"Special" "Launching" price...


Should be around RM999 if it ever arrives here... I doubt Sammy Malaysia will bring it in becoz it will jeopardize their A-series...

I wonder why no thread for Lenovo z6 pro.

RM1.3k for
Sd855
FHD AMOLED screen
8GB RAM + 128GB storage
Quad camera
4000 mAh battery

Any user reviews here?

Hi guys, I'm back. How're you guys doing? All's well, I hope.

I'm afraid my time with my Max is over. Accidentally dropped it a few days days ago from about elbow height onto a timber floor. The only visible damage was the slightly chipped tempered glass.

I thought it'd be okay but later that day, I couldn't make or receive calls, missed call notifications came in for a while and then stopped. Getting TAC was impossible. Then, data became weak AF. The battery drained like crazy and the phone started getting hot as hell even when left alone and in airplane mode. Scary!

I guessed (I think correctly) that it was beyond (reasonably priced) repair and game over for my trusty Max. I started searching for the same model in online shopping but there are virtually no AZMPM1s for sale anymore. Realized Asus had basically abandoned the midrange segment and instead focused on their ROG phones. The closest thing available was the Z7 - which is way too pricey for me.

Started feeling lost without a working handset - realized then just how dependent I am on this little piece of plastic and metal...damn! Felder, Henley and Frey of The Eagles were right when they wrote, "We are all just prisoners here, of our own device" (Hotel California). LOL!

Anyways, I went down to Prangin Mall (George Town) and walked around scouting for a sub RM600 device.

One booth caught my eye (or rather the miniature amoi with long hair behind the counter).

Told her my budget and she recommend this phone, the Xiaomi Redmi T9 . I have never owned any other phone besides Zenfones, so I had to check out the specs and reviews for this newly released device (January, 2021).

Told miniature amoi my phone was dying and asked if I could please use her phone to get online to read up on the model.

Miniature amoi smiled and said of course, with a flirtatious toss of her (long) hair.

Checked gsmarena and a few other sites, like technave and etc. while chatting up miniature amoi (complete with joking, teasing and cringy giggling). Found out the RRP is actually RM538 while miniature amoi's price was RM599.

The price was okay by me as I didn't want to spend too much for something that has a 2-3 year lifespan. Plus, it has what I really needed - stamina (a 6K mah battery). Additionally, it comes with a Snapdragon 662, which is not really a performance chip but more of a power conserving one - which is fine by me.

After more (borderline hamsap) chatting with miniature amoi, she let me have it for RM559 (cash), along with her unasked for, phone number (but that's a story for another day).

Been fiddling with the Redmi 9T and I'm quite satisfied with it. Getting 25 to 30 hours SOT with a full charge (with some tweaking). Android 10 is cool, with dark mode on UI and apps. Of course, the T9 comes with system bloatware that can be uninstalled with ADB but I think I'll leave those for the time being, and instead, just uninstalled those that could be uninstalled normally.

Customized it with the speedy Nova Launcher and tweaked transitions in developer mode for a faster UX. One thing that got me a bit worried were the home/back navigation buttons which are placed opposite to any Zenfone I've ever owned. I'm so used to having back buttons on the left, with Zenfones. Did some digging around in Settings and discovered that the buttons can be mirror reversed. Cool!

Now, it feels like I'm using a Zenfone again. LOL!

All said and done, it looks like goodbye to Zenfones and hello to T9 and miniature amoi (with long hair).