MyPhone Cyclone and MyPhone Storm: New Dual and Quad-core Offerings

MyPhone Cyclone and Storm The MyPhone Iceberg Mini is not the only new smartphone that MyPhone will be offering this December. Two new handsets by the name of the MyPhone Cyclone and the MyPhone Storm are also scheduled to land this holiday season as confirmed by the same flyer/poster that showed the MyPhone Iceberg Mini. […]

MyPhone Iceberg Mini: 5-inch Full HD Turbo Quad-core with 2GB RAM

MyPhone Iceberg Mini Surfaces In the international scene leaks are usually photographed prototype units and hacked press releases. In the Philippines it looks like the main source of leaks are flyers and other print materials given out to distributors, hehe! Anyway, that’s exactly what happened with this latest leak from MyPhone. After the successful launches […]

LG G Pad 8.3 Hands-on and Initial Impressions: Lots of Potential

Hands-on with the LG G Pad 8.3 We stumbled upon a nice surprise during the Nuffnang Blogopolis event — an actual unit of the LG G Pad 8.3! This tablet caught the attention of the global tech world not only because this is LG’s first elegantly designed Android tablet, but it also had competitive specifications […]

LA Lakers Donates $150,000 USD for Yolanda Relief, Walang Iwanan Talaga!

Thanks LA Lakers and the rest of the NBA! Kobe Bryant stepped into the court in his warmers the other day not to play ball but to hand over a check worth $150,000 to the Philippine Red Cross. The check is the donation of the LA Lakers to the relief operations here in the Philippines […]

MyPhone Launches Online Store, Bundles Android Shirt with Vortex and Iceberg

MyPhone Launches Online Store MyPhone has been really aggressive online in the last few weeks. Their Facebook Page has actually already racked up over 800,000 “likes” and they also launched a support portal called the MyPhone Community. They just added another digital asset to their repertoire with the launch of their online shop called the […]

Lenovo A850 Unboxing: Lenovo’s New Affordable Phablet

Meet Lenovo’s Affordable Phablet Offering If you’ve been eyeing a phablet from Lenovo but you really couldn’t afford the Lenovo K900 or the Lenovo S920, you now have a more affordable option with the Lenovo A850. Priced at Php9,999, the Lenovo A850 offers a 5.5-inch IPS screen with qHD resolution. It’s powered by a respectable […]

Jean-Claude Van Damme’s Most Epic of Splits

JCVD was tapped by Volvo to demonstrate the dynamic steering technology that they pioneered. In this ridiculously epic video, we see Jean-Claude Van Damme do a crazy split while standing in between two huge trucks running in reverse. It’s just crazy and worth the watch. Check out the video above. Wild. It’s a nice break […]

Nokia Increases Aid to 250,000 Euros and 1,000 Mobile Phones for Yolanda Relief Ops

Thank you Nokia! We earlier reported that Nokia donated 50,000 Euros for Yolanda relief operations here in the Philippines. We’re happy to share with everyone an update about that. Nokia went above and beyond the 50,000 Euros and they’ve actually donated over 250,000 Euros already through the Red Cross, Red Crescent, and Oxfam organizations! On […]

[Editorial] What does a Tech Blogger Write About During These Trying Times?

As of this writing I have around 16 gadgets, a mix of smartphones, tablets, laptops, and headphones, still in their boxes here at home. They’re all in line for unboxing and review articles here in Unbox. However each time I pick one up and bring out my camera to start doing the usual pictures I […]

Smart Wipe-Out Lets Smart Subs Still Locked in Contract Get New iPhones

Smart Wipe-out Program Explained Smart launched the new iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C today at a low-key media event at the Fort. It’s perfectly understandable they toned down their efforts though considering the sensitive situation brought about by Yolanda. The plans were already announced last week but one particular offer they have that got more […]

LG and Nokia Donate to Yolanda Relief Operations via Red Cross

The spirit of generosity is definitely moving around the global tech industry. Red Cross, through their PH Twitter account, announced earlier today that two more international gadget giants, namely LG and Nokia, donated for Yolanda relief operations. LG gave $500,000 USD (what’s a lot) while Nokia pitched in 50,000 Euros (that’s a also a lot). […]

Podcast Ep. 42: Yolanda Relief, iPad Air, Lenovo A850 and Vibe X

The latest episode of the Unbox Podcast is now here! We start the show by calling on all of our viewers (and readers) to help out with Yolanda relief operations. The damage done truly is catastrophic and our Kababayans will need all the help they can get. Donating is easy since you can do it […]