Xiaomi has hard lessons to face When Xiaomi first entered the PH market last year, their arrival was hailed as beginning of the end for many local and international brands. And why shouldn’t it? Their Mi 3 at the time had an excellent price to spec ratio, coming in at more than half of the […]
A Mother’s Perspective on Apple Music and Spotify For most of my life, an apple is something to bite, tinder is “panggatong”, and a tablet you need to swallow to get well. All that has changed and in such a revolutionary way! As a 53-year old mom, I feel so blessed to have the mental […]
What’s happening with the pricing of local devices? Yesterday we wrote about MyPhone’s Infinity 2, the company’s latest flagship device, and boy did you guys let us know what you thought of its pricing. For those who don’t know, MyPhone’s latest flagship is priced at Php 12,799, which is in line with the price of […]
Bang for the buck devices making things hard for local brands In the past few months we’ve seen several really awesome bang for the buck smartphones come out from international brands, starting with Meizu’s M1 Note. With the imminent release of Huawei’s Honor 4X, Alcatel’s Flash Plus and the upcoming Lenovo A7000, it seems that […]
Of all the features being advertised by a lot of flagship devices, wireless charging is probably the most underrated functionality. I’ve been a huge fan of this feature ever since I found out about it when I first got my trust Nokia Lumia 920. After trying it out and seeing how convenient it was for […]
Microsoft is on the right path Last September 9, Cherry Mobile surprised everyone in the industry with their newest Windows Phone powered Alpha Luxe and Style, as well as their Windows Tablets Morph and Play. In a market that’s drenched to the bone with Android devices, Cherry Mobile’s new offerings are a breath of fresh […]
People, calm down I’ve been seeing posts left and right about how Facebook’s new messenger app is a “privacy nightmare” on, ironically enough, my Facebook News feed. If you don’t know what Facebook Messenger is, here’s the short version: Facebook is forcing people to download a separate app, Facebook Messenger, to be able to access […]
The two can co-exist, to a degree When Xiaomi announced that they would be entering the Philippine market, we knew right then and there that they would disrupt the local marketplace with their landmark pricing. That’s exactly what they did when they finally announced the local price of their flagship Mi 3 smartphone, delivering world […]
Unbox covered a product launch event and we were absolutely stunned at how rude some people can be. One of our teammates was taking photos of the product and due to bad lighting we needed to move it a bit. We were suddenly surprised to find an angry foreigner (from the company who invited us) […]
Why can’t offerings of local brands have premium pricing? As most of you know, Starmobile unveiled their newest smartphone a few days ago, the Octa. The Octa is Starmobile’s most feature packed smartphone to date, and understandably it had a high price tag compared to Starmobile’s other product offerings. While many liked the product overall, […]
According to multiple reports the Supreme Court will rule that most of the provisions of the Cybercrime Law are constitutional. This includes Internet libel, data interference, cybersquatting, identity theft, child pornography, cybersex, and hacking into computer systems. Nobody raised hell with almost all of the violations except from Internet Libel. This is actually very tricky […]
MediaTek Octa-core Smartphones: Should You Get One Now? In the last few weeks we’ve seen two local companies and one Chinese brand come out with MediaTek octa-core powered smartphones in the Philippines. The first to announce (but not yet in the market) was Technology Happy Life, also known as THL, with their new flagship, the […]