MyPhone Launches Web Series for the MyPhone Iceberg

MyPhone Steps Up Digital Efforts for the Iceberg It looks like MyPhone is investing heavily in marketing their new flagship phablet, the MyPhone Iceberg. They uploaded two online promotional videos yesterday to further push the device to more customers. The first is called “Larger than Life” which is a sleek and straightforward video emphasizing the […]

LG Optimus G Pro: 5.5-inch Quad-core with LTE and 3,100mAh Battery (Php27,990)

LG Optimus G Pro Finally Lands in the PH The LG Optimus G Pro joins the high-end phablet battle in the Philippines brandishing its massive 5.5-inch Full HD LCD display (401 pixels per inch). It’s definitely an impressive device as it sports awesome internals, including a 1.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor. We first met […]

Podcast Ep. 31: New 2013 Google Nexus 7 First Look and Lenovo K900 Review

Let’s Talk About Android Tablets This episode is very special as we take a first look at the newly announced 2013 Google Nexus 7! As we mentioned in our hands-on video, we were very lucky to buy a unit as one of our contacts got it in the US just before he boarded the plane […]

Samsung ATIV PC Pro Unboxing and Initial Hands-on

Meet the Samsung ATIV PC Pro The Windows PC experience has been in a constant state of change and innovation in the last few years. We’ve seen a variety of form factors but the ones that are getting a lot of attention are the tablet-laptop hybrids. It’s perfectly understandable since with hybrids you get best […]

2013 Google Nexus Unboxing and Initial Review: Android Tablets Finally Level Up

The 2013 Google Nexus in the Flesh! The new 2013 Google Nexus 7 was announced last week and we’re happy to report that we now have it here at the Unbox HQ! This device sent global tech blogs buzzing because of the features: Full HD 7-inch display, a sleeker and thinner body, and bumped up […]

Starmobile Icon Review: Impressive Optics and Sturdy Build for a Good Price

Starmobile Icon Full Review The Starmobile Icon is the most affordable quad-core in Starmobile’s mid-2013 line-up. Priced at Php7,990, the device features a quad-core Qualcomm MSM 8225Q processor, 1GB RAM, 4.5-inch qHD display, and an 8MP rear-facing/5MP front-facing camera set-up (both have BSI). To make it a good offering, Starmobile also threw in their usual […]

Sony Xperia Z Ultra Lands at Kimstore for Php29,500

6.4-inch Sony Xperia Z Ultra Now Unofficially Available Locally Kimstore just posted on their Facebook Page that they’re now offering the 3G variant (C6802) of the Sony Xperia Z Ultra in black and white for Php29,500. This 6.4-inch tower of power was first announced last month and we were actually expecting to see it later […]

Lenovo K900 Unboxing and Initial Review: It Will Make You Drool

Lenovo K900: Walang Iwanan nga ba? The Lenovo K900 is probably the only non-LTE smartphone above Php20,000 that we would ever consider buying. Heck, we didn’t even bother asking for a media discount or a review unit. As soon as it came out we went straight to SM Megamall and bought the unit in full. […]

HP Slate 7: Dual-core Android Jelly Bean 7-inch Tablet (Php7,990)

HP Slate 7 Now in the Philippines It took them a while but finally HP Philippines is now offering the HP Slate locally. This 7-inch dual-core Android Jelly Bean tablet with expandable storage was announced way back in February. The specifications aren’t really mind-blowing or impressive but at least it’s worth considering given the surprisingly […]

MyPhone Iceberg Initial Review: So cool it’s hot

MyPhone Iceberg Launches in Style at Eastwood Grand Plaza The highly anticipated MyPhone Iceberg finally debuted in grand fashion at the Eastwood Grand Plaza. Hundreds of customers lined-up eager to be one of the first to buy the 5.7-inch specced out Phablet. We dropped by the event just in time to see the big reveal […]

Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom: Make Calls and Send Texts… with your Camera!

Galaxy S4 Zoom — is it any good? Shortly after the Samsung Galaxy S4, Samsung announced three more models carrying the Galaxy S4 brand. There was the waterproof Galaxy S4 Active, the smaller Galaxy S4 Mini, and the camera-smartphone hybrid, the Galaxy S4 Zoom. Our friends from Widget City sent us a review unit of […]

Cloudfone Excite 502d is Android inside but Lumia outside

Meet the Cloudfone Excite 502D If you didn’t know any better you’d probably think that the phone pictured above is a new Lumia handset from Nokia. However it actually is the Cloudfone Excite 502d, an entry-level 5-inch Android Jelly Bean smartphone from Cloudfone. The processor is just dual-core but it does have 1GB RAM which […]