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Singtel's price plans for the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, launching in Singapore on 15th September 2017 in Midnight Black, Maple Gold, and Orchid Grey. It retails for S$1,398, S$230 more than the recalled Note 7, in 64GB only.
I bought the Samsung SmartThings V2 Hub (UK) from Amazon UK for £99.99, dropping to £83.33 with the 20% VAT exemption. Direct UPS delivery to Singapore was pricey at £15.18 but fast, arriving four days later.
uHoo is an indoor air toxin sensor launched in April 2017, shipping first to corporate customers, its primary audience, then to general consumers from June. Backed by an East Ventures seed round, it had earlier crowdfunded pre-orders on Indiegogo.
Parallels Desktop 13 for Mac launched with support for the MacBook Pro Touch Bar, macOS High Sierra, and upcoming Windows 10 features like the People Bar. It also brings big performance gains, up to 100% faster external Thunderbolt SSDs.
Vesternet runs a weekly Monday sale on Z-Wave products, so I picked up a couple of Fibaro Z-Wave Universal Door & Window Sensor 2 Gen5 at about S$52 each, plus some TKB TZ69E Z-Wave wall plug switches.
The Sudio Tre is the brand's second wireless earphones, after the Vasa Bla. It retails for S$179 in four colours. Shipping to Singapore brings a 20% tax rebate, and the code lesterchan takes a further 15% off.
During Timbuk2's end-of-season sale of up to 50% off, I bought the Showdown Laptop Backpack for US$44, while Li Xiang grabbed the Tuck Pack and Heist Briefcase. The promo code PLUS15 knocked a further 15% off select items.
I finally jumped on the Google Home bandwagon. I skipped it last year at US$99 due to an immature ecosystem, but six months on it's improved, now supporting Logitech Harmony, iRobot, Sensibo, and more, with more accurate speech recognition.
The Monocozzi LUCID Plus Folio retails for S$69.90 in Charcoal, Coral, or Blue. A shock-resistant detachable folio case for the iPad Pro 10.5-inch, it has a removable cover, so you can use the folio with or without it.
The Just Mobile MTable retails for S$119.90, a multi-purpose desktop stand crafted from a single block of aluminium to match your Mac. As a laptop stand it raises your display to eye level, freeing space for a keyboard and mouse.
The Just Mobile Xtand Pro retails for S$139.90. Crafted from solid aluminium to match your MacBook, it comes with two tubular supports: the shorter for the laptop's own keyboard, the taller for an external keyboard and mouse.
I bought the Cable Matters 2-Pack Gold-Plated DisplayPort to DisplayPort Cables (6 feet) on Amazon for US$17.99, alongside their Thunderbolt 3 to Dual DisplayPort adapter. A single cable costs US$9.99; like the adapter, it doesn't ship directly to Singapore.
Wanting to drive two external displays from a single port, I learned USB-C allows only one display per port. The answer was Thunderbolt 3, so I bought the Cable Matters Thunderbolt 3 to Dual 4K DisplayPort Adapter.
I bought the Anker PowerPort 6 5V/12A 6-Port Wall Charger on Amazon for US$20.49, down from US$26.99 with the promo code GEYC7LFE. As with most Anker products on Amazon, it doesn't ship to Singapore directly, so I used a forwarder.
Few will have heard of Freecam, an unfortunately named consumer security camera brand, a Google search turns up plenty of NSFW results instead. It's made by LSVT, or Leshi Shenzhen Video Technology, a Chinese company. This reviews the C330A.
The Apple Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad launched at WWDC 2017, retailing for S$188, S$40 more than the standard Magic Keyboard. As a full-size wireless keyboard, it succeeds the wired Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad, which Apple now discontinues.
With countless fidget spinners flooding the market, likely all from the same Chinese factories rebranded, I turned to the /r/FidgetSpinners subreddit. It pointed me to sites like Fast Tech, Fidget HQ, and Fidget LA, on roughly a US$20 budget.
During a Munich trip for the Huawei Mate 9 launch, Senatus founder Kien Lee recommended the Pacsafe Venturesafe 325 GII Anti-Theft Cross Body Pack. I wasn't bag-shopping then, using my Crumpler sling, but sling bags can get cumbersome.
The AmazonBasics USB Type-C to Micro-B 2.0 Cable comes in two colours and three lengths: 15cm, 0.9m, and 1.8m. Like the USB-C to USB-C version, black and white are priced differently; the 15cm black starts around US$6.49 on Amazon.
I bought this brandless USB-C to Mini DisplayPort Adapter from Lazada for S$12.96 with free slow shipping. It's an OEM product from 1buycart in Shenzhen, which has solid ratings averaging 4.4 stars, a cheaper alternative to Amazon's options.
The AmazonBasics USB Type-C to USB Type-C 2.0 Cable comes in two colours and four lengths: 15cm, 0.9m, 1.8m, and 2.7m. Black and white are priced differently; on Amazon the 15cm black starts around US$6.49, rising with length.
The last buy from Yodobashi Sapporo, the Elecom USB-C Memory Card Reader reads seven card types, including CF, SD, microSD, and MMC. It retails for around JP¥2,670; after a 5% VISA discount, I paid about S$29.