Shopee’s biggest annual regional shopping event, the Shopee 9.9 Super Shopping Day, has kicked off, with over 500,000 sellers, 800 brands, and 60 partner brands participating in the event.
Huawei still ahead of Apple in Q2 2018 in another report
No matter what the report is, it looks like there’s a consensus: that Huawei really did overtake Apple in the second quarter of 2018.
Another Xiaomi Mi Authorized Store in PH set to open soon
This good news is for you, Xiaomi fans: More Mi Authorized Stores in the Philippines are set to open to the public soon.
Converge says not 3rd telco player, to focus on nationwide fiber rollout
Converge ICT today held a press conference to make a big announcement. And before you get too excited, the fiber-service provider did not say it will join PLDT and Globe Telecom as the Philippines’ third carrier.
Apple may not be the 2nd biggest smartphone company, but…
China’s Huawei may have toppled Apple from the second spot in terms of smartphone shipments last quarter, but there’s still a huge reason for the American tech giant to rejoice. It just made history by hitting the $1-trillion market capitalization. Market cap is the market value of a company’s outstanding shares.
This is how Huawei plans to drive the smartphone industry forward
I went to China for the Huawei media familiarization trip not expecting a lot from it. I came back to the Philippines with a newfound respect for the company and the people who work there.
Xiaomi to open 3rd Mi Authorized Store in the Philippines soon
Xiaomi and Grimalkin Corporation, the official distributor of Xiaomi products in the Philippines, will soon open their third retail location in the country. The next Mi Authorized Store can be found at — drum roll, please — SM North EDSA.
Smart 5G speed test hits over 6Gbps in demo
On the same day Globe Telecom announced that it will roll out 5G services starting in 2019, Smart Communications demonstrated yet again its readiness to adopt 5G, the next-generation network technology that performs as much as 100 times faster than 4G.
Globe Telecom to roll out 5G services in 2019
The race to 5G in the Philippines is on. Globe Telecom today announced that it will start offering 5G services in 2019, one of the first carriers in the world to do so.
These are the Xiaomi dealers and service centers in PH
We get asked a lot about Xiaomi’s brick-and-mortar retail shops and service centers in the Philippines, so we’re publishing this to answer your questions.
These were the 10 bestselling smartphones in March 2018
Which smartphones ruled the global sales chart in March 2018? Were they the same devices that people bought in February?
Xiaomi Redmi 5A joins Top 6 Bestselling Smartphones in Q1 2018 list
Which smartphones became bestsellers in the first quarter of 2018? Which brands did well from January to March this year? Is the list a diversified one?
OPPO F7 is this Philippine retailer’s top-selling phone overall
Just how well did the OPPO F7, released on April 21 in the Philippines, do in local retail? Impressive, if we go by an announcement by one of the country’s biggest chains for mobile devices.
And the new top 10 smartphone companies are…
Counterpoint Research’s report for the first quarter of 2018 is in. And it shows an interesting detail.
OPPO’s new sub-brand name and 1st phone confirmed
We reported yesterday that OPPO will launch a new smartphone brand in India to compete directly with Xiaomi, currently the leading brand in the world’s second-largest smartphone market. Now, more details about that sub-brand have emerged.
OPPO to introduce new phone brand to take on Xiaomi — report
You probably didn’t see this coming. OPPO, the No. 3 mobile vendor in the Philippines in 2017, will launch a sub-brand in the world’s second-largest smartphone market, India.
Over P100M in Huawei P20 series sales made in 5 hours
That Huawei series that made waves when it toppled all the other smartphones reviewed by camera-testing site DxOMark? They’re finally available in the Philippines.
Uber agrees to sell Southeast Asia operations to Grab
It has long been rumored that Grab is in talks with Uber Technologies Inc. for a deal that could see the latter exiting yet another major market. Today, news agency Bloomberg says that Uber “has reached an agreement to sell its Southeast Asian ride-hailing business to rival Grab.”
Xiaomi now officially on Shopee Philippines
After setting up shop on Lazada and opening its flagship location in the Philippine capital, Xiaomi has found another home on yet another retail platform — Shopee Philippines.
Xiaomi’s PH flagship store now open. What you can buy there
Exactly a month after the opening of the first Mi Authorized Store at TriNoma in Quezon City, Xiaomi and Grimalkin Corporation inaugurated the first Mi flagship shop in the Philippines.