Samsung's 2016 Galaxy A series refresh launches in Malaysia, price starts at RM 1,299

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Samsung's 2016 Galaxy A series refresh launches in Malaysia, price starts at RM 1,299

About the same time last year, Samsung launched the first generation Galaxy A series which implemented Samsung's new design language of premium materials. And today, Samsung Malaysia is announcing the arrival of the second generation Galaxy A series which was announced last month. The new 2016 Galaxy A series will continue Samsung's new design language used on both the Galaxy S6 series and Galaxy Note5.

What's next for Samsung? — "Arguably Samsung has chosen the right path to innovate from the ground up with higher quality materials and innovating closely to Apple's terms meaning that not every year will we be able to see flashy new flagship devices with a radically improved feature set across the board. But the important thing is the they have taken the first step." Continue reading.

That includes a metal frame sandwiched between Gorilla glass to give it that premium look. In reality, the physique of the 2016 Galaxy A series is similar to that of the original Galaxy S6 with aluminium buttons, contoured design on the metal frame and an identical ToutchWiz experience atop of Android 5.1.1 Lollipop.

Besides switching from metal to glass in this year's Galaxy A series, Samsung has also tuned up the specifications to make it competitive for 2016. That includes a bigger and better display, upgraded processors and a new 13MP f.19 camera. Features like microSD card storage expansion and support for dual SIM cards are still present on the new 2016 Galaxy A series.

As for availability, the three 2016 Galaxy A smartphones is now available in stores starting at RM 1,299 for the 4.7" Galaxy A3 and goes up to RM 1,899 for the 5.5" Galaxy A7. The prices differ from last year's Galaxy A series by a huge margin but Samsung is including some nice upgrades this year.

Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016) Key Specifications:

• 4.7-inch 720P Super AMOLED display
• Snapdragon 410 SoC @ 1.5GHz
• 1.5GB RAM
• 16GB memory
• 13MP f1.9 rear camera
• 5MP front camera
• 134.5 x 65.2 x 7.3mm (132g)
• 2,300mAh battery
• RM 1,299

Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) Key Specifications:

• 5.2-inch 1080P Super AMOLED display
• Exynos 7580 SoC @ 1.6Hz
• 2GB RAM
• 16GB memory
• 13MP f1.9 rear camera with OIS
• 5MP front camera
• 144.8 x 71 x 7.3mm (155g)
• 2,900mAh battery
• RM 1,599

Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016) Key Specifications:

• 5.5-inch 1080P Super AMOLED display
• Exynos 7580 SoC @ 1.6Hz
• 3GB RAM
• 16GB memory
• 13MP f1.9 rear camera with OIS
• 5MP fron camera
• 151.5 x 74.1 x 7.3mm (172g)
• 3,300mAh battery 
• RM 1,899

ORIGINAL SOURCE: LOWYAT.NET

Microsoft reverts their decision and allow OneDrive users to keep their free 30GB of storage

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Microsoft reverts their decision and allow OneDrive users to keep their free 30GB of storage

Microsoft might have caused a lot of unnecessary problems when they announced that they will be dropping the free storage options from 15GB to only 5GB last month when they found out that paid customers are taking advantage of the unlimited storage by uploading terabytes and terabytes of data. But today, those problems will be resolved as an official response from a Microsoft representative is saying that existing uses will be able to retain their free storage after all.

But beyond the apologies, Microsoft is also giving back some incentive to active OneDrive users and anyone using more than 5GB of storage on the free OneDrive plan will receive a complimentary one-year subscription of Office 365 Personal which includes 1TB of OneDrive storage. Microsoft says they will begin sending out redemption codes through email early next year.

As for existing Office 365 Home, Personal and University, users will continue to get 1TB of OneDrive storage and the excess storage from the unlimited quota will be available for up to 12 months.

So, what are you waiting for, if you are a OneDrive user and you want to retain your 30GB of free storage (15GB+15GB camera roll bonus), all you have to do is head over to aka.ms/onedrivestorage to keep the free storage. Hurry up and do that today as the offer to retain the base 30GB OneDrive storage ends Jan 31. This also means that new free users in 2016 will only receive 5GB of OneDrive storage.

ORIGINAL SOURCE: WMPOWERUSER via MICROSOFT

Samsung goes glass and metal with their new lineup of mainstream smartphones

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Samsung goes glass and metal with their new lineup of mainstream smartphones

Samsung has been restructuring their mobile phone portfolio since 2014 and with the both the Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge and Galaxy Note5 announced, it is clear that Samsung is no longer interested in building plastic phones. While their flagship lineup has been given the refresh this year, today Samsung is giving their premium Galaxy A lineup a brand new look for 2016.

What's next for Samsung? — Arguably Samsung has chosen the right path to innovate from the ground up with higher quality materials and innovating closely to Apple's terms meaning that not every year will we be able to see flashy new flagship devices with a radically improved feature set across the board. But the important thing is the they have taken the first step. Continue reading.

By brand new look, it basically looks a lot like the Galaxy S6 all around, there's even the same camera bump on the back. With a metal and glass build just like Samsung's 2015 flagship phones, the new 2016 Galaxy A3, A5, and A7 has been given a nice upgrade from the metal unibody design of the original Galaxy A series. But unlike the Galaxy S6, the new 2016 Galaxy A series comes loaded with a microSD card slot despite the glass and metal build.

Other features include an optional Dual SIM variant which is most likely coming to Malaysia, support for Samsung Pay, Samsung KNOX, two new f1.9 camera, Bluetooth 4.1, support for Fast Charging and also the inclusion of a fingerprint scanner on the home button. All three devices feature the exact same design and feature set and the only difference is in terms of the internal hardware and the actual size of the device. At launch, the 2016 Galaxy A series will be running Android 5.1 Lollipop and will most likely be upgraded to Android 6.0 Marshmallow sometime in 2016.

Samsung will start rolling out the new 2016 Galaxy A3, A5 and A7 in China in mid-December and other regions will receive the new 2016 Galaxy A series sometime next year. In terms of pricing, expect the prices of the new models to be similar to that of the existing Galaxy A models.

Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016)

• 5.5" 1080P Super AMOLED
• 1.6GHz Octa-core CPU
• 3GB RAM
• 16GB expandable memory
• 13MP f1.9 rear camera
• 5MP f1.9 front camera
• 3,300mAh battery
• 151.5 x 74.1 x 7.3mm (172g)

Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) 

• 5.2" 1080P Super AMOLED
• 1.6GHz Octa-core CPU
• 2GB RAM
• 16GB expandable memory
• 13MP f1.9 rear camera
• 5MP f1.9 front camera
• 2,900mAh battery
• 144.8 x 71 x 7.3mm (155g)

Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016)

• 4.7" 720P Super AMOLED
• 1.6GHz Quad-core CPU
• 1.5GB RAM
• 16GB expandable memory
• 13MP f1.9 rear camera
• 5MP f1.9 front camera
• 2,300mAh battery
• 134.5 x 65.2 x 7.3mm (132g)