Moto G5 and G5 Plus won’t win the specs war, but they’re worth a look

In Phones by Ramon LopezFebruary 28, 20172 Comments

LENOVO-OWNED Motorola didn’t unveil a new top-end phone at this year’s Mobile World Congress [MWC] in Barcelona. Instead, we got a duo of midrange handsets — the Moto G5 (click for complete specs) and the Moto G5 Plus (click for full specs) — that will jointly carry the torch for the brand’s best-selling G series this year.

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Your next OPPO phone could achieve up to 5x ‘lossless’ zoom

In Phones by Ramon LopezFebruary 27, 2017Leave a Comment

THE dust has settled on OPPO’s Mobile World Congress [MWC] 2017 presentation, and we now know for sure what the company has kept under wraps for weeks. Surprisingly, we’re not getting a new phone, but rather a new camera technology that we might see down the road. Sooner rather than later, we hope.

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Huawei P10 offers mix of old and new in as many as 8 color options

In Phones by Ramon LopezFebruary 27, 2017Leave a Comment

THE next iPhone and Galaxy S flagship won’t make the trip to Barcelona (okay, the latter, in its pre-production form, might), but this year’s Mobile World Congress [MWC] still has some highlights, two of which were announced today.

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Alive again: Nokia 3310 resurrected at MWC 2017

In Phones by Ramon LopezFebruary 27, 2017Leave a Comment

THREE new Nokia smartphones — the international variant of the Nokia 6, the Nokia 5, and the Nokia 3 — were announced by HMD Global at MWC 2017, the year’s biggest phone show. But it was the Nokia 3310 reboot (click for complete specs), a dumb phone like the version from almost 17 years ago, that had the tech community talking during and after the event, for better or worse.

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LG G6 trades modular gimmick for wider screen, waterproofing

In Phones by Ramon LopezFebruary 26, 2017Leave a Comment

ANDROID fans, take notice: MWC [Mobile World Congress] 2017 is currently in full swing, meaning many of the industry’s biggest names — LG, Huawei, and OPPO, to name but three — will be previewing their signature Android phones and giving us a peek of what to expect — and to salivate for — later this year.

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Lenovo K6 Note to go head to head with ASUS ZenFone 3 Max in PH

In Phones by Alora Uy GuerreroFebruary 26, 2017Leave a Comment

IT’S coming soon. The smartphone that was launched with the Lenovo K6 and K6 Power at IFA 2016 in Berlin will finally be launched in the Philippines on March 2. Meet the Lenovo K6 Note (click for complete specs).

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It’s official: BlackBerry KeyOne is first true phone for Crackberries

In Phones by Alora Uy GuerreroFebruary 26, 2017Leave a Comment

CHINA’S TCL Communication seems to be carrying the weight of the world on its shoulders. Its mission when it got the rights to make smartphones under the BlackBerry name: to turn the once-loved brand’s misfortunes around. Today, ahead of MWC 2017, we have finally seen the first true phone that TCL hopes will bring former Crackberries back into the fold, the BlackBerry KeyOne (click for complete specs).

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LG’s new budget phone has 4,500mAh battery, Nougat, and not much else

In Phones by Ramon LopezFebruary 24, 2017Leave a Comment

THIS year’s Mobile World Congress (aka MWC, or the massive phone event you ought to be paying attention to) is almost in full effect now. Know how we can tell? Because manufacturers are already making product announcements before the event kicks off on February 27.

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Aspiring vlogger? The ASUS ZenFone Live could be the phone for you

In Phones by Alora Uy GuerreroFebruary 24, 2017Leave a Comment

SO everyone got some of the specs of the quietly launched smartphone right but not the model name. What we reported as the ASUS ZenFone 3 Go exactly a week ago is actually known as the ASUS ZenFone Live (click for complete specs), as this listing on the Taiwanese manufacturer’s website shows.

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Moto M review: Mid-tier midranger

In Phones by Ramon LopezFebruary 23, 2017Leave a Comment

YOU asked for it. And now it’s here. As earlier reported, Lenovo today rolled out the Moto M (click for complete specs) to the Philippine market, further solidifying its presence in the country’s now-competitive midrange segment.

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Huawei Honor V9 has crazy specs yet competitive price

In Phones by Alora Uy GuerreroFebruary 22, 20171 Comment

IT ticks all the right boxes for us. It looks good, and it’s outfitted with top-of-the-line specs. Meet the recently unveiled Honor V9 (click for complete specs), the highest-end smartphone of Huawei’s sub-brand.

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Vivo V5 Lite will be available in PH starting February 25

In Phones by Ramon LopezFebruary 22, 2017Leave a Comment

AS Revü Philippines has learned, the new Vivo V5 Lite (click for complete specs) is due out in local stores in a couple of days. The V5 Lite, as you may have gathered, is the company’s entry-level offering in the V5 range of selfie-first smartphones.

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Fire can’t kill it: Samsung Galaxy Note 7 reportedly coming back in June

In Phones by Ramon LopezFebruary 21, 2017Leave a Comment

ALTHOUGH you may think Samsung is finally done with the Galaxy Note 7, having come clean about the bad batteries and even worse decisions that led to the phone’s premature exit before sales could take off, we might see it again on shelves later this year.

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Nokia 8 with near-borderless display, flagship specs gets priced, listed online

In Phones by Ramon LopezFebruary 20, 2017Leave a Comment

THE Nokia 8, one of the handsets strongly rumored to be outlined at HMD Global’s MWC [Mobile World Congress] 2017 keynote next week, has been listed on China’s Jingdong e-commerce site, aka JD.com.

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3D is dead, but you can get MyPhone’s 3D phone at its lowest price yet

In Phones by Ramon LopezFebruary 20, 2017Leave a Comment

NO, we’re serious. Even TV makers will tell you that the nascent display technology, once touted by many as the next big thing in the industry, is going the way of the headphone jack and microUSB port.

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Vivo V3 gets huge, P4,000 price cut in PH

In Phones by Ramon LopezFebruary 18, 2017Leave a Comment

WE knew it was coming. The writing has been on the wall ever since the Vivo V5 made it to stores in the Philippines. Now, the good news is official: Vivo Philippines has dropped the price of the Vivo V3 (click for complete specs) to P7,990 (around $160) — from P11,990 ($240).

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Google Philippines is hiring. Here are the job openings

In Business by Alora Uy GuerreroFebruary 18, 201714 Comments

FANCY working at the local office of one of the top technology companies in the world? You’re in luck. We were scrolling through our Facebook feed when we chanced upon an interesting post of a friend who works at Google Singapore: that Google Philippines has several job openings.

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Buh-bye, Dobby? CD-R King and Lazada selling selfie drones for ultra-cheap

In Cameras by Ramon LopezFebruary 17, 20172 Comments

YOU may have come across the Dobby recently. You know, that WiFi-controlled pocket drone which won the internet over with its foldable design and Qualcomm-powered smarts.

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ASUS ZenFone 3 Go budget phone’s alleged specs and price leak out

In Phones by Alora Uy GuerreroFebruary 17, 2017Leave a Comment

IT seems that Taiwan’s top international brand is reviving its budget ZenFone Go line by launching the ASUS ZenFone 3 Go in March — if we are to believe this leak reported by GSMArena.

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Smart’s smartphone sale is worth checking out

In Phones by Alora Uy GuerreroFebruary 15, 2017Leave a Comment

IT’S not every day that you come across deals that are worth your time. But today, there’s something that you won’t probably mind checking out: Smart Communications’ smartphone sale until February 28, 2017.

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