Colin Chan

Hits and Misses of the ASUS PH Pricing of the ZenFone 4 Series

Thoughts on the ASUS ZenFone 4 Line-up Pricing Yesterday ASUS Philippines announced the Philippines suggested retail price of the ASUS ZenFone 4 line-up. To recap, here are all the models that they released for the Philippines with their corresponding SRP: ASUS ZenFone 4 Max 5.5-inch: Php 9,995 ASUS ZenFone Selfie: Php 13,995 ASUS ZenFone Selfie […]

Samsung Bundles Feature Phones with Smartphones for the Great Samsung Sale

What’s for Sale? Samsung announced the “Great Samsung Sale” yesterday on their Facebook Page! If you were hoping for a slashed price for the Galaxy S6, S7, or S8 though, you’ll be disappointed. It’s also not a barrage of massive price cuts for their flagships or popular mid-rangers and entry level smartphones. It’s mostly a […]

Sand, Sea and Tech. Epson Philippines Re-affirms their focus on Innovations

During the annual Media thanksgiving of Epson (aptly entitled Fusion), this year held in Apulit, El Nido, the printing and imaging giant re-affirms their focus in innovations as they map their 2017 efforts and align it with their 2025 vision.   According to their presentation in the island, Epson’s Vision Statement 2025 is the next […]

Smart Gives Free iWantTV Access

Free iWant TV Access Bundled with New GigaSurfTV Smart just announced a promo giving away free access to your favorite ABS-CBN shows and movies on your phone via the iWantTV app. It comes as a free bundle to their bestselling Smart GigaSurf. Text GIGA50TV to 9999 to get 1GB Data +300MB for YouTube (3 Days), […]

LG Focuses and Bets Big on the 18:9 FullVision Display of the LG G6

After last year’s massive debacle with the modular LG G5, LG decided to focus on one key defining feature for the LG G6 on their marketing materials. All of the videos they’ve released so far, as well as the central theme of their keynote at MWC in Barcelona, all revolve around the FullVision (18:9 Dimensions […]

SM and DoubleDragon Properties Just Put a Mall in Boracay

Apart from bars, restaurants, coffee shops, and fast-food chains, the small island of Boracay now has a mall courtesy of SM Investments and DoubleDragon Properties. The newly opened CityMall had it’s grand opening last February 25 and it’s located in Barangay Yapak. The mall will have full sized theaters, a supermarket, and a bunch of […]

Uber Blames LTFRB Surge Price Cap for Less Vehicle Supply

Less Ubers on the Road Due to Surge Price Cap A few weeks ago the LTFRB put a price cap on the “surge” fair being implemented by Uber and Grab here in the Philippines. While a lot of people rejoiced over this, what a lot of us didn’t expect that it would affect their services […]

People are Photoshopping “Likes for Free Stuff” Conversations with Brands

A few days ago we wrote about how people should stop asking for free stuff in exchange for Likes, Comments, and Shares. Apparently we have to call out another practice related to that. Some people are desperate for attention that they’re photoshopping fake conversations with brands like the one below. Uh… I know that whoever […]

Audio Technica Gives You Heavy Bass without being Heavy on your Wallet

After giving praise to Audio Technica’s Solid Bass Over-Ear unit, we’re quite happy to see that they expanded the category and incorporated the design and punchy rounded bass we’ve come to love with the ATH-WS77 and created a whole line for it.   Now you can choose between Over Ear units and In-Ear ones. Personally […]

The Big Switch. Or the One Where Zenfone 2 Laser 6.0 got me Switching Sides.

If you’re a long time reader of the site, you know that the only smart phone I pretty much used and adhered to was then-Nokia’s Windows Phone Lumia line. I adored it, fought for it, even tried to convert some of the editors here at Unbox.ph to adapt to it. Sadly that all changed when […]