Year of foldable phones: Best ones to show up in 2021
Bharat Bhushan - May 15, 2021, 5:02am CDT
It wouldn’t be an understatement to say, foldable phones have come of age in 2021. After the initial quirks, the industry has steadied itself to present a viable option for consumers wanting bigger screen real estate from their handhelds. Foldable phones are still an exclusive device and pretty expensive in comparison to the flagship smartphones, but considering their advantages, the phones like Galaxy Z Fold 2 and Motorola Razr 2020 have carved a niche for themselves.
Samsung brought about a critical change to its portfolio of foldable smartphones with Galaxy Z Fold 2, wherein it creased out the snags in its disastrous debutant. Huawei understood the significance of a firmer hinge and an “innie” design, which better protects the larger foldable screen, with the launch of Mate X2. LG hit the market with swiveling display, but with the company exiting the smart
About four months ago I spent time with the all-electric battery powered 2020 MINI Cooper SE 3-door Hardtop. This is the automaker’s first BEV, an all-electric model.
Xiaomi has also worked in the video department, allowing 8K (at 24fps) capture on all the snappers, complete with HDR 10 support. Advice: Stick to 4K@30fps (or 60fps) with support for HDR10+. As you move from one lens to another, colours remain more or less the same and the change is almost seamless. It hasn’t reached iPhone level yet but this is the best video performance on an Android phone.
If there is any issue, it has to do with the animation on the shutter button. At times, the shutter speed seems to slow down. Actually, it’s the animation on the shutter speed that slows down and it doesn’t affect pictures at all. It’s more of a software issue, which can be easily ironed out.
7 May 2021 5:14 pm / 4 comments
Earlier today, just after we ran the story about its pending arrival, BMW Malaysia officially introduced the G12 740Le xDrive M Sport in the country. Like the 740Le xDrive Design Pure Excellence that went on sale here in 2019, the M Sport version arrives as a locally-assembled CKD model.
The particular route introduces a M Sport package containing equipment worth RM25,000 to the plug-in hybrid. Externally, there’s an M Sport aerodynamic package, which includes a new, more aggressively-styled front bumper with larger air intakes and an M-specific kidney grille, in which the side sections of the kidney struts and air flaps are done in black, while the front side of the kidney struts is finished in satinised aluminium.
G12 BMW 740Le xDrive M Sport in Malaysia, fr RM567k
7 May 2021 10:02 am / 1 comment
BMW Malaysia is set to introduce a new variant of the G12 7 Series LCI in the country, with a teaser hinting at the arrival of the 740Le xDrive M Sport version in showrooms this week, specifically from tomorrow. As is the case with the 740Le xDrive Design Pure Excellence, which has been in the market since 2019, the M Sport version will go on sale here in locally-assembled CKD form.
While the pricing hasn’t been revealed, the word on the grapevine says that it should be around RM30k more than the Design Pure Excellence, which presently retails for