Taking pictures with the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip

Taking fantastic pictures with manual mode featuring the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip

To maximize the quality of our smartphone cameras, I still think a tripod is still needed to take great pictures. The most common way to improve any image quality is by allowing longer exposure time. And that means we need a tripod. But the Galaxy Z Flip has a special feature.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 9S IR blaster

I lost my AC remote – but the Redmi Note 9S saved the day

For whatever reason, the weather is unreasonably hot. I needed my air conditioner to be turned on as soon as possible. I searched my room for the remote control and I couldn't find it. I thought to myself - where the heck could it be? I continued searching and eventually, I gave up. But then I remembered two Xiaomi phones - the Mi 9, and also the Redmi Note 9S. Both of these phones have an IR blaster.

Why Cheat in Benchmarks?

Cheating in the benchmark application is not new and we have seen a fair share of such fiasco way before the MediaTek's shenanigans that...
HONOR MagicBook

New HONOR MagicBook has great battery life and unbelievable price, plus free gifts worth...

We have taken a look at the HONOR MagicBook not too long ago - and it's love at first glance. Despite being HONOR Malaysia's first laptop in the Malaysian, we immediately said that it is better than the MateBook D 15 that we reviewed here. But, it is also better than a few of its other competitors. Here are a few reasons why.
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Here’s how WiFi connection is tortured recently, according to OpenSignal

It is definitely good news that people around the world is taking COVID-19 seriously and sticks to any lockdowns or isolation made by their government. But more people indoors means a heck lot more WiFi connections to be served and with YouTube and Netflix cutting down bandwidth in order to serve all these requests, it's safe to say that we're trying not to overload our internet infrastructure.
Samsung Galaxy S20

5 reasons why we like the Samsung Galaxy S20 series

There are a lot of things to like about the new Samsung Galaxy S20 series of smartphones. If we talked about all of them in our review, it'll be half an hour long. So, we decided to look at a few aspects of the Galaxy S20 series that stood out to us.
work from home restricted movement

5 tips to stay productive this “work from home” period

Malaysia is currently in the "restricted movement" period. All offices except essential services must be closed - and many of us are currently working from home. Speaking from personal experience, there are lots of temptations to not work when we are in the comfort of our own home.
aptX vs LDAC audio latency

Audio latency test – Sony’s LDAC vs Qualcomm’s aptX

At this point in time, I'll say that the world of wireless audio is still at its infancy. We have a slew of wireless audio codecs in the world right now. Two of the most prominent ones right now are Sony's proprietary LDAC and also Qualcomm's aptX standard.
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realme 5 vs realme 5i vs realme 5s: Clearing up the confusion

Over the course of a few months, realme has a total of 4 different phones in the realme 5 family of devices. We're leaving out the realme 5 Pro because that is a completely different smartphone, as said in our review here. We're only going to focus on the differences of the realme 5, realme 5i, and also the realme 5s in this article.