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Apple is reported to be investigating two cases of the new iPhone 8 splitting, days after the smartphone went on sale. According to numerous reports online, the iPhones were detected to be split at the seams, with two cases reported so far. Based on what I know, the first iPhone …

Speeds for mobile internet are increasingly getting better in Myanmar with telco MPT expanding its LTE+ network to Pyin Oo Lwin, a town in Mandalay Division, Myanmar. According to Telecompaper, MPT has been upgrading and switching its existing cell towers throughout the country to deliver LTE+ powered by 4×4 MIMO …

When it comes to Xiaomi, it’s hard for me to not be excited.  I’m not a huge fan of major brands, and Chinese smartphone brands like Xiaomi are making major brands look very expensive. Anyway, the Mi Mix 2 is one of the few smartphones I think is really nice, …

Twitter is expanding the number of characters you can have when tweeting, increasing it by double to 280 characters. Previously, one could only tweet 140 characters, and the increase of characters according to Twitter, is to accommodate other languages which, hence providing more space for one to express themselves on …

Xiaomi is fast becoming a benchmark for new smartphone companies, and it is no wonder when lesser known brands such as OUKITEL decided to put their OUKITEL MIX 2 against the newly released Xiaomi Mi Mix 2. Now, OUKITEL previously had a run with the Sony XZ, in which they …

Myanmar telco MyTel, is keen to cover 90% of Myanmar’s population by the first quarter of next year as it works hard to extend its 4G only network in the country. The fourth telco of Myanmar was awarded a mobile licence in January 2017, and they have since aimed to …

ookyo is the latest not-so-secret internet prepaid plan by Maxis, which was detected by tech sites in Malaysia. At only RM30 a month, ookyo is offering unlimited 4G internet to either socialize, or become anti-social. I say socialize because one of ookyo’s plan is to called the ‘okyo social pack’, …

Ulefone has announced the Ulefone Mix yesterday, which is their first smartphone which is bezel-free, or in their terms, ‘all screen’.  The release of the Ulefone Mix wasn’t a secret as they actually hinted a full screen display phone previously. The phone, obviously mimicking the Xioami Mi Mix, has a …

There’s a leak from Droid-Life which confirms that the coming Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL would come in three colours and two colours respectively while retaining their weird names its predecessor had. According to the site, the new smartphones named Pixel 2 would come in three colours namely …

After the release of the Xiaomi Mi6, the Mi Note 3 and the Mi Mix 2, it looks like Xiaomi is set to release more smartphones, this time under their Redmi Note series, which is their more affordable series. According to TechRadar, the new Redmi Note would be the Redmi …