Jamie Inocian

Smart to Rollout Major Network Improvements

If you’ve been experiencing a few kinks with your connection to Smart’s network,  you can expect it to improve in the next three months. The company announced on January 13 that they will be undertaking a major rollout to improve the coverage and quality of LTE across Metro Manila. Chief Technology Advisor for Smart and […]

The MacBook and MacBook Pro Could be Getting Updated Hardware Later this Year

Good news for those of you who might be holding out on your next Apple purchase,  and a bit of bad news for those of you who have but the bullet. As the headline suggests,  we could be seeing refreshed versions of the Apple notebooks by the latter part of the year. According to research […]

Benchmarks for Snapdragon 835 Powered Xiaomi MIX EVO Spotted

Qualcomm introduced us to their newest SoC at CES 2017, the Snapdragon 835. The smaller, yet nimble 835 is said to perform 27 percent faster and require 40 percent less power than the Snapdragon 820 and is expected to ship with this year’s crop of flagship devices. Xiaomi has always had a knack for bringing […]

Firefly Mobile Releases Budget Friendly AURII XR

Firefly Mobile has been known to release budget friendly devices, such as: the AURII Secret,  the AURII Secret Lite, and — who could forget the AURII Envy. The phones from Firely Mobile seek a balance between performance, aesthetics, and price; none of the mentioned devices hit Php 10,000. The newest entrant to the local company’s AURII […]

Head-to-Head: Vivo V5 Plus vs Vivo V5

Now that we have more details about the Vivo V5 Plus, it’s time to see how it stacks up to its V series sibling — the V5. We already know that the V5 Plus will outshine the V5, but we’ll save you the time of having to comb through the spec sheets by offering you […]

Malaysian Retailer Outs Vivo V5 Plus Ahead of Launch

  The cat’s out of the bag! The Vivo V5 Plus is set to be launched locally this Saturday, January 21st, and Vivo has been pretty tight lipped about what their new handset has under the hood. A few details have already been leaked out, thanks to their promotional material confirming that it will have […]

Could the OPPO R9s be Heading to the Philippines?

Part of the team is currently in Cebu where OPPO hosted us for this year’s Sinulog festival. As things are winding down and festivities are coming to a close, it seems OPPO decided to keep things interesting by showing us the R9S. The OPPO R9S has been making its rounds within the region and the […]

Android Co-Founder to Take on the iPhone and Pixel

Andy Rubin, the man who co-founded Android Inc. and who some call “The Father of Android”, hasn’t been in Google’s employ since leaving the company in 2014. Since then, Google’s former Senior Vice President of Mobile and Digital Content has opened up two companies (Playground Global and Essential Products Inc.) and word on the street […]

5 Games We’re Excited to Play on the Nintendo Switch

Choo-choo! All aboard the Nintendo Switch hype train! Now that the details for the availability and pricing for the Nintendo Switch have been revealed, it’s time to take a look at the games we’re going to be playing on Nintendo’s new system. While there were a number of announcements during the live event that happened […]

This is the New Honda City

Honda’s automobile offerings have always looked great and when the new sporty looking Honda Civic was revealed in April last year, it was definitely met with applause and admiration. In fact, we always find ourselves doing a bit of a double take every time we see one on the road. Another vehicle from the Japanese […]