Google Nexus 4 Hands-on: Fast, Furious, Gorgeous, and Smudgey

Why hello there Google Nexus 4! Smart Communications gave us a preview of the Google Nexus 4 smartphone (manufactured by LG) during the most recent Unbox Video Podcast Episode. This is a very special device seeing as this is the latest “pure Android” smartphone following the Galaxy Nexus last year. You can definitely see that […]

5 Alternatives to the iPhone 5

5 Alternatives to the iPhone 5 If you’re not liking the iPhone 5 and you’re in the market for a high-end smartphone, you actually have several good options available here in the Philippines. These devices are all awesome and offer great value for your money so you might want to take a look at them. […]

Huawei Announces LTE Ascend P1 and D1 for the Philippines

Huawei Ascend D1 and P1 LTE Smartphones coming to the Philippines In their announcement yesterday, Huawei revealed that the LTE-enabled Ascend D1 and P1 are both coming to the Philippines soon via telco networks (probably via LTE postpaid plans). Both handsets were announced earlier this year at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and it’s […]

Lenovo S880 Review

REVIEW: Lenovo S880 The Lenovo S880 is currently the only direct competitor of the Samsung Galaxy Note here in the Philippines. This 5-inch “phablet” (phone + tablet) sports respectable specifications and dual-sim capability while maintaining a very competitive price. At Php14,999 this device is bound to turn heads when displayed at gadget stores in malls! […]

Unboxing the Starmobile Engage 7-inch Android Tablet

Unboxed: Starmobile Engage Starmobile, a relatively new mobile device manufacturer here in the Philippines, stepped up their game by offering Android-powered devices. Their first offering, the Starmobile Engage, is a 7-inch Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Tablet packed with a 1.2GHz processor and 1GB of RAM. The specs aren’t what you usually find in tablets […]

HTC Windows Phone 8X and 8S Announced

HTC Announces Windows Phone Line-up HTC is joining the Windows 8 bandwagon together shortly after Samsung and Nokia with their announcement of their two new Windows Phones handsets, the HTC 8X and the HTC 8S. Truth be told, when I first saw photos of the two phones I thought they were showing off Nokia smartphones. […]

Starmobile Engage 7-inch Android 4.0 Tablet (Php5,990)

Starmobile steps up their game with Engage Android 4.0 Tablet Starmobile entered the market last year with mostly feature phones in their line-up. They’re stepping up their game though with the launch of their Android products. First up is the Starmobile Engage, a 7-inch Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Tablet with a 1.2GHz processor and […]

Lenovo S880 Hands-on

Hands-on with the Lenovo S880 A few days ago we wrote about the Lenovo S880, a 5-inch Dual SIM Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Smartphone that retails for around Php15,000. Today we’re sharing our initial hands-on experience with it! Lenovo Philippines was kind enough to send us a review unit that we can play around […]

Sony Xperia Acro S coming to the PH this August

The Sony Xperia Acro S looks like  one of the best smartphones that Sony has produced. We say that because this is one of the first smartphones we’ve seen that combines good technical specifications with built-in protection and ruggedness. In other words this thing is fast and it can take a beating. I don’t see […]

HTC One S Spotted

HTC One S to launch in the Philippines soon? HTC Philippines already launched the HTC One X and One V a few months ago. They left out the HTC One S which was actually one of the most anticipated models in the line-up for an unknown reason. It looks like we’ll be seeing it hit […]

HTC One X, V, and S Announced at MWC

HTC One X – quadcore 4.7-inch monster phone The new flagship handset announcements just keep coming from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain! Next up is Taiwan’s HTC who just just took the wraps of the HTC One X! This new smartphone from HTC packs a 1.5GHz quad-core NVidia Tegra 3 processor, 1GB of […]

Huawei Ascend D Quad Announced at MWC

Huawei announces the “fastest smartphone in the world Huawei is getting set to storm the Android world with their newest smartphone: the Huawei Ascend D Quad. This handset is literally monstrous when in comes to specifications. In fact Huawei is claiming that this is the fastest smartphone in the world! They made their own CPU […]