Liking your Huawei smartphone so far, but wish it came with stock Android instead of the company’s own software interface? OpenKirin might have the tweak you’re looking for.
Cheaper Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 lands June 26 in PH
Good news, Mi fans in the Philippines: The 3GB RAM and 32GB storage version of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 will be available domestically from June 26. According to the Mi Store Philippines Facebook page, the base unit is hitting the two official Xiaomi retail stores in the country, which are located at SM Megamall and TriNoma.
Vivo Y71 price drops to P6,999 ($132) in the Philippines
Fresh on the heels of the Vivo X21 announcement, Vivo has quietly dropped the price of the base version of the Y71 at local retail. In case you missed our post back in April — when the company’s cheapest 18:9 phone launched in the Philippines — the Vivo Y71 debuted at P7,990 (approximately $150) for the 2GB RAM model, while the 3GB RAM unit came in at P8,990 ($169).
ASUS ZenFone Max Pro M1 with 6GB RAM launching in PH soon?
ASUS has launched the ZenFone Max Pro M1 in the Philippines, and pre-orders have started and will continue until June 24. Unfortunately for those eyeing more memory, only the 3GB RAM and 32GB storage model of the phone was announced locally. (Although the base version is already plenty fast enough, as we’ll discuss further in our review.)
Xiaomi Redmi 6 Pro official photos released ahead of launch
The Xiaomi Redmi 6 Pro finally releases in China on June 25, alongside the Xiaomi Mi Pad 4 tablet. The smartphone will occupy the top position in Xiaomi’s entry-level handset line and is said to debut bearing multiple paint jobs, namely Black, Flame Red, Sand Gold, Rose Gold, and Lake Blue.
Vivo X21 review: True innovation comes at a price
Chinese phone maker Vivo has beaten Apple and Samsung in their quest to hide the fingerprint reader under the screen. The Vivo X21 has been formally unveiled at local retail in the Philippines, and it’s the first device in the country to have an in-display sensor for biometric authentication.
Meet the OPPO Find X with pop-up cameras, bezel-less design
The OPPO Find X isn’t set to debut for at least several more hours, and yet almost all the details about the Chinese OEM’s latest flagship smartphone have been laid out courtesy of a post from The Verge.
Cheapest ASUS ZenFone 5Z we’ve seen in PH thus far
The ASUS ZenFone 5Z is now officially available at local retail, two months after it was announced for the Philippine market in April 2018. Now that it’s here, you might be wondering where you can get it at the lowest price (thus far) — without sacrificing warranty coverage from the manufacturer.
Vivo X21 with in-display fingerprint sensor launching June 21 in PH
After weeks of speculation, teasing, and wild theorizing, a launch date for the Philippine market has been set for the Vivo X21.
OPPO Find X might be like the Vivo NEX ‘all-screen’ phone
After years without a clear successor, OPPO’s high-end Find series will finally add a new phone to its ranks, with the launch of the Find X slated for June 19 in Paris, France. So much has been said and written about the OPPO Find X that there seems to be nothing left for us to, well, find out. Then today happened.
Select Huawei devices to run full Windows 10 soon
Huawei will soon allow a handful of its newer devices to run an online version of Windows 10 on top of Android. The feature will be accessible through Huawei’s Cloud PC service. It’s going to debut first in China, where it was shown off as part of Huawei’s keynote at the CES Asia 2018 trade show.
These Huawei, Honor phones will get performance-improvement update
CES [Consumer Electronics Show] Asia 2018 is ongoing in Shanghai, China. One of the first major announcements to make headlines is that Huawei will soon be rolling out GPU Turbo technology to select Huawei and Honor smartphones using its very own Kirin processors.
Vivo X21 launching in PH. Here are some camera samples
The Vivo X21, one of the few smartphones out there with an under-display fingerprint sensor, will be launched in the Philippines this June. This, according to an email sent to us by a company representative just now. While no date was set, Vivo did send us a retail unit for testing weeks ago.
E3 2018: All the video game trailers you need to see
This week has been huge for the video-game community, with E3 [Electronic Entertainment Expo] 2018 kicking off and filling our timelines with new announcements, teasers, and gameplay videos. It is a brilliant time if you are a video game fan as you have all these amazing games being announced. Now is also a great time to grow your Twitch audience too, if you have a channel. People will be excited to see the new games and will come flooding to watch you. If you’re going to be streaming more then make sure you have Twitch alert sounds to show when …
Xiaomi Redmi 6, Redmi 6A budget phones officially unveiled
Xiaomi keeps on launching new smartphones to remain under the spotlight. This time around, it’s the Xiaomi Redmi 6 and Redmi 6A that have been thrust into the headlines. The Redmi 5 and 5A successors have just been launched in China with a starting price of ¥599 (about P4,958 or $94).
OPPO Find X official teasers reveal curved screen, key specs
We know that we’re just a week removed from OPPO launching the Find X on June 19 in Paris, France. But in terms of specifications and features, what should we expect from the upcoming top-of-the-line smartphone?
Xiaomi Mi 8, Mi 8 SE now being sold in the Philippines
The new Xiaomi Mi 8 and Mi 8 SE are arguably the technology company’s most exciting smartphones of late. And if you’re wondering how to buy them in the Philippines, at prices that are not so different from what you would pay in China now, congratulations — you’ve come to the right place.
Vivo NEX: The specs that have leaked thus far
NEX, Vivo’s next-gen flagship smartphone with an almost-zero-bezel screen, is set to launch June 12. We already have a good idea of what the phone might look like. On the inside, however, there are still plenty of questions needing answers.
Samsung Galaxy J7 (2018), J3 (2018) with low-light cameras announced
The Samsung recently rolled out the Galaxy J6, the most affordable Galaxy with an Infinity Display (read: extra-tall screen), for P13,990 or around $265 in the Philippines. Elsewhere, thousands of miles from the Philippine islands, Samsung has announced the Galaxy J7 (2018) and J3 (2018) for its U.S. customers.
Samsung Galaxy J6 impressions: Best-value Samsung phone yet?
The Samsung Galaxy J6 is now available on the Philippine market, ahead of its official release date on June 16. Earlier, Samsung Electronics Philippines posted a video on social media launching local actress Nadine Lustre as the face of the new mid-tier phone.