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 […]

Meizu M1 Mini to Use Three Different OS Flavors At Launch

We may finally see a phone running Ubuntu out of the box More rumors about the Meizu M1 Mini coming out of China today: apparently there will be three versions of the brand new device that will be officially unveiled on January 28, The three OS variants will be the regular Android version powered by […]

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 […]

Xiaomi Promises Lollipop Update With MIUI Q1 of 2015

Mi3 owners, your update is nigh Xiaomi has just launched the Redmi Note 4G in India, and tech site The Next Web had a little one-on-one with the ex-Googler and current VP for Global of Xiaomi, Hugo Barra. It seems that Hugo hasn’t forgotten about Mi users as far as Google’s latest update is concerned, and […]

What’s the Next Product to Be Sold by Xiaomi in the PH?

What’s your guess? When Xiaomi started business in the PH in the middle of this year, the company promised to bring four of its mobile products over to the PH: the Mi3, Redmi 1S, the Redmi Note and the Mi Pad. A few months later, only two of those devices have officially been offered here: […]

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 […]