[NEWS] Doogee bringing Y300 into Malaysia @ RM 599

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Yacht it, timeless youth.

Remembering youth, that would be super amazing memories. To make it stay, D∞GEE is the only brand embracing those days back to youth, making their devices ageless or we should say, without any age gap. Introducing you the latest mid-range smartphone Y300, brought by D∞GEE, a brand with youth and passion! Y300 is also an evolved version of Y200 which was launched in Malaysia back in March.

[D]esign is now clearly the vital aspects affecting the decision every consumers made. With 2.5D Corning Gorilla glass placing on the front and back panel covering the plastic of the phone with the support of an aluminium frame sitting in between, leading the Y300 to look more stylish. Much like other brands, D∞GEE printed its logo on the back of the phone, clearly making it easily notable by other users. Another excellence part of this phone is about the thickness of 6.7 mm and weighing at only 145 grams! Yes! The thinner waist is definitely making the Y300 the chicer gadget! Although the bezels above and below the screen eat up some of the space, this slim device is actually presented with a 80 percent screen-to-body ratio, which means you can see the display is stretched from side to side, with minimal bezels.  

[O]ptimizing the screen with a 5-inch capacitive IPS screen with 1280 x720 pixels resolution bringing the Y300 to a higher range as the HD resolution is perfect fit for this screen as well as sparing the battery life for longer usage. While talking about the battery, a non-removable 2,200 mAh lithium-ion battery is powered up and able to last over a day with moderate usage. Viewing angles are excellent with good contrast as well as vivid colors offering by the Y300 even though it is a mid-range smartphone. The Y300 runs on a 64-bit Mediatek MT6735 1.3 HGz Quad Core processor pairing up with Mali-T720 GPU for solid graphic performance. 2GB of RAM is built in for backing up multitasking done on the device. These would then provide the Y300 the capabilities of browsing, watching HD videos, and last but not least, playing video games!

[O]perating system being used on the Y300 is the latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow, making it an exception as most Chinese smartphones in this price range are running on older version of Android OS. Owning a newer version always makes people feel better, at least psychologically! Back to the topic, on top of the Android 6.0 Marshmallow, D∞GEE has its own customized UI that runs great without being laggy. 
[G]uaranteed sharp and detailed images with good color reproduction as well as more to natural white balance as the Y300 is equipped with a 13MP Sony IMX219 rear camera. A LED flash is available to support for low light shooting. The front camera is of 5MP resolution and that is good enough for selfies as well as for video calling.

[E]xpanding the storage up to extra 32GB with micro SD card if 32GB of onboard storage is not sufficient for you. Unfortunately the micro SD card is occupying the same slot together with SIM 2, therefore, only one SIM card is usable if you plan to add on some memory storage to the Y300. Else you may slot in two SIM cards and use them simultaneously, supporting networks up to 4G LTE.

[E]xperiencing the latest D∞GEE Y300 at the price of RM599 (or RM549 on Lazada), with three colour options available: black, white, or gold.
Get them here @ Gemfive or Lazada! Hurry up!

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[REVIEW] Asus Zenfone Zoom, new era of mobile photography?

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Asus had released their latest mobile photography smartphone, the Asus Zenfone Zoom in Malaysia this early January at the retail price of RM 2,099 (included GST). Asus Zenfone Zoom is powered by Intel Quad Core processor, 4GB RAM and also 128GB ROM. The rear camera is a 13MP PixelMaster camera with 10-element lens with built-in laser auto-focus. The appearance of Asus Zenfone Zoom creates a new era of mobile photography with sleek design, thinner body yet with a feel of owning a DSLR.

So let's go on a tour looking at how powerful Asus Zenfone Zoom is in creating a new era for mobile photography!

the [A]ppearance
During mid of 2014, Samsung did launch a smartphone that comes with optical zoom, literally being named as Samsung K Zoom. It was one of the hottest model in the market previously, however it is too bulky to bring around as a phone. It is an honor to say that Asus managed to keep the thinness of Zenfone Zoom, making it as the world's thinnest optical zoom smartphone. Unlike the other Zenfone models, Zenfone Zoom is covered with a premium leather back casing. It boosts up the whole look and the classiness in both the milky white or piano black. A shutter button is equipped at the same side of power and volume button, lead to easier and more time-saving photo capturing or video recording session. No longer losing any special scene! Additionally, the volume button is customized to work as the optical zoom function that zooms up to 3X without any noise. 

The shutter button is very useful for photo capturing especially selfies!

the [B]rain
The brain of Asus Zenfone Zoom is powered by the latest Intel 64 bit Super Quad-Core processor together with 4GB RAM. If 128GB storage is not sufficient, you may add on extra storage through the Micro SD card slot available, up to another 128GB. The 3000mAh capacity non-removable battery is common in the market that makes no difference among Zenfone Zoom and other smartphone. Somehow, Zenfone Zoom can still lasts up to almost a day for moderate usage. No hassles charging Zenfone Zoom in the middle of your work and/or battery dying on the way back home after work. Does it sound great to you?  ZenUI is one of my favourite OS as it offers smart grouping, knock-to-wake feature, customized gesture to open the app directly when phone is sleeping and many mores.

the [C]amera
Asus has underlined Zenfone Zoom as a new era of mobile photography with its hoya 10-element lens as well as the 3X optical zoom. However, the aperture will be adjusted automatically between f2.7 and 4.8 depends on the focus length used. The built in Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) is able to eliminate shaky and blurry shot, but it does not helps during night time photography as the photo taken still shaky or blurred. Although Low Light mode (mode specially designed for users to take photo when the light source is not sufficient) is available on device, but photo only captured at 3 megapixel which will destroy the image quality . 
I do enjoy taking photo using Zenfone Zoom's auto white balance as it brings out more accurate environment tone and save up my time from doing any editing before posting on social media. The 3X optical zoom works better than post-cropping your photo. You can #ZoomToMax to #SeeTheWorldUpClose yet with awesome and sharp photos. It will be better if the aperture stays at f2.7 to create greater bokeh feel even after applying the 3X optical zoom.

Below are some sample shots taken with Asus Zenfone Zoom

the [D]enouement
It is a shame to say that Zenfone Zoom heats up much more faster and consumes much more battery with the boosted Intel processor. I found that it can easily eats up 30% of battery after shooting continuously for 2 hours. From the perception of a professional photographer, who will be using gears for at least 6 hours for an event, a powerbank is needed in hand if you plan to snap photo using Zenfone Zoom as the spare battery tricks will not be working on this device for the nondetachable battery. Furthermore, Asus should improve low-light mode or night time photography to make it more like a DSLR smartphone. Other than that, RAW image format should be included in the camera software to work alike to a DSLR. If Asus is able to overcome all these limitations, it is for sure Asus Zenfone Zoom will become the new era of mobile photography!

Reviewing Honor 5X Camera (Good Food Mode) at Korean No. 1 BBQ Chicken Restaurant (Berjaya Times Square branch)

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Are you a city hopper around KL area? Been too many times in Berjaya Times Square but have no idea about where to go for a quick bite or filling meal? Don't ever miss this post then! As I would like to introduce you the no. 1 Korean BBQ chicken that you do not even need to spend that much to fly to Korea. To be honest, it is my thousand times being here, passing by at least a hundred times with no further steps taken. With the fragrant aroma spreading around the area, I decided to give it a try since I have to do a camera review for the latest Honor 5X.


Even if you are not a city hopper or you do not live in KL city, hold still, it is okay, you can also visit the other BBQ branches as they own 17 outlets in Malaysia and more than 4,150 outlets in 59 countries over the world!



Does it looks familiar but still cannot figure out where does it locate? No worries! Secret to be revealed!


Ta-dah! Yes it is the familiar cinema logo! It is located just opposite GSC and next to Old Town Cafe (refer to next photo shown below).


It is quite spacious outside that you do not have to worry about places to be seated.


It does look like a self-order counter but fortunately it is not! I was served to be seated comfortably with a classy menu provided.

After struggling some times with the menu, I decided to get myself an appetizer, a main course as well as a snack bites combo.


Surprisingly FOODPANDA was spotted in the restaurant too! I took a photo with a consent of the delivery man and assuming this would be the savior for homie people.


The Pane Mushroom Cream Soup (RM 13.90) was being served first! It is quite a big portion that served with a soft and crispy pane.


Look at the way the pane was dipped in the mushroom soup! The premium mushroom soup is really thick and creamy. I admitted I underestimated this restaurant! Never expected that the soup will taste this good that the pane do balance up the saltiness of the creamy soup. Ommo I can still remember how it tastes.


And this is how close and how detailed Honor 5X photos resulted as! Impressed enough to have good food and nice gadget in a post? xoxo I guess I am the most lucky one who able to try both at the same time!


Secondly was the snack bites being served (Korean Combo 2: RM 26.90). This combo comes with 6 pieces of crispy olive chicken and 6 pieces of gangjeong chicken. Getting to try both flavour but pay lesser, why not?


Okay these are the crispy olive chicken! BBQ chicken is the very first brand that uses 100% Olive Oil for frying, providing tasty food with healthier choice, so why not giving them a try?


Followed by the gangjeong chicken! I wondered whether I would get "ganjeong" (in cantonese, means anxious) after eating this. The answer is absolutely! Guess why? It is spicy enough to conquer my taste bud that it even numbs for a while  =(


And here comes my main course -- Jerk BBQ (meal, RM19.90), serving with a salad, fries and a portion of rice with few cashew nuts on!


It is also the best seller in BBQ Chicken Restaurant! The whole chicken leg was marinated in BBQ Chicken secret Jamaican Jerk Sauce for more than 10 hours and being grilled over hot flame. The juiciness of chicken pairing up perfectly with different types of spices coated over the whole leg. Surely deserve to be the best seller!


Another closed-up shot by Honor 5X! I would say that for the same range of products, Honor 5X is doing a better job on the camera part!

In conclusion, I am drooling due to writing this blogpost late night and it does make me feel more hungry. BBQ chicken is definitely worth for the varieties flavours of chicken available! Recommending their Pane Mushroom Cream Soup, Olive Fried Chicken as well as the Jerk BBQ meal (you may try the ala carte one if it sounds too filling for you)! Not too much into the "ganjeong" chicken unless you are a fans of hot and spicy!

All photos shown above were taken by Honor 5X (Good Food Mode << yes I know it sounds so YEAH but ya it is true)!

Below are some photos comparing the result between different phones and to show how close the Honor 5X can hit!


This was taken by Iphone 6 with normal mode and I would say the good food mode in Honor 5X truly made a big difference on illustration purpose that food looks nicer =P


This photo was taken by Huawei Mate 8 and this is how close the Honor 5X can go!


Another photo taken by Huawei Mate 8 showing that how impressed an Honor 5X can perform!


BBQ Chicken Restaurant
(opposite GSC cinema, next to Old Town Cafe)
03-111, 3rd & 4th Floor,
Berjaya Times Square,
No. 1, Jalan Imbi,
55100 Kuala Lumpur.

03 - 2141 8126

Opening Hours: 10am - 10pm

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Experience Dealing With Zalora and Groupon

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