Gadget porn at Low Yat Mall, Kuala Lumpur

Every city has it’s own gadget mall — the Philippines has Virra Mall, Japan has Akihabara, Singapore has Funan and Sim Lim. Here in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia they have the Low Yat Digital Mall.

This 4-storey building houses the largest collection of gadget shots in the whole of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The place isn’t as organized as Funan IT Mall and is more like Sim Lim in Singapore. Prices of gadgets and accessories will vary depending on store size and location in the different floors. The most popular ones are smartphones and and cameras but there also seems to be an over-stock of old laptops as well.

Coincidentally, the Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus was already available there yesterday (see story on local release here) and was selling for under Php21k. The Nikon D7000 can be had for around Php42k but we kept on getting out-of-stock replies from most of the stores. One of the girls in our delegation got the HTC Sensation XE for Php22k.

For the most part though, the prices of the items there aren’t much cheaper when compared to the ones in Manila. You just need to be a bit more patience and diligent when looking for great deals.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

15 Comments

bennix says:

13 years ago

Hello sir abe, I was just intrigue by the title”Gadget porn”lol…It’s really good to know that….:)
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lol says:

13 years ago

Lol. Akala ko porn accessories at role playing costumes(xxx). XD
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Boon says:

13 years ago

except that Akihabara isn’t a mall but rather a district..
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yehey9 says:

13 years ago

For the most part though, the prices of the items there arenâ€™t much cheaper when compared to the on…………????????

Uhmm, work in progress??
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HAHA says:

13 years ago

feeling ko nag-auto predict ung keyboard ni mr. yugatech… un “PORN” kasi ata ang most commonly typed word :) wahahahhahahaa
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^_^ says:

13 years ago

hehe, nag se-search yata si sir abe sa google habang nag blo-blog xD
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Chris says:

13 years ago

Virra Mall? Never heard of it. Surely it doesn’t exist outside Metro Manila.
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mickeylovesmark says:

13 years ago

the term “gadget porn” would usually refer to images or media which showcase gadgets. being that the KL gadget showcase was in the flesh (pun intended), perhaps a different term would have been more appropriate? then again, since the trip seems to have turned out to be more of a window shopping excursion lacking the consummation (pun intended) of an actual shopping spree—“porn” it is.
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Jayo says:

13 years ago

I wonder how many hits you’ve got on this page. Because of the word porn. That brought me here btw.
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Porn adik says:

13 years ago

Wow akala ko Literal na porn, and mga hightech porn gadgets na. Hahaha
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jonaflormicfren says:

13 years ago

The presentation corrected the mistake, though its normal.
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Badet says:

13 years ago

Sana pala I left my ringgit tapos nagpabili ako ng portable hard disc :).
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pinoy ofw in sokor says:

13 years ago

Mr.Yuga e-feature mo rin sana ang Yongsan Electronics Market located sa Seoul,ang pinakamalaki dito sa Asia
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Jonas says:

13 years ago

Virra mall is Greenhills right?
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