Admit it: smartphone designs are starting to become stale as the majority of brands are sticking to the tried-and-tested candy bar form factor. While there is still room for improvement—like the development of an under-display camera for a true bezel-less, notch-free experience, we are reaching a point of “perfecting” the candy bar form factor. Up […]
Verdict: There hasn’t been a matchup as interesting as the POCO X3 NFC VS the Realme 6, thanks to both device’s bang-for-the-buck positioning. But the POCO X3 NFC is the clear winner here, with the phone’s Snapdragon 732G processor offering tangible gains over MediaTek’s latest mid-range chipset, especially when it comes to gaming performance and endurance. […]
Xiaomi’s POCO sub-brand made its global debut a few years ago with the arrival of the POCOPHONE F1, a true, flagship killer that literally cost half of the price of most of the flagships released in the same year. It was a great phone, and some may argue it was too great, as POCO’s follow-up […]
If you have been eyeing for OPPO’s entertainment-focused A92 for quite some time, here’s some good news: starting today, OPPO is dropping the price of the A92 to Php 13,990, Php 2k off its original price. Its new permanent price makes it a more compelling offering in the mid-range segment. Key features of the A92 […]
(UPDATE October 13): Samsung revealed more details about the Samsung Galaxy A42 5G and confirmed that it uses a Snapdragon 750G processor paired with 4GB or 8GB RAM and 128GB internal storage. The teardrop notch is home to a 20-megapixel selfie snapper, and the four rear cameras are confirmed to be a 48-megapixel main camera, […]
A year after we saw brands work on their own take at finally ditching punch holes and pop-up modules, we finally have the first production phone to utilize an under-display camera. No, it’s not from OPPO, vivo, or Xiaomi—it is from ZTE, with the upper-mid-range Axon 20 5G. To solve all the hurdles involving placing […]
Samsung’s original Galaxy Fold was a literal marvel of engineering, but with any first-generation device, it had its share of initial teething problems. From a limited secondary display and a screen that had catastrophic design issues at the start, the phone was a great showcase of what Samsung could achieve but wasn’t what you’d […]
With the OnePlus Nord generating much hype as of late because it has been a while since OnePlus unveiled a compelling mid-range phone, there are reports that OnePlus has more mid-range phones along the way. With the Nord being exclusive to Europe, India, and Asia (the Philippines included), there is a cheaper OnePlus phone in the works, […]
ASUS has launched its new, non-gaming smartphones today in the form of the Zenfone 7 and 7 Pro. Unlike their flashy, gaming-focused ROG Phone 3, the Zenfone 7 and 7 Pro are both aimed at general consumers that want a solid, powerful flagship phone that has great cameras even when taking selfies. https://unbox.ph/editorials/asus-rog-phone-3-awesome-phone-for-gamers-ok-for-everyone-else/ Last year’s […]
vivo’s launching both of their new X-series of smartphones in the Philippines in the next few days, bolstering a lineup that hasn’t seen a new device since the X21 in 2018. Both the X50 and the X50 Pro will be landing in the country, with the former being the subject of this review. Read on […]
Roughly less than 4 months since bringing the global version of the Reno3 to our shores, OPPO announced the Reno4 in what possibly is the fastest product refresh to date for the company. We had our fair share of criticisms with the Reno3—such as the dated processor and plastic build—which OPPO has addressed with their […]
There’s more to a gaming phone than a flagship processor and ultra-fast refresh rates, at least that’s what ASUS is trying to convey with the latest iteration of their gaming phone, the ROG Phone 3. The third-generation device took many of the criticisms that reviewers had with their previous iteration to heart in the design […]