HTC Desire 820s Dual SIM with 4G LTE now available with Maxis

The HTC Desire 820s Dual SIM is now available in Malaysia with Maxis contract. With retail price of RM1,199 or you can get it with price starting from RM599 on MaxisOne Plan.

Instead of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 615 octa-core processor, this MediaTek powered version of the HTC Desire 820 runs on 64-bit 1.7GHz octa-core MT6752 processor underneath. Other specs of this mid-range smartphone includes 5.5" 720p display, 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage expandable via microSD slot, front-facing BoomSound speaker, 13MP rear camera, 8MP front-facing camera, Dual nano SIM slot and LTE connectivity that supports Cat 4 speeds up to 150Mbps. Juicing up the device is a non-removable 2,600mAh battery.

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The Samsung Galaxy S5 is also heading to Maxis

After DiGi and Celcom has teased the arrival of Galaxy S5, Maxis is the third Malaysian telco to tease the arrival of Galaxy S5.



As you can see Maxis has posted a teaser with the quote "The Wait Is Over, Anticipate The Arrival". It seems that the Galaxy S5 launching date in Malaysia is really close. Unfortunately, the teaser doesn't provide any details at all about the device, which means the launching date and pricing are still unknown.

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4G LTE network is now available to Maxis Hotlink users

Maxis was the first telco to launch 4G LTE network in Malaysia, however it is only available in postpaid plan. Here's a good news for all Maxis Hotlink prepaid subscribers, Maxis has recently announced that it is offering 4G LTE for its Hotlink prepaid subscribers and in conjunction with its new offering, the telco is offering up to 50% more data when you sign up for a monthly internet pass of 1GB or 3GB.



To get the 4G LTE network on your Hotlink number, you just have to swap your current Hotlink SIM card to a 4G SIM card for free in selected Maxis Centers, Maxis Exclusive Partners and Hotlink Dealers, and you’ll be able to browse the internet with speeds of up to 75Mbps, that’s about 10 times more than the maximum speed that 3G offers.

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Maxis offers 4G LTE for smartphone- HTC One XL and Nokia Lumia 920

[Updated: The HTC One XL has 32GB internal memory but not 16GB.]

Maxis are the first operator to offer 4G LTE in Malaysia, and now it finally offer 4G LTE service for smartphone, the HTC One XL and Nokia Lumia 920.

It looks like the HTC One XL are now available in Malaysia after it announced in MWC last year. The HTC One XL comes with RRP RM 2,099 but Maxis are now offer RM 1,199 and the Nokia Lumia 920 are now offer as low as RM 1,099. Both devices will be tied with either Maxis SurfMore 75 or TalkMore 78 with 3 GB bolt on data plan.

The HTC One XL are almost same as the One X, it just offer a 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor and 16 GB internal memory while the One X is powered by 1.5 GHz quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor and 32 GB internal memory. The devices will be available at Maxis centres at KLCC and TTDI.

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Maxis launch 4G LTE network

We waiting for the 4G LTE network in Malaysia since long time ago, and finally Maxis did it and it was the first operator to launch 4G LTE network.

In an official statement Maxis has announced that it now has LTE networks available at Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Damansara Utama, Desa Sri Hartamas, Bandar Puchong Jaya, Bandar Sunway and Cyberjaya, and by doing so, is officially the first telco in Malaysia to make LTE available in the country. Maxis plans to light up other parts of the country with LTE “soon”.

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