Samsung Galaxy Book Hands-on, Initial Review: Surface Competitor

We take a look at the Galaxy Book While Samsung’s Galaxy TabPro S was more or less a one-off, the company has announced a spiritual successor of sorts in the form of the Galaxy Book. The Galaxy Book comes in two versions, and both are aimed squarely at knocking off Microsoft’s Surface at the top […]

Huawei Y5 2017 Unboxing, Initial Review: Meet Huawei’s Most Affordable Phone

We unbox the Y5 2017! For a top-tier manufacturer, Huawei has been releasing pretty enticing, low-cost budget phones in the past few months. Case in point: their dual-camera GR5 2017 was the most affordable smartphone in its class when it was released and the GR3 2017, which was a pretty solid smartphone for its price. […]

Sony Xperia XZs Hands-on, Initial Review: Bump Up and Slow It Down

Will the Slight Upgrade Make a World of Difference? While Sony and their Xperia XZ Premium may have won as the “Best New Smartphone” at Mobile World Congress this year, we were a little disappointed by one of its predecessors — the Xperia XZ — when we took it out for a spin for its […]

ASUS ZenBook UX430U Unboxing, Initial Review: A Very Welcome Change

Taking a Break from Gaming Notebooks While John is putting the extremely powerful (and expensive) ASUS ROG GX800 for a go, we also received another notebook from the Taiwanese company before the start of the Holy Week break and it’s a welcome change from the last laptop I personally reviewed — the ASUS ROG Strix […]

RJ Armadillo Bluetooth Speaker Initial Review: Rugged and Loves the Lows

Yup, RJ Now Makes Bluetooth Speakers! When the folks over at RJ Electronics reached to us, its safe to say we were shocked to hear that the successful local music store had its own line of Bluetooth speakers, In fact, most of the team asked: “RJ? As in, RJ Guitars?”. Yes, folks. They have their […]

ASUS ROG GX800 Unboxing, Initial Review: ASUS’ Craziest Notebook Yet

  We unbox the ROG GX800! When ASUS unveiled their water-cooled, dual GTX 980-equipped GX700 last year, we never would have imagined that it would be the catalyst for other brands to unveil their own crazy, weird and over-specc’d notebooks. But since then we’ve seen a notebook with a massive 21.5-inch curved screen as well […]

Vivo Y53 Unboxing, Initial Review: A Notch Below the Y55?

Affordable Alternatives While you may know Vivo more for their selfie-centric, V series smartphones, the Chinese company has a beefy array of mid-ranged smartphones that won’t break the bank. Towards the end of 2016, they released the Y55; a smartphone sporting a Snapdragon 430, paired with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage. Hoping to […]

ASUS Zenfone Live Hands-on, Initial Review: Phone For The Livestream Generation

We go hands-on with ASUS’ recently announced Zenfone Live Despite ASUS launching several Zenfone 3 devices last year, the Taiwanese company has always had a hole in its lineup in the budget segment. And while price cuts have brought down the pricing of the 5.2-inch Zenfone 3 Max to under 10K, there hasn’t really been […]

Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro Hands-on, Initial Review: First Samsung Phone With 6GB of RAM

We go hands-on with the C9 Pro Despite being one of the biggest manufacturers in the world, Samsung hasn’t really come out with a phone with 6GB of RAM, Galaxy S8+ special editions notwithstanding. It’s an odd conundrum, especially since 6GB RAM is expected from most flagship phones nowadays. But unknown to most, Samsung does […]

Watch: Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ Initial Review

Still Seriously Stunning It’s been about 5 days since Samsung officially outed the Galaxy S8 and S8+. We’ve had some time to digest our thoughts about the two flagship devices from the Korean brand, and it’s safe to say that we still really like it. It’s true that there are still the looming concerns, considering […]

Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ Initial Review: Samsung’s Back

Samsung has something to prove with the Galaxy S8 and S8+ Korean juggernaut Samsung was dealt a rare, humbling blow after the fiery and unexpected end of the Galaxy Note 7. Despite being one of the best big-screen, small body phones that we’ve ever tested, battery faults and a bungled recall doomed the phablet, and […]

OnePlus 3T Unboxing, Initial Review: The “Flagship Killer” Has Officially Arrived

It’s Finally Here – With a Warranty Too! The OnePlus 3T has been out in the market for sometime now, but has only been made available at an official capacity in the Philippines this month. Digital Walker, the brand’s official reseller in the country, has brought what many are calling the so-called “Flagship Killer” over […]