John Nieves

Watch: Cherry Mobile Flare Mate Unboxing And Initial Impressions

Check out the Cherry Mobile Flare Mate in action! A few days ago we gave you our initial hands-on and unboxing of Cherry Mobile’s Flare Mate, that new, 6-inch phablet of the Flare lineup. Some of you were asking for a video unboxing of the phone as well as a short hands-on with AnTuTu and […]

Samsung Silently Lists Galaxy Tab A 7.0 (2016) On Website

A modest tab for people on a budget Samsung has silently announced the refreshed iteration of their low-end Galaxy Tab A 7.0 (2016) on their websites recently. The new tablet has a 7-inch display with a resolution of 1280 x 800, and has a 1.3GHz processor along with 1.5GB (not a typo) of RAM. As […]

OPPO’s Upcoming R9 Smartphone Has Thin Bezels, Fast Fingerprint Scanner

OPPO’s new smartphone is an absolute looker OPPO’s scheduled to launch their new R9 smartphones in the next few weeks, but the Chinese company has seemingly revealed the look of at least one of their phones before launch in an effort to highlight their fingerprint sensor. At least one of the new phones will have […]

Smart Doubles Data Allocation For Big Bytes 50 Promo For a Limited Time

Now at 700MB Always running out of data when you’re trying to view awesome websites (like the one you’re currently reading now)? Well, that’s not going to be a problem if your a Smart pre-paid subscriber – the telco has announced that they have doubled the data allocation given to people who enroll to their […]

Both Cherry Mobile Android One Phones Guaranteed To Get Android N

Another reason to get the Cherry Mobile One and One G1 Google’s Android One program may not be making a lot of noise right now, but we’ve learned of another reason why the label “poor man’s Nexus” applies to the phones released under the initiative. We contacted Cherry Mobile earlier to know the status of […]

Should You Upgrade To The Galaxy S7?

Is the new phone worth saving up for? We’ve penned and shot our review of Samsung’s Galaxy S7 a few days ago, and we’re ready to tackle a question that many of you are probably asking yourself now: should I upgrade to the S7? The short answer is yes, but it depends on how old […]

Revamped Waze 4.0 Now Available On Google Play!

The best navigation app just got better A few months ago we told you that Waze was getting a major update that revamped the UI, and today the new version of the time-saving traffic navigation app has finally hit Google Play. Changes to the app include a cleaner, less cluttered UI, simplified and better animations […]

Apple Sends Out Invites For March 21, New iPhone and iPad Expected

iPhone SE and a smaller iPad? Rumors have been circulating about a possible new product release by Apple this month, and the company has just confirmed that by sending out invites for March 21. The tagline of the event, “Let us loop you in” doesn’t really tell us much, but thankfully the rumor mill has […]

Will You Be Able To Try Android N On Cherry Mobile’s Android One G1?

We hope so Google dropped Android N developer preview today, and as expected multiple smartphones from their Nexus line of devices including last year’s flagship, the Huawei-built Nexus 6p will be able to download and try the Developer Preview (think beta) of Android 7.0. One particular phone from the list intrigued us though: along with […]

Android N = Nutella? Google Top Exec Teases Next Name For Android 7.0

Let the guesses roll in! As with every new Android version release, guesses for the name of the next dessert theme are rolling in. While our personal favorite is Android Nougat, Google’s SVP for Android Hiroshi Lockheimer (which we managed to interview during MWC) dropped a clue when he posted about the release of the […]