I need to make a follow up on the iPhone 5 launch that I followed closely earlier this morning.

i) It is a good phone because it is based on an already exist & matured technology, better processor and better camera are something expected for a new phone, in fact it will be applicable to any new phone, be it Apple, Android of Windows Phone.

ii) I've had enough on their marketing phrase such as 'it's never been done before'
On App Store, Tim even claimed.

"90% of the apps in that 700k are downloaded every month. The average customer uses over 100 apps."

"It's a revolution. It's phenomenal."

Hello? How did they come up with the stats?

To my knowledge, none of my friends use over 100 apps.

His theory was indeed revolutionary.

iii) I'm unsure this will be Steve's second turn in his grave. His first turn has to be the naming of "The NEW iPad"

I laughed when Phil said "So a lot has changed, and it's time for the connector to evolve. Our new connector is called Lightning. So we have Thunderbolt and Lightning."

My instant thought was "Ya Phil, why don't you call yourself Thor"

Lastly, iPhone 5 doesn't really give a big 'wow' factor compared to previous releases, such as Retina Display or Siri.

Conclusion: Since iPhone 5 will arrive Malaysia no earlier than November (just my wild guess), you might as well wait for the wildcard in the making: Windows Phone 8, which will also arrive in November.

Samsung has clearly closed a lot of gap with their Galaxy series, and iPhone and Samsung's android seem to be pretty much on par (except on the battery performance & processor speed)

It remains unclear if Apple is able to come up with a revolutionary successor to iPhone 5, but if they can't, Apple's big expansion might become bubbles.

One observation that I found on Tim Cook, is that he is a figure based person (in all his previous presentation, he kept focusing the sales figure and market share)

I've no doubt that he is very good in running operations, but running operations and coming up with revolutionary ideas are two different things.


Nevertheless, iPhone 5 is definitely a solid good replacement on existing smartphone, at least it will work for the next 2 years.

LTE may not be applicable to Malaysia so soon, but it is a big thing for other countries

- A6 Chips (claimed to be 2x faster)
- (Slightly) Better battery life
- Slightly better camera
- 4" 16:9 screen
- Screen is sharper (a layer has been reduced, that touch sensors are integrated right into the display itself)
- 30pin connector is replaced by "Lightning connector" (er, sounds a bit lame)
- iOS 6 (comes with cool looking Maps - replacement of Google Map as the default map)
- 20% lighter & 18% slimmer than iPhone 4S.

Overall, I think it is a better improvement compared with Samsung S2 -> S3

If you haven't owned a smartphone yet, or thinking to get a new smartphone, you won't go wrong with this one.

Nearest + earliest available place? Singapore. 21st September.

So Nokia released its first Windows 8 phone, with interesting (but not being the first) technology such as wireless charging and their PureView camera system.

Currently, if you want a smartphone that you just need for normal surfing, whatsapp and youtube - with good battery life, you can consider Windows phone system.

My prediction is that, it has better battery life than Android, but slightly lose out to iPhone :)

Most importantly, the Modern UI is really a compelling reason why you can try this phone - it is really user friendly and very informative at a glance (with the live-tile)

Finally, two weeks ago, I've helped my dad and sis to join the Maxis Family Plus plan.

That means every month I'll have to pay minimum RM140. (RM80 + RM30 + RM30)

But I think it'll be a saving because:

1) My dad was using Maxis prepaid, with monthly commitment > RM30
2) My sis was using Digi Postpaid RM50 plan, which would exceed RM100 monthly

With the RM80 plan that I have, the call & text rate is better than any of the two plans mentioned above.

Plus we'll have free call & text between the family members.

This is a cut-cost measure, I guess?

Let's hope it'll be good.

Had a chance last Friday to have a glimpse on the new Nokia E72.

My thought? While it has twice faster the processor speed, larger memory space and 5MP camera with flash, 3.5mm audio jack...

It didn't give the 'wow' feeling (that gives with E71)

But again, if it could sell at the same price as E71, I'm sure it'll sell like a hot cake.

I've been using the new phone C901 for half month.

I'm pleased with the phone - it's not so functional but it's basically what I need.

I made a photo collage from randomly selected photos, taken with this phone:



Majority on foods. Hmm. Did I hear "Diet Programme" ?

Finally, decided to get AP set of Sony Ericsson C901 - which cost me RM880, instead of the ori = RM1200.

Would like to thank the people who gave the opinion in the poll as well as in Facebook, who mostly supported for Original set.

Poll result

However, RM880 vs RM1200 is quite something. More over the AP phone nowadays come with 1.5 year warranty - so, this is how it ended - an AP phone.

I still think this phone is overpriced. For RM880 - there's nothing much to boast about (no front camera for a 3G phone, no wifi) - except the camera with xenon flash.

SAR value is quite high - 1.57, I shall use more handsfree or probably get a bluetooh headset instead.

OK. Let's see some of the photo taken:


Photo of moon with Smart Contrast function


Photo of moon with full auto function


Francesco with the "frame" function in the camera


Camwhore with my sister


Photo - traffic jam in the city

While the photo quality isn't really that impressive, but for a camera that's small form - I shall rest my case :P

Still, a slightly overpriced handphone, if you ask me :-)