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He said YTL Foundation contributed 20,000 units of the Yes Altitude 3 smartphones to B40 students in the state, with 13,000 of them bundled with a one-year data plan.
“This is to ensure that the (B40) group is not left out of online learning,” he told an online press conference today.
“The smartphones have 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage. It is enough for online learning and is used by 100,000 students across Malaysia.”
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Saarani was commenting on allegations that the smartphones supplied by the state government for online learning were of low quality.
Perak Amanah Youth communication director Mohd Ikhmal Mohd Iskandar claimed yesterday that the 20,000 smartphones were poorly equipped and could only be used for the most basic of applications.
Meanwhile, Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman yesterday shared a screenshot of a Twitter post where a student’s government-supplied smartphone allegedly caught fire after less than a month of use.
Asked whether the state government would look into the allegation, Saarani said that having only one of the 100,000 units catching fire was not a good enough reason to open an investigation.
“What’s so hard about giving students quality smartphones?” asked Syed Saddiq in response to Saarani’s statement.
“Don’t look down on students if there is no resolve to help them in their education,” added the former youth and sports minister on Twitter.
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