LG G6 price, preorder, launch details in PH revealed

In Phones by Alora Uy GuerreroApril 7, 2017Leave a Comment

THERE’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.

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ASUS ZenFone 3 Zoom, ZenFone Live want you to catch the moment

In Phones by Alora Uy GuerreroApril 6, 2017Leave a Comment

WHAT 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.

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Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro with 6GB RAM launched in PH, takes on OPPO F3 Plus

In Phones by Alora Uy GuerreroApril 6, 2017Leave a Comment

BEFORE 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.

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New Alcatel Flash phone boasts 4 — yes, 4 — cameras!

In Phones by Alora Uy GuerreroApril 5, 2017Leave a Comment

SO 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.

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P1,299 Cherry Mobile Click review: A curious mix of old and new

In Phones by Ramon LopezApril 4, 20178 Comments

CHERRY Mobile has a new budget smartphone in the Cherry Mobile Click (2017). Or should we say, smart feature phone? Because at first blush, it does seem that the Click has all the trappings of a barebones handset: an alphanumeric keypad; a dimunitive, non-touch screen; a small form factor that will be appreciated by many; and an equally small price tag.

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What Apple is making for its future iPhones

In Phones by Alora Uy GuerreroApril 3, 2017Leave a Comment

THERE’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.

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Here are the Huawei P10 and P10 Plus preorder details in PH

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

TO 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.

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The Samsung Galaxy S8 you may want to have isn’t coming to PH

In Phones by Alora Uy GuerreroMarch 31, 2017Leave a Comment

SO 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.

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You can get your hands on the ASUS ZenFone 3 Zoom soon

In Phones by Ramon LopezMarch 30, 2017Leave a Comment

THE next ASUS camera phone will hit stores in the Philippines from April 7th, according to the Taiwanese OEM. Specifically, we’re referring to the ASUS ZenFone 3 Zoom (click for complete specs), which incidentally is now available for preorder through a microsite (customers will have to fill out this reservation form) and will launch locally on April 6.

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Samsung Galaxy S8 initial review: A Galaxy had never looked so bright

In Phones by Ramon LopezMarch 29, 20171 Comment

SAMSUNG has pushed the envelope of smartphone design and, to a lesser extent, technology with each flagship outing in recent years — though it may have done too much in too many areas last year, resulting in the cancellation of a promising big phone. Take one glance at the Galaxy Note 7 headlines, and you’d think there would be no more room for ambition, risk, and chutzpah within the walls of Samsung’s Seoul headquarters.

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Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+ are official: Your 8 burning questions answered

In Phones by Alora Uy GuerreroMarch 29, 2017Leave a Comment

IT 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.

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Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro with 6GB RAM launching in PH

In Phones by Alora Uy GuerreroMarch 28, 2017Leave a Comment

THIS 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.

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When the Nokia phones are officially arriving in PH

In Phones by Alora Uy GuerreroMarch 28, 20172 Comments

YOU’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.

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OPPO F3 Plus vs. OnePlus 3T: Which one to get

In Phones by Ramon LopezMarch 26, 20172 Comments

TWO premium phones debuted in the Philippines the past few days. In one corner, there’s the new OPPO F3 Plus; in another, the OnePlus 3T, which has been around long enough and should be familiar to anyone keeping tabs on international-bound iPhone rivals for less money.

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This is how the Nokia 9 will supposedly look

In Phones by Alora Uy GuerreroMarch 25, 2017Leave a Comment

IT 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.

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OPPO F3 Plus review: Big, bold, and sort of brilliant

In Phones by Ramon LopezMarch 23, 2017Leave a Comment

OPPO has had a history of making front-facing cameras seem far more important and useful than their back-facing counterparts, so it’s really not at all surprising to see its latest effort, the OPPO F3 Plus (click for complete specs), make use of a two-camera setup for selfies, as opposed to anything else.

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OPPO F3 Plus vs Vivo V5 Plus: Difference between their 2 front cameras

In Phones by Alora Uy GuerreroMarch 23, 2017Leave a Comment

FINALLY, 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.

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Small iPhone SE gets a big boost where it matters

In Phones by Ramon LopezMarch 22, 2017Leave a Comment

DID you hear about Apple announcing a bunch of new products recently? You didn’t? We can’t blame you; we almost didn’t, either. And it’s not like you missed a lot of exciting new toys, er, gadgets (sorry, iPad). Unless, of course, you’ve been pining for a gasp-out-loud red iPhone from Apple.

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Here’s how much the red iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus are in PH

In Phones by Alora Uy GuerreroMarch 22, 2017Leave a Comment

SOMETIMES, 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.

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Meizu M5 vs. Meizu M5s: Budget-phone showdown

In Phones by Ramon LopezMarch 21, 2017Leave a Comment

AFTER flirting with the local market through a distributorship sometime ago (curiously enough, it didn’t work out as planned for either party), Meizu is now officially in the Philippines, flush with new firepower in the Meizu M5 (click for complete specs) and the Meizu M5s (click for full specs).

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