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According to IDC’s report, OPPO was the top smartphone vendor in the Philippines in the fourth quarter of 2020. In another market-research firm’s tracker, there was a different No. 1 — but it’s a brand that’s still part of the same conglomerate that owns OPPO.
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The ASUS ROG Phone 5 series is now official in the Philippines, with the Taiwanese OEM’s local arm also announcing the local pricing and availability for its latest gaming phones.
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Vivo Philippines is also making headlines this week, as it has officially launched the Vivo Y20s (G) on the local market.
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Nokia-brand licensee HMD Global had a big day, launching six smartphones plus the Nokia Lite Earbuds TWS earphones that will be available from mid-April for €75 (around P4,342 in Philippine pesos or $89 in U.S. dollars). The company is streamlining its budget lineup and at the same time expanding it to include 5G models.
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At Realme’s Quality Standards Launch Event, the fastest-growing smartphone brand — now with more than 70 million active users worldwide — revealed that it designs products with quality in mind first. The quality-control team gets to veto a product if the device fails to meet its standard at any point of the design process.
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The Xiaomi Redmi 9T, Realme C15, and Vivo Y20i are among the most popular value-focused smartphones on the local market that not only look good for the price, but are packed with enough specs and features to make consumers take a pause and reconsider similarly priced alternatives or more expensive midrange options altogether.
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In case you missed the announcement — and our initial coverage of Huawei’s first pre-built desktop and monitor — the Huawei MateStation S and Huawei Display are now available not just in some other parts of the world, but also in the Philippines.
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Here’s another Revü exclusive. After the Samsung Galaxy A32, Galaxy A52, and Galaxy A72, you might be wondering what Samsung Philippines will launch on the market next. But thanks to a couple of listings we found on the Korean company’s official website, we now have an idea of what’s to arrive in the country sooner rather than later.
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Xiaomi is currently hosting its annual Mi Fan Festival until May 9, 2021, where exclusive deals and offers are up for grabs, including the limited-edition Redmi Note 10 Pro MFF Special Edition and its regular variant, plus the newly launched Mi Band 6 with a larger display and new tracking features, including blood-oxygen monitoring. During the event, Mi fans can get up to P3,000, or roughly $62, off select devices as well.
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Lenovo is expected to announce the follow-up to its first gaming phone, the Lenovo Legion Phone Duel, on April 8 in China. Ahead of its launch, some key specs of the Lenovo Legion 2 Pro have been confirmed, including its upgraded side-mounted front camera.
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Earlier today, LG announced it will exit the mobile-phone business by July 31. We can’t say we didn’t see it coming. But it’s also something we didn’t want to happen even if we had sort of a falling out after we published the story No more LG phone business in PH, so G8 ThinQ won’t arrive here, which was picked up by international sites. We’ve always believed that more competition is better for consumers.
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The OPPO A74 4G may already be available in the Philippines, but we’re not sure if its 5G version is ever landing here. The latter, however, is now up for preorder in a neighboring country.
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When Xiaomi Philippines launched the Redmi Note 10 about three weeks ago, it also announced that the Pro model will be offered in the country, but stopped short of revealing the smartphone’s suggested retail price.
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At last, the much-awaited, much-speculated-upon NBA 2K21 for mobile is finally out — but it’s probably not what you had in mind. Sorry. Publisher 2K decided to bring its act to Apple Arcade, adding NBA 2K21 Arcade Edition to the long and exciting list of games that iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV users can play on demand with the service, just in time for the second half of the current NBA regular season.
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Popular benchmarking website Antutu Benchmark just published its latest rankings of the top-performing flagship and midrange Android smartphones in China. And the results are, well, quite interesting, especially in the top-end segment, where the likes of the ASUS ROG Phone 5, Black Shark 4 Pro, and RedMagic 6 Pro are included in the mix.
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Realme has added a new member to the X7 series, a lineup that was first introduced in China with the launch of the X7 and X7 Pro.
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