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The Chinese company has launched the Mi 4i handset with 13MP camera, 16GB storage and affordable price. Check it out right below!

Xiaomi Mi 4i specs

Xiaomi is set to debut its latest budget-friendly smartphone, the Mi 4i, in Malaysia. The brand recently sent out invitations for a special launch event, with the device expected to be available for purchase starting next month. Despite its affordable price, the Mi 4i offers impressive hardware and sleek design. It runs on MIUI 6, based on Android 5.0 Lollipop.

On the other hand, the Xiaomi phone takes power from the second-generation Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 chipset, featuring a 1.7GHz octa-core 64-bit processor. Moreover, the Chinese phone comes with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. As it does not support microSD expansion, this might be a drawback for users who require more space for photos, videos, and apps.

On the bright side, the Xiaomi device supports dual SIM cards and 4G LTE connectivity, making it a practical choice for users in Malaysia. Additionally, the Xiaomi Mi 4i features a 5-inch Full HD IPS display equipped with Sunlight Display technology, designed to improve screen visibility under direct sunlight. It also houses a 3120mAh battery, promising extended usage throughout the day. Photography-wise, the Xiaomi Mi 4i camera sports a 13MP rear lens and a 5MP front-facing sensor, ideal for capturing high-quality photos and selfies. Weighing just 130 grams, the phone boasts a lightweight polycarbonate body that enhances portability and comfort.

Xiaomi Mi 4i release date and price

The Xiaomi Mi 4i will officially go on sale in Malaysia on May 28th at 12 PM, exclusively through the Mi Store. Moreover, the Xiaomi Mi 4i price starts at RM749. Besides, the Xiaomi device may also be offered at a discounted rate during a flash sale, giving eager buyers a chance to grab it at an even lower cost.

OPPO’s latest smartphone OPPO R7 Plus launch has occurred in OPPO’s 10-year history ceremony in Beijing, China. We heard a lot about its specs and design before OPPO R7 Plus launch date, but they were rumors, and now the manufacturer made it official with some small changes. Let’s take a look at the detailed features of R7 Plus.

R7 Plus comes with a 6-inch (1920×1080, 367ppi) AMOLED display that stretches from edge to edge, surrounded by premium metal. People are aware that R series phones get known as super thin devices, and being a member of this family, R7 Plus also looks very slim with thickness of 7.7mm and weight of 203 grams. The phone is powered by Qualcomm MSM8939 octa-core 1.5GHz processor along with 4G dual SIM, 3GB RAM, and 32GB of storage that still can be expanded up to 128GB with a microSD card. One more selling point for this smartphone is its huge 4,100mAh battery with VOOC charging, a lot larger than the capacity of its peer OPPO R7 2320mAh battery.

In terms of ability of taking photos, R7 Plus sports a 4 color RGBW 13MP rear camera like Huawei P8’s with dual LED flash. With this 4 color setup, pictures will become brighter with less noise. Besides, we have a fingerprint scanner below the cam that helps users unlock the phone without sliding over it. That is a special thing about R7 Plus since R7 is not able to be equipped with this feature. In addition to the main shooter, R7 Plus boasts a 8MP front-facing one, which can attract those who like quality selfies. Strangely, while OPPO R7 has capacitive front buttons, R7 Plus chooses on-screen ones, and along with Android 5.1 Lollipop, R7 Plus will run on ColorOS 2.1, which is also introduced as the latest version of OPPO Color OS in the event. Color OS 2.1 will be showing a new prettier interface and getting faster and more responsive.

Click here to go to OPPO R7 Plus official page

Though the official availability of OPPO R7 Plus is not for sure yet, R7 Plus price is confirmed to be at 2,999 Yuan, so the OPPO R7 Plus price in Malaysia could be RM1,745 if it is on sale in Malaysia.

In conclusion, after a long wait, OPPO R7 Plus has finally come with a reasonable price and remarkable specs. It is expected that OPPO will release OPPO R7 Plus for international sale soon, including OPPO R7 Plus Malaysia.

Siswoo China has just introduced a new smartphone with two-sided display called Siswoo R9 Darkmoon. This reminds us of Yotaphone 2 which is also a dual screen phone of Russia. However, Siswoo R9 Darkmoon has its own special features to attract people, and perhaps it can create a new trend in the mobile market.

Siswoo R9 Darkmoon Specs:

First of all,  it is said that R9 Darkmoon quite looks like OnePlus One with a main display of 5-inch (1920×1080, 401ppi) IPS OGS one without physical home button. Nonetheless, Darkmoon’s back cannot be mistaken. It is a 4.7-inch white E-ink screen with qHD (540×960) resolution, and the brand’s name placed at the bottom of the back, which makes us feel like the phone’s rear is another front display of the device. Furthermore, it can serve many common purposes such as reading e-books, surfing the internet, checking emails, etc. effectively with less power than the main one.

Darkmoon is powered by a Mediatek MT6752 64-bit octa-core 1.7GHz processor with 3GB RAM and 32GB of storage. Users may feel satisfied with its battery due to the capacity of 3,000mAh. About camera, this device owns a combo of 13MP rear cam with LED flash and 8MP front shooter and runs  Android 5.0 Lollipop. Some other features are dual SIM slots, 4G LTE support, WiFi, NFC and Bluetooth 4.0. In addition, the R9 Darkmoon comes with white and black for consumers to choose.

In terms of Siswoo R9 Darkmoon price, it is not confirmed yet, but so far it has been reported to cheaper than the Russian dual screen phone Yotaphone 2. If this turns out to be true, the Siswoo’s product can be priced about $500 (which means the Siswoo R9 Darkmoon price Malaysia is around RM1805) since YotaPhone 2 price is $683.

What if Siswoo R9 Darkmoon Malaysia is coming to our country? Do you think it can compete with other smartphones and impress people? Share with us your opinion!

Sharp lately has announced their new smartphone called Sharp AQUOS Crystal 2, considered as a successor of the former AQUOUS Crystal released in August, 2014.

Sharp AQUOS Crystal 2 Specs:

This device has the same Qualcom Snapdragon 400 1.2GHz processor, and 8MP rear camera along with LED flash and 2.1MP front cam as its predecessor. Besides,  also takes the borderless design with a larger screen – 5.2” HD (1280×720) S-PureLED display. Additionally, the phone includes 2GB RAM, 16GB of storage, no microSD card slot, LTE, 3G, WiFi and NFC support. The whole AQUOS Crystal 2 is powered by a 2,030mAh battery and run by Android 5.0 Lollipop.

Though the capacity of the battery is not as large as many other smartphones in its kind, Sharp ensures that Sharp AQUOS Crystal 2 screen can save energy effectively while the display quality is much better than the first generation AQUOS Crystal. A plus for this handset can go to its water and dust resistance, yet note that it’s just able to survive from some splashes, not immersion. In addition, AQUOS Crystal is said to be available in white, black, pink and turquoise for your color choices.

We can have a look at the following renders of this smartphone, but until now, there has not been any officially confirmation about Sharp AQUOS Crystal 2 Malaysia release date as well as AQUOS Crystal 2 price in Malaysia. Let’s wait and see how it is like in real life.

If you have been following the news lately, you would know 2 of the most talk-about devices in the mid-ends smartphone market: Lenovo A7000 vs Asus Zenfone 2 (Ze550ML)

The 2 Giants: Lenovo from China and Asus from Taiwan stirred up the internet multiple times with awe and excitement when launching their recent flagships. People still talk about Asus Zenfone 2 (Ze551ML) with powerful 4GB RAM and Lenovo K80 with amazing 4000 mAh. Now, once again, we would like to put 2 of their latest handsets as competitors in a very harsh battle, for you to decide which one should be the better to own. GO!

Lenovo A7000 vs Asus Zenfone 2: Dolby ATMOS vs Intel core

We have to confirm one more time that, both of the devices, Lenovo A7000 vs Asus Zenfone 2 goes with very great kits of specs. Forget about the cheap prices, they are packed with some of the newest technology applied in mobiles.

However, each of the two cater a different strenghth to compete with each other. Asus Zenfone 2 is powered by famous Intel Atom processor with Quad core, while Lenovo A7000 still goes with Octa core. To fight back, Lenovo equipped their device with Dolby ATMOS sound technology, first to be found in smartphone, giving user a whole new sound experience.

Lenovo A7000 vs Asus Zenfone 2: Plastic vs Metal casing

Both Lenovo and Asus focus on designing premium appearance for their competitors in other to better cater the customers. However, Lenovo A7000 still feature plastic casing while Asus Zenfone 2 has a metal one, making it look much more elegant and high-class.

Lenovo A7000 vs Asus Zenfone 2: RM699 vs RM749

Lenovo A7000 Malaysia price at retail is RM699 (and RM625 on Lazada Malaysia here). The device has 2 color options: White and Yellow.

At the same time, Asus Zenfone 2 550ML Malaysia price is RM749. It is available in Black and Red.

Again, one more time, just like in the previous battle between Asus Zenfone 2 vs Lenovo K80, Lenovo wins 1 point for better price.

Lenovo a7000 vs Asus Zenfone 2: Full specs comparison

What do you say? Which do you want to vote for? Share with us your preference!

Lenovo A7000 launch in Malaysia has happened recently and brought great experience to consumers, in general and Lenovo Fans, in particular! And today, Lenovo A7000 Malaysia will go ON SALE TODAY AT 12 o’clock for the recommended retail price of RM699. On the other hand, Lenovo is partnering with Lazada Malaysia to sell the Lenovo A7000, so that today you can also own this device on Lazada.MY with Lenovo A7000 price in Malaysia at RM625. Click here to buy Lenovo A7000!

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Lenovo is using a Flash-Sales Strategy for Sales, similiar to Xiaomi Malaysia. Lenovo has been extremely successful with this Flash Sale approach for the Lenovo A7000 in India. If you want to buy the Lenovo A7000 this Flash Sales means that you need to be very fast to get one of the Lenovo A7000.

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In India, Lenovo sold out 35000 units of the Lenovo A7000 in exactly 4 seconds at their first Lenovo A7000 Flash Sales. At the second Flash Sale in May it took only a few seconds more to sell out 35000 Lenovo A7000 once more. This means if you want to buy the Lenovo A7000 better be very fast today, because likely its going to be out of stock in a very short time.

Lets have a short look at the Lenovo A7000 Specs. The Lenovo A7000 is the big brother of the very popular Lenovo A6000 with a larger display, upgraded specs and Dolby Atmos Sound. The Lenovo A7000 features a 5.5″ HD Display (720×1280 pixels) and you get a Octa-Core MediaTek MT6572M CPU paired with 2GB of RAM.

Also the Lenovo A7000 comes with 8-megapixel autofocus rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front facing camera. Internal storage on the handset is 8GB, which is expandable via microSD card (up to 32GB). Next to the Dolby Atmos Sound, you get Dual Micro Sim Cards and of course local LTE Support.

In this price range of under RM750 the Lenovo A7000 might just be the best choice available at the moment. If you like larger 5.5″ Screen phablets, the A7000 definitely has better specs then the Xiaomi Redmi 2 or Huawei Honor 4X for a comparable price. Especially Dual SIM, Android L and Dolby Atmos Sound are real advantages.

Conclusion: Lenovo brings the Lenovo A7000 Phablet to Malaysia and it is going on sale for just RM625 today. If you are interested, please be very fast because the Lenovo A7000 is very hot and will probably be out of Stock very very fast. Click here to BUY NOW.

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Xiaomi is a Chinese company that is developing day by day thanks to consumers’ love for their affordable, creative smartphones with good specs. As a result, the fact that they want to expand to the global market is easy to understand. At the beginning of this year, there has been information saying that Xiaomi was aiming at the US and Europe market, and planning to bring Xiaomi products there first and then to various parts of Europe later.

Xiaomi US and Europe

First, they have established Mi.com website displaying many kinds of Xiaomi devices such as Mi Band, Mi Power Bank (5,000mAh and 10,400 mAh) and Mi Headphones, yet it is not until this month that the website will be really working out. The company has made an announcement recently that the Mi online store at Mi.com/store is going live at 7P.M. PST on 18 May in the US and at 1P.M. CET on 19 May in the Europe.

Apart from this good news, consumers also should note that Xiaomi smartphones will not be sold on this page at the present; only accessories will. Secondly, those who want to order from Mi online store need to be ones living in the US, the UK, France, and Germany. It is also said that there will be limits to the number of available accessories, and once all of the things are sold out, no one would know the exact time when the manufacturer will make the stock full again. Last but not least, buyers will have to wait for their order since it will be shipped from China.

For customers in general, they can check out the products on the website with no need to register, but if they want to order any product, they will have to create an account on Xiaomi’s registration website. So far we are aware that available devices on the store are the Mi Headphones which is priced at $79.99, 5000mAh Power Bank $9.99, 10400mAh Power Bank $13.99, and the Mi Band $14.99. That’s for now, but in the future hopefully Xiaomi will put on more of their outstanding and new smartphones this year like Xiaomi Mi4i, Mi4, or Redmi Note Malaysia for Europe and the U.S.

You can click here to check out the latest Xiaomi product – Mi4i Malaysia, and Mi4i price in Malaysia.

To recap, we would like to congratulate Xiaomi US on the Mi online store’s operation this month in the US and Europe.

Recently, there is a new smartphone that is said to look like Elephone P7000 called Oukitel U8, or also known as Universe Tap. Just like the nickname, the manufacturer confirmed that this is a device using “tap” fingerprint sensor placed on the back of the phone to unlock the phone instead of sliding your finger over it.

Let’s take a look at Oukitel U8 Specs:

Oukitel U8 is a 2.5D-curved-glass-over phone with finishes made of aluminum alloy and housing made of plastic. Apart from its interesting design, U8 includes 5.5” 720p IPS screen, a combo of 13 mega-pixel rear camera and 5 mega-pixel front camera, 2GB RAM, Mali-T720 GPU, 4G LTE connectivity, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and 16GB of storage but it can be expanded up to 128GB thanks to a microSD card slot. It is powered by Mediatek MT6735 64-bit Quad-core processor, and run by Android 5.1 Lollipop and a 2,850mAh battery that can provide users with about 15 hours of conversation and 100 hours of standby time. Look like it has all of what popular smartphones nowadays have to give you good experience, doesn’t it?

So, Oukitel U8 is an absolutely new name in the mobile market, but it knows how to draw people’s attention to what it can offer. Specifically, two remarkable things that should be mentioned first are Oukitel U8 fingerprint sensor, kind of similar to Elephone P7000, and Oukitel U8 price.

First of all, we can notice that the finger scanner is placed under the rear camera and in the centric position of the phone’s upper part like Elephone P7000. Nonetheless, U8’s scanner is a square while P7000’s is a round.

In terms of price, the company has set a good price for their product at the initial stages. The device will go on sale for $139.99, which means Oukitel U8 price in Malaysia will be around RM502, in the period of presale from 15 to 21 May here. After that, U8 price will increase as what is described in the following picture.

Though it is obviously an affordable phone with good specs, that Oukitel U8 Universe Tap can become a strong competitor to other smartphones in its kind is still a question. Yet, how about you? If you are about to buy a new smartphone, will you take this friendly-budget Oukitel U8 into consideration?

Finally the long rumored Meizu MX4 Ubuntu edition has gone on sale this month with an official price of 1799 Yuan, which means Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Malaysia price is about RM1033. However, only Meizu China launched this smartphone for their local market while for the international, we will have to wait a bit more.

As far as we know, Meizu MX4 Ubuntu version is a product of the co-operation between Meizu and Ubuntu, a Debian-based Linux operating system. It is a glossy-looking phone with an alloy body and back cover with two color choices: silver and gold. The screen bezel is only 2.6mm along with a 5.4-inch (1920×1142, 418ppi) display as you can see in the following picture.

Meizu MX4 Ubuntu version

An interesting about this device is that MX4 uses Canonical’s Ubuntu Mobile operating system and the handset has hardly gone crash when being used in nearly one hour, according to those who had chances to test this special MX4 edition. The other MX4 Specs include an octa-core MediaTek MT6595 2.2GHz processor, LTE, PowerVR G6200 GPU, and 2GB RAM. Besides, the smartphone also comes with a 2MP front camera and a 20.7MP rear cam backed by Sony IMX220 Exmor RS sensor, and Meizu MX4’s images will even become sharper with 0.3 second shutter speed, which promises users great experience in taking photos.

So, Meizu MX4 Ubuntu has been released in China, so hopefully in the next weeks, we can welcome Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Malaysia with its official price in Malaysia.

As we know, Lenovo has brought many devices to Mobile World Congress 2015, and one of them is Vibe Shot. Latest news shows that Chinese consumers are going to get this Lenovo Vibe Shot with a price of $289, which means Lenovo Vibe Shot price in Malaysia can be around RM1,035. Do you think it is an ideal price?

Lenovo Vibe Shot with 3 colors

In terms of Lenovo Vibe Shot Specs, it is a camera centric smartphone with 5-inch IPS full HD multi-touch screen surrounded by a brushed metallic cover. Both front and back surfaces are equipped with Gorilla Glass 3. It is powered by a 1.7GHz 4X Cortex A53 processor based on  64-bit Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 chipset, and paired with Adreno 405 GPU and 3GB RAM. Besides, this 7.6mm-thin phone boots the latest Android v5.0 Lollipop OS and includes 4G (but just for selected markets), 3G, USB port, Wi-Fi dual band, GLONASS, GPS and Bluetooth. The whole device will be run by a 2,900mAh Li-Po battery.

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Since this is a phone focusing on camera, Lenovo has included many features specializing in taking photos in Vibe Shot such as a 16MP autofocus rear camera, triple LED flash and optical image stabilization supporting quality photos and videos even in bad conditions. Also, it can record 2,160p videos at 30fps. Looking at the Vibe Shot’s back, you may be surprised because it appears like a point-and-shoot camera. Along with the main cam, there is a 8MP front wide angle camera which will help produce nice selfies. In addition, Lenovo Vibe Shot boasts 32GB of storage and can be expanded further up to 128GB thanks to a microSD card slot, so that you can store as many pictures and videos you like as possible.

Lenovo Vibe Shot Hands-on Pictures:

Photos taken by Lenovo Vibe Shot:

To recap, Lenovo Vibe Shot is a smartphone with remarkable cameras that would promise you great experience in taking photos. Although it is only available in China at 1799 Yuan for now, those who like Lenovo Vibe Shot as well as a phone taking high quality pictures can look forward to its international launch this year. Perhaps in the near future, we will have Lenovo Vibe Shot Malaysia with an affordable price.

Vivo recently has announced the official X5 Pro launch a few days ago, from May 25 to be specific. It is ranked as one of the slimmest smartphones due to its thickness of only 6.4mm. Besides this point, Vivo X5 Pro is also a powerful new comer with latest technology. And now, some news claims say that X5 Pro will be worth about RM1,490.

Vivo X5 Pro Specs

In spite of no glowing logo, the phone still knows how to look high-end in an alloy body with interesting features. The screen measures 5.2 inches with 1080 display and 2.5D glass panels on its both sides. It includes no physical home buttons but capacitive touch keys located on the bottom bezel. In terms of specifications, Vivo X5 Pro Specs features a 64-bit Snapdragon 615 CPU, 2GB RAM, Funtouch OS 2.1 software backed by Android 5.0 Lollipop, and an expected huge battery of 2,30mAh which has not been officially confirmed yet.

Vivo X5 Pro Cameras has a combo of a 13MP rear camera and a 8MP front-facing camera that can take 32 mega-pixel selfies. Additionally, Vivo also equips their phone with eye scanner that is impressive but we need further consideration. According to some users, sometimes even a photograph can unlock the phone from the scanner, so that we need to be careful when applying this to the handset.

Vivo X5 Pro Price:

Lately, Vivo has confirmed X5 Pro price tag for Chinese market, which is 2598 Yuan ($419), equivalent to RM1,490 for a Vivo X5 Malaysia. Much likely that Vivo is planning to release the Vivo X5 Pro internationally between now and July. X5 Pro price in Malaysia can probably be kept the same.

Please keep in mind that what we have introduced so far is not the final information. There might be some changes at last minute. Stay in touch, we will come back with more news as soon as possible.

Elephone P7000, a 3GB RAM MT6752 phone, recently has been reported that it scores 41,384 points on AnTuTu benchmark, a Chinese software benchmarking tool commonly used to help check your device’s performance. These points somehow give us a positive thinking about Elephone P7000, and with an affordable price, it can be a good phone for consumers to take in consideration.

Elephone P7000 Design:

Though this phone has not been shipped yet, it does enter the market, so we can have a look at how P7000 is like. Elephone P7000 has an “all alloy body” with a textured back, quite similar to OnePlus One. It measures 155 x 76 x 9.2mm and includes enough room for dual SIM, microSD card and battery inside. Along with the rear camera, the back also has a fingerprint scanner working like iPhone’s Touch ID. Furthermore, it is said that the sensibility of P7000’s fingerprint scanner is second to none in comparison with iPhone 6 or Galaxy S6. In addition, the device’s home-screen button is equipped with LED flash that also will inform users of messages or missed calls.

Buyers will have three colors to choose: Grey, Silver and Gold

Elephone P7000 Specs:

P7000 is powered by an 64-bit MediaTek MT6752 1.7GHz processor with 3GB RAM, 16GB of storage and 4G LTE support. The screen is a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080p, 403ppi) one with Gorilla Glass 3rd generation. Besides, Elephone P7000 has a combo of 13 mega-pixel IMX214 rear camera and 5 mega-pixel front camera supplied by Sony. Apart from that, the whole phone is run by a large 3450mAh battery and Android 5.0 Lollipop.

Elephone P7000 Price:

In terms of price, the official retail price of the Elephone P7000 is $229.99, which means Elephone A7000 price in Malaysia is about RM820. This seems a friendly-budget phone for many people.

In conclusion, Elephone P7000 has some features such as octa-core MT6752 processor, 3GB RAM, Sony camera, 4G LTE and remarkable 3450mAh battery that can make it outstanding. Moreover, the price is quite affordable, around RM820, and the AnTuTu score is more than 41,000, promising that it could be a competitor for other friendly-budget phones. Perhaps in the near future, Elephone P7000 Malaysia will enter our market soon. Let’s wait and see!