Cherry Mobile Fusion Bolt Review: A Prototype?

Cherry Mobile Fusion Bolt Review The Cherry Mobile Bolt is probably the hottest topic right now in local tech talk. Priced at Php3,999, the tablet boasts of running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean out of the box combined with a quad-core processor. That definitely screams value! However you might have to manage your expectations a bit […]

Cherry Mobile Fusion Bolt Announced: Quad-core Android Jelly Bean Tablet for Php3,999

Cherry Mobile Fusion Bolt Announced, Specced, and Priced! Cherry Mobile gathered bloggers and press earlier this morning to unveil their newest offering — the Cherry Mobile Fusion Bolt, a 7-inch Android Jelly Bean Tablet with a powerful quad-core processor. The specs are definitely impressive but what will blow you away is the price. The Cherry […]

CloudFone Thrill 430x Review: Built like and made to last like a Tank

CloudFone Thrill 430X Shotgun Review (Note from EIC: This is a guest post by one of our readers, Powel. This was originally posted as comment but it had so many good insights we asked his permission if we can republish it as a full review) I bought a CloudFone Thrill 430x for my friend who […]

HTC 8X Windows Phone Review: A Breath of Fresh Air

HTC 8X Windows Phone Review We’ve reviewed a lot of smartphones and tablets here on Unbox. The device that got the most number of comments when we took it out (next to the iPhone 5 prior to local launch) wasn’t an Android phone. It was actually a Windows Phone — the HTC 8X. Why does […]

Cherry Mobile Thunder Review: New King of Budget Smartphones

Cherry Mobile Thunder Competitively specced and aggressively priced, the Cherry Mobile Thunder screams value for money. For just Php4,999 you get a dual-core, dual SIM, nice looking Android smartphone with a 4.5-inch screen. We’ve been using the Cherry Mobile Thunder as our primary smartphone for the last week now and we’re pretty happy with the […]

Cherry Mobile Thunder Unboxing and Initial Review: A Grown-up Flare?

Cherry Mobile Thunder Unboxing and Initial Impressions The Cherry Mobile Thunder is poised to be another best seller given the specifications and the aggressive price point. For just Php4,999 you get a dual-core, dual SIM, Android 4.0 ICS smartphone with a 4.5-inch screen. It measures just 9.9mm thin making it a slim and gorgeous piece […]

Lenovo S720 Review: Gloriously Pink

The Lenovo S720 is a stylish and very capable smartphone for Pinoys who want a little more of style and fashion in their devices over function.It’s a beautifully crafted device that will definitely catch the attention of people around you as soon as you whip it out to read your latest text message (especially if […]

Spotted: Budget Dual-core Android Jelly Bean Smartphone with 1GB RAM

Each time a local company releases a new smartphone most pinoy techies complain about the 512MB RAM. They have the right to do so since 512MB RAM sometimes isn’t enough for devices running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, especially if they’re not optimized properly. The holy grail of budget devices is a smartphone that has a […]

Ainol Novo 7 Venus and Novo 10 Hero II: Quad-core Jelly Bean Tablets

As most of you guys know we’re currently in Bangkok, Thailand for business and during our free time we go on gadget hunting trips. We’ve come across several good finds already and we wanted to share it with everyone back home. First up we stumbled upon Ainol’s newest Jelly Bean quad-core tablets: the Novo 7 […]

Starmobile Flirt Initial Impressions: Looks Gorgeous, Has a lot of Potential

Starmobile Flirt Initial Review and Hands-on The Starmobile Flirt was announced yesterday and it boasted of having Android 4.1 Jelly Bean out-of-the-box as well as a 12-megapixel shooter with Backside Illumination technology (BSI). Personally my expectations about the image quality are high especially since the Starmobile Crystal had one of the best cameras we’ve tested […]

Cherry Mobile Thunder Specs Confirmed

We just got an e-mail from our friends from Lazada confirming partial specifications of the Cherry Mobile Thunder. They’re pretty much similar to the initial leak which came out two days ago. Several details are missing though including the RAM, battery rating, and the type of processor used. Anyway, check it out below. Confirmed Partial […]

Cherry Mobile Thunder to launch exclusively on Lazada on Feb 9

Cherry Mobile Thunder coming to Lazada As we reported yesterday, Lazada is gearing up to exclusively launch a new Cherry Mobile smartphone. Shortly after Lazada’s announcement, leaked specs and prices of three new Cherry Mobile devices (Thunder, Burst, and Titan TV) popped up online. We were initially wondering which device Lazada would launch but now […]