CelcomDigi has made a significant move in the home fibre broadband market with its revised pricing and promotional offers, taking a cue from TM’s recent pricing adjustments. Here’s everything you need to know about their updated plans.
Effective October 13, 2023, CelcomDigi’s home fibre broadband plans are now more affordable, catering to both new and existing customers. Here’s a quick breakdown of the revised prices from the ISP:
Discounts for Existing Postpaid Users
For existing postpaid users, your postpaid rebates will also be updated to match the new rebate values. While the discounts may be slightly lower than before, your final bill remains lower than the new retail prices, ensuring continued affordability.
If you’re already using CelcomDigi’s fibre service, here’s the good news: your monthly bill will automatically adjust to the new standard fibre pricing starting in November 2023. This means that current subscribers will enjoy the new, lower monthly prices without needing to renew or extend their contracts.
Price adjustments for those on the ISP’s Postpaid and Fibre combos will be as follows:
Plan
Monthly Commitment (RM)
Postpaid Rebate (RM)
Fibre Rebate (RM)
Monthly Commitment after Rebates (RM)
CelcomDigi Fiber 50Mbps
RM85
RM10
NA
RM75
CelcomDigi Fiber 100Mbps
RM99
RM10
RM0
RM89
CelcomDigi Fiber 300Mbps
RM139
RM10
RM32
RM97
CelcomDigi Fiber 500Mbps
RM159
RM10
RM0
RM149
CelcomDigi Fiber 800Mbps
RM249
RM0
RM0
RM249
CelcomDigi Fiber 1Gbps
RM289
RM20
RM0
RM269
CelcomDigi is also running a limited-time introductory offer for existing Celcom or Digi postpaid users with RM60 plans and above. If you subscribe to the 300Mbps plan, you’ll enjoy six months of fibre for free. After the initial six months, you’ll continue to receive the RM10 rebate for the rest of the 24-month contract. This effectively means the 300Mbps plan is priced at RM97/month for the first two years.
Samsung Malaysia Electronics has launched the Odyssey Neo G9, the world’s first Dual UHD gaming monitor. This revolutionary monitor boasts a massive 57-inch curved screen with a 32:9 aspect ratio and a resolution of 7680×2160 pixels.
The Odyssey Neo G9‘s display is one of its most impressive features. It has a resolution of 7680×2160 pixels, equivalent to two 4K displays placed side-by-side. This provides gamers with an incredibly immersive gaming experience, allowing them to see more of the game world and react faster to in-game events.
The monitor’s curved design with a 32:9 aspect ratio further enhances the immersive experience. The curve of the display matches the natural curvature of the human eye, providing a more comfortable and engaging viewing experience.
It also features Quantum Matrix Technology, the world’s first when it comes to gaming monitors. This technology utilizes Quantum Mini LEDs to deliver incredibly precise and controlled lighting. Quantum Mini LEDs are much smaller and more efficient than traditional ones, allowing them to produce more accurate and realistic colours.
Quantum Matrix Technology also allows the Odyssey Neo G9 to achieve a peak brightness of 1000 nits. This means that the monitor can display images with incredible detail and clarity, even in the darkest or brightest environments.
It’s all about giving you an edge when you use the Odyssey Neo G9. It has a refresh rate of 240Hz and a response time of 1 ms. This means that games will run smoothly and without any noticeable lag. The monitor’s fast refresh rate and response time are ideal for competitive gamers who need to be able to react quickly to in-game events.
The Odyssey Neo G9 has a DisplayPort 2.1 input, which allows it to handle even the most demanding games with ease. DisplayPort 2.1 is the latest version of the DisplayPort standard and it offers a significant bandwidth increase over previous versions. This means that the Odyssey Neo G9 can support games with high resolutions and refresh rates without problems.
Pricing & Availability
The Odyssey Neo G9 is now available for pre-order on Samsung Malaysia’s website. The monitor is priced at RM10,999, but customers who register their interest before 8 November 2023 will be eligible for a RM300 e-voucher and savings up to RM4,000.
Motorola recently made big announcements at Lenovo Tech World 2023, including a new bendable concept phone and a new AI platform called MotoAI.
MotoAI – Motorola’s foray into AI
MotoAI is Motorola’s answer to AI personal assistants and is being developed to power its future PCs and smartphones. The platform is expected to include a variety of AI features, including personalisation unique to the user, a sophisticated personal assistant, and enhanced data privacy.
This AI model will never stop learning and is able to adapt to the user’s habits and preferences over time. This will allow MotoAI to provide users with more helpful suggestions on top of unique personalisation. Naturally, this means there will be enhanced data privacy to give users more control over their data.
It’s unclear when the MotoAI will be fully released to the public, but it will be interesting to see what Motorala has in store in the near future. With how they have been investing heavily into AI and other innovative tech like their bendable phones, it seems like Motorola aims to play in the same leagues as the other big AI players.
Motorola is definitely not a stranger to the smartphone world. In fact, at one point, the company was known for its innovations in the smartphone industry. Now, as a subsidiary of Lenovo, Motorola is flexing its chops again with an exciting and unique bendable phone concept at Lenovo Tech World. This groundbreaking device showcases a 6.9-inch flexible pOLED screen that can transform into various forms, promising a new era in smartphone technology.
This concept device boasts an adaptive display concept that redefines how we could use our smartphones. The 6.9-inch flexible pOLED screen is the star of the show. The FHD+ display is able to bend and flex into multiple configurations to suit your needs. When flat, it offers a full Android experience, exactly like what we’re used to in a standard smartphone. A little bending later, the phone is able to stand upright and is a standee or standing phone with a 4.6-inch display.
However, what truly sets this concept apart is its ability to be wrapped around your wrist, transforming into an oversized smartwatch. It’s reminiscent of those bendy slap-on watches that were all the rage back in the 90s. While the practicality and safety of this wrist-worn mode are yet to be proven, future possibilities are intriguing, to say the least.
Although the concept is intriguing, Motorola has been tight-lipped about specific details. Important information such as the device’s processor, battery capacity, and other key specifications are still shrouded in secrecy. While the device is not a market-ready product yet, it serves as an innovative glimpse into what the future of smartphones could hold.
Apple users, get ready for a minor change in your monthly fees. As a result of Apple’s recent price review, the company has raised the prices of Apple TV Plus, Apple Arcade, Apple News Plus, and the Apple One packages. This change is in keeping with the industry-wide pattern of rising subscription costs.
For international Apple users, prices are increased between USD$2 and USD$3. Moving forward, the prices will be:
Subscription
Original Price (USD)
New Price (USD)
Increase (USD)
Apple TV+
USD$6.99
USD$9.99
USD$3.00
Apple Arcade
USD$4.99
USD$6.99
USD$2.00
Apple News+
USD$9.99
USD$12.99
USD$3.00
This price hike also affects the Apple One packages, which bundles several of Apple’s services. Apple One has three tiers which all have been subjected to price raises as well.
Subscription
Bundled Services
Original Price (USD)
New Price (USD)
Increase (USD)
Individual
iCloud+ (50GB) Apple TV+ Apple Music Apple Arcade
USD$16.95
USD$19.95
USD$3.00
Family (5-users)
iCloud+ (200GB) Apple TV+ Apple Music Apple Arcade
USD$22.95
USD$25.95
USD$3.00
Premium
iCloud+ (2TB) Apple TV+ Apple Music Apple Arcade Apple Fitness+ Apple News+
USD$32.95
USD$37.95
USD$5.00
However, even with all the current price hikes, it is of note that other Apple services like Apple Music, Fitness+, and iCloud+ memberships are unchanged as of now.
The recent price hikes also affect Malaysian Apple users particularly those who use the Apple One subscriptions. Apple One members in Malaysia will see a small rise in the monthly fee for the service.
Subscription
Bundled Services
Original Price (MYR)
New Price (MYR)
Increase (MYR)
Individual
iCloud+ (50GB) Apple TV+ Apple Music Apple Arcade
MYR29.90
MYR34.90
MYR5.00
Family (5-users)
iCloud+ (200GB) Apple TV+ Apple Music Apple Arcade
MYR39.90
MYR44.90
MYR5.00
Premium
iCloud+ (2TB) Apple TV+ Apple Music Apple Arcade Apple Fitness+ Apple News+
MYR78.90
MYR84.90
MYR6.00
Other well-known subscriptions like Netflix have also seen a price hike which is becoming a recent trend among other subscriptions too. These price hikes are unfortunately necessary to cover the ever-increasing price of delivering excellent content and services to users.
Xiaomi has just unleashed its latest flagship smartphone series known as the Xiaomi 14 series. Xiaomi’s latest devices have a new OS – Hyper OS – and is the first Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 CPU.
The Xiaomi 14 Pro is equipped with a 6.7-inch LTPO AMOLED display. This screen is brighter than our future with an obscene 3,000nits brightness. It also comes with a 1440 x 3200 pixels resolution that gives it a pixel density of 522ppi and a 120Hz refresh rate. The smartphone itself comes with a durable Ceramic Glass finish. It also comes with Dolby Vision and HDR10+ compatibility. The Xiaomi 14 Pro also has Dolby Atmos stereo speakers for an immersive audio experience.
Under the hood, the Xiaomi 14 series comes with the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. It’s the first smartphone to have it hot off its announcement at the recent Snapdragon Summit. The processor is complemented with up to 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 512GB of internal storage.
The series also supports Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, and NFC. It has a whopping 4,800mAh battery capable of fast charging of 120W. It also supports 50W wireless charging and 10W reverse wireless charging. Did we forget? It’s also got IP68 water- and dust resistance.
Xiaomi 14 Pro’s camera setup boasts one of the first to sport a breakthrough 50-megapixel “Light Hunter 900” primary sensor. The sensor is equipped with OIS and features a variable aperture and a Leica Summilux lens. The setup also includes a floating 40-megapixel telephoto lens with OIS and 3.2x optical zoom and a 50-megapixel ultra-wide sensor. The front camera is a 32-megapixel sensor. Video lovers will adore the variable aperture’s f/1.42 to f/4 range and 8K resolution at 24fps.
The vanilla version of the Xiaomi 14 has a 6.36-inch LTPO AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate and 3,000 nits’ peak brightness as well as density pixels of 460ppi. The image resolution is 1200 x 2670 pixels. It also supports Dolby Vision, HDR10+, and Dolby Atmos stereo speakers remain. This one is IP68-rated for water and dust resistance like the Pro and sports an under-display fingerprint scanner. It has a 4,610mAh battery that supports 90W wired charging, 50W wireless charging, and 10W reverse wireless charging.
The Xiaomi 14’s main camera is equipped with a 50-megapixel Light Hunter 900 sensor, a 50-megapixel wide-angle sensor, and a 50MP telephoto sensor with 3.2X optical zoom making. Its 32MP selfie camera supports 8K 24p video however unlike the Pro it does not come with variable aperture.
Pricing & Availability
The Xiaomi 14 series is currently priced only for the China region with 14 Pro costing:
Variant
Price (CNY)
Converted Pricing (MYR)
12GB RAM + 256 GB storage
CNY4,999
MYR3,266.38
16GB RAM + 512 GB storage
CNY5,499
MYR3,590.88
16GB RAM + 1TB storage
CNY5,999
MYR3,917.38
While the Vanilla version costs:
Variant
Price (CNY)
Converted Pricing (MYR)
8GB RAM + 256GB storage
CNY3,999
MYR2,611.27
12GB RAM + 256 GB storage
CNY4,299
MYR2,807.16
16GB RAM + 512 GB storage
CNY4,599
MYR3,002.83
16GB RAM + 1TB storage
CNY4,999
MYR3,264.00
Both series are available in Black, Jade Green, and White and the regular Xiaomi 14 has a Snow Mountain Pink while the Xiaomi 14 Pro has a Titanium edition.
Stay tuned for more coverage of the Xiaomi 14 series especially when it comes to the international launch.
Cisco is bringing a whole load of AI features to its cloud collaboration platform, Webex. Its new strategy which focuses on using AI to enhance real-time audio and video communications is touted to change the way companies collaborate in a world that is embracing a hybrid model of work. Unlike traditional AI applications limited to text or documents, Cisco’s Webex leverages AI for audio and video to tackle everyday challenges, ensuring crystal-clear calls and meetings even with low bandwidth.
The Webex AI Assistant
In the largest way, Cisco is introducing AI as a digital personal assistant to help augment and boost productivity when using Webex. The Webex AI Assistant is a powerful tool designed to boost productivity and accuracy. This new AI Assistant will be integrated across the entire Webex portfolio, which includes the Webex Suite, Cisco Collaboration devices, Webex Contact Center, Webex Connect, and Webex Control Hub. This approach is already being tested by renowned companies like McLaren Racing and Team DSM.
The Webex AI Assistant will offer a range of capabilities that empower users and reduce IT workload. These features include:
Change Message Tone, which provides suggestions to improve messaging tone, format, and phrasing.
Suggested Responses for contact centre agents responding to customers on digital channels.
Meeting Summaries to help users catch up on missed meetings with easily digestible summaries.
Message Summaries to recap unread messages or spaces.
Slido Topic Summaries for virtual and hybrid events to navigate trending topics.
According to Jeetu Patel, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Cisco Security and Collaboration, “We’re at the tipping point of a new era of hybrid work, with AI holding the key to helping us bridge the gap and enable us all to work and communicate to our full potential.”
AI For Better Quality Conferencing with Webex’s Real-Time Media Models (RMMs), AI Codec & Super Resolution
Cisco is also bringing Real-Time Media Models (RMMs) to Webex. These models will provide rich context for human interactions during meetings. They will enhance audio and video quality, enabling features like people and object recognition, and action analytics such as movement and gestures. RMMs enable audio and video channels to provide context for text-based capabilities like meeting summaries and highlights.
For example, in the future, Webex could recognize when a participant leaves a meeting and capture meeting notes to bring them up to speed upon their return.
In addition, Cisco is also introducing AI Codecs to resolve audio quality challenges caused by network impairments. Whether you’re in a car, a hotel room, or a rural area with poor connectivity, this AI Codec aims to deliver crystal-clear audio by ensuring that the audio quality remains consistent regardless of network conditions. The AI Codecs also include speech enhancement functions like noise removal and bandwidth extension.
Webex employs machine learning techniques to enhance video quality through Super Resolution. Super Resolution, in terms that AMD and NVIDIA use is a super sampling of graphical data to create an image that is larger than the resolution intended and then downsampling it to meet the intended resolution. With technologies like DLSS and FidelityFX, this technology is able to deliver more detail even at lower resolutions. In Cisco’s case, it will be used to deliver high-definition video quality, regardless of varying bandwidth conditions.
Responsible AI Framework & Rollout
Cisco adheres to a Responsible AI Framework that prioritizes transparency, fairness, accountability, privacy, security, and reliability. The Webex AI strategy and AI Assistant capabilities will align with this framework.
These innovations are set to roll out at various stages in 2023. Cisco is committed to delivering the best AI experience through a combination of best-of-breed models, both commercial and open source, with a focus on security, privacy, and human rights.
DJI has unveiled the Osmo Pocket 3, a compact gimbal camera that packs a punch. This versatile camera offers a 1-inch CMOS sensor, a rotating 2-inch touchscreen, and seamless shifts between horizontal and vertical shooting.
Visual Prowess in a Compact Package
The Osmo Pocket 3 is remarkably small but comes with a 1-inch CMOS sensor, that brings better image quality, even in challenging light conditions. It can shoot in 4K at 120 frames per second (fps). Even in low light, it enhances night shots, capturing authentic colours and sharp details. The camera also adapts exposure for different skin tones, ensuring everyone looks their best.
For those seeking professional-level results, it offers 10-bit D-Log M and 10-bit HLG colour modes. These modes unlock a world of colour possibilities, recording up to one billion colours in 10-bit D-Log M. The 10-bit HLG HDR recording brings more vivid visuals, especially when viewed on HDR-enabled devices.
Smart Features for Effortless Creativity
The Osmo Pocket 3 packs an array of intelligent features. Its 2-inch touchscreen provides intuitive control. It features fast focusing, ensuring sharp images even with fast-moving subjects. The Product Showcase mode is ideal for live streaming and product presentations. Its three-axis mechanical stabilization guarantees steady images during dynamic shooting.
The compact camera offers cinematic-level footage with ActiveTrack 6.0. It includes features like Face Auto-Detect and Dynamic Framing for tracking subjects. The built-in three-mic array reduces wind noise and captures immersive omnidirectional stereo sound. DJI Mic 2 compatibility supports dual-person recording for vlogs and interviews.
This compact camera boasts a 6000mAh battery, offering up to 116 minutes of 4K/60fps footage or 166 minutes of 1080p/24fps recording. Quick charging gets you to 80% in just 16 minutes.
The Osmo Pocket 3 is a versatile creative tool. It serves as a high-definition live streaming device, a webcam for online meetings, and a timecode function that syncs footage seamlessly between different cameras.
Streamline Editing with LightCut
The LightCut app simplifies content creation. It uses AI recognition to highlight moments from your footage and generate shareable 4K videos. It offers diverse video templates for various themes like vlogs, travel, parties, and more. It also eliminates the need to download footage during editing, preserving smartphone storage.
Pricing & Availability
The Osmo Pocket 3 is available to order from DJI Experience Stores, Shopee and Lazada with shipping starting on 25th October 2023. It will be available in two packages the standard package which will include the standard accessories and the Osmo Pocket 3 and a creator’s combo which will include DJI Mic 2 Transmitter (Shadow Black), DJI Mic 2 Windscreen, DJI Mic 2 Clip Magnet, Osmo Pocket 3 Battery Handle, Osmo Mini Tripod and an Osmo Pocket 3 Carrying Bag.
The Osmo Pocket 3 will be retailing at MYR2,299 in Malaysia or USD$519 internationally. The Creator’s combo will be retailing for MYR2,959 in Malaysia or USD$669 internationally.
Samsung is introducing yet another device to its exhaustive lineup of Galaxy devices. The new Galaxy M14 brings most of Samsung’s now signature design and software to a more affordable price point. The new Galaxy M smartphone will be available as part of the government’s Pakej 5G Rahmah initiative to spur the adoption of 5G through the offering of affordable 5G packages complete with 5G-enabled devices.
Source: Samsung
The Samsung Galaxy M14 comes with Samsung’s own Exynos 1330 processor with 128GB of internal storage and 6GB of RAM. You will be able to get an additional 6GB of RAM through RAM expansion on OneUI. The Exynos processor promises to provide enough performance capacity for gaming and even being productive on the go. Samsung also boasts that the Exynos 1330 comes with an improved GPU with 4.7x the performance compared to its predecessor. The 5G-enabled processor also allows access to high-speed mobile internet enabled by 5G technology.
Source: Samsung
The M14 comes with a 6.6-inch FHD+ LCD screen with a 90Hz refresh rate. This screen has the Infinity-V design which has its front-facing camera in a V-shaped cutout. It also supports memory expansion with a microSD card slot.
On the camera front, the Galaxy M14 comes with a 50-megapixel main sensor with an f/1.8 aperture. This is complemented with a 2-megapixel macro sensor with an f/2.4 aperture and a 2-megapixel depth sensor with an f/2.4 aperture. On the front is a 13-megapixel camera with an f/2.0 aperture. Samsung hasn’t mentioned if the cameras come with optical to electronic image stabilization. According to GSM Arena, the setup comes with Phase Detection Autofocus (PDAF).
Source: Samsung
The smartphone comes with a 6,000mAh battery that supports 25W Fast Charging. It also has a side-mounted fingerprint sensor.
Pricing & Availability
Samsung’s Galaxy M14 5G will be available as part of the Pakej 5G Rahmah initiative by the Malaysian Government. As such, it will be part of packages offered by a number of carriers including CelcomDigi, U Mobile and Yes 5G.
Every purchase of the Galaxy M14 5G will be entitled to a complimentary 3-month subscription to Viu. This is redeemable through the Samsung Members app.
Maxis is stepping up its game in the broadband arena with the introduction of new Maxis Home Fibre and Maxis Business Fibre plans. The new plans offer improved speeds and value to its customers. Home Fibre customers can now enjoy lightning-fast speeds of up to 1 and 2Gbps, while Business Fibre subscribers can revel in speeds of up to 1Gbps.
New Maxis Home Fibre customers are in for a treat with promotional pricing during the first 24 months. This deal includes a cutting-edge WiFi 6-certified router, professional installation, and the convenience of Home Zerolution for seamless home device ownership. The Maxis Home Fibre 1Gbps plan also comes bundled with a complimentary Max WiFi subscription, ensuring wall-to-wall WiFi coverage throughout your home.
That’s not all – Maxis Home Fibre now boasts a brand-new 2 Gbps plan with true 2 Gbps speeds, ensuring that all your devices remain connected on this high-bandwidth network. This plan is the first 2Gbps plan in Malaysia to be complemented with a WiFi 6E router.
For businesses, Maxis Business Fibre is now available across the nation at speeds of up to 1Gbps. New Maxis Business Fibre customers will also get to enjoy promotional pricing for the initial 24 months.
What sets Maxis Business Fibre apart is its invaluable 4G wireless backup, ensuring uninterrupted connectivity for businesses. The plans include a free next-generation WiFi 6-certified router and a voice line with unlimited domestic calls. Moreover, subscribers to plans with speeds of 300Mbps and above will receive a free Wi-Fi mesh system, guaranteeing broader coverage within business premises.
The details of the plans are as follows:
Maxis Home Fibre:
Rate Plan
New Price / Month (RM)
Promotional Monthly Rate & Offers (RM)*
2Gbps (NEW)
319
N/A
1Gbps (NEW)
249
Free Max WiFi subscription
500Mbps
159
149
300Mbps
139
129
100Mbps
99
89
*Promotional pricing offered to new subscribers, applicable to the first 24 months
Maxis Business Fibre:
Rate Plan
New Price / Month (RM)
Promotional Monthly Rate & Offers (RM)**
1Gbps (NEW)
299
N/A
500Mbps
219
199
300Mbps
179
139
100Mbps
119
99
**Promotional pricing offered to new subscribers until 30 November 2023, applicable to the first 24 months of contract
