HERE’S a thrill of making things yourself. For Scotty Allen, a former software engineer in Silicon Valley who now resides in Shenzhen, China, building an Apple iPhone 6s from spare parts in Huaqiangbei was a chance for him to understand how everything works.
Xiaomi Mi 6 launching April 19. Here are its leaked specs and prices
INALLY. After weeks of the Xiaomi Mi 6’s launch date circulating around the rumor mill, the company has at long last revealed that its upcoming flagship phone will be unveiled April 19.
Samsung Galaxy S8, Samsung Galaxy S8+, LG G6, Huawei P10, or Huawei P10 Plus?
PRIL is turning out to be a great month for those who are looking to buy a flagship phone. Five high-end devices from three brands are up for grabs in the Philippines: the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+, the LG G6, and the Huawei P10 and P10 Plus.
LG G6 price, preorder, launch details in PH revealed
HERE’S another smartphone up for grabs in the next few weeks. The LG G6 (click for complete specs), launched at MWC [Mobile World Congress] 2017 in Barcelona end-February, will soon be available in the Philippines.
ASUS ZenFone 3 Zoom, ZenFone Live want you to catch the moment
HAT did we say about March and April being an exciting time for the smartphone industry in the Philippines? Just today, April 6, three phones were launched in the country. Besides the Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro, the ASUS ZenFone 3 Zoom (click for complete specs) and the ASUS ZenFone Live (click for full specs) got their own unveiling as well.
Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro with 6GB RAM launched in PH, takes on OPPO F3 Plus
EFORE Samsung Electronics Philippines even finishes taking preorders for the Galaxy S8 and S8+, it will introduce the Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro (click for complete specs) to the local market.
New Alcatel Flash phone boasts 4 — yes, 4 — cameras!
O you think your handset is cool because it has a dual-camera system? Wait till you see this year’s Alcatel Flash smartphone (click for complete specs), the first device to have two cameras on the back and another two on the front.
What Apple is making for its future iPhones
HERE’S a breakup happening in the tech industry in 15 to 24 months’ time. Imagination Technologies, known for making graphics processors for the iPhone, has announced that Apple already notified the British chipmaker of the Cupertino-based company’s decision to end their partnership by 2019.
Here are the Huawei P10 and P10 Plus preorder details in PH
O say that the Philippines’ smartphone scene is exciting is an understatement, as it turns out there were three preorder periods announced the past week. ASUS Philippines started accepting reservations for the ZenFone 3 Zoom March 27th. It was announced that preorder for the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ will begin April 17 and end April 29. And the latest to join the fray is Huawei Philippines.
The Samsung Galaxy S8 you may want to have isn’t coming to PH
O apparently, there’s another version of the Samsung Galaxy S8 that was not announced at the phone’s launch. Today, Microsoft has confirmed that there will be a Samsung Galaxy S8 Microsoft Edition (this includes the S8+, just to be clear). Unfortunately, it won’t be available in the Philippines.
Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+ are official: Your 8 burning questions answered
T has finally been unpacked. Samsung’s flagship phone — of which there are two variants: the Samsung Galaxy S8 (click for complete specs) and the Samsung Galaxy S8+ (click for full specs) — is now official, months after rumors have started swirling around it.
Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro with 6GB RAM launching in PH
HIS just in: The Samsung upper-midrange phone with 6GB of RAM — launched only in markets like China and India — is coming to the Philippines. Yes, the Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro (click for complete specs) will be introduced to the local market on April 6, about a week after the Korean giant launches the Samsung Galaxy S8 in New York.
When the Nokia phones are officially arriving in PH
OU’VE been waiting for this, we know. Ever since HMD Global announced last year that the first Nokia phones running Android would be launched in 2017, we’ve been asked countless times about the devices’ launch in the Philippines. Now, with representatives from the company that got the rights to use the Nokia brand finally giving a statement about it, we can say this for certain: It’s sooner than you think it is.
This is how the Nokia 9 will supposedly look
T has only been a month since the Nokia 5, 6, and 3310 were launched at the MWC [Mobile World Congress] 2017. The dust hasn’t really settled yet, so to speak. But we’re already seeing leaks of a Nokia 9 flagship phone.
OPPO F3 Plus vs Vivo V5 Plus: Difference between their 2 front cameras
INALLY, there’s another smartphone that has two front cameras in the Philippines. Today, OPPO Philippines has officially launched the OPPO F3 Plus (click for complete specs), an addition to the company’s Selfie Expert line of handsets.
Here’s how much the red iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus are in PH
OMETIMES, we wake up to an ordinary — or worse, a slow-news — day. Other times, we get days like today, when Apple drops a bomb on us without any warning. In this case, the bomb is a red variant of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, officially called the Apple iPhone 7 (Product)Red Special Edition.
Deal alert: Huawei GR5 2017, aka Honor 6x, now P2,000 cheaper
WO and a half months after going on sale in the Philippines, the Huawei GR5 2017 (click for complete specs) has become P2,000 (roughly $40) cheaper. From P13,990 ($279), the smartphone now costs only P11,990 ($239).
OnePlus 3T to be officially sold in PH starting March 25
OW, it can be said: OnePlus will finally have an official presence in the Philippines, thanks to Digital Walker, which got the exclusive rights to distribute its products. The first offering? Why, the OnePlus 3T (click for complete specs), of course.
Globe or Smart: Which PH telco delivered better internet?
LOBE Telecom or Smart Communications? Which of the two telcos delivered on their promise of better internet from November 2016 to January 2017?
How the Huawei P10’s dual cameras fare against the competition
XOMARK’s verdict is in. The site, which has become the benchmark for camera and lens-image testing, has posted its review of the Huawei P10’s (click for complete specs) dual cameras. And it’s good news for the collaboration between China’s Huawei and Germany’s Leica.