Zenfone 3 Laser ZC551KL Unboxing, Initial Review: The Zenfone You’ll Buy This Christmas?

It’s been a few months since we last saw the Zenfone 3 Laser after it was announced unexpectedly in Vietnam, along with its big-batteried brother, the Zenfone 3 Max. We’ve tried hard to get our hands on a final retail device since then but it’s only now that we’ve managed to grab one for ourselves. […]

OPPO R9s Renders Exposed: A New Zenfone 3 Rival?

Industry insider @OnLeaks (Steve Hemmerstoffer) has just published new renders of OPPO’s upcoming 5.5-inch midrange phablet, the R9s. OPPO has already put up an early pre-order page (in Chinese) for interested customers, but the site lacks details on the handset’s specs and pricing. Again, we’ll have to rely on the usual rumors and leaks for […]

Unbox Giveaway: ASUS Zenfone 3!

We’re giving away an ASUS Zenfone 3! Yup! That’s right! We’re giving away the smartphone we called the “Best Value for Money Phone You Can Buy” in our full review, because… Hey! The Ber months are here, which means we’re kicking off the Christmas season in the Philippines way ahead than the rest of the world! […]

5.5-inch ASUS Zenfone 3 Max Variant Surfaces

We gave you our full review of the ASUS Zenfone 3 Max not only in our comprehensive text review that you can find here, but also through a thorough video review in YouTube. Apparently ASUS has also released another variant of the Zenfone 3 Max in their official global website, spotted by an eagle-eyed viewer […]

Watch: ASUS Zenfone 3 Max Video Review

After our full review of the Zenfone 3 Max, many of you were curious about the performance of the new phone, specifically since the chipset of the phone is quite new. The MediaTek MT6737T processor isn’t a very common SoC, but it performed better than the Helio P10 that was in the other phones that […]

ASUS Zenfone 3 Max Review: More Than Just A Glorified Powerbank

For most people, the biggest consideration when buying a phone isn’t how fast it is or how pretty it looks – the biggest concern of a growing number of gadget lovers is battery life. It makes sense – your fast, pretty phone means diddly squat when it doesn’t have the legs to last till the […]

ASUS Zenfone 3 Ultra Review: Is That Gigantic Screen Worth It?

Phablets are here to stay and despite the ergonomic drawbacks of phones with big screens, people still buy them. The allure of big screens have always driven manufacturers to make bigger and bigger phones. ASUS takes that logic to the extreme, which has resulted in a device that’s more tablet than phone. The Zenfone 3 Ultra is undeniably […]

ASUS Zenfone 3 Max Battery Benchmark Results

A few days ago we unboxed ASUS’ most affordable Zenfone 3 – the ZF3 Max. Now the whole point of the Max family of phones is the battery – the original Max managed to post crazy PCMark battery benchmark numbers back when we reviewed it a few months ago. Will the ZF3 Max match the […]

ASUS Zenfone 3 Max Unboxing, Initial Review: Big Battery, High Fashion

We’ve been getting multiple requests to unbox and review the most affordable smartphone in the Zenfone 3 family of ASUS, and finally we can give you what you’ve been asking for. A review unit for the Zenfone 3 Max just landed in Unbox HQ, and that means only one thing: unboxing! Today we’ll be taking […]

ASUS Zenfone 3 30-Day Review: Still A Great Mid-ranger, A Month On

It’s been 30 days since we published our full review of ASUS’ mid-range smartphone, the Zenfone 3. Since then we’ve been using it on and off in between reviewing other devices for the website, and we’re giving it another look 30 days after. It’s a high-profile device for sure, and while many people have suddenly […]

Weekly Recap (Aug. 21) The Asus Zenfone 3 Ultra is Huuuuuge!

Another week has gone by and, in case you’ve been busy with the hustle and bustle of everyday life, we’re giving you a run down of some of the top stories that you may have missed from the week of August 21. We start off with the biggest member of the Zenfone 3 family, the […]

WATCH: ASUS Zenfone 3 Ultra Unboxing and Initial Review

ASUS’s 6.8-inch Zenfone 3 Ultra is a gigantic phablet decked out with hefty internals and a premium metal build. More tablet than a phone, the Zenfone 3 Ultra is ASUS’ attempt at making a high-end device that straddles the fine line between portable and unwieldy. Given the phablet’s flagship-level price, will ASUS succeed with the […]