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The new Infinix smartphone that went on sale starting January 15 in the Philippines will be cheaper for a limited time.
Read MoreMotorola Edge S, 1st SD 870 phone, priced from almost $300
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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 870 chipset, the follow-up to the Snapdragon 865 Plus and Snapdragon 865, gets another time in the limelight now that the first phone to use it is official.
Read MoreOPPO A55 5G launched as world’s 1st Dimensity 700 phone
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OPPO has quietly launched a new A series smartphone in China. The newly announced OPPO A55 5G is now available in the company’s home market and joins the A53 and K7x as one of its most affordable 5G offerings. Unfortunately, there’s no word yet on a global release.
Read MoreMotorola Edge S: What we know ahead of its Jan 26 launch
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Lenovo-owned Motorola will unveil the Motorola Edge S in China on January 26, according to the company’s official teaser image posted on Weibo. The teaser has also confirmed the phone’s back design. Though a global release has yet to be announced, the Motorola Edge successor should pick up a lot of interest outside of the Chinese market, as it will be the first smartphone to debut Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 870 5G chipset.
Read MoreVivo S7t 5G with Dimensity 820 to go official soon — report
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Back in August 2020, Vivo unveiled the Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G-based Vivo S7 in China with similar specs and hardware as the Vivo V20 Pro 5G that launched in global markets, including the Philippines. You may recall that the V20 Pro 5G arrived with a suggested retail price of P24,999 (around $520) here.
Read MoreLaunched: Honor V40, brand’s 1st phone since Huawei split
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This is it. Honor has finally taken the wraps off its first smartphone since Huawei sold its sub-brand to a state-owned consortium led by phone distributor Digital China and the Shenzhen government.
Read MoreRealme PH January sale drops prices by as much as P3,000
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Realme Philippines is looking to kick off the new year with a bunch of discounts on select Realme smartphones and accessories, including the Realme 6, Realme 6 Pro, and Realme 7.
Read MoreRealme C20 goes official with close to $100 price tag
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Finally, an update to the fastest-growing smartphone brand’s popular budget lineup, as it goes official in Vietnam.
Read MoreInfinix Hot 10 Play to go on sale in PH for under P5,000
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There’s a new budget phone in town. Hong Kong-based smartphone company Infinix has announced the Hot 10 Play for the local market with a sub-P5,000 (about $104) price tag and an octa-core MediaTek Helio G25 chipset running a XOS 7.0 on top of Android 10 (Go edition).
Read More2nd batch of Sony PS5 preorders in PH set for Jan 22
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PS5 hopefuls, you may want to sit up and pay attention to this one. The second batch of Sony PlayStation 5 preorders in the Philippines has been scheduled for tomorrow, January 22.
Read MoreRedmi K40 to launch as 1st MediaTek Dimensity 1200 phone
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We already know that Realme is scheduled to announce the Realme X9 Pro — the OEM’s first 2021 flagship powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 1200 chipset — soon. But the X9 Pro won’t be the first phone to use MediaTek’s new 6nm chip; Xiaomi’s Redmi K40 will be.
Read MoreiPhone 12 Pro long-term review: A truly pro-grade experience
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We’ve been using the Apple iPhone 12 Pro as our daily driver for more than two months now, and we have a lot of thoughts.
Read MoreRealme Dimensity 1200 5G phone confirmed to launch soon
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MediaTek, which became the world’s biggest chipset vendor in Q3 2020, has launched two new mobile chips that will serve as the follow-ups to the Dimensity 1000+ from last year. The Dimensity 1100 and Dimensity 1200 are the Taiwanese firm’s first products fabricated on a 6nm process, which is more advanced than the 7nm process used to manufacture the Dimensity 1000+.
Read MoreV40 Honor’s 1st phone with Google services after Huawei ban?
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Is the international variant of the Honor 5G phone that will go official in China January 22 finally coming with Google Mobile Services?
Read MoreQualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G for high-end devices now official
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Apparently, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888, which debuted on the Xiaomi Mi 11, won’t be the only Snapdragon 800 series chipset to get some love from smartphone manufacturers this year. Something less powerful — but possibly no less appealing — just dropped today.
Read MoreRedmi Note 9T 5G listing with price shows it’s coming to PH
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Exactly a week ago, we reported that the Redmi 9T is headed to the Philippines with a P6,990 (around $145 converted) base price, based on a listing we saw at Xiaomi‘s official stores on Lazada and Shopee. The phone is set to launch in the country January 27 and will be available locally from January 29, according to an updated listing we saw. The Redmi 9T and its 5G-capable sibling, the Redmi Note 9T 5G, made their global debut last January 8.
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