5 hours of office use. The best thing of this charger is you can charge both your Huawei smartphone and your Matebook 13 with its multifunctional connectors.
In conclusion, if you plan to get the new Huawei Matebook 13, it is going to give worthful features. With a cheaper price than the Macbook you can get a world class experience and feel. If you start to order the Matebook today you will start to get it on April 6 onwards.
Today Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commision (MCMC) made announcement that the official 5G showcase will be held at Putrajaya on 18 April. That is almost two weeks from today. The main purpose of this event is to give an opportunity to the Malaysians to look into the benefits of 5G in Malaysia.
According to MCMC, the 5G showcase event will be launch by the Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. On the 20 April the event is open to all the public. MCMC is allowing the public to attend this grand event for two days only. There are many areas which MCMC will be showcasing to the public such as smart city, healthcare, automotive and public safety.
Most of the telco providers such as Maxis, Celcom, Digi, and Telekom Malaysia, will be participating this event to showcase the use cases the 5G technology could be achieve. As a public you will get to see some of the real life applications such as autonomous self-driving car, remote healthcare diagnosis, and precision farming.
Although 5G technology is far from being commercially available, MCMC aims to provide a glimpse on what the 5G technology could provide to the nation. According to Al-Ishsal Ishak, the MCMC Chairman Malaysia will be one of the earliest country in Asia. This is part of the government’s National Fiberisation and Connectivity Plan (NFCP) where their aim is to provide high quality internet to the public.
In conclusion, in a few years time, you will experience 1Gbps of internet speed. This is the promise which MCMC gives to all its users. At this moment, all of you can attend this event on the 20 and 21 April.
Every year, this would be the month all of you will be fooled by the tech industry companies such as Google. It seems, for this year, a lot of companies has pranks its users. Usually, all these companies will prank the user by making a few tweakings to the app. Let’s dig into each of this prank.
Google
To start off, Google announces that soon you can play Snake in the Google Maps mobile apps. It doesn’t matter whether you are Android or iOS users, you should be able to experience this feature. You can select different locations such as London and Sydney.
Apart from that, Google also announces a new Screen Cleaner feature in the Files app that will use the software to identify specks of dirt and then it cleans your phone. We still can’t believe it that there are people who fell for this joke.
redONE
We have also spotted that redONE Malaysia is part of the April Fool day event. Wouldn’t it be great if you access the speed of 5G now itself? To take it to a further step, redONE announces it will be running its world first 6G trial. We all know, 5G will be supporting up to 5Gbps, whereas 6G would be lightning speed. Even to make it more realistic, redONE posted this news on their official News page.
Emirates
Nowadays, drone has been the most popular gadget where it is being used widely in different regions. Emirates makes an announcement on its Facebook page that starting April 2020 you can start to fly around Dubai using a self-driving drone.
Fly on our chauffeur-less drones between any location in Dubai and @DXB, from April 2020. Each drone features two fully-enclosed First Class private suites. Our new drone airport transfer service will be offered to all Emirates Skywards Platinum members. #FlyEmiratesFlyBetterpic.twitter.com/s35dNg89jz
Few days back, Grab announces that soon foods can be ordered from Singapore. Grab promises to deliver those foods via helicopter. They are calling it as “GrabFoodCopter”. Grab even took this even further by allowing users to join as beta testers for its air delivery service.
Air Asia
Talking about tech companies, we are surprised that Air Asia is also part of the April Fool Day prank. Whenever you talk about Air Asia, affordable tickets that strike to our mind. However, Air Asia make an announcement on Facebook, that soon they will be changing their logo into a QR code which you scans will redirect to the Air Asia official website. Take a look below at Air Asia’s new logo.
OnePlus
OnePlus pranks it users that they are working on a new electric supercar which is better than Tesla. They name it as “WarpCar”. According to OnePlus, the new electric super car is inspired from their latest Warp Charger. You can start to say goodbye to gasoline soon once they launch this car. OnePlus make the announcement on their official Twitter account.
The OnePlus #WarpCar is coming. Are you ready to say goodbye to gasoline? #NeverSettle
Tinder is the world most famous dating app which allows the user to accept or reject a opposite gender person by swiping left or right. One of the main issue where the female users in Tinder faces is height of the males. To curb this issue, Tinder make an announcement that, they will soon have a new feature call height verification. Tinder make this announcement on its official blog. Tinder also says that it is expecting huge declines in 80% of males who claims they are over 6-feet. We don’t know actually how many people fell for this cool prank. However, today Tinder has updated on its blog again that there is no such feature and it is just a prank.
In conclusion, we are very sure that a lot of you would have fallen for these pranks. These are not only the April Fool Day pranks, but there are also more such as from Nvidia, Roku and more. Share it with your friends to see all these cool pranks!
Nowadays, you can get any smartphone at an affordable price. Honor Malaysia is cutting down the price of the Honor 10 Lite. It’s now is priced at RM700. Imagine having an affordable smartphone which has 6.21-inch Full HD+ display with AI photography. Don’t you want to buy it?
Originally, the 32GB model was priced at RM749 but now you can get it for RM679. Whereas, the 64GB is selling for RM699. You can start to see the updated prices at the Honor Malaysia website.
In conclusion, other than the Xiaomi Mi 9 you can purchase for the Honor 10 Lite for a cheaper price. As there are drastic changes in mobile technologies, mobile phones are selling for an affordable price.
Buying apps and subscription services would be really painful especially if you are using iOS devices. Telco providers such as DiGi allows you to pay your Apple subscriptions and it will be charge to your monthly bills. Now, Touch ‘n Go will allow you to pay for your Apple subscriptions such as App Store paid apps, Apple Music, and iCloud storage.
Starting today, you can use your Touch ‘n Go eWallet as your payment channel for your Apple iTunes account. Previously, you can use your eWallet as your payment method at the retail outlets. You can set it by going into your Apple ID settings. Then select “Payment & Shipping” and select your payment method to “Touch ‘n Go eWallet”. After that, you will receive an SMS with a verification. Once you make this changes, your other subscriptions in your Apple ID will be charge to the current payment channel as well.
In conclusion, Touch ‘n Go eWallet will be really useful if you don’t have any credit or debits cards. More informations regarding this new update from the website here.
It’s been 15 years already since Google created Gmail today. To celebrate its 15th birthday, Google is updating the Gmail with few minor updates. Part of the update will be the email scheduling. Next time when you send an email to a person, Gmail gives you the option to schedule when you want to send the email.
The Smart Compose email feature was launched by Google back in May last year. What it does is, its AI will suggest the way to complete your sentence in your emails. However, for this update, Google says Gmail can now change to the way the user writes. The AI is very intelligent it can match the writing style for different individuals.
Sometimes as a user, you might have written your email but then you will be figuring the subject line. In order to resolve this issue, now Gmail can also suggest the subject line based on the body of your message. This feature is part of the Smart Compose feature which Google released. According to Google, the Smart Compose feature has saved its users from typing more than 1 billion characters each week. Today Google announces this feature will also be available on Android devices. As for now, Google says Gmail for iOS will get the same update soon. There is no exact dates reveal yet.
Mail scheduler
Google always thinks in the user points of view when it develops a feature. To use the scheduling feature, you can directly click on the “Send” button with the dropdown arrow. By clicking this you should be able to see the scheduler window. Then, you can choose the given settings such as “tomorrow morning” or any specific date and time.
Previously, you can use the same feature by using the third-party extensions. With this update, scheduling your email will be very easy.
In conclusion, Google says thank you by releasing these updates to its users worldwide. Not forgetting Androids users also will be getting this update today as well.
Today Xiaomi Malaysia made an announcement that the Xiaomi Mi 9 will be launching in Malaysia on April 3. This event will be done via live stream. If you are looking for an affordable smartphone with a triple camera then you should consider the Xiaomi Mi 9.
The event will be live stream on its official Facebook page at 9PM on Wednesday. At this moment, we can guess the price of the Mi 9 smartphone will be RM2000. You will be shocked by the specs which Xiaomi offers. The Mi 9 has a 6GB RAM with 128GB storage. Moreover, the Mi 9 has a 6.39-inch Full HD+ AMOLED display with an in-display fingerprint sensor.
Over the back of the Mi 9 will feature a 48MP camera,16MP wide-angle camera and lastly a 12MP camera with 2x optical zoom. Whereas, for the front of the Mi 9 is 20MP selfie camera.
In conclusion, if you are looking for an affordable smartphone then you should wait till next week and get yourself thee Xiaomi Mi 9 once it arrives in Malaysia. You can get the Mi 9 in two colors which are Piano Black and Ocean Blue. Stay tune for our live event update on Wednesday. Follow us to get more updates on the Mi 9.
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