FUNNY, but the latest Starmobile product that has caught our attention is not a smartphone. It’s a silver Windows 10 laptop the company calls the Starmobile Engage Aura. And it looks a lot like the Apple MacBook but sells for only P7,990 on Lazada Philippines starting today, December 7, until the 12th to coincide with the online store’s Grand Christmas Sale.

An Intel Atom Z8350 chipset plus 2GB of RAM? No, it’s not for heavy-duty work, let’s get that out of the way. After all, you’re looking at a notebook that is priced like a budget Android phone, so don’t expect the specs to be top-of-the-line. 

The Engage Aura is perfect for students who need to finish their homework at home, not at some computer-rental shop. It is for those who love to browse and binge-watch their favorite TV show — the ample, 14-inch HD display and the 9,000mAh battery, which can supposedly provide up to 7 hours of video time, will make sure of that. It is for those who always have to bring a laptop with multiple ports for presentation purposes. 

After December 12, the Engage Aura will already be priced at P10,990, so if you’re in need of something like this Starmobile product, better take advantage of the P7,990 offer now. If you’d love to own a gold variant of this device, though, wait until the 4th week of December for the limited edition. That particular model will go on sale for P9,990 at Starmobile concept stores, kiosks, and authorized resellers nationwide.

The silver Starmobile Engage Aura, regularly priced at P10,990, will retail at P7,990 on Lazada from December 7 to 12. A gold variant will go on sale for P9,990 starting 4th week of this month. 

Specs of the Starmobile Engage Aura (silver variant’s sale price: P7,990; silver variant’s regular price: P10,990; price of gold model: P9,990)

• Windows 10 OS
• Intel Atom Z8350 chipset
• 1.9GHz quad-core Cherry Trail Z8350 CPU
• Intel HD Graphics Gen8-LP 12Eu GPU
• 14-inch WXGA screen, 1366 x 768 pixels (104ppi), 16 million colors
• 2GB RAM DDR3L
• 32GB ROM
• microSD expansion up to 64GB
• 2-megapixel front camera with 720p @ 30fps video capture
• WiFi and Bluetooth
• 3.5mm headphone port with built-in speakers
• Mini-HDMI
• USB 2.0, USB 3.0
• 9,000mAh Li-ion, up to 7 hours video time and up to 210 hours standby time
• 351 x 233 x 20mm
• 1,390g

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