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Our picks for the week: ViewSonic M2e, Western Digital WD_BLACK D30 Game Drive SSD and more

Every week, there are plenty of new products emerging in the consumer tech realm. At times, it becomes impossible to cover all of them. Here, we pick the new products of the week and deliver them to you in bite-size format.

ViewSonic M2e
S$1,299, available in Lazada and Shopee

Designed specifically for home entertainment and working from home, the ViewSonic M2e is a portable LED projector using time-of-flight (ToF) sensors. This technology allows M2e to be able to achieve quick auto focusing in just 1 second.

In addition, the ToF sensors enable the M2e to be compact enough to be carried in a handbag and lightweight at only 1kg. Yet, it is able to project up to 80 inches of screen from only 2.1m away. Furthermore, it comes with integrated dual speakers customised by audio brand Harmon Kardon.

Western Digital WD_BLACK D30 Game Drive SSD
From S$259, available in Lazada and Shopee

Having a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X and need more storage to store your digital games? Western Digital’s WD_BLACK D30 Game Drive SSD comes to the rescue.

With reading speeds up to 900 MB/s, you can look forward to faster loading and transfer times when you use the WD_BLACK D30 Game Drive SSD. The drive comes with a detachable stand for placement next to your console. It is available in capacities of 500GB, 1TB and 2TB.

iWalk Power Grip Mag
S$69, available in Lazada and Shopee

If you have an Apple iPhone 12 series smartphone, you might want to add the iWalk Power Grip Mag into your inventory.

This is no ordinary 6,000mAh power bank. It features a powerful magnet ring, so you can charge your iPhone 12 wirelessly by simply snapping it on the the phone’s back. A LCD indicator lets you know how much battery juice left, while its integrated finger ring lets you have a good grip of the power bank and phone.

Aftershock Lunar 15 Max
From S$1,875, available at Aftershock PC

Known for its gaming laptop and desktop PCs, local PC maker Aftershock has launched a new flagship Ultrabook with Lunar 15 Max.

Designed in collaboration with Intel, the laptop features the 11th-generation Intel Core i7 processor and Intel Iris Xe graphics. Lunar 15 Max comes with a 15.6-inch touchscreen display, a base 16GB of ultra-fast 4266Hz RAM and 512GB of M.2 NVme SSD. All these in a 1.65kg aluminium chassis with two Thunderbolt 4 ports and a large 73Wh battery.

Dreamcore Dream Machine Pro
From S$2,495, available at Dreamcore

Local PC maker Dreamcore has unveiled its top-of-the-line small form factor workstation in the form of Dream Machine Pro. Despite being only 25.9 litres in size, its specifications can be customised to those usually enjoyed by huge workstations.

The Dream Machine Pro allows you to literally build your dream machine with the options of flagship AMD Ryzen or Intel Core chips as well as graphics cards from Nvidia GTX 1650 to Nvidia RTX A6000. You can also choose glass side panels or colour water cooling to your liking.

Trevor Tan

Started out with dreams to become a street photographer, Trevor Tan somehow became a tech journalist with over 16 years of consumer tech experience. Maybe he plays too much video games and buys too many new gadgets.
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