It’s aimed at beating both Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 and Samsung’s Exynos 8995 While Huawei didn’t have phone to announce this past IFA, they did take the wraps off of the processor that would be powering their next generation flagship, the Mate 10. The Kirin 970 is a brand-new processor that puts the focus on AI, […]
Improving life, one Gear at a time Samsung may have launched the highly anticipated Galaxy Note 8 days before IFA 2017, but that does not stop the Korean company in making a blast for this year’s IFA. This time around, Samsung launched new Gear wearables, all aimed towards bringing the best in health, fitness, […]
To be introduced together with EMUI 6.0 While we wait for smartphone brands to upgrade their handsets with Android Oreo, it is confirmed that the Mate 10, Huawei’s upcoming flagship, will ship with Android Oreo (8.0), just like the upcoming Google Pixel 2 phones, which will be launched on October 2. In fact, some […]
It’s the latest, sweetest version of Android Google has been teasing the next name of Android 8.0 for quite some time now, and now it’s official. Android 8.0 is officially Android Oreo, which marks the second time that the company has partnered up with a snack brand for the name of their newest operating system, […]
Can you find the phone’s front camera in this concept video? When Xiaomi released the first Mi MIX last year, we were astonished at its high screen-to-body ratio, starting off the bezel-less trend with smartphones. With the said model giving us a glimpse at the future of smartphones, other brands followed suit: Samsung has the […]
“We don’t believe that one fits all, and that people have different needs.” – ASUS Head of Global Content Marketing Marcel Campos With this year’s ZenFone launch, ASUS launched six ZenFone 4 models: Namely the ZenFone 4 Max, ZenFone 4 Max Pro, ZenFone 4 Selfie, ZenFone 4 Selfie Pro, ZenFone 4, and ZenFone 4 Pro. […]
Phones are slowly killing the tablet industry A funny thing happened while the Unbox crew was brainstorming about article list pitches the other day. While we were able to easily nail down several examples of phones from several manufacturers with different price points, we had trouble naming even 5 tablets that was worth the money […]
The trial program begins on August 7 in capital Tokyo. Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism (MLITT), in an ongoing effort to improve the capital’s public transportation, has announced a pre-fixed fare taxi-hailing program starting this August 7. According to online regional news outlet SoraNews, four major taxi operators will be participating in […]
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 […]
Everything Is Better with Bluetooth? Nope. You’ve most likely seen, heard of, or maybe even own a couple of fidget spinners. These tiny little toys are supposed to help you stop fidgeting by giving you something else to focus on. We’ve seen a ton of videos of people doing tricks with them, and it looks […]
We unbox the ZenFone AR! ASUS’ first Tango-powered, ultra-premium phone, the ZenFone AR, is expected to launch later this month in the Philippines. We’ve already seen the phone while we were in ASUS’ hometown last week, but today the company decided to send over a review sample along with the retail box that it’s supposedly […]
No ZF4 announcement in COMPUTEX If you were holding your breath for the new Zenfone 4s from ASUS to be announced during COMPUTEX, we’re sorry to disappoint you. Aside from the Zenfone AR, there were no other smartphone announcements forthcoming from the Taiwanese brand. That’s right – COMPUTEX 2017 was all about notebooks and ultra-portable […]