Another shipment of Mi 3 phones and 5,200mAh Mi Power Banks incoming

Another shipment of Xiaomi Mi 3 — the most affordable smartphone with Full HD and Snapdragon 800 in the country — is coming next Thursday, July 3 at mi.com/my. 7,000 sets of Mi 3 (RM769) and 10,000 units of 5200 mAh Mi Power Bank (RM25) will be available from 12 noon on the day but whether you’ll get one is a whole different story altogether. Take note it is happening on a Thursday and not a Tuesday this time around. If this is your first time, you can refer to the Buyer’s Guide to get a better idea on what to expect on sales day. Good luck!
If you’re looking for something more affordable and with dual-SIMs, Xiaomi will be bringing in the Redmi 1S and Redmi Note to Malaysia next month. The Redmi 1S which is priced at RM419 will be going on sale on 8th July while its bigger 5.5″ Redmi Note will be released later on 22nd July with the price tag of RM509.

Xiaomi Malaysia reveals Redmi 1S and Redmi Note price. Going on sale next month

Xiaomi will be selling 2 more smart phones in Malaysia with the Redmi 1S and the Redmi Note. The Redmi series offers impressive value and is able to support dual-SIM cards. The 4.7″ Redmi 1S will be priced at RM419 and will be going on sale on the 8th July. Its larger 5.5″ Redmi Note is priced at RM509 and will be available later on 22nd July. The sale is happening on their official mi.com/my online store at 12PM.
For those planning of buying the Redmi Note, hope you guessed the price correctly as Xiaomi is giving F-Codes for a better chance of securing a unit on sales day.

U Mobile starts pre-booking for Huawei Ascend P7. Extra freebies for early bird orders

The ultra-slim 6.5mm Huawei Ascend P7 is now available for pre-booking on U Mobile. For the first 100 users that pre-book for U Mobile plan bundling, they are giving the first 100 orders a free Huawei Power Bank and a free Huawei Wireless modem that are worth RM199 each. While the official bundled pricing and plan offer isn’t revealed yet, you can place your pre-booking (strangely is mentioned as pre-order) on VMall.my. Outright, the Huawei Ascend P7 is priced at RM1,499.
The offer is valid to those who subscribe to U Mobile on credit card and is applicable at selected U Stores. According to the T&C, the 4 selected outlets are Berjaya Times Square, Penang, Johor Bahru and Melaka. You can get the full terms and conditions after the break.
To pre-order yours, head over to the special U Mobile promo page at VMall.my.

2014 Honda Jazz on trailer in Malaysia

It looks like the new 2014 Honda Jazz has landed on our shores – reader Rozaimi sighted this trailer near the Bukit Jelutong toll carrying two units of the B-segment hatch.
They’re completely covered up with a white cloth but we’re think no other hatchback of that shape and size would be sharing a trailer with a shipment of Honda City, agreed?
The Jazz’s Malaysian launch will happen some time this year, following the Thailand launch which saw multiple variants launched from RM55k. Listings on oto.my have suggested a few launch dates from July to September – a pretty wide spectrum, but dealers have been known to be wrong thanks to the principal giving out conservative dates to play it safe. We’re predicting a third quarter 2014 launch for this one.

The 2014 Honda Jazz’s drivetrain should be similar to our Honda City‘s, comprising a 120 PS/145 Nm 1.5 litre SOHC i-VTEC four-cylinder motor and a CVT automatic transmission. The Thailand spec car starts off with an S spec with a 5-speed manual transmission for the baseline RM55k price, and this goes up to RM59k for the entry level S CVT variant, rising to RM75k for the range-topping Jazz SV+ CVT.
Equipment highlights include a seven-inch touch-screen audio system with HDMI support, Siri Eyes Free Mode for iPhones (4S and above), touch-panel auto air-con, steering audio/phone controls and keyless entry/push start. On the safety front, top-spec cars get ABS, EBD, VSA, six airbags and a reverse camera. The Jazz will get the Ultra Seats feature that the previous generation was known for too, of course.
For Malaysia, oto.my classifieds listings have so far indicated an RM75k price, which is pretty much equal to the current locally assembled Honda Jazz 1.5 Petrol’s RM74,800 retail price. This leads us to believe the Honda Jazz will be launched right away as a CKD car, which makes sense given the massive investments that Honda Malaysia have been putting into their Alor Gajah plant.

A Honda Jazz Hybrid will probably come later, powered by a 110 PS/134 Nm 1.5 litre i-VTEC Atkinson-cycle engine paired to a 29.5 PS/160 Nm electric motor built into a seven-speed twin-clutch ‘box.
One key benefit of this new hybrid system over the previous generation Jazz Hybrid’s system is the fact that it can run in pure electric mode and automatically switches between EV Drive, Hybrid Drive and Engine Drive depending on driving conditions. Moving off from a stand still is done in EV mode.
We’ll come back to you with more information on the 2014 Honda Jazz as soon as we have it, so stay tuned. In the meanwhile, you can read more about the specs and prices of the current Honda Jazz at CarBase.my including owner reviews from existing Honda Jazz owners.
Thai-market Honda Jazz

JDM Honda Fit Hybrid at Honda’s new Yorii plant

 

The BlackBerry Z3 is coming to Malaysia ??

The BlackBerry Z3 that was initially developed specifically for the Indonesian market is coming to Malaysia based on the information we’ve gathered. BlackBerry Malaysia have scheduled for a media event on June 24 and a quick check in the SIRIM database revealed that the device has already been certified for use in Malaysia. We’ll be at the BlackBerry event next week to give you more details.
Announced at MWC 2014, the Z3 is a 5-inch full touch device made affordable. Selling for 2,199,000 Indonesian Rupiah (about RM621) in Indonesia, you can expect the device to be sold cheaper here in Malaysia as we don’t have heavy tariffs on electronics like Indonesia do.
Detailed specs include qHD (960×540) resolution display pushing 220ppi, a dual-core 1.2 GHz Qualcomm MSM8230 processor with 1.5GB of RAM and 8GB of on-board storage. There’s a rather large — considering the price point — 2,500mAh battery along with micro USB and micro HDMI ports as standard. If you need more storage, the Z3 also comes with a microSD card expansion slot that support cards up to 32GB.
For taking pictures, there’s a 5MP rear camera that can do full HD 1080p video while the front you get a 1.1MP shooter that can do HD 720p videos. Being developed to meet a certain price range, the Z3 lacked LTE but you get WiFi 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0 and NFC.