This is how ASUS will challenge OPPO and Vivo

In Phones by Ramon LopezAugust 12, 2017Leave a Comment

THE ASUS ZenFone 4 line will be announced next week, August 17th, in its native Taiwan, and then two days after in the Philippines, where the electronics maker is set to stage a similar entrance on August 19.

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Meizu Pro 7 review: Excellent from front to back

In Phones by Ramon LopezAugust 11, 20173 Comments

MEIZU took the tech community by storm when it put a secondary display on the back of its latest flagship smartphones. And while most other smartphone makers are locked in a race to see which company can fit as much screen as possible onto the front of their devices, the challenger brand from China has found another way to push boundaries — without pushing out bezels to the fringes.

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This year’s best smartphone camera could come from LG

In Phones by Ramon LopezAugust 10, 2017Leave a Comment

WHILE some of us are hungrily looking to the Apple iPhone 8 or the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 for a better imaging experience, it seems LG might walk away with the “best smartphone camera” crown this year.

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Well-specced Meizu M6 Note to launch August 23

In Phones by Ramon LopezAugust 9, 2017Leave a Comment

MEIZU launched the top-shelf Pro 7 and Pro 7 Plus in China just last week, but the Chinese smartphone maker isn’t done for the month of August quite yet.

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Sharp Aquos S2 could be what the Apple iPhone 8 looks like

In Phones by Ramon LopezAugust 9, 2017Leave a Comment

THE iPhone 8 is likely set to make an appearance in September. And though the much-anticipated Apple smartphone has yet to make an official appearance, one doesn’t have to look too hard to get a glimpse of what it may look like.

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Alleged prices of ASUS ZenFone 4 models leak out

In Phones by Alora Uy GuerreroAugust 8, 2017Leave a Comment

THE ASUS ZenFone 4 series is still more than a week away from being officially launched, but this early, we’re seeing the alleged price list circulating online.

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Red OPPO F3 coming to PH; price and release date revealed

In Phones by Ramon LopezAugust 8, 2017Leave a Comment

THE Philippines will be getting a new red version of the OPPO F3 this week, according to an event invite sent to us by the Shenzhen-based smartphone maker. A recent Facebook post on the company’s official page confirmed the launch date as August 12th.

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Inside the factory where OPPO smartphones are made

In Phones by Ramon LopezAugust 8, 2017Leave a Comment

SHENZHEN is widely considered to be the Silicon Valley of hardware. A fishing-settlement-turned-mega-city that is home to rising startups and established tech companies, China’s first special economic zone is also where the OPPO smartphone factory resides.

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#RevuLive: Doogee Mix and HTC U11, U Ultra, U Play, Desire 10 Pro

In Phones by Alora Uy GuerreroAugust 8, 2017Leave a Comment

THE fourth episode of #RevuLive is pretty jam-packed, as we featured five devices. One is a controversial smartphone from Doogee Mobile, and the other four, all the handsets that HTC has officially made available in the Philippines.

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Xiaomi is back on the list of top 5 smartphone makers worldwide

In Phones by Alora Uy GuerreroAugust 4, 2017Leave a Comment

IF you look at the quarterly rankings of smartphone vendors from the first quarter of 2016 to the second three months of this year, you’ll get bored because you’ll be looking at the same companies again and again. Not the second quarter of 2017.

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HTC is back in PH! These are the phones it brought here

In Phones by Ramon LopezAugust 3, 2017Leave a Comment

IT has taken the company longer than expected to find its footing, but HTC is finally — and officially! — back in the Philippines after years of absence in the smartphone race. (We were able to talk to its Philippine representative about its comeback on May 28.) Better yet, the flagship HTC U11, the phone with the highest-rated camera, at least according to DxOMark, is included in the Taiwanese phone maker’s local lineup.

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#RevuLive: Meizu Pro 7 dual-screen flagship initial impressions

In Phones by Alora Uy GuerreroAugust 2, 2017Leave a Comment

IN the third episode of #RevuLive, we turned the spotlight on only one device, the Meizu Pro 7. And for good reason; the flagship phone has not even been released yet. It will start shipping in China on August 5 and is tentatively set to launch in the Philippines end-August.

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ASUS ZenFone 4 to launch globally August 17, in PH August 19

In Phones by Ramon LopezAugust 1, 2017Leave a Comment

REMEMBER our story about ASUS possibly announcing the ZenFone 4 in the Philippines on August 19? Turns out we were right! The ASUS ZenFone 4 is indeed getting an official announcement in a couple of weeks, as confirmed by the brand today.

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ASUS ZenFone 4 Pro photos surface, show a Xiaomi Mi 6 lookalike

In Phones by Ramon LopezAugust 1, 2017Leave a Comment

AS noted in our previous post, we’re pretty sure ASUS will launch the ZenFone 4 in the Philippines August 19th, even though it’s unlikely the Taiwanese firm will unveil an entire roster of new smartphones in one go. The recently announced ZenFone 4 Max is a safe bet, but what else can we expect from the announcement?

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Initial review: Samsung Galaxy Book, an iPad Pro rival and laptop replacement

In Laptops, Tablets by Ramon LopezJuly 30, 2017Leave a Comment

SAMSUNG is aiming to give Apple’s iPad Pro a serious run for its money; hence, the release of the new Samsung Galaxy Book in the Philippines. It is priced at P44,990 (around $890) locally, which isn’t cheap, but neither is the hardware it is going up against. The 10.5-inch iPad Pro with 64GB of storage, and sans the accessories, sells from P36,990 ($732) in authorized stores.

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This leak shows that the iPhone 8 will destroy all Android phones

In Phones by Alora Uy GuerreroJuly 30, 20171 Comment

ANDROID smartphones may have toppled Apple’s iPhone from its throne on Antutu Benchmark in May and June, but a leak shows that it could be getting back its crown soon.

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Cubix Cube Play, Play HD, Max, and Book: Our first impressions

In Laptops, Phones by Ramon LopezJuly 29, 2017Leave a Comment

CHERRY Mobile has announced four new devices under its Lazada-exclusive Cubix sub-brand, namely the Cubix Cube Play, Play HD, and Max smartphones and the Cube Book laptop. The Cube Max and Book can now be purchased from the online retailer’s Philippine website, while both Play handsets should be available by end-August, we’re told.

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4 signs the ASUS ZenFone 4 could be launching in PH August 19 [Updated: Yes!]

In Phones by Alora Uy GuerreroJuly 27, 2017Leave a Comment

ASUS Philippines sent us an invite to an event on August 19, but didn’t say what it is going to announce there. Could it be the ASUS ZenFone 4 launch in the country? There are telltale signs that it is.

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Meizu Pro 7 and Pro 7 Plus are your new two-screen flagships

In Phones by Ramon LopezJuly 27, 2017Leave a Comment

AFTER being out of the spotlight for quite some time, Chinese phone-maker Meizu is once again drawing interest from the international tech community after launching the Meizu Pro 7 (click this for the full specs) and the Meizu Pro 7 Plus (click this for the complete specs) smartphones with a pair of touchscreens. There’s one on the front and another one on the back, unlike the LG V20 and other models with ticker-type displays above their screens.

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Xiaomi Mi 5X gets same dual cams as Mi 6 at almost half the cost

In Games, Apps, and OS, Phones by Ramon LopezJuly 26, 2017Leave a Comment

NO surprises here. The Xiaomi Mi 5X smartphone (click for complete specs) was unveiled today in China. While the 5X is positioned as a midrange option, it doesn’t appear to have stopped the company’s engineers from drawing up a premium-looking device with a big screen and the same dual-camera system found on the flagship Mi 6.

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