There is plenty to be excited about the new iPhone 8, marking the 10th anniversary of the iPhone when it was launched in 2007. The phone is expected to launch around September this year, with a combination of an upgraded line of iPhone 7s. Here is what we can expect from an engineering review of engineering samples:
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Apple is known for their highly desirable line of consumer products, as well being known for situating their stores smacked right in high pedestrian traffic shopping districts in major cities. Despite selling their products in the Singapore market for over 20 years, Apple didn’t saw a need to enter the Singapore market by themselves, until now.
Looking back,...
Following the explosive failure of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 last year with their battery quality issues, Samsung has rather big shoes to fill with its successor to win back consumers trust. While Samsung has reassured us of their new commitments in producing phones now with more stringent battery quality checks, by putting their new flagship in...
Getting there
Perched on a small hill by the Bukit Timah hill view area is the site of the Old Ford factory. The old former factory used to be an actual busy manufacturing plant, well served by the adjacent railway for resources and shipment of cars, part of the early “industrial” years of early Singapore manufacturing. Built in...
Burger Up Classix is a small burger joint located at the new Hill V2 mini mall along Hillview rise just off Bukit Timah road, the closet old landmark in the vicinity will be the Bukit Timah rail mall. Surrounded by private condominiums in an expensive neighborhood, Hill V2 is a mixed residential commercial outlet.
Technically it is...
Imakatsu is one of the few Japanese casual dining restaurants located in the Star Vista Singapore serving premium Japanese cutlets. The restaurant setting is typical Japanese-zen, with wood cladded walls, cutlery and soft ambient music. In place of floor Japanese-style cushions, patrons are seated with western-style upright tables and chairs. Service was responsive, fast with staff dedicated...
The One Plus 5 is promising 4G LTE phone which blends both design style and good specifications to good. It is one very sleek phone I can say which puts the design element up there with benchmark leaders Apple and Samsung. I was awestruck by the number of Chinese branded phones now popping up all over the...
Nokia had once been a brand synonymous to phones in the late 90s, with more than 70% of the world’s market share at its peak under their belt, the Finnish brand was the go-to phone of any mobile warrior. Fast forward after 20 years of absence plagued with closures and takeovers, the Nokia brand aims to grab...
XFS is the default file system on CentOS 7 and RHEL 7 as a very viable alternative to ext3 and ext4, particularly with awesome new freeze and snapshot features of xfs (xfs_freeze, snapshot, xfs_unfreeze, delayed allocation, etc). However, unlike conventional ext containers, a major limitation of XFS is inability to shrink or reduce this file system container....
A site design revamp on the works. As the world of internet consumption changes with more than 70% of today’s web traffic are consumed on mobile devices, such as tablets and phones, this current Orangy site design, which had faithfully served the site for almost 15 years is going to be decommissioned with a replacement. As such,...
Tokyo Dome City is a massive open concept mixed-use shopping mall and theme park located in the heart of busy Tokyo city. In addition to an attached amusement theme park, it comprises of an events space housing the world's largest roofed baseball stadium, a shopping mall, spa and fitness center. It is easily accessible it by travelling...
Fuji-Q highland is a Japanese theme park located not too far from Tokyo at Yamanashi, getting there involves about an two hour bus ride from Shinjuku central bus station, served by Kieo/Chūō Kōsoku bus services costing about 7800 yen for a return trip. You can purchase the bus and park tickets at an inclusive discounted fare on...
Nagashima SPA land is a theme park not too far off Nagoya Japan in in Kuwana, Mie. With a large number of roller coasters, a waterpark and hot spring resort all within the theme park grounds by the Ibi River bay, Nagashima spa land is synonymous to almost to like the Cedar point of Japan- the park...
The Army open house was on this weekend at the Formula one pit building, just off Marina bay by the Singapore Flyer. The event coincides with NS50, a celebration of the 50 years of National service since it was introduced as a mandatory rite of passage for all Singapore males since 1967 across multiple service arms. The...
The Maritime Defence Exhibition & Conference 2017 is on this week at the Changi Exhibition center from 16-18 May. I was present to check out on the latest maritime developments as well as the static warship display at the Changi Naval Base (CNB). Vehicular entry to the Changi exhibition center this time is open to both taxi...
Buffet Town is a chill open concept buffet dining establishment located in the basement of Raffles City. They are known for value for money dine-in with an international spread great for large groups. Let’s take a dine-in.
Tucked in the first basement of Raffles City mall by City hall MRT. The establishment is notably crowded, with long queues...
May the force (May the 4th) be with you at the Gardens by the Bay Supertree Grove and The Meadow this weekend. In conjunction with the Starwars run happening this weekend on the 6th (Saturday), Gardens by the Bay and Disney are teaming up to run a line of Star War activities ranging from movie screenings, fan...
With much of Singapore’s Caldecott broadcast center operating at the new Ayer Rajah- Portsdown media hub. The once restricted areas are now opened to provide a rare glimpse of the media compound. The festival comprises of 8 main areas of interest, comprising of 2 outdoor prop areas, 2 tented market carnivals including an outdoor stage and movie-screening...
Fuel shack is a cheery burger joint located in the busy Bukit Bintang district in Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia. They serve a variety of soul food and western style burgers. Lets check them out with a lunchtime dine-in today.
The restaurant is located on the outer ground floor of Plaza Low Yat. The mall is one of KL's...
The Singapore Botanic Gardens Learning Forest is a new secondary forest extension of the Singapore National Botanical Gardens. Located at the South east portion of the gardens at the new Tyersall-Gallop core, the new attraction sector sits on the outskirts beyond the USENSO portion of the botanical gardens.
Getting There
If you are coming from the south Tanglin gate,...