Lenovo K900: 5.5-inch Android Smartphone with Intel Clover Trail+ Announced

Lenovo took the wraps off their newest flagship smartphone, the Lenovo Ideaphone K900, at CES Las Vegas. The device boasts of a slim metal chasis with polycarbonate materials, a 5.5-inch 1080p screen (400+ pixels per inch), and a 13.0-megapixel shooter that can capture photos well in low light conditions. What makes the phone unique though […]

Meizu MX 4-core Review: Best Bang for Your Buck Quad-core Smartphone

Meizu MX 4-core Review If I were to sum up the Meizu MX 4-core in a sentence, it would be this: It is a delightful affordable quad-core Android device that’s inspired by the Apple iPhone. The focus, of course, is on the fact that it is a quad-core device and that it only sells for […]

Ainol Novo 10 Hero II: Quad-core Android Tablet (Php9,800)

The Ainol Novo 10 Hero II is one of the best 10-inch Android tablets you’ll find below Php10,000. It boasts of running on the latest Android software, 4.1 Jelly Bean while being powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core ARM Cortex A9 processor. Add to that the 8,000mAh battery and you have a very good offering! Here’s […]

Starmobile Crystal: Initial Review and Unboxing

Unboxing and Initial Review of the Starmobile Crystal The Starmobile Crystal is the newest dual-core, dual-SIM Android ICS smartphone that succeeded the Starmobile Crystal. This new device banners a much better 4.5-inch capacitive touchscreen with QHD resolution (960×540). The bigger surface combined with the better over-all quality of the display results to much better experience […]

Torque Droidz Portal Dual-core, Dual SIM Android 4.1 Tablet with TV (Php8,488)

Torque Droidz Portal Dual-core 7-inch Android Jelly Bean Tablet The onslaught of local branded Android tablets continues and this time we have a new offering from Torque. The Torque Droidz Portal is a dual-core, dual-SIM 7-inch Android 4.1 Jelly Bean tablet with a TV tuner. It also sports a rear-facing 8-megapixel shooter. SRP is not […]

PiPo S1 Dual-core Android 4.1 Jelly Bean 7-inch Tablet for Php5,489

PiPo S1: Android 4.1 Jelly Bean 7-inch Tablet Well this is a pleasant surprise! I was browsing Lazada earlier to look for the Cherry Mobile Omega but I found something much better. Apparently Lazada is already selling the PiPo S1 Android Tablet. This device runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and packs decent specifications. Price […]

Cherry Mobile Omega mysteriously pops up on Lazada priced at Php7,999 (UPDATED)

Remember the Cherry Mobile Omega that we wrote about a few weeks back? The device was teased on the Facebook Page of Cherry Mobile but it hasn’t been formally announced yet, much less promoted aggressively. Surprisingly though the Omega is now on the online shopping site, Lazada. The posting lists down initial specifications and SRP […]

Nexus 4 Unboxing

Google Nexus 4 Unboxing The Google Nexus 4 made headlines because of the combination of top-of-the-line specifications and an affordable price tag. Unfortunately that’s the not case here in the Philippines since apparently the SRP of the Nexus 4 locally is at Php24,990 which is way higher than the $350 US price tag. The good […]

CloudFone Thrill 430X Unboxing and Initial Review

CloudFone Thrill 430X: Unboxing and Initial Review One of the biggest gripes of people with their smartphones is battery life. Most devices these days barely last you through the day! This is what the CloudFone Thrill 430x aims to solve. This dual-core, dual SIM Android smartphone has a monstrous 4,160 mAh battery! To put things […]

Cherry Mobile Blaze Review: A Good Deal for Php6,499

Cherry Mobile Blaze Review: A Good Deal at Php6,499! The Cherry Mobile Blaze was introduced to the Philippines last December 24 on the Facebook Page of Cherry Mobile. The phone, as pointed out by some of our readers, is actually a rebranded smartphone from China called the Ming Ren A2 (they have the same design […]

Nokia Lumia 820 Hands-on and Initial Impressions

Nokia Lumia 820 The Nokia Lumia 820 is the smaller brother of the flagship Windows Phone of Nokia, the Lumia 920. It sports a compact body, interchangeable back cover, removable battery, microSD card slot, and competitive specifications. We were able to spend a couple of minutes playing with a demo unit on display in SM […]

Meizu MX 4-core Unboxing and Initial Review

We’re surprised that not a lot of tech sites and blogs aren’t talking about the Meizu MX 4-core. At Php13,790 you get a blazing fast quad-core Android smartphone with a funky custom user interface called Flyme (more on this later). It’s great value for money considering the next most affordable quad-core phone is at Php19,000+ […]