App designs have come a long way. Heck, interface designs
have come a long way. Your smartphones are now more interactive and intuitive
than it could ever be. In the progression of the mobile interface, obviously there
were some not-so-good stuff along the way from time to time. Still, the
interface that we have today is so intuitive and simple that operating a
smartphone can be done by babies even.
We remembered interface designs with bright colours, plenty
of whites, with a screen busier than Tokyo’s famous intersection. Those days
are quite far gone though. Users prefer simpler designs. They prefer cleaner
looking screens, despite having a larger than life physical display. They want
as little things as possible on the display but still communicate as much
information as before.
Just about a year ago too, there has been another design
element that has gotten plenty more popular. It was just a simple colour scheme
change that changes the contrast and feel of the interface. That is what people
call the Dark Mode.
Dark mode is mainly designed with the thought of using your
device in dark conditions. The white colours of your super-bright smartphone displays
will really hurt your eyes when you look at in dark conditions. That is simple
biology really, so we are not going into that.
The idea of a dark mode stems from the use of e-books. The black
backgrounds hurt your eyes less while the whites of the words stand out enough that
you can clearly read it. This works when you are the type that reads at night,
in your bedroom, before you sleep.
Everything from your Operating System (OS) to Facebook
Messenger has a dark theme. Of course, every single person out there is begging
for a dark theme for everything else too. One app that have not gone on dark
theme yet was WhatsApp. That has changed with the latest WhatsApp app update
from your Google Play Store and Apple App Store today.
Once you update the app, either the app just follows your OS
theme settings and go on dark mode, if you are in dark mode already. If not,
you might want to switch that to dark mode. Or, you can manually switch WhatsApp
to dark mode in the app settings. All you need to do is open the app, get into
the settings, got to ‘Chats’, and then click on ‘Theme’ to select ‘Dark’, and
voila; your WhatsApp is now in ‘night reading’ mode.
What that does is change the white and light grey backdrop of WhatsApp to a near black and dark grey backdrop. That also completely changes the look and feel of WhatsApp. It looks even simpler than before. Mind you, there is no significant interface change except for the colour scheme. We also concur that the ‘Dark’ theme may not be for everyone. But at least this hurts my eyes less when I first open WhatsApp in the morning or at night. Keep in mind though that the ‘Dark’ theme only applies to the mobile app at this time.
At this point of time, COVID-19 has claimed over 3,000 lives
globally. These are known deaths caused by COVID-19 and there may be more than
that. To be honest too, this is a very difficult write-up. Not because there is
very little information to work with. It is just the fact that COVID-19 news
are not getting any better. There is a glimmer of hope though; WHO claims that
COVID-19 containment and treatment is very viable.
Source: MS Poweruser
Still, COVID-19, or more commonly known as Coronavirus at
this point has claimed more than just lives. It is affecting communities and commerce
as well. Of course it would, people run these businesses and communities,
people are getting infected and therefore sick; conducting business activities
then is difficult.
We saw Apple getting affected earlier on with their China
stores temporarily closing. Foxconn, their manufacturing plant had also stopped
operating at some point. Mobile World Congress 2020 has been cancelled; Geneva
Motorshow is also being torn down as we speak because they cancelled the event
at the very last minute. Even Formula 1 is being heavily affected; they lost China
GP this year and who knows which other GP is being cancelled due to the global
emergency that is COVID-19.
Plenty are hopeful that the disease will be contained and cured
by June or July. That is why some events has been postponed to then. Even Computex
2020 seems to be happening still. The situation now is not very encouraging
though.
This week alone we see more victims to COVID-19. On top of new confirmed deaths around the world we see Microsoft’s MVP physical event going completely digital. Facebook is also cancelling the F8 summit. Even Adobe is not spared; Adobe is having their Summit announcements completely online too. The hardest of all is Google having to cancel both their big conferences.
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Google has cancelled their Cloud Next event earlier on this
week. They announced thought that the conference will be a completely online
affair. There was also a sort of expectation that some of the things that would
be covered on Cloud Next would appear in Google’s I/O which was still reported
to be happening. This morning proved our optimism wrong though. Google is cancelling
the Google I/O conference; their biggest developer conference of the year has
been cancelled.
If we are right, we are seeing Google’s latest Android 11 on
the big stage of Google I/O. It looks like we are going to have to see it on an
online stage instead; they show must go on, as they say. There is no final
confirmation yet on the online streaming of Google I/O yet though. We are expecting
them to go online because Google is completely equipped to livestream all their
conferences, which they have done before anyway. Of course, it helps that they
own YouTube anyway.
Google is not the first to be hit strongly by COVID-19. We
highly doubt that Google will be the last one. We are expecting the Olympics committee
to make an announcement soon regarding the Summer Olympics 2020 in Japan. For
all you know, Japan might be the one that makes the announcement of a border
containment. Still, these are just speculations; take it with a pinch of salt.
Not Google’s cancellations though, those are confirmed.
One of my favourite game franchise is coming on April 10th 2020. It is the Final Fantasy VII that came out in 1997. Before you get confused; no, the one coming on the 10th of April 2020 is not the original pixelated 8 bit thing that is the Final Fantasy VII of 1997. Rather, it is the remade version: re-imagined with new modern graphics, and new gameplay mechanics.
The Demo dropped on the 2nd of March 2020 and we downloaded it the very next day. The demo only gave us 20 minutes in gameplay. The demo only gave us the very first mission of the game. If you have not played Final Fantasy VII yet, I am not going to spoil it for you.
Before I go on about the game though, keep in mind that this is not a full review of the game, so you might not want to treat it as one. Keep in mind also that I only had a brief 20 minutes with the game, not 20 hours. While I cannot comment on the entirety of the game then, I can only come up with its first impression. That is what you are going to treat it as; first impression.
Visuals
First of all, you cannot compare graphics today to graphics over 20 years ago. You can, however, compare it with other modern games. You can compare it to the modern Final Fantasy XV.
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On initial visual inspection, it looks like both of the games use the same graphics engine. That is not to say that it is a bad thing though. Final Fantasy XV is a gorgeous game, same goes to Final Fantasy VII Remake.
While Final Fantasy XV focuses on bright colours, with complex colour schemes, and plenty of complex textures, Final Fantasy VII Remake is a stark contrast to that. Final Fantasy VII Remake focuses on hard, flat surfaces. At least on the demo itself, you see plenty of metallic environments. Cloud’s big sword is a big metal surface anyway.
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The colour tones are more flat compared to plenty of modern games understandably. While that might mean that the engine should easily cope with it, there are plenty of details still within the surfaces projected on the screen. The character models are plenty more complex than you can ever imagine Final Fantasy VII characters can be.
So far in the demo, we only saw Barret, Cloud, Aries, and a few supporting characters. Those characters really come alive with the remake. To think that 23 years ago, we only managed to see miniaturised character models unless you go into the turn based battle. Overall, that is a great experience, impressive at first impressions.
Gameplay
We spoke about turn based gameplay previously. That is the biggest difference between this new remake and the original game from 1997. Because of more complex processing power, battle is now in real-time like Final Fantasy XV. While that is the case, there are major differences in terms of look and feel though.
Source: Square Enix
The battle mechanics does not change that much from XV to VII Remake. They are both real-time and in Classic mode, Final Fantasy VII is a button masher game that looks good. It does not feel as messy and as complex as Final Fantasy XV though. That could also be because I was playing it in Classic Mode. Still, real-time melee battles can be quite jarring especially when you have no sense of control on your right joystick. It can get quite harrowing and frustrating in any other mode that Classic Mode.
Still, all the right visual cues are there. The other overlay graphics that tells you your health, MP, your action options, and others do help with the nostalgic feel of the game. They use the exact same colour palettes here. The also use the same sort of fonts in different sizes and sort of the same placements on your screen. Played out on a big screen though, I wish that those information HUD was slightly bigger.
The controls feels as simple as it can be though. That also means that you get to enjoy the gameplay more than you think. You also get to play the game more than getting frustrated over the controls, that is nice. The only difference with Final Fantasy VII from 1997, is that you can manipulate your camera angles on your own now. No more fixed camera angle from the late 90s to mid 2000s.
Is It Worth MYR 243?
I guess? To be fair, I am a cheapskate. I tend to buy games only during massive sales. The last game that I bought at full price was Death Stranding, that is after thinking about it hard for three whole days.
This is one of those games that actually shaped my childhood though. It is, I think, also the game that got me into gaming. The Final Fantasy VII from 1997 was my favourite Final Fantasy game. It was not my first, that has to go to the Final Fantasy VIII.
The Remake demo has brought back plenty of memories of that old PlayStation that I shared with my brother. It introduced a whole facet of world to me and I wanted to get lost in that world. The Remake, although just a demo, brought back some of those memories.
In that sense then, the heart that so loves the Final Fantasy VII really wants to spend that MYR 243 on this game; a physical copy with the disc and everything. My logical mind though disagrees. Logically, the gameplay is nothing new. While it looks good, there are plenty of games that might be better in terms of enjoyment out there too. Take the Star Wars: Fallen Jedi game for example. Logically then, it might be better for me to wait for the game to drop in price before spending my hard earned money on it.
Source: Square Enix
In truth then, I really cannot tell you whether or not to buy it. 20 minutes, to be very honest, is too short to judge a game. MYR 243 is not a small amount of money for a game, really. If you are feeling nostalgic and you have that much extra money to play with, I say; go ahead. If not, maybe you want to hold it off first. For me? This is the third time I’m asking myself; “am I willing to spend MYR 243 on a game?” I still do not know the answer to that.
realme has made a name for itself when it comes to budget
friendly smartphones. While they mostly play at the budget, entry-level
smartphone range, it does not mean that their products are in any way bad
products though. Their C series has proven to the market that cheap products
does not mean cheap quality and cheap experience. They have a proven track record
in the segment is what we are trying to say.
Their latest addition to their C family has just landed in
Malaysia today. What a follow up though. As expected, it is sold at less than
MYR 1,000; way lower. It will set you back MYR 499. Who says you cannot own a
smartphone below MYR 500?
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You are not paying
for less features too. It is powered by MediaTek’s latest Helio G70 System on a
Chip (SoC). While some may perceive MediaTek’s processors to be slower or inferior
to the Qualcomm’s that is just not the case. They may not perform as well as
the Qualcomm chipsets, but that does not mean that they do not pack a punch.
The MediaTek Helio G70 SoC is effectively an Octa-core processor
with two high powered ARM Cortex-A75 cores and six low powered Cortex A-55
cores. It clocks at a maximum of 2.0GHz, which is powerful enough to plenty of
today’s flagships, technically. The only thing it might lack at this point is a
5G modem. While that seems like a bad thing, trust me, it is not as bad as you
think.
While you do not get 5G, you still get dual 4G LTE connection
on the realme C3. Yes, a you get to push in two SIM cards into this device.
Then again, dual-SIM standby is quite expected these days. Nothing to shout about
then.
Having the MediaTek Helio G70 however, is something that
they can shout about a little bit. The realme C3 is currently the only device
that packs the MediaTek SoC in Malaysia.
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The big power from the MediaTek SoC is matched to three
cameras at the back. Yes, it is effectively a triple camera set-up. We did say
that it packs quite a lot for MYR 499.
Its main camera is a 12-Megapixel shooter paired to 12-Megapixel
telephoto lens with 4x zoom, and a 2-Megapixel macro lens for that extra close,
extra detailed photo. At the front is a 5-Megapixel shooter with the expected AI
beauty function, HDR, and what not. That front-facing camera is housed in a
small notch on top of the 6.5-inch 720p HD+ LCD display.
Small compromise on the display, a Full HD+ display on a
small budget smartphone at this price is quite impossible, you know. You still
can record at Full HD 1080p on your rear camera though, no problem with that.
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No, you do not get in-display fingerprint sensor on this
device too. Again, expecting those kinds of things in a smartphone less than
MYR 500 is a little unrealistic. Still, it has a fingerprint sensor recess at
the back of the device. The back is not really glass but has a nice beaming texture
and pattern to it.
What it lacks in those features though, it makes up in
battery size. It packs a 5,000mAh battery within its small body. That should be
good for a whole day of battery and even more. You can even use this device as
your friend’s power banks so they owe you their lives. The Android 10 with
realme UI overlay device is charged at a maximum of 10W via a MicroUSB port; a
little old school, but hey it works. Also you may reuse all the old MicroUSB
cables you might already have.
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The realme C3 is now available via Shopee for MYR499. If you
get the device today itself, you will get a 6-month extended warranty for free.
You can get your hands on one to feel and touch from the 7th of
March 2020 though if you really want to. If you missed the extended warranty
promotion on Shopee, you can also get the same promotion when you get your
device in realme stores on the 7th of March 2020. The realme C3 is
available in Blazing Red and Frozen Blue colour options.
Acer’s Nitro 5 series has always been a compelling option when it comes to an entry level gaming laptop. It’s also one of the most affordable gaming laptops in market right now. Acer Malaysia has just announced a refresh of its casual gaming laptop which sees the price come to about MYR 2,999.
The new Nitro 5 comes equipped with a quad core AMD Ryzen 7 processor and is complemented with an NVIDIA GTX1650 discreet graphics card. The new setup also comes with 512GB of storage. This isn’t just your regular spinning hard disk either. It’s a PCIe NVMe solid state drive (SSD) which promises quick performance and load times. It comes with 4GB of RAM but can be upgraded to 32GB should you see the need to. There is also an additional m.2 slot if you need even more performance memory. Acer is also touting that the Nitro 5 comes with an HDD upgrade Kit which allows users to upgrade the storage on the laptop.
The AMD touting Nitro 5 comes with a 15.6-inch Full HD IPS display with 120Hz refresh rate. The screen itself covers a whopping 80% of the face of the laptop thanks to it’s slim 7.18mm bezels. The new laptop also comes with Waves MaxxAudio advanced sound optimization technology with Acer’s own TrueHarmony technology for better, more immersive sound.
The Acer Nitro 5 comes with dual fans and dual exhausts which have been design with the company’s CoolBoost technology. This increases the fan speed by 10% allowing better cooling performance. In addition to this, the cooling of the GPU and CPU is also increased by 9% thanks to CoolBoost. With online gaming, your connection stability is increasingly important; the Nitro 5 comes with Killer Ethernet E2500 and Acer’s Network optimizer to help keep you up to speed. This gives you the option to manually tweak your network performance or you can simply leave it to the computer on Auto mode.
Acer’s NitroSense will allow you to keep an eye on the happenings of your Nitro 5. The software allows you to manage component temperature, loading performance, power usage among others with the hit of a dedicated Nitro Hot-Key. It also comes with HDMI 2.0 ports as well a USB Type-C and more to allow you supe up your gaming.
Pricing and Availability
The new Nitro 5 with AMD’s Ryzen 7 and NVIDIA GTX1650 is immediately available in Malaysia. Prices start at MYR2,999.
In this episode of Tech & Tonic, we have Isa Rodriguez of Isa Does Tech, her very own YouTube channel. As a tech reviewer, she is one of the more unique ones. She does not just review the tech, but also how it pairs with the lifestyle side of things. In that sense, it is a very unique and interesting approach to tech.
We spoke at length about the many smartphone launches that happened over the past week including the very anticipated and expensive HUAWEI Mate Xs. That is one eye catching device, since it is a foldable device and approaches the foldable device concept differently.
We also discussed about the Sony Xperia 1 Mk. II that really caught our eyes. We think that it is one heck of a device for creators. It is really Sony’s premium smartphone reloaded.
The war between proper cameras and smartphones continues though. Is it better to buy a super high-end smartphone, or is it better to spend some of that money to buy a camera, an interchangeable lens camera maybe. We all agreed that it really depends on what we are looking for in our smartphones or even cameras. Which is superior? Find out with Tech & Tonic Podcast.
Here’s the TechENT Download for the week of 24th February. Boy was it an eventful one for tech! Here’s run down of some of the most pertinent tech news of the week!
AMD Feels the heat from ASUS as the Strix RX 5700 overheats after the company’s recommended settings didn’t cut it for cooling.
Sony releases a slew of devices spearheaded by the Xperia 1 II to usher in a new age of mobile with a focus on Content Creators. Together with the Xperia 1 II, they also announced a new Xperia 10 II and Xperia L4 completing their offerings for the mobile segment.
HUAWEI showed the world how to fold with its Mate Xs. The new foldable spearheaded a whole line up of MateBook D and the new MateBook X Pro laptops and the new MatePad Pro. While HTC is making a come back with its new Wildfire.
More updates as we’re hearing more developments around the COVID-19 impact on the tech industry. This time, it looks like it’s Microsoft saying that its being affected.
We’ve started a new Podcast, techENT’s Tech & Tonic! The new podcast will see us talk about some of the most interesting news and topics in tech with some of our friends in the industry. It is available on Spotify, Anchor, Google Podcast, Apple Podcast, Breaker, and other podcasting host channels! If we are not yet on your favourite channel yet, let us know in the comments so that we can work our way there!
Facebook has internally started this thing they call Project
LightSpeed. It is exactly what it sounds like. Its aim is to simply make everything
move faster. Faster for the users that is. Then again, the world today revolves
plenty on user experience.
While the world in 2019 and 2020 has been putting plenty of emphasis on user security and privacy (Facebook just had a Data Privacy brief with us two weeks ago), it does not mean that user experience in terms of the User Interface (UI) design, speed, and intuitiveness can be ignored. They are supposed to be developed hand-in-hand; they are supposed to move forward together.
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Facebook understands that completely, and that is why they
are introducing a new faster, lighter Facebook Messenger specifically for iOS.
Before we go on, we did ask on the reason for the exclusivity. If you go on Google’s
Play Store on your Android smartphone now and search for Facebook Messenger,
you will notice two types of Facebook Messenger apps on the device. One of them
is the normal blue pop-up coloured Facebook Messenger, and the other one is a white-faced
pop-up called Facebook Messenger Lite. We can explain the differences in that
further in the future (comment if you want that!). For now though, that also
means that Android users get to choose between using the full beans and might
of the regular Facebook Messenger app or choose to keep their devices running
nice and quick with Facebook Messenger Lite app.
Let us get back to Facebook Messenger app for iOS. It will
be available as an app update in the App Store, so if you already have the Facebook
Messenger app there is no reason you need to download another one. It should be
an update anyway, who are we kidding.
In layman terms, Facebook says that the new Messenger is
supposed to load up or start up faster. While you may not notice too big of a
difference at first, Facebook says that the benefit is plenty more visible over
time. Thanks to simplified mechanics of the app, it is also a smaller app than before.
That also means it consumes less storage space in your smartphone, which also
means you get to take more photos. It is not just simplified mechanics though. Apparently,
the engineers in Facebook has also simplified the experience within the app to not
only ensure a lighter load on the device, but for its users too.
Now for the technical bits. It is actually simpler than you think, not as scary or overly complex. The headline figures are 1.7 million to 360,000. That is the amount of codes that were in the previous iteration of the Facebook Messenger for iOS app, and the amount that it is reduced to with the current iteration. That also means that they managed to shrink the amount of codes contained within the app by 84%. Less codes means less processing needed, and so you get faster load times. It also means reduced complexities and less maintenance needed from Facebook’s side.
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What happened to the other codes that was not used in the current
iteration? Cloud happened. To be specific, SQLite happened. What they did with
SQLite, like plenty of modern mobile apps is to simplify processes and start putting
plenty of the database on SQL’s database instead of storing every command on
the device. That also means that instead of loading everything on your
smartphone, whatever interaction you have with the app is happening on SQLite
instantly. That also means that everything on the database is stored and worked
on in a server farm somewhere. Again, less load on the device.
You are not losing the experience of a feature packed app
like the Messenger with the new update though. In fact, you might be getting
more. With the changes, you are not completely using a completely redesigned UI.
It is just a small improved UI with better response time. The key here is to
not make any major UI changes to the new Messenger build. Instead, Facebook
still wanted that familiarity with their users. Like previously mentioned though,
instead of storing each interaction as a unique interaction within the device,
they moved that to a server with SQLite.
There is more to that though. Instead of storing or
processing each interaction as unique interactions, they group them together,
combine them and make them mere reactions from the database instead of completely
recoating the app whenever something changes. That also means that instead of
storing multiple different screens as unique screens, you are now only getting elements
of screens popping up as you go along your Facebook Messenger app. Yes, you never
noticed the transition. But imagine having to keep loading new screens whenever
you scroll through the app and layering them over the previous screen.
The new Facebook Messenger app for iOS with LightSpeed is available
for free on Apple’s ever-growing Apple App Store platform. For existing Facebook
Messenger app for iOS users, the fourth major iteration is available to users
as a simple app update via the Apple App Store as well. LightSpeed is also
coming to Android’s Facebook apps in time. For more information on Facebook
Messenger’s update and Project LightSpeed, you can visit Facebook’s news
release and their engineering
blog.
Realme has been announced its very first smartphone that will be using Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 865 in India. It is one of other eleven phones that has been announced by other smartphone manufacturers that will also be running Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 865 processor.
Let’s get straight to the specifications, shall we? Let’s start with the display. It has a Super AMOLED display which is 6.44 inches wide. The display also has a resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels in a 20:9 screen. This calculates a density of 409ppi, which is not top of the charts but it is already more than enough.
The display is going to have a protection glass of Corning Gorilla Glass 5. It is also going to come have a 90Hz refresh rate, 180Hz touch-sensing, and also HDR10+ to give you a fantastic gaming and streaming experience.
As for the cameras, it will run as a quad-camera setup. Having a 64-Megapixel as a main camera. Followed by a 12-Megapixel telephoto lens with 2x optical zoom, an ultra-wide with angle of 119° from an 8-megapixel camera, and finally a 2-Megapixel monochrome depth sensor. You will be able to record videos in 4K resolution at 30 fps or 1080p at 60 fps.
The front is where it gets a little interesting, as the phone will be coming with a punch-hole design dual camera. Yes, there were some rumours before and now we are finally confirming it on the actual phone! The front-facing camera will be a 32-megapixel sensor paired with an 8-Megapixel 105° ultra-wide sensor. The front camera is capable of capturing videos at 1080p at either 30 fps or 120 fps.
Other notable features would be the new dual stereo speakers and the discontinuation of the 3.5mm headphone jack. This is also only Realme’s fourth phone with NFC. Like most smartphones these days it uses a USB Type-C connector to charge its 4,200mAh battery. Unfortunately the Realme X50 Pro does not come with wireless charging capabilities, so you are going to have to still depend on a wire to charge the phone.
Last but not least, the brains of the phone. As mentioned above the phone will have a Snapdragon 865 chipset, which also means it is 5G ready. There will be three different variants for RAM and two different internal storage variations. It starts with a minimum of 6GB of RAM paired to a 128GB of storage or an 8GB RAM with also 128GB of storage, and lastly, the maximum RAM and storage you can get is 12GBs of RAM paired to 256GB of storage.
There are two different colours to choose from that is Moss Green and Rust Red. the prices of the phones starts from Rs 37,999 (MYR 2,204) for the 6GB + 128GB, Rs 39,999 (MYR 2,320) for the 8GB + 128GB and Rs 44,999 (MYR 2,610) for the range-topping 12GB + 256GB.
The Samsung Galaxy S20 series was officially unveiled in San Francisco on 10 March 2020. At the event, Samsung unveiled 3 new devices spearheaded by the Galaxy S20 Ultra which brings a whole lot of new features including an 108-megapixel camera sensor. The camera is Samsung’s first featuring what the company calls Space Zoom. The new hybrid zoom function allows users to take pictures with up to 100x Zoom.
The new smartphones have been on pre-order since its announcement on March 11, 2020. That said, the smartphones are set to make their official debut in Malaysia on 6 March, 2020 at nationwide roadshows. The official roadshows will kick off the official sales of the Samsung Galaxy S20 series in Malaysia. They will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Johor, Pahang and Sabah from 6 March, 2020 until 8 March, 2020.
The roadshows will have special freebies for early adopters of the Samsung Galaxy S20 series in limited quantities. Firstly, early purchasers who purchase the smartphones at the Roadshows will be entitled to a wireless charger pad and a 128GB microSD card worth a total of MYR378. In addition, those who line up early will have the option to choose between trading in ANY CAMERA for an instant MYR400 rebate on their purchase of the Galaxy S20, S20+ or the Galaxy S20 Ultra; ORa 50-inch Samsung 4K UHD Smart TV worth MYR2,599. The early bird offers are available in limited numbers for each location. Keep in mind that each purchase is entitled to only one of either offer mentioned before.
The Samsung Galaxy S20 will be available in Cloud Pink, Cloud Blue and Cosmic Gray for MYR3,599. It’s larger sibling, the S20+ will be available in Cloud Blue, Cosmic Black and Cosmic Gray for MYR3,999 while the true flagship, S20 Ultra will be available in Cosmic Black and Cosmic Gray for MYR4,999.