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Gameloft has revealed the details of the Modern Combat Versus honor International Series Esports competition finals, which will take place on April 7^th at the ESL Studios in Paris. The competition is held in collaboration with the leading smartphone e-brand, honor.

Over the last several weeks, the best players from France, Germany, Italy, Spain, India and Malaysia squared off as teams of four (4) in the hit game Modern Combat Versus, with the hopes of winning a spot in the finals and taking home €10,000 and the new AI-powered honor View 10, the official smartphone of the competition.

After a fierce qualifying phase, six (6) teams have earned their place at the finals:

• Bujang Lapok (Malaysia)
• EMP Clan (Germany)
• E.D. (Italy)
• Supremacy (France)
• The Four Immortals (India)
• The Royals (Spain)

Who will win the 2018 Modern Combat Versus honor International Series?

Mark your calendar for April 7^th! The event starts at 6 p.m. and will be streamed here on the Gameloft YouTube channel.

The “Modern Combat Versus honor International Series” is part of the launch of the honor View10.

Visit the honor site for more information about the honor View10.

Download Modern Combat Versus on the App Store and Google Play.

honor, the world’s No.1 e-brand for digital natives today announced the official rollout of the FACE UNLOCK update for both the honor 7X and honor 9 Lite. The feature will be made available on the honor 7X starting from today onwards and the honor 9 Lite from 3 April onwards in batches.

“Our brands commitment is to introduce meaningful innovation. We have constantly introduced smart consumer centric products and features to excite our fans and customers. The FACE UNLOCK intelligent feature, usually available in flagship-level smartphones will now be made available on both the honor 7X and honor 9 Lite,” said Zhao Zhiwei, Head of honor Malaysia.

“We strive to be an industry leader to provide feature rich devices with best in class software at competitive pricing – this is what both the honor 7X and honor 9 Lite offers and aims to do.

The FACE UNLOCK feature which records more than 1,000 data points on your face is safer with the option for users to hide content notifications on the lock screen, where it will only be shown when your face is recognised.

The honor 7X when launched last year was Malaysia’s most affordable FullView display smartphone with a 5.93-inch edge-to-edge, bezel-less screen design that provides remarkable display quality and achieves an extraordinary high screen-to-body ratio. The honor 9 Lite which is honor’s first Lite series that was introduced this March made history in Malaysia with record-breaking sales in the smartphone category on the e-commerce platform, Shopee with daily sales of over 2,500 units sold in just six hours.

For more information on honor, please visit www.hihonor.com/my/

• The honor View10 features state-of-the-art artificial intelligence (AI), making View10 a phone that think, learn and react.
• Optimised performance with the powerful Kirin 970 chipset with 6GB + 128GB memory and EMUI 8.0, unleashing exceptional processing power, perfect for multi-tasking and gaming.
• Available nationwide from January 12 onwards at the recommended retail price of RM2,099, with pre-orders beginning January 8, 2018.

honor, a global leading smartphone e-brand, brings the honor View10 that is world’s most powerful mobile AI processor and architecture to the Malaysian market. This marks the beginning of a new AI-smartphone era which will enable optimum performance, entertainment and a fun user experience.

The wait for View10 is over. Pre-order starts January 8 with units available for sale on January 12, 2018.

“We have received so many requests and enquiries on the View10 that we just had to ensure that our Malaysian fans are amongst the first in the world to get their hands on the honor View10. We managed to bring up the availability of the much anticipated model by two months from what was originally planned. We were supposed to only start sale of the View10 in March, but we knew we had a lot of fans here in Malaysia.

“Similar with the key features of the View10, which is a phone that think, learn and react, we did the same where we observed the sentiments of the market, quickly put into motion our learnings and reacted accordingly to bring the View10 to Malaysia much earlier. We are truly grateful of the support we have received thus far and we are committed to continue to provide world-class devices which meet and exceed customer satisfaction,” said Zhao Zhiwei, Head of honor Malaysia.

Pre-order with exclusive gift set worth RM699 limited to 1,000 units only.

Pre-order for the honor View10 is available on four major online platforms – Vmall, Lazada, Shoppe and 11Street.

The pre-order handsets will come with gift-set worth RM699 which includes an honor band A2 and Final Fantasy Redemption Card. The gift-sets will be limited to the first 1,000 units sold.

The honor View10, retailing at RM2,099, will be available in two colours – BLUE and BLACK that comes with a 6GBRAM/128GB ROM.

“Back in 2016, we (honor) were the first brand to introduce the concept of AI-phones to the industry with honor Magic. Transcending that boundary of a typical smartphone, we are moving forward and introducing the honor View10 which comes feature-packed with all the latest technology has to offer and premium specifications. The honor View10 will undoubtedly be the best intelligent smart phone in the market.

“The honor View10 aims to enable exceptional user experience with our very first AI-powered smartphone, which marks the beginning of a new AI era for us. Our goal is to always deliver top-end quality and performance-based devices at a highly competitive price point,” continued Zhao.

Revolutionary mobile AI and ultimate performance

The powerful Kirin 970 chipsets which include a Neural-Network Processing Unit (NPU) is at the heart of the honor View10’s extreme optimum performance. It powers a series of new AI applications which recognise different scenes when taking photos, translates different languages in real-time even without an Internet connection and understand user’s behaviors and optimises the phone’s performance.

The new Kirin 970 features an octa-core ARM Cortex CPU and a first-to-market Mali-G72 12-core GPU. Together with 6GB + 128GB memory and EMUI 8.0, it unleashes amazing processing power in multi-tasking environment and gaming.

honor engineers looked into why smartphone performance decreases over time in different scenarios. Based on this information, the honor View10’s AI monitors and understands the users usage pattern and predicts how it will affect performance. It then automatically manages resources such as CPU, memory, I/O, storage, file systems and battery which is able to reduce abnormal app launch rates by 80%.

AI-powered Translation in real-time

honor has partnered with Microsoft to implement offline AI Accelerated Translator software in the honor View10 that enables a faster, accurate and interactive snap-to-translate service. The new Kirin 970 processor has a powerful Neural-Network Processing Unit (NPU) which increases translation speed by 300% compared to other translation apps. AI-enhancement enables real-time face-to-face voice translation and photo recognition translation. This is made possible because there is no network lag.

Superior performance and partnership with global game developers

Users can use the special Gaming Suite to boost gaming performance. honor has partnered with leading game developers to heighten games for the honor View10, ensuring that games take full advantage of the hardware platform.

Long battery life and SuperCharge

The 3,750 mAh battery and honor SuperCharge technology make honor View10 ideal for gamers and heavy users. honor SuperCharge is able to charge the phones battery to 50 percent in just 30 minutes while operating at a low temperature and voltage.

Pictures to near-DSLR quality with AI-camera

honor View10 is equipped with a high-definition AI-powered 16MP + 20MP dual-lens camera with F/1.8 wide aperture and 2-in-1 PDAF automatic focusing, enabling users to take professional photos in the blink of an eye. The AI scene recognition feature makes professional photography just a click away.

The new ISP with AI capability allows cameras to identify objects and scenery in real-time. The honor View10 recognises 13 different scenes and objects, such as people, sky, food and cat. The camera instantly sets the best parameters by adjusting colors, contrast, brightness and exposure, to make your photos better than ever.

For more information on honor, please visit www.hihonor.com/my/

See now. Buy now. As the global leading smartphone e-brand, honor Malaysia will break records by hosting its biggest cybersale in history with RM4.5 million worth of discounts on offer in conjunction with its Double 11 shopping festival – the world’s biggest online shopping day of the year.

The cybersale which will be hosted on honor’s official e-store, Vmall will see irresistable promotions beginning 7 November till 11 November.  One of the exciting deals consumers can lookout for are the flash sales, which starts at 10am daily for an hour. During this period, honor’s phones as low as RM299, or up to 65% off will be up for grabs.

“This year, we are marking the largest shopping online event, Double 11 with our biggest cybersale in history.  We are excited to give back to our Malaysian customers and to show our appreciation towards their continuous support. We have over RM4.5 million worth of discounts, with items starting as low as RM3 up for grabs on Vmall!” expressed Zhao Zhiwei, head of honor Malaysia.

Other promotional offers that shoppers can look out for are powerbanks starting from RM68 (original price of RM199) and headphones at RM68 (original price of RM248). Meanwhile, smartphone accessories will be available starting from RM11.

To take advantage of the amazing offers made available by honor Malaysia for the upcoming Double 11 cybersale, customers can visit www.vmall.my.

For more information on honor, visit http://www.hihonor.com/my or the honor Malaysia Facebook page.

honor Malaysia today announced that it will be introducing a device that is able to satisfy the needs of everyday Malaysians with the price consumers desire. The device which will be introduced in the market sometime this October continues the honor tradition of providing high quality devices at a price consumers want to pay.

“In the markets we operate in, we take a high level of commitment to offer products which embodies high standard in aesthetics, performance and innovation. In introducing our latest device in Malaysia, we have engaged extensively with our consumers and fans. We believe this device will address the growing need of consumers wanting a reliable, high-quality device that will suit their budgets” said Zhao Zhiwei, Head of honor Malaysia.

The new honor smartphone will feature an inspired design of metal that is finished with a sophisticated sandblasting process and a multi-function fingerprint sensor that makes the user experience even more intuitive. For a sneak preview of the new honor smartphone, visit our Facebook page atwww.facebook.com/HuaweiHonorMY/. Stay tuned!

honor Malaysia, together with Mobile Legends, honor’s exclusive partner for the highly-popular mobile game, recently held a mini Mobile Legends Tournament, a fun and exciting initiative to recognise and reward mobile gaming fans in the country as it continues to connect with its ‘always-on’ users.

The initiative which was held at honor’s very own concept store at Lowyat Plaza with the powerful honor 8 Pro is part of honor’s commitment to deliver high quality customer experience with its innovative world-class devices.

“Our fans and customers are the cornerstone of our success, and part of supporting our fast-growing customer base is offering not only high quality devices but continued engagement. We partnered with Mobile Legends and organised this tournament as a way to recognise the rising popularity of mobile gaming and the talent we have here in Malaysia,” said George Zhao, Head of honor Malaysia.

Zhao added, “We received a full registration within the first few hours of the tournaments announcement and we would like to thank fans for the overwhelming response.’

The two-day tournament saw a total of 60 participants from twelve teams across Malaysia with the winning team walking away with RM1,500 and five honor 360 VR Cameras worth RM599 each, and an opportunity to have a friendly match with the Malaysian Champion of the Mobile Legend Southeast Asia Cup 2017, Team Saiyan. All other participants also walked away with attractive merchandise from honor and Mobile Legends.

For those who registered for the mini Mobile Legends Tournament but were unable to participate due to the tournament’s limited number of entries will receive a free limited edition Miya skin as a token of appreciation for their continuous support.

Geared with the octa-core Kirin 960 chipset which raises CPU processing by 18% and the Mali-G71 GPU which exceeds its predecessor in graphic rendering by 180%, the honor 8 Pro leaves its user with a smooth gaming experience and transition between apps and games. The honor 8 Pro is the official gaming smartphone for this tournament and its able to meet the performance needs and high demand of today’s gaming community.

The wait is finally over, honor, a global smartphone manufacturer will be introducing its best smartphone yet in Malaysia – an energetic smartphone that is purpose-built to suit millennials and the adventurous consumer.

The smartphone line for affordable versus high-end phones are blurring and the much-anticipated new honor smartphone is set to deepen that divide. The new honor smartphone is a result of various strategic partnerships in the areas of gaming, photography and virtual reality. This move by honor is said to bring much more than just a phone that offers great user experience, but a smartphone that has performance that exceeds.

“In Malaysia, honor has experienced extraordinary growth by focusing on the online market and giving digital natives devices that fit their lifestyle, and we are committed to take that a step further. In anticipation of our new honor smartphone, we have been working hard to make the latest smartphone a standout product which represents the evolution of the honor brand. We are very excited to announce that the new smartphone will be making its way to Malaysia real soon,” said a representative from honor Malaysia.

The new honor smartphone will feature next-generation technology, improved speed, and an inspired design.  It is placed to be a surprise and promises to be a stand out from other smartphones in the same category. For a sneak preview of the new honor smartphone, visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/HuaweiHonorMY/. Stay tuned!

Mark your calendars! Honor Malaysia will begin selling its ultimate flagship for the year, the Honor 8 on September 8th via its official e-commerce partners: VMall Malaysia and Lazada Malaysia, as well as its official retail partner: DirectD. Just two days after its launch, you can get your hands on one of the much anticipated smartphones of the year 2016!

Just when we thought we could not get more excited about the upcoming Honor 8, Honor Malaysia has done it again! The renowned smartphone maker has decided to skip on pre-orders for the Honor 8. Instead, it is offering free premium gifts worth up to RM500 for the first 100 customers on top of their Honor 8 purchases. Not only will buyers finally get their hands on the much-awaited Honor 8 but they will also have the chance to receive premium products with their new smartphone. However, this offer is only available to the first 100 buyers of each VMALL Malaysia, Lazada Malaysia and DirectD, so better be quick!

For those who are eyeing on the standard Honor 8 variants, you will stand a chance to receive the following Honor merchandises:

 x1 Honor Powerbank (RM118)

 x1 Honor Selfie Stick (RM78)

 x1 Honor 8 Protective Cover (RM99)

For those who yearns for the premium variants of the Honor 8, Honor Malaysia is giving out:

 x1 Honor Band SS (RM399)

 x1 Honor 8 Protective Cover (RM99)

*T&C applied

Built by millennials for the millennials, Honor 8 boasts a series of cutting edge technologies that offer the ultimate combination of style and performance. Featuring a premium 2.5D diamond-cut glass finish with a seamless body design, the Honor 8 perfectly represents the evolution of Honor’s higher aesthetics standards.

So what are you waiting for? Honor 8 is indeed #ForTheBrave

Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, celebrated the first year anniversary of its Honor brand with 250 Malaysian fans, and launched the Honor 6 Plus and Honor 4C, their much-awaited flagship smartphones last night at Symphony Lake Suite, KLCC.

Abraham Liu, Chief Executive Officer, Huawei Technologies Malaysia emphasizes at the event, “Today, the Honor brand celebrates its first milestone in the country, and we would not have been able to achieve this success without the constant support by our fans and partners. For that, we humbly thank our Malaysian supporters – they are truly a group of enthusiastic people who dare to be bold. It is also because of them that we are proud to introduce the Honor 6 Plus and Honor 4C to the Malaysian community.

“Honor is a brand that is created ‘By the consumer, for the consumer’, which remains at the core of our business. It is through this that we continue to remain at the forefront of innovative technology and empowers consumers to unleash the maximum potential within themselves without any fear.” added Liu.

To further ring in the anniversary celebrations, a fun experiential journey, themed ‘Be Brave, Be Yourself’ was specially organised with an aim to encourage fans to bravely rethink technological innovations and discover them through the Honor 6 Plus. Apart from making memories even better and bigger, 100 loyal fans from Vmall’s Honor Club were invited as VIPs to celebrate Honor’s one year journey in style –the Symphony Lake Suite was transformed into a celebrative wonderland for fans to engage with each other, receive first-hand previews of the flagship devices, and try out ‘Bokeh’ and low light photography.

Blending remarkable dual 8MP parallel cameras with ultra long battery life, the Honor 6 Plus is meant for those who dare to be themselves and stay true to their passions and beliefs. Encased in an ultra-thin 1.85mm frame with a 5.5-inch full HD LCD Corning Gorilla Glass 3 screen, and 3GB RAM, 32GB ROM capacity, it is the first smartphone within the Honor series to have LTE Cat6 combined with a super 8+1 cores Kirin925 chipset. The 2x8MP unique bionic parallel eagle eye camera works symmetrically to focus faster and capture in-depth details with double light sensors that provide a 60% increase in light sensitivity for excellent image performance in environments with weak light.

Also known as the King of Nightshots’ for its low light capabilities for stunning night pictures, the sophisticated techniques of Honor 6 Plus’s dual cameras are able to capture every detail of a night scene. One camera focuses on managing the long exposure within ¼ seconds while the other handles the iterative exposure within 1/15 seconds. Supported by a multi-frame noise reduction algorithm that processes photos quickly even in dark environments, with a signal-to-noise ration (SNR) that is larger than 35dB to eliminate halos for that perfect night shot.

“We constantly interact with our ‘always-on’ community and study the local market before we invest in research to produce high-quality devices that suit our fans lifestyle and budget. We value our fan’s input and deliver based on what they ask for – which is perfectly reflected in the Honor 6 Plus. It sets performance and design standards in its class by enabling consumers to see, capture, and save moments that matter in stunning clarity wherever they go, and whenever they want, “ said Liu.

Alongside the Honor 6 Plus, Honor Malaysia also unveiled another key product – the Honor 4C – during the event. Equipped with a 1.2GHz Octacore CPU, 2GB RAM, and 5MP front camera, the Honor 4C is a exceptional upgrade from the Honor 3C, which targets consumers that want a fast performance smartphone within an affordable price range.

Apart from marking their first year journey in the country with fans, Honor Malaysia also announced collaborative efforts with like-minded partners to reward Honor Malaysia fans and consumers, of which includes:

1. 7-eleven Malaysia – Honor’s e-commerce platform, Vmall.my is co-operating with 7-eleven to make MOL payments available at any branch of the convenience store. For those that do not own a credit card, they are able to make purchases at 7-eleven for Vmall.my items.
2. Chatime Malaysia – In light of Honor’s one-year anniversary, Chatime hosted 150 Honor Malaysia fans outside of KL at five selected outlets to enjoy a live stream of this anniversary celebration. The five outlets were:
   1. Chatime @ Bandar Puteri Puchong, Selangor
   2. Chatime @ Raja Uda, Penang
   3. Chatime @ Taman Sutera Utama, Johor Bahru
   4. Chatime @ Ipoh De Garden, Ipoh
   5. Chatime @ The Shore, Malacca
3. Google Malaysia – Google also live-streamed Honor’s anniversary celebration on YouTube for fans who were unable to attend the event to enjoy.
4. Other significant partners include Lazada and WeChat.

As part of their ongoing efforts to give back to the community they are present in, Honor Malaysia will be hosting a charity event ‘You Donate, We Pay’ of which Honor Malaysia will contribute RM1 to every entry made. All donations will be directed to Bangsar Ria Centre, a daycare facility for disabled and mentally- challenged children. The charity event will begin on 29^th April 2015 and will conclude at 6.00pm on April 30^th, 2015. Malaysians can proceed to make their contributions on Vmall.my.

“It’s truly heartwarming to receive such positive support from the local community and this is just some of the many ways we are giving back. We are also truly glad to see our fans shine under the spotlight today – this is Honor’s biggest success so far, of which keeps us motivated to continue upholding our promise of delivering high quality and practical products to enhance and enrich our consumer’s digital lifestyle.

Huawei currently ranks third in the global smartphone market, largely due to our fans and partners who understand and believe in our business philosophy. Honor is a fast growing brand which encourages a new lifestyle and with the launch of the Honor 6 Plus and Honor 4C, we will continue to be the brand designed to meet the needs of fans. We are also committed to transforming the mobile phone industry with the main aim to develop Honor as the world leading smartphone e-commerce brand. As such, we look forward to celebrating many more exciting Honor achievements here in Malaysia,” Liu added.

Established in Malaysia since 29^th April 2014, Honor has brought in a total of 7 devices to Malaysians, which include:

29^th April 2014             :           Honor 3C and introduced E-Commerce platform – Vmall

29^th September 2014   :           Honor 6 LTE & Honor Tablet

16^th December 2014    :           Honor 3C Lite

1^st April 2015               :           Honor 4X

28^th April 2015             :           Honor 6 Plus & Honor 4C

The Honor 6 Plus and Honor 4C will be available in Malaysia from April 29^th, 3:08pm onwards in colors of black and white. The recommended retail prices are RM1,399 and RM529 respectively.

On a global level, Honor shipped 20 million units, recorded US$3 billion sales and entered 57 global markets in 2014. Honor Malaysia aims to achieve the top three rank in the Malaysian smartphone market, and to reach the top rank in terms of sales from their e-commerce platform this year.