OYAL Sony fans who have been dying to know what the Japanese company is up to in the smartphone department, take heart. There’s another report for you this week. A video that supposedly stars a prototype of the 2017 version of the Sony Xperia XA has leaked online.
PLDT intros cheapest fiber plan. Is it worth it?
HE 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.
This may be your best look at the Samsung Galaxy S8 yet
WO 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.
Report details Samsung Galaxy S8 infinity display, other features
T’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.
Image reveals how different the LG G6 is from the G5
LEVER. 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?
Huawei P10 press renders tell us two things
ITH 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.
Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air: What may change this year
T’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.
Apple iPhone 6s battery-replacement program now in PH
INALLY. 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.
Nokia P1 could be another flagship phone besides the Nokia 8
E 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.
Nokia 6 exceeds 1M registrations in China. So, is it coming to PH?
day before its January 19 flash sale in China, the first Nokia Android smartphone has already surpassed the one-million-registration mark. As of posting time, 1,070,945 people have already registered their interest to buy the Nokia 6 (click for complete specs).
Meizu Pro 6 Plus flagship phone to make its way to PH
HAT do you get when you combine the Apple iPhone 6s’ body with the Samsung Galaxy Note 7’s internals? This. And if you’ve been waiting for this flagship smartphone, we have good news for you: The Meizu Pro 6 Plus (click for complete specs) is finally coming to the Philippines, based on this post on the manufacturer’s Facebook page.
Vivo V5 Plus with 2 front cameras launching in PH January 21
EMEMBER the smartphone with two front cameras that we wrote about two weeks ago? It’s finally coming to the Philippines! We already got an invite to the launch. In fact, the Vivo V5 Plus is now being teased on the company’s Facebook page, just in time for the local unveiling on January 21.
Alleged Nokia 8 seen at CES 2017 becomes center of controversy
few days ago, videos by Total Tech set the mobile world on fire when they showed what is supposedly Nokia’s upcoming flagship smartphone, the Nokia 8, in Qualcomm’s booth at CES 2017. After all, many people are still rooting for the brand. And with TK O’Connors — the man behind the YouTube channel — talking about specs that could catapult Nokia to the top of the smartphone charts again, who wouldn’t hope that he was right?
Buckle up, buying many gadgets and appliances may soon be taxed
HEY are not stopping with the vanity tax. After a controversial Philippine bill proposing to tax beauty and cosmetic products was filed January 11, here comes another plan that may end up being contentious, too.
Apple is PC industry’s biggest loser in 2016
HE latest report of market-research firm IDC did not surprise us; we had already expected the PC industry to shrink in 2016. Based on the data, worldwide shipments of traditional PCs — desktops, notebooks, and workstations combined — fell to 260 million units, down 5.7 percent from 2015. It was the fifth straight year that the industry shrank. And Apple took the biggest hit.
Samsung might launch a foldable phone in Q3 2017 — because it can
E’VE seen foldable mobile devices, but they’re all just concepts — stuff that look cool but may never see the light of day. Not in the near future. Maybe not ever. None of them have gone into production just yet. But that may change soon.
Water-resistant Samsung Galaxy A5, A7 2017 edition debut in PH
AMSUNG Electronics Philippines has fired its opening salvo of the year, launching two of the three models that are part of the 2017 edition of the Galaxy A Series. The lineup has been listed on the tech giant’s global press site since early January.
10 other interesting tech products on display at CES 2017
NOTHER January, another CES done. And once again, this year’s edition of the biggest consumer-electronic show gave us a look at what’s out there in the world of technology and what’s about to come. 2017 is even memorable as CES celebrates its 50th anniversary.
Confirmed: Huawei Mate 9, Honor 6x now available in PH
HAT do you know? Just when we were not looking at the Philippine market because of all the CES 2017-related news coming our way, Huawei has rolled two new smartphones to local stores, the Huawei Mate 9 (click for complete specs) and the Huawei GR5 2017, also known as the Honor 6x (click for full specs).
3 new Xiaomi products we wish were on their way to the rest of the world
ND when we say “the rest of the world,” we meant outside Xiaomi’s native China. Because while we had initially thought that the company joining CES for the first time meant an announcement of a concrete roadmap for its entry to the U.S., it turned out that we had thought wrong.