Gionee S6s: 5.5-Inch Selfie Phone with 1.3GHz MT Octa-Core, 3GB RAM, Sony IMX258 Cam

Gionee has just released a new selfie and photo-oriented smartphone in India recently – the Gionee S6s. The Gionee S6s packs Sony’s IMX258 camera sensor along with a selection of camera software features and optimizations. Based on the specifications, the 5.5-inch Gionee S6s is a midrange phone aimed at photo enthusiasts, bringing it in direct […]

Xiaomi’s Mi Pad 2 Outed, Comes In Android and Windows Flavors

Check out the new tablet of Xiaomi! Aside from the Redmi Note 3, Xiaomi also announced the successor to their successful Mi Pad tablet, the Mi Pad 2. The new tablet continues Xiaomi’s tradition of offering a high-spec device at a low price, though the company has ditched NVIDIA as their processor provider and has […]

Editorial: For Xiaomi, It’s The Chicken Or The Egg In The PH

Xiaomi has hard lessons to face When Xiaomi first entered the PH market last year, their arrival was hailed as beginning of the end for many local and international brands. And why shouldn’t it? Their Mi 3 at the time had an excellent price to spec ratio, coming in at more than half of the […]

Xiaomi Mi 4i Review: A Flagship For Emerging Markets

Ready for global domination! After launching several premium phones which targeted the higher market (Mi4, Mi Note, Mi Note Pro), Xiaomi has renewed its focus on the mid-end with their Mi 4i. The Xiaomi Mi 4i holds the distinction of being the first major device that the company launched outside of China, intended to be […]

Why Are There So Many Affordable, Bang for the Buck Smartphones in China?

And why aren’t they being sold here? You’ve seen us post about ultra bang-for-your-buck devices being sold in mainland China, and many of you have been salivating at the thought of owning a sub-10K smartphone that has LTE on board, though sadly, very few of them will actually make their way here in the PH, and […]

Unbox Holiday Smartphone Guide: 5 Smartphones Under 20K

Got plenty of dough to spend? Here’s what you need to get In today’s installment of our smartphone buying guide, we’ll be recommending great smartphones that you may want to buy if you have enough scratch. In previous iterations of this guide, we told you about 5 great phones under 5K and 10K that should […]

Xiaomi PH’s Latest Sale is Best Ever, Sells Out in 8 Minutes

Are pinoys warming up to the online sale format? While Xiaomi’s online-only sales format has managed to drop the costs of their devices to disappropriate levels compared to its competitors, they’ve had a challenging time trying to convince pinoys to fork over money for their more expensive products through the internet. While the company routinely […]

Here’s the Three Phones (and Tablet) That Xiaomi Will Be Bringing to PH

You wanted Xiaomi? You’re getting Xiaomi We sat down and talked to Hugo Barra, VP for Xiaomi Global earlier today, to talk about the smartphones that they will be offering to the PH market soon. While Hugo was still pretty tight lipped when exactly the products will launch in the Philippines, he did show us […]

Meet the Lenovo Golden Warrior S8, World’s Cheapest Octa-core Smartphone At Just Php 5500

We really hope Lenovo brings this to the PH While the octa-core smartphone market is heating up in the PH, it’s nothing compared to China where multiple brands are slashing prices like crazy trying to one-up each other. This includes international powerhouse Lenovo, and in a move that’s meant to undercut their competitors, the company […]