Viral Fridays: This Man Spent $2M Over 4 Years On A Mobile Game. Now, He’s Boycotting It.

Welcome to Unbox’s “Viral Fridays” where we feature weirder than usual tech and geek related news to cap out the week. Meet Stephen Barnes, a 59-year-old owner of an appliance shop in Houston, Texas. This “serious business” entrepreneur is also a leader in one of the oldest, most influential clans in Modern War, an online […]

A Closer Look At Moto’s Mods

Today Motorola Philippines officially launched a slew of phones in the Philippines, including their flagship Moto Z and the slighty more affordable Moto Z Play. Both phones promise modularity of sorts via Moto Mods, additional modules that snap on to the rear of the phones that give them enhanced capabilities. Motorola launched quite a number […]

Motorola Philippines Officially Launch Moto G4 Plus, Moto G4 Play, Moto E Power and Moto G Turbo Edition

Aside from Moto’s flagship series, the mobile company also launched a series of affordable and functional entry level phones. Here they are: Moto G4 Plus specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 octa-core processor 3GB of RAM Adreno 405 GPU 5.5-inch Full HD IPS LCD Display; 1920×1080 Resolution 32GB of storage; expandable via microSD 16-megapixel rear camera, f/2.0 […]

Win New Phones at the Moto PH Launch Twitter Party

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Motorola PH (@motorola.ph) Hey guys, Moto is making a comeback. Join the #MotoIsBack #HelloMotoPH Launch Twitter party tonight from 7PM to 9PM and get a chance to win Moto phones. Winners will be drawn every 15 minutes! Simply follow @HelloMotoPH and be part of the HelloMoto […]

Huawei Unveils Its Next-Gen Chipset, the Kirin 960

Not to be outdone by rivals Qualcomm and MediaTek, who earlier unwrapped their own new SoCs, Huawei has introduced their much-anticipated high-end chipset, the Kirin 960. Related: Qualcomm Debuts Three New Entry-Mid Tier CPUs: Snapdragon 427, 626, 653 Related: MediaTek Officially Launches Helio X30, P20, P25 Chipsets The HiSilicon Kirin 960 is expected to be packed into […]

OPPO Launches the R9s and R9s Plus: Powerful Midrangers with 16MP Selfie and Rear Cameras

Chinese smartphone manufacturer OPPO comes out today with new midrangers in the form of the R9s and the R9s Plus. As the subject of multiple leaks for months now, the R9s series is the successor to OPPO’s earlier R9 line, which was locally released and rebadged as the OPPO F1s. Related: OPPO F1s Review: The New […]

China Produces Copycat Products at Lightning Speed

Have you heard of the product called Stikbox? If you’re into selfies or groufies, then you probably thought that it was brilliant. Stikbox is a phone case that turns into a selfie stick. It’s convenient and exactly what every selfie addict needs. No wonder it made quite a buzz online and got shared a couple […]

Senior Microsoft Exec Confirms New Nokia Phones by End of 2016, Early 2017

  It’s true, Nokia fans! The former “King of Cellphones” is indeed making a comeback into the industry. Aside from various Nokia devices being leaked into the spotlight, we now have confirmation from a top Microsoft executive that Nokia is planning to release new phones by the end of this year, and “at least” two smartphones […]

Qualcomm Debuts Three New Entry-Mid Tier CPUs: Snapdragon 427, 626, 653

SoC manufacturer Qualcomm has just unwrapped three new processors aimed at entry-level and mid-tier devices: the Snapdragon 427, 626 and 653. As evident with the numbering scheme, these new CPUs are refreshed successors to the earlier Snapdragon 425, 625 and 652 chipsets. Here’s Android Authority for the technical specifics on each SoC’s capabilities: Taking advantage […]

NVIDIA Outs Mid-range Pascal GPU, The GeForce GTX 1050 And GTX 1050 Ti

NVIDIA’s Pascal-powered GPU lineup has been tearing up benchmarks and sales charts since they were released a few months ago, but they’ve mostly been available only to people with deep pockets. That changes today – NVIDIA has officially launched their GeForce GTX 1050 GPU today that’s on their newest Pascal architecture that promises high-end performance that […]