A variation of WiFi 6? While there are a number of devices (routers included) that have support for WiFi 6 (the Galaxy S10 series being the first phones to support the new standard), Huawei is reportedly working on an in-house solution for the upcoming P40 series using WiFi 6+. The new WiFi protocol will be […]
Here comes the next Android iteration While most phones have yet received Android 10, Google went ahead and released the Android 11 Developer Preview for the Pixel 4 series, Pixel 3/3A series, and Pixel 2 series. The Beta version is slated to release in May, though the Developer Preview gives us hints as to what’s […]
Aside from updated Giga promos for Smart and TNT, both telcos will be offering free 1GB/day access to Facebook and Instagram as well. To avail, here’s what you have to do: Dial *123# Choose Option 2: FREE IG+FB Select promos starting Php20 and up You will be notified about your free Facebook and Instagram data […]
Will we finally see the death of the notch? 2018 was an eventful year in tech, and we’ve seen quite a bit of innovation from lots and lots of smartphone brands this year. 2018 marked the year of triple cameras, notch, color gradients, and other cool stuff, and from what we know now, 2019 will […]
Goodbye Samsung Experience, hello One UI At Samsung’s Annual Developer Conference–where their much-awaited foldable phone was unveiled in prototype form–the Korean brand introduced the next evolution of Samsung experience. Made in close partnership with Google and the Android developer community, One UI aims to reduce the clutter and improve on-screen interaction. As presented during the […]
They claim that it is unbreakable In the pursuit of creating a foldable smartphone, Samsung unveiled a new flexible OLED display that can withstand drops from as high as 1.8 meters. Samsung used “an unbreakable substrate and an overlay window securely adhered” to make the “unbreakable” display a reality. Aside from drops, Samsung’s new flexible […]
Patents for the said tech have recently surfaced While Vivo has formally introduced in-display fingerprint scanning tech, Samsung is trying to up their game by developing an in-display front camera, in efforts of ditching the notch entirely. In a recent patent filing, the diagrams reveal an earpiece, front camera, and other sensors found underneath the […]
A different way we use displays? Last year, we got hyped up with the thought of foldable display smartphones, starting with the ZTE Axon M. with various brands developing their own take to the foldable display smartphone, Samsung has something different on mind, innovation-wise. Just like LG, Samsung is currently working on rollable OLED displays. […]
Here’s what you can expect in phones next year It’s the last day of the year today as we close out 2017 with a bang. 2017 turned out to be a banner year for smartphones, with brands releasing interesting new technologies and design trends that not only showed up in flagship phones but trickled down […]
We have the Mi Mix 2 at the Unbox HQ and it is Glorious The Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 sold out in less than 1 minute (58 seconds to be exact) and because of that we didn’t have high hopes of actually landing a unit here in the Philippines. However thanks to a good friend […]
Mi Pad: Is it Worth Your Hard-Earned Cash? We’ve spent the last two weeks using the Xiaomi Mi Pad as our main portable entertainment machine. We’d take it out each time we had free time on our hands for web browsing, reading, watching pre-loaded videos (TV series/movies), and heavy gaming. Admittedly there have been a […]
We review the KingCom S!gma Evo! Today we’ll be reviewing the KingCom’s S!gma Evo, a budget smartphone that has some really top-end features. The S!gma Evo is one of the few phones out in the market today that uses a fingerprint scanner for security, joining the ranks of higher profile (and more expensive) phones like […]