Fake Powerbank

What else could be fake from China? Here you go, the fake powerbank. If you guys are not familiar, a powerbank actually works as an extra battery pack which could be use to re-charge your device on-the-go. Those heavy little boxy device are getting more and more popular nowadays as people just simply can't get their smartphone to last the entire day.

From the picture above, you would be able to see that the powerbank has a charging capacity of 24000mAh which is very very high and normally would require a very big enclosure. The iPhone 5 has a battery capacity of 1450mAh. A simple calculation would give you approximately 16 times of recharging possible with the 24000mAh powerbank.
Needless to say, the device above is actually a fake with the enclosure being packed with sands. That little cylinder next to the PCB board is the actual battery. From the looks of it, it'll probably be less than 2400mAh.

Source: cool3c

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Fake HTC Butterfly (RM737)

Here comes the fake edition of smartphones after a long break. Today I present to you the fake HTC Butterfly or better known as Jia Jia Tong X920e. As the title denotes, it is approximately RM737 from a conversion of RMB 1480. So, what do you get with this price?

• 1.2GHz, 1GB RAM
• 8GB internal memory
• 5-inch with 1280 x 720 screen resolution
• 12MP rear camera
• 5MP front facing camera (yeah, it's 5MP)
• Powered by Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean
• 2 SIM card slots
• micro SD slot supporting max 32GB

Source: Jajatong

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Samsung Galaxy Note II Pink (Limited Edition)

As announced sometime beginning of Feb, the Limited Edition Pink Samsung Galaxy Note II is now available in Malaysia. You could currently get the device for RM17xx in Malaysia (SME unit).

Source: Samsung Galaxy Note II Pink (Limited Edition)

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[DiGi] Vintage Mobilephones (3310, Startac, SH888)

Brings back old memories?
This is what DiGi says with this Vintage Phone Sale:

Q3.	Why is DiGi introducing these phones?
A3.	This Vintage Phone Sale and collection is introduced for phone collectors and sentimentalists. This Sale is designed for them.

The price? hmm..

You'll enjoy free 30GB internet but... 

Source: DiGi Vintage Phone Sales

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Samsung Galaxy's Next Launch - 14th March 2013

The next best thing for Samsung smartphone users are coming up on March 14th. The Samsung Galaxy SIV is widely expected to be the announced during the event in New York 7pm EST which translates to 7am Malaysian time.
Live streaming could be obtained at www.youtube.com/SamsungMobile

Update: JK Shin, Vice President of the Samsung Mobile confirmed that the March 14th event would see the launching of the Samsung Galaxy SIV.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0

The war on tablet is more heated than ever with the Samsung new introduction to the tablet family. Samsung during MWC 2013 in Barcelona recently announced the arrival of the iPad mini direct competitor named Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0.

As the naming goes, this is an 8-inch device which has very much similar outlook as the Samsung Galaxy Note II. Some would say the Galaxy SIII, Galaxy Note II and Note 8.0 are of the similar lazy mechanical styling designer as not much difference in terms of design is actually seen in the recent Samsung Galaxy devices since the Galaxy SIII. Galaxy Note II grows slightly 0.8-inches from the Galaxy SIII and the Galaxy Note 8.0 grows additional 2.5-inches from the Galaxy Note II.

The Note family members are always equipped with something slightly different from the rest of the Galaxy family, which is the SPen.

In the hood:

• 1280 x 800 screen resolution (189ppi)
• 1.6GHz A9 Quad-Core processor 
• 2GB RAM
• 16GB or 32GB
• micro SD Card expandable
• 5MP and 1.3MP front-facing camera
• Battery capacity 4600mAh
• Powered by Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean
• 3G and WiFi models

Unfortunately no price was announced during the launch but to be a serious contender to the iPad mini, the price has to be similar to RM999 as the WiFi 16GB version of the iPad mini.

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Apple Drops Price for MacBook Pro with Retina Display

I guess even the entry model of the new MacBook Pro with Retina Display was too high in price. Previous entry level 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display was selling at RM5299. Now the new price is RM4599. There are a whole bunch of new spec bump on the Retina display category as well. Head on the link below for further details.

Source: Apple Store

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Maxis 4G Devices (Nokia Lumia 920 and HTC One XL)

The first telco to introduce 4G LTE in Malaysia has now launched their first 2 products package, namely the Nokia Lumia 920 and the HTC One XL. Both devices supports 2600MHz LTE bandwidth in which Maxis 4G LTE is running on. Unfortunately not many 4G LTE devices in Malaysia supports the 2600MHz band. For example, the iPhone 5 does not.
During the launch, both devices will only be available in Maxis KLCC and TTDI. LTE coverage are limited at the moment.

Quoted from Maxis's website:

Source: Maxis 4G LTE

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Asus MeMO Pad (RM499)

In the recent CES, Asus debuted the budgetry version of 7-inch tablet with a price tag of RM499. That is almost half the price of the 8.9-inch iPad mini and Nexus 7.

What's in the hood?

• 1024 x 600 resolution
• Single core 1 GHz processor with 1GB RAM
• 8GB internal memory
• 32GB external micro SD card support
• 720p front facing camera
• Powered by Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

You can now get it at Senheng.

Source: Asus MeMO Pad

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Samsung Galaxy Note II Pink Edition

Ladies... Interested?
This is not the first time Samsung releases pink colour devices after the official launch. The Samsung Galaxy Note II Pink Edition was first spotted in the Samsung Taiwan website. Not sure if it will make its way to Malaysia.

Source: Samsung Galaxy Note II Pink Edition
 

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iOS 6.1. Untethered Jailbreak Released

The much anticipated iOS 6.x untethered jailbreak has been released. The program is named as evasi0n. The tools was released by Evad3rs Dev-Team.

Further instruction on jailbreak could be found here.

Source: iClarified
 

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RM200 Smartphone Rebate Details (Malaysia Budget 2013)

Update (3rd Jan'13): The Government had today decided to remove the RM500 cap for the mobile phone purchase price.

The Malaysian Government had recently released the details of the Pakej Komunikasi Belia which is the RM200 rebate for the purchase of smartphones under the Malaysian Budget 2013 which was announced back in September 2013.

The details are as below:

• Malaysian with the age between 21 and 30 years
• Gross income of RM3000 and below
• 3G Smartphones must be below the maximum of RM500
• Only valid per person
• Broadband service to be applied with either Maxis, Celcom, DiGi, U Mobile, YES, TuneTalk, Clixster

Registration begins as early as 7am on January 2013. Application could be done between Jan 1st to Dec 31st 2013 or the quota of RM300 million is met, whichever comes first.

Further details could be done as below:

• komunikasibelia@cmc.gov.my
• 1800 88 4040 (8.30am ~ 5.30pm beginning January 2013)

Source: FAQ, Pakej Komunikasi Belia

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Fake Samsung Galaxy Note II

The fake has now finally surfaced. Behold, the fake Samsung Galaxy Note II. The fake comes in a display size of 5.3-inch and with the screen resolution of only 854 x 480. It had dual-core processor with 1GB of RAM. Nevertheless, it has only 4GB internal memory.

It comes directly with the latest Android Jelly Bean 4.1.1 as similar to the original. As the chinese manufacturer always like it, this fake device comes with dual-sim capability as well.

Battery capacity is written as 2800mAh.

Source: taobao

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Apple Malaysia Online Store Ships iPhone 5 Within 1 Business Day

Apple Online Store currently shows that the iPhone 5 shipping duration had been reduced to only 1 business day.

iPhone 5 16GB - RM2199
iPhone 5 32GB - RM2499
iPhone 5 64GB - RM2799

Source: Apple Online Store iPhone 5

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Maxis One Club iPhone 5 Offer

As usual, maxis one club members do get slightly some privilege whenever there are new offer of devices. This time around it's iPhone 5. You will get to purchase the next generation iPhone 5 for RM999 (16GB version) when you sign up for iValue 2, 3 or 4 plans with 24 months contract. Minimum monthly commitment for iValue 2 would be RM155/month. On top of this when you register within this year, advance payment would be waived as well.
Of course you got to be a Maxis One Club member to enjoy this offer.

Source: Maxis One Club iPhone 5

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