We review the Honor 3C Lite! When you talk about bang-for-the-buck, you don’t necessarily think about international brands, especially when you start talking about the sub 10K price range. Yes, there are phones like the ASUS Zenfone 5 and the Xiaomi Redmi 1S that offers great value for money, but those phones are more of […]
Flagship with a Reasonable Price Through the years Huawei has made huge strides with their smartphone offerings. They’ve invested heavily in design and engineering elevating them from a “me-too” Chinese smartphone brand to an innovative global technology force to be reckoned with. The latest proof of how good they really are is with one of […]
We go hands-on with the most affordable phone in the Honor lineup Huawei’s Honor brand, the company’s more affordable smartphone arm, has been rather busy lately. Back in December they officially launched two smartphones that had really innovative specs and pricing in China and next week they’ll be launching a new affordable device in the […]
Cherry Mobile’s awesome Alpha Luxe just got awesomer Remember Cherry Mobile’s Alpha Luxe, the company’s swankier (but still affordable) Windows Phone 8.1 smartphone? Well, Cherry Mobile is cutting its price from the previous Php 4,999 to just Php 3,999 today, exclusively at Lazada. The sale starts at 4:00 PM today, and will be part of […]
You don’t have to wait to buy Xiaomi’s most affordable handset If you’ve been squirreling away your money for a chance to buy Xiaomi’s most affordable handset, take heed: Mi Philippines has announced that they’re putting the smartphone on open sale. That means you can get yours right now in Lazada, without having to wait […]
Cherry Mobile is starting off the year with another game-changing aannouncement Remember that octa-core smartphone that Cherry Mobile teased a few days ago? It’s confirmed: the new device is the Cherry Mobile Me Vibe, and priced at Php 3,999 it’s the most affordable octa-core smartphone in the land, a title it snatches away from Cloudfone’s […]
Is Cherry Mobile’s first announcement in 2015 a super-budget octa-core phone? Cherry Mobile is unveiling a new device this January, and it seems to be a gamechanger. The new, unnamed device is part of their ME family of smartphones, said to be named Me Vibe, according to Yugatech. The new smartphone currently has no price, […]
We’ve seen so many advancements in the local smartphone market this year, in terms of both price and hardware. It’s really amazing how much the local brand landscape has changed in twelve months. Let’s look back at the trends that defined the local market this 2014 : The octa-core wars One of the biggest tech […]
You can finally walk up and buy a Xiaomi product offline! If you guys missed Xiaomi’s latest sale during the 12/12 Lazada sale a week ago, you’ll be happy to know that Xiaomi is temporarily setting up shop starting today at the ground floor of SM North EDSA where you can try and buy Xiaomi’s […]
What will the company reveal next week? Next week, Huawei will be showing off new devices in its Honor lineup in Beijing, which includes the upcoming Honor 6 Plus, and probably the Honor 4X as well. As we saw earlier, Huawei has made the first steps into introducing their new breed of lower priced Honor […]
Buying a new phone? Read this first By now most of you have already gotten your Christmas bonuses or are about to receive your 13th month pay and are contemplating on getting a new smartphone for Christmas. Before you plunk down the cash for either an affordable new device or a flagship from local or […]
Got plenty of dough to spend? Here’s what you need to get In today’s installment of our smartphone buying guide, we’ll be recommending great smartphones that you may want to buy if you have enough scratch. In previous iterations of this guide, we told you about 5 great phones under 5K and 10K that should […]