Telecommunication companies in the Philippines have long asked the government to streamline the application process for building cellular towers. This infographic shared from 2019, for example, is being used to show why the country lags behind our neighbors in terms of internet connection.
Your current Globe or TM LTE SIM card is 5G-ready
Remember this speed test done on Globe Telecom’s 5G network in June at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City?
Huawei overtakes Samsung as biggest smartphone brand in Q2 2020
For the first time in nine years, a brand that’s not Samsung or Apple has been crowned the top smartphone vendor worldwide.
Tested: Smart 5G network on PH’s most affordable 5G phone
5G is currently one of the biggest buzzwords in the industry. And rightfully so. Seriously, who wouldn’t want faster mobile internet, faster downloads, and less lag when playing online games with other people?
OPPO’s 125W wired charging & 65W wireless charging in action
OPPO flexes its muscles as it launches technologies in an area it has been known to dominate since 2014, when it introduced VOOC Flash Charge in 2014.
Huawei, Honor gaming laptops coming soon — report
If a report out of China is correct, then the gaming-laptop space could get more exciting sooner than we think.
And Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing phone brand in Q1 2020 is…
Worldwide, Realme came out as the fastest-growing smartphone brand in the first quarter of 2020 with a 157% year-over-year increase. But apparently, that’s not the only feather in its cap so far this year.
This 44.2 Tbps internet speed is the connection of our dreams
At home, our fiber connection hits between 80Mbps and 100Mbps. We’d be perfectly okay with that… if only it were stable. But we digress.
Bestselling Android phones in Q1 2020 were from Samsung, Xiaomi
Eighty-six percent of smartphones shipped worldwide in the first quarter of 2020 were Android devices. And the top six models of the 86%? They were all from two manufacturers.
Samsung may have had a chance at buying Android
Android is, by far, the most popular operating system, running on 2.5 billion devices and more than 80% of smartphones around the world. It’s also pretty much synonymous with American tech giant Google, which bought Android in 2005.
Vivo working on its own chipset, leak shows
The world’s top three biggest smartphone companies all make their own mobile chipsets.
Xiaomi, Vivo withstand COVID-19 impact in Q1 2020
We got an email from a market-research firm earlier, revealing how smartphone brands performed in the first quarter of 2020.
Huawei hires Nvidia engineers for rumored entry into GPU market
In case you missed the Huawei P40 series announcement in China, Huawei now has a bank card of its own. And, yes, there’s also a physical card with NFC for contactless payments. Perhaps more impressively, the technology firm might also venture into the video game industry further down the line.
Huawei, China now lead global patent race — report
The World Intellectual Property Organization has published its performance report for 2019 with some interesting findings.
Exynos 990 as good as Snapdragon 865, Samsung claims
In a statement sent to SamMobile, which is a tech website covering all things Samsung, the Korean tech company has reaffirmed its stance that the Exynos 990 is just as good as the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865.
Counterpoint: Phone market not crashing, Xiaomi No. 4 in Feb 2020
A new report by Counterpoint Research suggests that the smartphone market didn’t decline as drastically as another company put it.
Angkas now delivers food amid coronavirus ‘quarantine’
When you say “food-delivery services,” we think of Foodpanda, GrabFood, LalaFood, and the likes. Angkas? The first thing that comes to mind is its Twitter account, which is known to dish out funny, quick-witted posts.
Watch: 5G and 4G speed tests on the Huawei Mate 30 Pro
The Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G is now available in the Philippines, both through a telco and off-contract at local retailers.
Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi phones dominate 2019 rankings
Only smartphones from three brands made it to the latest lists of top global handsets, both in the last quarter of 2019 and in full year 2019.
How AppGallery fulfills Huawei’s vision for a reliable app ecosystem
“We believe technology should be open and available for everyone. Only then can we use technology to move the world forward and to make a better connected world.”
