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Whenever there are talks about iOS and Android, it's a controversial topic that never ends. Yes, it can be said that Android smartphones usually get innovative features first rather than Apple devices, but despite being latecomers, has Apple finally closed that gap after many years?

On today's episode of Let's Talk About, Amin and Alex share their thoughts on iOS and Android devices and how it shows that Apple might be catching up.

A while back, Bank Negara Malaysia instructed banks to stop sending one-time password SMS as a form of authentication for online transactions. Following that announcement, the Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia also shared some preventive steps to combat scams.

Despite the ban of OTP SMS and the preventive steps, will it strengthen safeguards against financial scams?

On today's episode of Let's Talk About, Amin and Alex share their thoughts on BNM's move to ban OTP SMS.

Budget 2023 was officially announced last Friday by the Minister of Finance, Tengku Zafrul, with an allocation of RM372.3 billion, the biggest budget ever tabled yet. However, nothing really stands out, so how will Budget 2023 be better than Budget 2022?

On today's special edition episode of Let's Talk About, Amin and Alex share some key takeaways from Budget 2023.

Apple launched a whole bunch of new devices during their September event. But do you know what they didn't launch? A folding smartphone. With the amount of headlines and success key rivals like Samsung are getting for their folding phone innovations, why has Cupertino not released one of their own?

The deadline has come and gone, but what has happened? Well, two major telcos declined to invest in Malaysia's special-purpose vehicle Digital Nasional Berhad. But why would they do that?

Scams have been on the rise lately and are using various approaches to access the online banking accounts of many Malaysians. Just recently, a doctor lost RM13k from her CIMB bank account without any OTP verification. Is the government doing enough to help prevent these scams? Are banks taking fraud seriously? On this episode of Let's Talk About, Alex and Amin share their thoughts on CIMB bank's latest scam, along with some helpful tips to help prevent them.

It's been around two years, and there seems to be no progress in deploying 5G network. Talks about a "single wholesale network" are still in the air, and both the Communication Minister and Finance Minister are saying confusing statements, which have left us wondering, what is going on with 5G in Malaysia? Is there a reason why telcos aren't saying anything? On this episode of Let's Talk About, Alex and Amin share their honest thoughts and opinions on the current 5G network progress in Malaysia.

It appears that an increasing number of people are getting scam messages through iMessage on iPhones. Most are offering "job opportunities", but are very clearly untrustworthy. What can you do about it? How can you block these messages? If you disable iMessages will you still get your TAC numbers? Well, on this episode of Let's Talk About, Amin and Alex break it down.

Just recently, many Malaysians were affected by a sudden power outage. TNB shared that the issue came from a station in Yong Peng, Johor, that affected up to 10% of the electricity supply in Peninsular Malaysia.  Despite knowing the cause of the issue, how can one PMU station have such a major impact? Is there something more behind this power outage?  On this episode of Let's Talk About, Alex and Amin share their personal thoughts and theories about the power outage.

The all-new Honda HR-V 2022 is finally here in Malaysia! The Malaysian market gets three different variants, which are 1.5L NA, 1.5L Turbo and a 1.5L e:HEV Hybrid RS variant. With the market full of very close contenders to the HR-V 2022, is it still worth getting it? On this episode of Let's Talk About, Alex and Amin share what's new with the HR-V 2022 and comparing it with its close contenders, especially with the Toyota Corolla Cross.