Editorial

We're really lucky to be invited to our local media briefing of the ASUS ROG Phone. This highly-anticipated smartphone was first experienced back at Computex 2018 and since then, ASUS did quite a lot of fine-tuning and polishing to the ROG Phone. After 4 months, we now have the ROG Phone on our hands once again. There's now a USB-C dock and an official ROG Phone case too.

Over the course of time since Huawei released their P20 and P20 Pro back in early April of this year, we've seen one new additional to the list of colors of the P20 Pro - and that's the Twilight color scheme. Just recently, Huawei announced the two new colors - Morpho Aurora and Pearl White. Even though Huawei Malaysia made the announcement for both colors, only the Pearl White color will be coming to Malaysia.

Over the course of the last 2 months or so, we saw smartphones coming and going as usual. However, there are two smartphones in particular that stood out - the Honor Play and also the brand new Xiaomi Pocophone F1. The main question that got thrown around is always the same - why are they so cheap?

After Computex 2018, I published an article with a similar title. In summary for that article, we covered Computex 2018 by using two smartphones - one performer and another heavy-lifter. But then the Samsung Galaxy Note9 came and we reviewed it, and soon our trip to Taipei followed. Hence, we revisit this topic once again.

Computex 2018 is over - but I think it's time we share something more than just the coverage of booths of brands that are present there. We should take a look at the phones we used too. Why? Because smartphones for traveling require battery longevity, camera quality, and speedy performance.

Smartphone chargers are one of our most prized possession when it comes to tech these days. Some of us bring them out together on a daily basis, whereas some of us bring a power bank. One thing is for sure - these chargers differ from one another. For all smartphone reviews that we do, we highlight what type of charger the phone actually comes with, is it 5V 1A, 5V2A, or something else? Smartphone chargers do affect your user experience.

Here comes a story of me getting a gaming laptop but the fan is not particularly silent enough for me to enjoy anything on my own. Hence I decided to conduct an experiment. Since it is considered a brand new laptop but the fan is ramping up and down like a roller coaster ride, does reapplying the thermal paste solve anything?

It's a funny situation. Facebook claims that the computer that I'm using has malicious software, and hence blocked me from logging in entirely. I was forced to use the Facebook malicious software scanner before I can even log in to my account. Seriously, why do you do this, Facebook?

Ever since I reviewed the first ever ASUS ROG Gladius from more than 2 years ago, I fell in love with that mouse. I loved the shape, the functionality, and the grip of that mouse. It's a really great mouse and has been with me since the day I first laid my hands on it. Over the years, the scroll wheel started having issues.