PLDT intros cheapest fiber plan. Is it worth it?

In Business by Alora Uy GuerreroJanuary 27, 2017Leave a Comment

THE affordable has become cheaper. Two months after introducing Fiber Plan 1899, PLDT unveiled a fiber-optic internet-connection package whose monthly fee is friendlier to your budget than the 1899.

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Deal alert: Well-spec’d Acer Liquid Z6 Plus drops to P6,199 on Lazada PH

In Phones by Ramon LopezJanuary 27, 2017Leave a Comment

AS we’ve reported earlier, a bunch of solid deals have showed up on Lazada Philippines’ website. And apparently, the popular ecommerce platform isn’t done serving up compelling reasons to get us to click its “Add to cart” button.

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This may be your best look at the Samsung Galaxy S8 yet

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

TWO days after The Guardian had detailed the Samsung Galaxy S8’s supposed features, a tech journalist — whose leaks have always been spot on — came out with his own report about the Korean giant’s upcoming flagship smartphone. And he basically confirmed what the British site had revealed.

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Lazada PH’s Nokia 6 too expensive? Check out these 2 other phones

In Phones by Ramon LopezJanuary 26, 2017Leave a Comment

YESTERDAY, we reported that the Nokia 6 has been listed on Lazada Philippines and will go on sale today. It’s already available in black shortly after the white version sold out. But if the Nokia smartphone millions have been eyeing is above your means, there are two other new phones on Lazada you may want to consider.

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Nokia 6 will be sold on Lazada PH January 26

In Phones by Ramon LopezJanuary 25, 2017Leave a Comment

HEADS-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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2nd-biggest phone market ditches local brands for Chinese ones

In Phones by Ramon LopezJanuary 25, 2017Leave a Comment

INDIA’S local phone makers were beaten in their home country — by their Chinese counterparts, a new report said recently.

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Report details Samsung Galaxy S8 infinity display, other features

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

IT’S still a little over two months away from the Samsung Galaxy S8‘s expected launch, but leaks have already kicked into high gear. And if we are to believe the latest report about the device, then it seems the Korean tech giant has made sure that its upcoming flagship smartphone is a major upgrade over the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge.

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Tomorrow’s LG G6 rumored to use yesterday’s chipset because of the S8

In Phones by Ramon LopezJanuary 24, 2017Leave a Comment

EARLIER today, we wrote a piece about the LG G6 being (partially) outed by The Verge by way of a render that shows off the top half of the device. Many gushed over LG’s use — or almost non-use — of bezels that drew comparisons to Xiaomi’s daring Mi MIX concept phone.

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Sony A6500 hands-on and sample images

In Cameras by Ramon LopezJanuary 24, 2017Leave a Comment

SONY may not be top of mind among smartphone brands at the moment, but it’s doing very well in the camera segment, even at the prices we’re seeing. The Sony A6500 is the company’s latest “prosumer” mirrorless camera, with specs and pricing to match. And after spending months on shelves overseas — it’s been out in the U.S. since November — it’s finally available in the Philippines.

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Image reveals how different the LG G6 is from the G5

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

CLEVER. 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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Here’s why the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 caught fire

In Business, Phones by Ramon LopezJanuary 23, 2017Leave a Comment

THE world can rest easy, as Samsung today answered that — pardon us — burning question on everyone’s lips. At a news conference, the tech giant confirmed that bad batteries and bad decisions were to blame for the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 fire incidents that led to its discontinuation just two months after its launch.

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These are the top 5 smartphone brands in Q3 2016

In Business, Phones by Ramon LopezJanuary 23, 2017Leave a Comment

CHINESE smartphone vendors still reign over the industry amid a 1.1 percent growth to 363 million shipments in Q3 2016, according to the latest numbers published by market-research firm IDC.

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Vivo V5 Plus review: Selfie superstar

In Phones by Ramon LopezJanuary 21, 2017Leave a Comment

IT 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 P10 press renders tell us two things

In Phones by Alora Uy GuerreroJanuary 21, 2017Leave a Comment

WITH the successor to the Huawei P9 widely believed to be launched at the Mobile World Congress or MWC 2017 end of February, we’re not surprised to already find leaks of the smartphone.

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Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air: What may change this year

In Laptops by Alora Uy GuerreroJanuary 20, 2017Leave a Comment

IT’S no secret among our circle of friends that we had bugged our contact at Xiaomi just to buy the Mi Notebook Air on the first day it went on sale in China. Long story short, we were able to get one of the few units available at Mi Home in Shenzhen. So these days, we’re using three PCs: Xiaomi’s first-ever laptop and Apple’s MacBook Pro and MacBook Air.

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

In Phones by Ramon LopezJanuary 20, 2017Leave a Comment

ANNOUNCED 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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Apple iPhone 6s battery-replacement program now in PH

In Phones by Alora Uy GuerreroJanuary 19, 2017Leave a Comment

FINALLY. About two months after the free Apple iPhone 6s battery-replacement program was announced in the U.S., it is now being offered to customers based in the Philippines. Power Mac Center, an Apple authorized service center, has divulged the good news on its Facebook page.

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

In Phones by Ramon LopezJanuary 19, 201712 Comments

SAMSUNG 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.

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Nokia P1 could be another flagship phone besides the Nokia 8

In Phones by Alora Uy GuerreroJanuary 18, 2017Leave a Comment

WE have been flooded with Nokia rumors as MWC 2017 is drawing near. So we are not surprised that another report that’s out to tickle the brand’s fans everywhere has been circulating the past 24 hours. The subject? The Nokia P1, which we wrote about last year.

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Here are the top-performing phones of 2016, according to Antutu

In Phones by Ramon LopezJanuary 18, 2017Leave a Comment

ANTUTU closed the year by publishing its latest charts featuring the top-performing Android and iOS devices that have been put through their paces last year using the company’s own Antutu Benchmark app.

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