We’re almost done with the third quarter of this year, and plenty of high-powered phones have been announced so far. Smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, ASUS Zenfone 3 Deluxe, Sony Xperia X Performance and a whole host of new devices promise to deliver unrivaled performance compared to the previous generation. The biggest dilemma […]
The ASUS Zenfone 3 Ultra has a 6.8-Inch Display. The Xiaomi Mi Max has a 6.44-Inch Display. Not to be outdone, Samsung has just made the Galaxy J Max official and it will have a massive 7-Inch Display. Here’s what we know so far: Samsung Galaxy J Max Specs 7-Inch Display WXGA Resolution (800×1280) […]
For most people, buying a phone is a tradeoff between performance and battery life. Sure you can probably get a high-performance phone, but for many benchmark scores and mobile gaming take a back seat to battery endurance. And in some ways, it makes sense – your high scoring, AntuTu breaking phone may have what it […]
We had high hopes that Cherry Mobile’s budget smartphone, the Zoom, would deliver excellent scores in the standard battery benchmarks that we do for each phone. With MediaTek’s MT6735P 1.0Ghz quad-core processor and 4000mAh battery, many readers felt that the phone would go the distance. Did it? Absolutely – in our standard PCMark Battery benchmark […]
We unbox Cherry Mobile’s Flare XL! It’s been quite a while since we unboxed a new Cherry Mobile device, but that ends today. The company has just sent us a review sample of their newest release: the Flare XL. The XL is a brand new member of their already burgeoning Flare family of devices, though […]
We review the Elephone P9000! If you haven’t heard, Elephone, the newest Chinese brand to hit our market, has released three new phones. These phones are all exclusive to Lazada, and among the three, the P9000 is the top of the line device. We’ve spent quality time with the top-end model, which promises to give […]
We review the ZUK Z1! If you’re shopping for a new, branded smartphone for Christmas, chances are your budget falls in the 10K – 20K category, or what we usually call the mid-range market. That market is fast becoming the latest battleground for international brands, and if you’ve been an avid follower of Unbox you […]
We unbox ASUS’ ZenPad S 8! Today, we’ll be unboxing ASUS’ the highest tier model in ASUS’ Zenpad lineup: the Zenpad S 8. The Zenpad S 8 sports the best specifications of the series, and has a lot of things in common with ASUS’ high-end Zenfone 2 model – primarily the processor used and the […]
We go hands-on Cherry Mobile’s newest Flare devices! Whenever we talk about Cherry Mobile’s Flare series of phones, the term game-changer gets tossed around a lot. Why shouldn’t it? Cherry Mobile’s offerings, specifically the Flare series has almost always been game-changers in the local market: the Flare 3 shattered the illusion that a quad-core smartphone […]
More Intel goodness Cherry Mobile has officially sent out invites for an event next week. While the company has not revealed exactly what they’re launching, chances is high that we may finally see a locally-branded smartphone in the market that has Intel’s chips inside. Previously only international smartphones have carried Intel’s chips, most notably ASUS’ […]
Yet another R7 variant is coming OPPO’s R7 family is already full to bursting, with the regular R7, R7 Lite and the R7 Plus in its roster. If Chinese regulators are to be believed, there’s yet another model joining the family – the R7S. The R7S bridges the screen gap between the 5-inch R7 (and […]
A more powerful alternative to Atom chips? IFA is officially kicking off today, and Intel is getting into the swing of things by announcing that they’re testing their Core M processors in phablets. If you’re not familiar, Intel’s Core M family of processors is the company’s answer to extreme mobile computing, powering notebooks such as […]