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Nokia 6 quick review: Back for real?

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E’VE waited long enough for the first Nokia smartphone in (three) years. Now, the Nokia 6 has landed in the Philippines, if unofficially, after the sought-after handset went on sale the other day on Lazada Philippines for P18,590 or $373.

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Nokia 6 will be sold on Lazada PH January 26

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EADS-UP, overzealous Nokia fans — the tens of you out there. The elusive Nokia 6 Android smartphone (click for complete specs) that is exclusive to China (or at least, that’s what we’ve been led to believe by its maker) will go on sale tomorrow, January 26, on Lazada Philippines.

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Image reveals how different the LG G6 is from the G5

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LEVER. If LG Electronics itself gave the image of the LG G6 (seen on the left above, beside the G5) to U.S.-based site The Verge, then we have to hand it to the manufacturer for letting its Korean rival have the stage first to talk about the reasons for the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 fire incidents. No way you’d want to get upstaged when you’ve made something that has the potential to turn your luck around, right?

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Vivo V5 Plus review: Selfie superstar

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T seems that the battle for best camera phone will be fought in the front, what with all the selfie-centric handsets that keep coming in, often with something new to brag about. Even Samsung, though quietly, has joined the usual suspects — you know, OPPO and Vivo — with the launch of the new Galaxy A5 and A7 (2017) in the Philippines. As we noted in our review, the A7 isn’t marketed as serious competition in the selfie game, but it probably should be.

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Huawei Mate 9 hands-on: Built to outsmart, outpace, and outlast

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NNOUNCED in November 2016, the Huawei Mate 9 (click for complete specs) is the company’s latest entry to its large-screened flagship series that promises to outsmart, outpace, and outlast the competition with machine learning and gradual software optimization. It also aims to fill the gaping hole left by Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7, which could have been the popular choice among big-phone aficionados had it not been prematurely retired.

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Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) initial review: Off on a positive note

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AMSUNG announced at CES 2017 in Las Vegas this month refreshed models of the Galaxy A series phones. And as if to confirm that the Philippines is an important market for the Korean electronics giant, the new Galaxy A5 (click for complete specs) and A7 (click for full specs) have made their way to local stores (without much fanfare), where they retail for P19,990 and P23,990, respectively. The more impressive of the duo, the Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), which has a generous screen size and battery capacity, is what we will be taking a closer look at today.