Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Hands On

Samsung recently unveiled their new foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Z Flip at their Unpacked event! We’ve got it in our hands for review! Here’s a quick hands on of the new Z Flip!

The new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ and is paired with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of onboard storage. It comes with a 6.7-inch foldable Dynamic AMOLED screen with a 21.9:9 aspect ratio. It has a FHD+ resolution of 2636×1080 pixels and a pixel density of 425ppi. on the cover it has a 1.1-inch Super AMOLED display.

On the camera front, it has a 10 megapixel selfie camera with a 1.22μm pixel size and an 80˚ field of view. The selfie camera comes with an f/2.4 aperture for respectable low light performance. The main camera setup is a dual 12-megapixel sensor setup with and Ultra wide and wide angle sensor. The Galaxy Z Flip is now available in Malaysia for MYR5,888.

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The New MacBook Air Comes with Scissor Keyboard and 10th Gen Intel Processors

Thin. Light. Long lasting. Those are the words that come to mind when one thinks about the MacBook Air. The laptop was one of the first that arguably changed the face and form factor of modern laptops. Come the new decade, Apple is announcing a long awaited refresh to the popular MacBook Air.

The 2020 edition of the MacBook Air will be equipped with the latest quad-core processors from Intel. However, the 10th Generation Intel Core i7 which sports this configuration will only be available on the highest end MacBook Air. Two other options will be made available, one equipped with a dual core Intel Core i3 and another with the quad core Intel Core i5. Apple claims that the new MacBook Air has double the CPU performance and 80% more graphics performance with the new Intel IRIS Plus Graphics.

One of the pain points of the previous MacBook air was the keyboard which came with Apple’s butterfly switches. That being the case, Apple has turned back to the tried and true scissor switches. Their new Magic Keyboard comes with 1mm of travel for a more comfortable typing experience. The company has made the arrow keys easier to find with their “inverted T” design.

The MacBook Air comes with a 13.3-inch Retina display with over 4 million pixels. The Retina dispaly is an IPS Display with a QHD+ resolution of 2560×1600 pixels. This gives it a pixel density of 227 pixels per inch (ppi). It has a 16:10 aspect ratio and supports True Tone technology for better colour accuracy.

Storage and memory wise, the new MacBook air is equipped with at least 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM which can be upped to 16GB. At the minimum, it comes with 256GB of onboard PCIe SSD memory. This too is upgradable to a maximum of 2TB SSD. Speaking of the storage, Apple’s T2 Security Chip is also on the new MacBook Air. It will scan the software loaded during boot to ensure that nothing has been tampered and also provides on the fly data encryption. However, to simplify the user experience, TouchID has also been incorporated so users can stay secure while keeping things convenient.

The MacBook Air 2020 is also the first of its series to support up to 6K output for external displays. It also has a 3 mic array for clear voice performance over FaceTime and is equipped with the large, Force Touch trackpad. I will also come with Thunderbolt 3 ports for data, charging and video output.

Pricing & Availability

The new laptop is available for order on Apple’s website starting today. It will be available in Space Gray, Gold and Silver. Prices start from USD$999 or, if you are buying under their education programme, it will be USD$899.

In Malaysia, the Core i3 and Core i5 versions have been listed on the Apple online store. However, they are not available for order just yet. The i3 version of the MacBook Air is listed at MYR4,399 while the i5 version is listed at MYR5,599.

OPPO A91 Launches in Malaysia – Back to Basics

OPPO has been known for its budget friendly, value-for-money devices. Over the years also, they have been known as photography masters with their devices. Okay, they have not been topping the photography benchmarks until now with the OPPO Find X2 Pro. Still, we have always liked and OPPO budget smartphone. We like their entry-level and mid-range offers because they are actually quality products. They are well made, and they work well for what you are paying. They feel optimised.

Smartphones have gotten more expensive these days. This is also consistent with OPPO’s offerings over the years. Occasionally though, there is a device that just goes back to basics. For OPPO, that device is the OPPO A91 that is just launched today.

No, there is no big launch gambit. If you are not updated just yet, Malaysia is now under lock down order from the government. Non-essential services and businesses are supposed to be closed and we are all force to work from home. Thank goodness for the Internet.

Source: OPPO

The OPPO A91 is a basic entry-level device at MYR 999. Despite the price though, it looks like a premium OPPO device. It is finished on both sides with glass, so it will also feel premium. If other smartphones from OPPO is any indication, the OPPO A91 should be a quality hardware too.

There is nothing to shout about when it comes to its processing power, a MediaTek Helio P70 Octa-core System on a Chip (SoC). It is what you commonly find on budget smartphones. It is still an adequately powerful SoC though. You get 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage too, which is quite plenty for the price you pay.

Those things power up the Android 9.1 based ColorOS 6.1 projected to a 6.4-inch display. No, not a 720P HD display. You get a Full HD+ AMOLED display protected underneath a Gorilla Glass 5. You even get an in-display fingerprint sensor. All of this is powered by a 4,025 mAh battery that also comes with VOOC 3.0 charging to fully charge your device from an empty battery to full in an hour.

Source: OPPO

The biggest upsell of the OPPO A91 though is its camera. You do not only get two lenses, not even three. You get four lenses point out the back of the device. It features a 48-Megapixel main shooter that is partnered with an 8-Megapixel ultra-wide angle lens, 2-Megapixel monochrome sensor, and a 2-Megapixel depth sensor. No telephoto lens to be found here. The ultra-wide lens can focus and capture images from a minimum distance of 3cm.

The camera software packs the usual AI beauty mode or AI scenes for an optimised photo. You also get the Night Portrait mode in this device for all your low-light shoots. Video is steadier than ever with the built-in Electronic Image Stabilisation (EIS).

The OPPO A91 entry-level smartphone is available now for MYR 999 on OPPO’s official stores on Shopee and Lazada. From now to 26th of March, the OPPO A91 is now on sale for only MYR 899. Of course, terms and conditions apply.

OPPO Find X2 Pro 5G Is Coming to Your Doorstep (If You Pre-Order One, Obviously)

Malaysia is on lock down order. Well, more like a partial lock down. All the paperwork calls it is a ‘restricted movement’ order. All non-essential services and businesses are order to close, or all its staff are supposed to work from home. This is fine for businesses like ours, with all our contents and services being digital and online. We can easily work from home. But businesses like car service centers, manufacturing of goods, shops, and even restaurants are going to be affected.

Well, in a broader sense, restaurants and food outlets can operate under the circumstance that it only does takeaway orders. Supermarkets, hospitals and clinics, broadcasting, police stations, and fire services are still open. Some of them on a limited capacity too (not hospitals, they are front lining the COVID-19 situation. To that, thank you to all doctors and nurses who are working tirelessly).

Still, live goes on and there are still things happening outside of home. The sale of the highly anticipated OPPO Find X2 Pro 5G is still happening. Not in a way you would imagine though.

Source: OPPO

Instead of the whole mess of a launch gambit and roadshows all over Malaysia and its countless malls, OPPO is starting their first sale gambit with nothing but a simple service of delivering the devices right to your doorstep. Obviously, you would have to buy one of it to get the device sent to you.

The OPPO Find X2 Pro 5G, to recap, is one of OPPO’s flagships that is launched this year to replace the now two years old OPPO Find X. The OPPO Find X2 Pro 5G, as its name indicates, packs 5G readiness from its Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 System on a Chip (SoC). It is also OPPO’s most powerful device to date with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of on-board storage. Its camera is supposed to be the best camera ever on a smartphone, topping the charts of DX0Mark with its 48-Megapixel main camera flanked by a 48-Megapixel ultra-wide angle lens and a 13-Megapixel lens.

Source: OPPO Malaysia

Unlike the OPPO Find X, the X2 and X2 Pro does not have a motorised pop-up mechanism. That also means you are not getting a full edge-to-edge display like the FullView display of the OPPO Find X. Instead, you get something they call an O1 Ultra Vision display with a 32-Megapixel camera punch hole on the 6.7-inch AMOLED display. It pushes out QHD+ at up to 120Hz. That may take a toll on its 4,260 mAh battery. With 65W SuperVOOC charging though, there is nothing to fear, especially in this lockdown anyway.

The OPPO Find X2 Pro 5G is available for pre-order now for MYR 4,599 until 20rd March 2020. Devices should start shipping to customers the day after. The device will be available in two finishes – Ceramic Black and Vegan Leather Orange.

Source: OPPO Malaysia

All pre-order customers are entitled for a free VOOC powerbank, 1-year extended warranty, and 3 months of screen protection. Of course, you must make full payment before the 18th of April to secure their free gifts. If you made your full payment before the 23rd of March, you are also entitled to a free OPPO Enco Free True Wireless Earbuds worth MYR 599 (review coming soon). On top of all the free gifts, OPPO will be offering an MYR 200 voucher to be used in OPPO’s official web store. Of course, you have to spend more than MYR 200 to use the voucher. Additionally, if you have made your pre-order and committed the booking fee of MYR 300 at any OPPO’s offline store, you are entitled to an MYR 300 digital code to make your full payment; in other words you are getting MYR 300 off your OPPO Find X2 Pro 5G. Of course, terms and conditions apply. More information on OPPO’s website.

PlayStation 5 Specs Revealed! Underwhelming? Not Exactly.

The war between gaming consoles are about to start again. It is the new generation of consoles that are going to be involved in the fight. Microsoft’s new Xbox Series X, and Sony’ brand new PlayStation 5 that was just about teased last night (in Malaysia’s time).

We would elaborate specifically on the Microsoft Xbox Series X, but they are not actually available officially in Malaysia. So, we would do a hard pass on that and focus on the Sony PlayStation 5, which will be available in Malaysia and most parts of the world. We are also PlayStation users, currently on the PlayStation 4 Pro; needless to say, we are quite excited about PlayStation 5 (PS5) launching at the end of 2020.

Source: Sony Interactive Entertainment

The announcement last night was called ‘The Road to PS5’. That is Sony’s way of saying also that this is not technically an unveiling of the new hardware, rather a glimpse of what we can expect the new hardware to pack. We have seen renders here and there of the PS5, but there is no definite shape of it just yet. Sony is doing a good job in keeping mums about it too. All we know though; we can expect it to look quite different from Xbox’s boxy tower design language.

Despite not talking about design, we can sort of understand the challenges when it comes to designing a console. They’ve elaborated on the main challenge of designing a gaming console with ultra-powerful processors too – cooling and powering them. If you really think about it, this was also an issue in the early days of the PS4. This issue is not even native to Sony’s console, it is a concern for almost any powerful gaming rigs. We will get to cooling and power supply a little later though.

For now, we get to the meat of this content – the specs of the PS5. Here it is; It is packing a lot of power from a AMD Ryzen Zen 2 architecture CPU. That AMD processor will come with 8 cores, 16 threads, and will clock at up to 3.5GHz. Sony says that the processor will run at about 3.5GHz most of the time by default. At this point you might start looking up at the Xbox and find that the Xbox runs faster at 3.8GHz. They are running on the same CPU, so why is the one on Xbox more powerful? All I can say for now is ‘power supply’ and ‘cooling’.

Source: Sony Interactive Entertainment

Then there is the GPU, the graphics processor. It clocks at up to 2.23GHz with 36 CUs and is based on AMD’s Radeon RDNA-2 engine. It is supposed to be able to have Ray Tracing Acceleration, and the combination is also supposed to process at 10.3 teraFLOPS. Wait a minute, that is not as powerful as the Xbox with the same RDNA-2 based engine with 52 CUs at 1.825GHz that can do 12 teraFLOPS.

You are absolutely correct in that comparison. From a hardware standpoint then, the PS5 is quite shorthanded in the fight. They have the shorter stick compared to the Xbox at this point. We can only speculate as to why that is, and we are suspecting cooling and power supply to be an issue too.

On the Sony PS5 you are also getting a larger RAM compared to before, faster too. It is a 16GB DDR6 RAM that is said to be better optimised to deliver better game experiences. GDDR6 is of course known for its speed and the one on the PS5 can go at 448GBps. The PS5 also comes with an upgraded 825GB drive. It is not a traditional HDD though, it is an SSD this time that can read at up to 5.5GBps. Also smaller than Xbox’s 1TB SSD.

There is an upside to all these numbers though. For one, it is still a big leap from the PS4; heck even the PS4 Pro. All the hardware means that it can now easily support 120Hz 4K gaming, push itself on 8K TVs (if you can afford one), and they say that it is about 10x faster than the previous generation console. In that, we believe. It is also backward compatible with Sony’s previous PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 4 Pro; what a delight.

Source: Sony Interactive Entertainment

There is more, if you can believe it. Where they skim down in graphics and process handling, they put into something called “Tempest”. For you Mass Effect fans, calm down. It is not the “Tempest” spaceship we see in Mass Effect 4: Andromeda (not that great of a game, by the way). It is their latest 3D Audio processing chip; their AudioTech.

In its basic form, it is just another processor that is lodged inside the PS5, making the new upcoming Sony gaming console effectively a three-processor system. Its core design is very similar to that of a GPU. Within the presentation though, Sony seems to give a very big emphasis on audio. They say that while harnessing processing power for graphics is hard, processing an audio can be quite complex too. That is the reason they are transforming a GPU to an APU (Audio Processing Unit).

The idea of using “Tempest” is to create a 3D audio experience on any platform. To be very fair, PlayStation users would be using the console in almost all kinds of conditions. The most common would be plugging them to a generic TV and rely on the TV speakers as their means of audio. There are those who might spend a little bit more and buy headphones for their console. Then there are those who has a theatre grade system with 3 or more speakers placed around them. Sony recognises all of that and wants all of us to get the same treatment and experience.

Source: Sony Interactive Entertainment

We have said before that audio is a very big part of any gaming, or even movie watching experience. It is not just music. Sound designs do play a big role in bringing us closer to the whatever intended experience there may be. Sony knows this too, being one of the big players in high-end audio. That is why the “Tempest” is born. They utilise something called Head Related Transfer Function (HRTF) for audio reproduction. You can, of course Google that term because it is a whole complex audio science in itself. All you need to know is that the Sony PS5 is going to give you 3D audio wherever you go. We are thinking of having an editorial specifically on sounds and sound engineering; do comment and let us know if you are interested.

Source: Sony Interactive Entertainment

The presentation ends there though. There are no new renders on the hardware, nor even the controller. We sort of have an idea of how they might look like, but all of us could be wrong. Still, we are optimistic. The slightly less powerful hardware may make the Sony look a like a worse deal than the Xbox, especially when they are rumoured to be about the same price. Still, in Malaysia we are only going to be able to touch the Sony PS5 when they are launched. So we will see. Both are expected to launch sometime later in the year 2020. You can watch the whole announcement after the break.

The Road to PS5

Source: Sony Interactive Entertainment Blog

Samsung Augments Wind-Free Air-conditioners with AI technology

Last year, Samsung introduced a new way of cooling your home with its first ever “wind-free” air-conditioning system. The new approach to air-conditioning was a literal breath of fresh air in a space that has become pretty drab over the years. When anyone thinks of air-conditioning, the picture that comes to mind is always a wall mounted machine which actively blows cool air out to cool the room. However, Samsung took inspiration from stones in caves which were able to cool its surroundings.

With this inspiration, the company looked to revolutionize their offerings by offering something similar. Last year, the company introduced it’s R32 rated AR9500M, its first “Wind-Free” air conditioner. The AR9500M brought a new, optimized design of Samsung’s signature triangle air-conditioners. The new design came with over 10,000 micro air holes in the casing. This design allowed Samsung to optimize airflow to allow gentler cooling of the room. It also introduced a new mode of cooling to Samsung air-conditioners.

This year, Samsung’s new AR9500T takes the design of its predecessor and throws it out the window. The new, revamped air-conditioner adopts a familiar, compact design we’ve seen in many other air-conditioners. According to Samsung, the new design was adopted after consulting their partners and service team. They’ve created a modular air-conditioner which is able to be installed and serviced a lot easier than its previous models. The new AR9500T also comes with an increased 23,000 micro holes to create more still air and more efficient cooling.

Aside from that, the AR9500T comes with a new three step cooling process. The air-conditioner kicks into high gear with Fast Cooling mode. It does this by actively blowing cooled air. Samsung claims that the new air-conditioner can blow air further than any model before it; allowing it to cool faster and more efficiently. This is helped by the improved Digital Inverter Boost. After this, the air is dehumidified to optimal humidity. Once the air is at the desired temperature, it uses the wind-free mode to maintain the comfort.

The AR9500T is the first air-conditioner from Samsung to have A.I. Auto cooling. The new feature is uses data from thermostats which collects temperature data from the outside and inside. The A.I. uses this data in tandem with the user’s usage patterns to optimise cooling and maintenance. This is paired with the ability to control the air-conditioner through Samsung’s Smart Things Platform.

The new Samsung AR9500T Wind-free air-conditioner is currently on the market. Purchases of the new Wind-Free air conditioner is eligible for a new Samsung Air Purifier at 50% off! The promotion starts from 1st March till 31st May 2020.

Capacity Price
1.0 hp RM 2399
1.5 hp RM 2699
2.0 hp RM 3699
2.5 hp RM 4399

Samsung Begins Production of the Fastest Mobile Storage eUFS 3.1

Smartphones today, especially the flagships, are not what you would call slow. With the current generation of System on a Chip (SoC), RAM, and even eUFS 3.0 storage your smartphones can outperform some entry level notebook PCs. Of course at a price that is even higher than before.

Certain modern flagships, like Samsung’s very own Galaxy S20 line-up packs the latest eUFS 3.0 (embedded Universal Flash Storage). That also means that you get about 300-400MBps in write speed. That also means that if you transfer a 4GB movie file, you can get that done within 10 seconds. a 128GB memory can fill up within 6 minutes or so. Fast? Apparently not fast enough for Samsung.

Samsung is one of the world leaders in digital storage. They have previously broken the limits of what is possible with their 512GB eUFS 3.0 flash memory module. Just right after the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S20 series, Samsung broke their limitations again with their brand new eUFS 3.1 storage module at 512GB size.

Source: Samsung Newsroom

It does not sound like a major update, but the eUFS 3.1 can now write at triple the speeds of the previous eUFS 3.0. That also means that you get write speeds at up to 1,200MBps. That is more than 1GBps. That is also faster than any SATA based PC drives at 540MBps. Even your generic microSD card only writes at a maximum speed of 90MBps for crying out loud.

So why do we need a storage that can write faster than anything else you can find in the market? According to Samsung; 8K video capturing, processing, and production. We admit that the Samsung Galaxy S20 line-up’s ability to record videos at 8K resolution is impressive. There is not enough medium at this time that supports 8K contents though. Still, it might be nice to have 8K right in your hands. Even if your smartphone cannot even display at 8K resolution.

Samsung’s eUFS 3.1 will come in three sizes; 512GB, 256GB, 128GB. The flash memory module will begin production at Samsung’s new Xi’an, China production line. The production facility is also Samsung’s largest so far. We might see the eUFS 3.1 in action in Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Note 20 line-up – fingers crossed.

Source: Samsung Newsroom

techENT Download || Apple Cancels the iPhone SE2, OPPO Getting Sued, Find X2 and more

The Week of March 9th was an eventful one with two big launches, two court cases and multiple events getting cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. OPPO announced the official availability of the Find X2 series in Malaysia with prices starting at MYR3,999. Xiaomi announces the new Redmi Note 9 Pro Series. Apple seems to have cancelled the new iPhone SE 2 amidst the COVID-19 situation while other companies start working from home.

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Coronavirus Puts Remote Work Security to the Test

*This article is contributed by Kevin Reed, CISO, Acronis*

As authorities worldwide work to contain the deadly coronavirus and try to keep it from spreading, the travel restrictions put in place are causing many organizations to rethink their operations. Rather than traveling to a region where their return flight might be at risk of being quarantined, many are turning to videoconferencing, file sync and share, and other remote work solutions to keep their businesses going. In China, where the disease started and where remote work policies are historically uncommon, the remote collaboration tool Zoom saw a single-day increase in downloads of 15%.

Source: Acronis

Remote work can certainly benefit a company, encouraging more collaboration and knowledge sharing. That’s why its adoption has grown significantly in the last several years. In fact, the global enterprise file synchronization and sharing (EFSS) market is expected to reach $24.4 billion by 2027, up from $3.4 billion in 2018.

Yet the wrong solution can put organizations at risk if they don’t address data security and privacy. To combat this predicament, businesses need to implement secure file sync and share technologies so that employees can work from home while also being able to access and transfer data in a manner that is both secure and safe.

What is file sync and share?

File sync and share technology is designed with the modern professional landscape in mind; a landscape where workforces rely on multiple devices and location flexibility in order to maximize productivity. File sync and share gives organizations the power to share files across multiple devices and with multiple people using file synchronization – allowing files to be stored in any approved data repository and accessed remotely by employees from any of their IT provisioned devices.

Security risks associated with remote work

Historically, remote work policies have been a sensitive topic for organizations. While some employers might fear that remote work creates a dip in employee performance, the larger concern is actually securing the proprietary and business-critical data modern companies rely on.

On a corporate network, IT teams can easily secure employee devices, but this becomes much more difficult to do once an employee accesses the system from outside the network.

Outside of the corporate network, devices are easily susceptible to attacks from third parties and cybercriminals. Attacking these unsecured endpoints can reveal the employee’s login credentials to cybercriminals so they can access the company’s system, or even use ransomware to lock company data – which happened to the NextCloud service last fall.

Benefits of secure file sync and share

Solutions that are built to deliver secure file sync and share give organizations the flexibility to enable employee collaboration and productivity while giving the IT department control over the protection of company data. Here are some of the ways that secure file sync and share technology protects and empowers businesses:

  • Secure File Sharing – It’s well known that when a file sync and share solution isn’t provided, employees will often resort to using their own personal devices and tools. Because these tools and devices exist outside of the control of IT departments, they’re inherently not secure and put sensitive company data at risk. With secure file sync and share, employees can easily share and access company files while IT maintains the privacy and security of the data.
  • Easy Anywhere, Anytime Access ­– Organizations are beginning to see the workday less as a clock-in/clock-out office environment, and have adopted an environment that supports the various schedules and lifestyles of their employees. With secure file-sync and share, employees are no longer constrained to a single corporate-owned device to be productive.
  • Data Loss Prevention and Disaster Recovery – When corporate data is centrally stored, it’s better protected against data leakage. This includes data lost to a cyberattack, employee error, or a lost or stolen device. With an enterprise-grade file sync and share solution, sensitive corporate data is kept secure and protected.
  • Easy Collaboration – File sync and share services are adapting to not only protect company data but to aid in remote workplace collaboration. Some file sync and share tools now provide users with tools to preview and edit files in-browser, search and find specific company documents and versions, and keep all employees on the same version of a document.

Final Thought

While global emergencies such as the coronavirus outbreak may highlight the benefits of having a secure remote work policy in place, the use of secure collaborative tools should be understood as part of a larger cultural shift. As more organizations adopt remote work policies, the IT teams, and MSPs that service these companies should adopt secure file sync and share solutions.

To help organizations introduce remote work policies in a way that is safe and secure, MSPs can offer their business customers Acronis Cyber Files Cloud, a secure enterprise file sync and share solution that features end-to-end encryption, user controls, and an audit trail.

Similarly, organizations that do not rely on an MSP can choose Acronis Cyber Files Advanced, an easy, complete, and secure enterprise file sharing solution that makes users more productive and gives IT complete control over business content to ensure security, maintain compliance, and enable BYOD.

(Updated) Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Makes It’s Malaysian Debut, Pre-orders available now!

Update: The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip’s pre-order is officially open to everyone. You don’t need to have a code anymore. You can now pre-order the Galaxy Z Flip at their official website. The new foldable will be on pre-order until 22 March, 2020.

The Galaxy Z Flip makes it official Malaysian debut today. The new foldable device which made its international debut back during Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event in February. It’s also Samsung’s second official foldable with a new form factor to take on the other flip devices which will undoubtedly make its way into the market.

The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip will be LTE only and will come with a hybrid SIM. It comes with a Snapdragon 855+ processor with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of internal memory and lacks support for a microSD card. It has a Dual cameras on the back which consisting of dual 12-megapixel sensors and a single 10-megapixel sensor in the front (when unfolded). It also has a side mounted fingerprint sensor and is powered by a 3,300mAh battery with support for 15W fast charging and wireless charging.

Pre-orders are now ongoing with a special one day only offer. Buyers will need to use the code “ZFLIPVIP” at checkout to place a pre-order on their official pre-order website. Keep in mind that pre-orders are a 12 hour only affair.

Using the code, pre-order customers will receive Samsung’s Galaxy Z Premier service which entitles you to 24/7 Premium Careline, free on-site pickup and delivery service support for 12 months from the date of purchase and access to the priority/express lane at Samsung Service Centers and a one (1) time screen replacement.

The new Galaxy Z Flip will be available for MYR5,888. That’s a steep discount from the Galaxy Fold. The new foldable will be available in Mirror Purple, Mirror Black and Mirror Gold. Pre-orders can also opt for 0% interest free installments when pre-ordering the new smartphone.