The Truth About Air Purifiers, UV Lamps And Pandemic Gadgets (From A Health Expert)

As people try to adapt to realities of the new normal, a surge of gadgets marketed at eliminating, or at least, reducing the risks of getting sick has hit the market. We’re not just talking about masks and face shields: gadgets like UV lamps and air purifiers (both the wearable and standalone variety) have become […]

Here’s What We Know About the Mi 10T Series

Just as there was a “T” model with the Mi 9 series last year, Xiaomi is continuing the tradition with the Mi 10 series. Unlike with the Mi 9T series that was basically a rebranded Redmi K20 series for the global market, the Mi 10T series will have an original design, settling for a rectangular […]

Budget Mid-range Comparo: POCO X3 NFC VS Realme 6

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. […]

What’s New with Android 11?

Android 11 is officially here! While it is not using its fancy Red Velvet Cake internal code name, Android 11 expands the functionality of Android phones with a couple of new features, while making then-exclusive features native to the Android ecosystem. Here are the more notable ones: Native controls for music and audio sources Starting […]

POCO X3 NFC Unboxing, Quick Review: The Return Of The King

Early Verdict: POCO’s new phone is a grand return to form for the brand, offering a fully-decked out mid-range smartphone with flagship features at an insane price that other brands can only dream of. Unless POCO does something weird with its optimizations or if the cameras really disappoint, the POCO X3 NFC looks to become […]

POCO X3 NFC Debuts With Insane Pricing In The Philippines

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 […]

Best Smartphone Deals Under 20K For Lazada’s 9.9 Sale (September 9)

Have a little more cash to spend for a smartphone during Lazada’s first sale for the Ber months? We gotchu – here are some of the deals we found for smartphones under Php 20K price bracket. As with our other articles, we’ll be updating this list as we find more deals closer to the sale: […]

Best Smartphone Deals Under 10K For Lazada’s 9.9 Sale (September 9)

Lazada’s first sale for the Ber months is upon us! And like always we’ve been scouring the e-commerce platform to give you the best smartphone deals for the sale. As with anything Lazada sale-related, some deals are added as the actual sale goes live, and if we find even better deals during the sale we’ll […]

POCO X3 Official Price Leaked Ahead of Launch

POCO is set to back with a new phone, and unlike their previous offerings, this is the brand’s first all-original design. Called the POCO X3 NFC, the mid-range phone is a strong contender in the saturated segment with its Snapdragon 732G processor—in fact, it is the first phone to use the new Qualcomm processor.  While […]

The ZTE Axon 20 5G Ditches Punch Holes and Pop-Up Modules

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 […]

POCO X3 Launching on September 7

After making its F2 Pro flagship killer official last May, Xiaomi sub-brand POCO is set to launch its fourth new phone for 2020 with the POCO X3. Unlike with the POCO X2, F2 Pro and M2 Pro, which are rebranded versions of the Redmi K30, Redmi K30 Pro, and Redmi Note 9S respectively, the POCO […]

Realme Celebrates Growth with 45 Million Worldwide Users

Realme has all the reasons to celebrate: aside from jumping from fifth place to second place in the Philippines in Counterpoint’s 2Q 2020 report, the 2-year-old brand gladly reports that it has a total of 45 million users worldwide. That’s quite a leap for the brand, as it has been releasing phones left and right […]