Back in May, Cherry Mobile gave us a sneak peek at their Desire R7 series of phones, which included a 5-inch base model with a MediaTek MT6737 quad-core processor with 2GB of RAM, and a slightly bigger, plus-sized variant with 3GB of memory. While we weren’t able to take those units for a proper go […]
A recent raid in Thailand uncovers an unscrupulous but lucrative business venture in this digital age. The Bangkok Post on Monday reported that Thai police officers and soldiers raided an apartment near the Cambodian border suspected of running a fraudulent call center business. What they uncovered though was a different kind of online venture – a […]
We review the ZenFone Live! ASUS’ ZenFone Live first started life as the ZenFone 3 Go before it was officially announced by the company. It was the missing piece in the company’s smartphone lineup that was meant to fill the gaping hole in their budget segment. But the name didn’t stick – after initial leaks […]
A bang-for-buck 7.9-inch tablet from Xiaomi Unveiled earlier this month, Xiaomi’s 7.9-inch Mi Pad 3 has now landed on local shores, for sale at gadget store Widget City. Here’s the spec sheet for interested tablet enthusiasts. Xiaomi Mi Pad 3 2.1GHz MediaTek MT8176 hexa-core processor ImgTec PowerVR GX6250 GPU 4GB RAM 7.9-inch QXGA IPS display, […]
Affordable Alternatives While you may know Vivo more for their selfie-centric, V series smartphones, the Chinese company has a beefy array of mid-ranged smartphones that won’t break the bank. Towards the end of 2016, they released the Y55; a smartphone sporting a Snapdragon 430, paired with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage. Hoping to […]
We go hands-on with ASUS’ recently announced Zenfone Live Despite ASUS launching several Zenfone 3 devices last year, the Taiwanese company has always had a hole in its lineup in the budget segment. And while price cuts have brought down the pricing of the 5.2-inch Zenfone 3 Max to under 10K, there hasn’t really been […]
Reclaiming the Selfie Crown OPPO launched their last Selfie Expert back in August of 2016 and, since then, we’ve seen a couple of other brands step up to the plate and release their own version of a selfie-centric smartphone. After enduring weeks of teaser posts on social media, OPPO has released the newest member of […]
Metal mid-ranger Motorola’s always had this gaping hole in their smartphone lineup that was begging to be filled. While their competitors already have several generations of solid, metal-backed mid-range smartphones in the market, the Lenovo subsidiary still lacked a solid mid-ranger to serve as a bridge to the more expensive Moto Z Play and flagship […]
While we’re all waiting for the next iteration Samsung’s flagship device, the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8 Plus, the Korean brand has already released its first batch of smartphone for the year in its A series. Officially debuting at CES 2017 earlier this year, the A series was given a feature that was almost […]
It’s pretty safe to say that many, many people have been waiting for a proper, Android-powered phone to arrive. And while the Nokia 6 isn’t the first ever Android-powered Nokia device to land in our hands (that honor goes to the Nokia X), this is the first Android-powered Nokia phone that doesn’t have Microsoft’s DNA […]
Huawei’s Mate series has always had stiff competition from Korean powerhouse Samsung thanks to the latter’s phenomenal Note devices. This year is a little different though – with the untimely demise of the Korean brand’s flagship phablet, the door has been left wide open for its competitors to take advantage. While Huawei’s Mate 9 flagship […]
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 […]