While there are plenty of local phone brands for budget-minded smartphone buyers to choose from, that hasn’t stopped a lot of us from salivating at the offerings of the premium Chinese brands. Well Xiaomi, one of the biggest of them all, is beginning to set up shop in the Philippines.
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Smart’s Prepaid Unli FB2 Lets You Go on Facebook for Just Php2 a Day!
How much do you spend to check your Facebook account? Whatever it is, it can’t be cheaper than this! Smart’s new prepaid promo Unli FB2 lets you surf on the world’s most popular social network for just Php2 a day!
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Cherry Mobile Axis Specs, Price, Features
NFC continues to be one of the more premium features as not too many local or even foreign branded phones have it. However, the Cherry Mobile Axis is an entry level phone with some decent specs that just recently went on sale for Php4,499, and guess what? Yep, it’s got NFC!
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Cherry Mobile Urban Officially Launched and Running KitKat 4.4
Many of us local tech fans have known about the Cherry Mobile Urban for quite some time now. It was first revealed on a brochure a few months back, but it’s only now that the local phone brand has finally launched it via their Facebook page.
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Rockchip RK3288 Budget Processor Scores Over 40,000 in Antutu!
Rockchip debuted the RK3288 at the recently concluded Hong Kong Electronics Fair a little while back, making some big promises along the way. Well, the Rockchip RK3288 was recently tested in a tablet running Android 4.4 KitKat with 2GB RAM and a Mali-T760 GPU.
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WeChat TVC Launches with Laureen Uy as New Brand Ambassador!
Back in 2013, Filipinos were first introduced to WeChat with the help of Drew Arellano and Iya Villania by the way of three TV commercials. There, we discovered features like Video Calls, Hold to Talk, and Moments.
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McDonald’s and Coca-Cola BFF Timeout App: Put Down Your Phone and Start Enjoying Life!
We live in a world that is increasingly living life online and on mobile devices. Everything is so convenient, but it’s also heartbreaking in a way because people are ignoring their loved ones who are often right in front of them in favor of messaging apps and social networking sites.
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15-Year Old from the Philippines Invents Shoes That Can Charge Your Phone
When I was 15, I was still in the middle of getting through the awkwardness that was high school. I’m pretty sure a lot of you were doing regular teenage stuff at the age of 15, but Angelo Casimiro, a 15-year old kid from the Philippines actually did something brilliant.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook announced
Samsung and Barnes & Noble teamed up to create a new member for the Nook family of tablets. The first product of this partnership is the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook.
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Torque Droidz Marvel FHD Leaked Ahead of Official Launch Thanks to Flyer
We’re halfway through the year and just about every local phone brand has launched their respective flagship octa-core offering. Curiously enough, Torque doesn’t yet have one on the market, but that should change pretty soon now that we’ve learned of their upcoming Torque Droidz Marvel FHD.
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Cogito Pop Smartwatches Now Available for Php5,500
If there’s anything I hate about today’s first attempts at smartwatches, it’s that they try do too much and forget about the watch part. I want something that enhances my lifestyle, not complicate it. Well, Cogito Pop is one of the few exceptions that exist these days, and lucky for us Pinoys, it’s now available […]
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ASUS Fonepad 8 is an Intel-powered tablet with Dual-SIM functionality
It seems like ASUS thinks that 7-inchers weren’t big enough for us, so they introduced yet another phablet – the ASUS Fonepad 8.
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The HTC One E8 Swaps Out an Aluminum Body for Plastic
The flagship HTC One M8 is one gorgeous piece of smartphone hardware, but if you’re looking for the same level of performance without spending too much, the newly announced HTC One E8 may be more to your liking. It basically takes the innards of the M8 and surrounds it with a plastic chassis rather than […]
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Sony Xperia T3: 5.3-inch HD Display, Quad-core CPU, 1GB RAM and Android Kitkat
Sony just announced a new member of the Xperia brand, the Xperia T3. The company claims that this 5.3-inch phablet is the world’s thinnest at just 7mm for its size.
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Samsung Galaxy S5 Active announced
The ruggedized version of Samsung’s latest flagship smartphone has arrived. The Samsung Galaxy S5 Active sports a new look that perfectly suits with its increased durability.