On the day its first 5G smartphone became official, Realme announced the C2 2020 in Thailand as the Realme C2s. In neighboring Vietnam, it launched the Realme 5i. And we wonder if it’s coming to the Philippines.
Realme X50 5G launched with aggressive pricing
The Realme X50 5G, the brand’s first 5G smartphone, is official. And it’s everything we had expected it to be: a feature-rich device that can work on the next-gen mobile network but is not heavy on the wallet.
Xiaomi Mi 10, Mi 10 Pro: Benchmark, specs leaked so far
The next Mi flagships — said to be called Xiaomi Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro — should be launching any time in the first quarter of 2020. After all, the Xiaomi Mi 9 debuted in China February 20th last year and announced globally at the Mobile World Congress or MWC a week later.
Look! This is OPPO, Xiaomi, Vivo’s file-transfer tech in action
Remember the Peer-to-Peer Transmission Alliance, formerly known as the Inter-Transfer Alliance Group, which was formed by Vivo, Xiaomi, and OPPO to establish a cross-brand platform for sharing files from one device to another?
Realme X50 5G full specs surface ahead of Jan 7 launch
Realme’s first 5G smartphone will debut January 7. But we don’t have to wait two more days to see its specs; the website of Chinese certification authority TENAA already has them.
Huawei Y9s Philippine price revealed by retailer
So we were right. As we guessed in November, the Huawei Y9s is indeed coming to the Philippines, as revealed by Davao-based retailer Tekpone.
Lenovo PH teases Legion gaming phone, Z6 series models
Ever since confirming that Lenovo smartphones are making a comeback in the Philippines, the company has since posted three more teasers on Facebook.
Win phones, get freebies at Huawei’s 2nd AppGallery Festival
Are you a Huawei phone user based in the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, or Thailand? Huawei is celebrating its 2nd AppGallery Festival the whole month of January 2020 to start the new year.
Xiaomi issues statement on ‘top phone brands in PH’ report
Almost a week ago, we shared market-research firm Counterpoint’s report on the top 5 bestselling smartphone brands in the Philippines from July to September 2019.
Giveaway: Win a Xiaomi Mi A3 Android One phone
We are coming out of our self-imposed Christmas Day hibernation to fulfill that promise we made on Facebook and the most recent livestream hosting we did on Lazada.
Launch date of Realme X50, brand’s 1st 5G phone, revealed
Realme‘s first 5G smartphone has been teased for a while now. However, the OPPO offshoot hasn’t announced the launch date — until today, December 24, that is.
Nokia 8.1 now P7,000 ($138) cheaper in PH
The Nokia 8.1 became available in the Philippines July 19. Five months later, it has become more affordable — by P7,000 (around $138) at that.
PH’s top 5 smartphone brands in Q3 2019 — Counterpoint
Counterpoint has released its report on the performance of smartphone brands in the Philippines last quarter.
How OPPO is preparing for the 5G era in Asia-Pacific
GfK predicts that in 2020, more than 180 million 5G devices will be shipped globally, around 130 million units of which will come from the Asia-Pacific region. The market-research firm also sees the highest growth rate of the total technical consumer-goods market in emerging Asia.
Under-screen cam, no hole? This OPPO phone is the future
Minimalism, it seems, is the theme that’s emerging so far with concept smartphones. And now we have OPPO joining the fray with its own take on a non-commercial phone of tomorrow, with an under-display camera it unveiled back at MWC Shanghai 2019 in June and no notches, cutouts, or holes of any kind.
OPPO Enco Free earphones: Initial look, impressions
The OPPO Enco Q1 is a surprisingly good pair of noise-cancelling wireless earphones that won’t break the bank. But the new OPPO Enco Free, which the company will launch on December 26 alongside the Reno 3 series, could very well establish OPPO as the brand to watch for in the wireless-audio-devices market.
OPPO Reno 3 series: Key specs, design, launch date
We’re still 10 days away from the OPPO Reno 3 series December 26 launch in China, but we already know the key specs of the two 5G models in the lineup.
Xiaomi Black Shark 2, Black Shark 2 Pro: PH prices, availability
And just like that, Black Shark is officially in the country, two weeks after Xiaomi Philippines started teasing one of the former’s gaming phones online.
Realme will be ‘first to launch Snapdragon 865, 765G phones’
Qualcomm has announced not one but three 5G-capable mobile platforms at its annual technology summit. The Snapdragon 865 chip is the successor to the 855, which is used by many of today’s flagship devices. The Snapdragon 765 and 765G (the “G” stands for gaming), on the other hand, will power midrange smartphones.
Samsung Galaxy A 2020 series launching Dec 12
There’s at least one Samsung smartphone to look forward to before the Galaxy S11 series‘ expected early-2020 debut.