Starmobile Engage 7 3G Announced; SRP is Php7,490

Starmobile Engage 7 3G: Most Affordable 3G Android Tablet? Starmobile is the only local brand that’s really pouring a lot of effort and energy in developing their tablet line-up. Their newest tablet is somewhat of a milestone though as it’s their first 3G tablet. Aptly called the Starmobile Engage 7 3G, the device packs a […]

Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra: Unboxing the Slimmest Smartphone in the World

We unbox the Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra! We finally got our hands on a unit of the Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra! This is a pretty fascinating and exciting gadget for several reasons. First it was used in the blockbuster hit, Iron Man 3. Second it’s considered to be one of the slimmest smartphones […]

Cherry Mobile Omega HD Unboxing and Hardware Check

Cherry Mobile Omega HD Unboxing! With solid specs and aggressive pricing, the Cherry Mobile Omega HD almost turned the local tech scene upside down when it was initially announced. Priced at just Php7,999, the Omega HD offers 1 dual-core processor, 1GB RAM, Android Jelly Bean out of the box, 5-inch HD display, and even a […]

Podcast Ep. 14: Sony Xperia Z, HTC Butterfly, BlackBerry Z10, and Nokia Lumia 920

4 Top Gadgets: Sony Xperia Z, HTC Butterfly, BlackBerry Z10, and Nokia Lumia 920! To kick off season 2 of the Unbox Video Podcast we made sure we had the latest and best gadgets to feature on the show! For this special episode we do a quick review of the Sony Xperia Z, live unboxings […]

HTC One: Bringing Sexy Back to Smartphones

Meet HTC’s Newest Flagship Smartphone — the HTC One HTC CEO Peter Chou took the stage at a special HTC event in London a few days ago to announce their newest flagship smartphone, the HTC One. The device was well received by the press and bloggers who covered the event and had the opportunity for […]

Cherry Mobile Omega Announced! Android Jelly Bean Dual Core for just Php6,699! (UPDATED)

Android Jelly Bean Touting Cherry Mobile Omega Announced! Cherry Mobile just dropped the bomb that a lot of Pinoy techies have been waiting for! Yes folks, they finally announced the much anticipated Cherry Mobile Omega! This is a pretty exciting device since it already runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean which means it has the Google […]

DataBlitz slams XPlay for Allegedly Omitting Details in their Press Release

A few days ago various branches of DataBlitz stores were raided by the NBI and CIDG because of a complaint filed by XPlay (distributor of NBA2k13). According to XPlay they are the exclusive distributors and they never appointed DataBlitz to sell their products. Shortly after the raids XPlay sent out a lengthy press release with […]

Starmobile Astra Review

Starmobile Astra REVIEW Unbox.ph brings you the first ever review of the highly anticipated and much-talked about Starmobile Astra! This eyebrow-raising smartphone captured the attention of a lot of tech fans here in the Philippines because of the great specifications, hardware design, and most especially the price. For Php6,999 you get a Dual-core, dual SIM […]

ADzero the Bamboo Smartphone

ADzero the Bamboo Smartphone coming soon! One of our readers, Ton, posted a link on our Panda Sunglasses unboxing article to the site of ADzero. I initially thought it was just spam and was on the verge of deleting it but I decided to check it out first. It turns out there’s a smartphone that’s […]

Smart LTE Road Test (Fort Bonifacio and Greenhills)

Smart LTE Road Test! SMART commercially launched their LTE mobile broadband service last Saturday. During the event they had several stations where people could do speed tests and most of the time you’d see 45-48Mbps download speeds. I was definitely impressed but I wanted to see how it would perform outside. Fortunately I was able […]

Philips Fidelio AS351 Android Docking Speakers Review

Review: Philips Fidelio AS351 Android Docking Speakers The Philips Fidelio AS351 is probably one of the few Android docking speakers in the market here in the Philippines. That said, I’m pretty amazed that only a few people are talking about it given the dominance of Android in the local smartphone segment. It sells for Php7,999 […]

Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 4.2 Review

Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 4.2 Review The Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 4.2 launched in the Philippines a few weeks ago. We were able to get a loaner unit from Samsung to test out for a couple of weeks for this review. We’ve pretty much put it through the paces already and we’re ready to share […]