The Honor series of phones have arrived in the Philippines Huawei has officially launched their trio of Honor devices in the Philippines. The trio of phones covers all the bases when it comes to pricing, starting from the entry level with their Honor 4C priced at Php 6,390. The Honor 4C is a 5-inch smartphone […]
We go hands-on with the Alcatel Flash Plus! The sub 9K smartphone segment that has long been dominated by local brands has been completely turned on its head in the past few months. It started with ASUS’ Zenfone 5 last year, and was further disrupted by the arrival of Meizu’s M1 Note a few months […]
OPPO’s Sapphire backed phone gets priced in the PH OPPO’s R1C, that beautiful, sapphire toting phone that was first announced back in January has finally made its way into the PH. OPPO Philippines is selling this 5-inch smartphone for Php 15,990 locally. Oppo R1C specs 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor (quad-core 1.7GHz Cortex-A53 and quad-core […]
Redmi 2: Dual SIM LTE Budget-Friendly Smartphone On paper the Redmi 2 looks pretty slick. For just Php5,999 you get a 4.7-inch smartphone powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 quad-core processor, LTE connectivity (Dual SIM to boot), and a gorgeous fully laminated HD display. While it definitely delivers on a lot of things it also […]
We go hands-on (again) with Huawei’s Honor 4X! The first half of 2015 is shaping up to be a stellar one for people looking for bang-for-the-buck devices. There’s so many devices out right now that brings excellent value for money that wasn’t available last year. Meizu’s M1 Note started the ball rolling, while ASUS’ […]
Here’s a good question to throw at everyone: With the rise of medium range smartphones that deliver both on hardware design and software user experience, should you still buy premium flagship smartphones? This discussion is definitely worth having given the rise of solid mid-range smartphones and how the prices of high-end devices have started to […]
Meet the monster superphone from China ASUS’s Zenfone is one of the few phones currently out in the market today that has a whopping 4GB of RAM, but it’s not alone. The most recent member of the 4GB RAM club is not made by Samsung, LG, Sony or even Huawei – it’s from relatively unknown […]
Will a name change make things easier for consumers? A lot of people are looking forward to ASUS’ upcoming Zenfone 2 series of devices, but sadly not everyone knows that there’s more than one variation. We here at Unbox refer to the new devices collectively as Zenfone 2, but as some people found out, not […]
We review the Oppo R5! Oppo’s R5 blew us away when we first saw it in Singapore last year. The one time thinnest phone in the world title holder, the R5 showed off the design chops of Chinese brand Oppo during the gala unveiling. We’ve spent a large chunk of time with it as our […]
Even more reasons to love the ASUS Zenfone 5 So yesterday we got to talk with Lenny Lin, the product manager for smartphones for ASUS here in the PH. Aside from letting us know that the Zenfone 5 propelled them to #6 from #12 in just one quarter, he also shared a few tidbits of […]
We review the Meizu M1 Note! The Meizu M1 Note is one of the most hotly anticipated smartphones to ever arrive in the Philippines. While it doesn’t have the most original design in recent memory (and actually looks like an Androidified iPhone 5C) it’s what inside that counts. Sporting a fairly powerful processor, 2GB […]
We go in-depth with the ASUS Fonepad 8 (FE380CG) Today we’ll be reviewing ASUS’ Fonepad 8. If you’re not familiar with the product line, the Fonepad series of tablets combine the big screen viewing properties of a tablet with the call and messaging functions of a normal smartphone. The Fonepaad 8 (FE380CG) is ASUS’ latest […]