What’s the Point of Octa-core? THL and Starmobile have already released their octa-core offerings and so far both the Starmobile Diamond X1 and the THL T100 are very strong contenders in the Php13,000-Php14,000 smartphone price range. We were fortunate enough to have had considerable time with both devices and we’ve written our full reviews about […]
Showbiz websites have Vhong Navarro to thank you for their traffic. For gadget and tech sites it’s definitely all about Globe’s recent announcement of their strict implementation of their Fair Use Policy. Our first post about the issue was shared over 13,000 on social networking sites in just a few days of publishing! The interest […]
Don’t call it unlimited if it’s not really unlimited Earlier this week we reported that Globe has been strictly enforcing their 1GB a day/3 GB a month data cap for their subscribers by sending them text alerts notifying them that they have gone over the limit and throttling them back to 2G speeds. The news […]
Cherry Mobile Flare S vs Cherry Mobile Flare HD Ever since we published our full review of the Cherry Mobile Flare S we’ve been getting a lot of questions via our Facebook Page if people should buy it or they should just wait for the Cherry Mobile Flare HD. The normal and common answer would […]
Unbox Set to Soar in 2014 with Beefed Up Editorial Team In the last 12 months Unbox.ph has grown tremendously with the site surpassing the 1M Page Views mark just last November. We attribute the growth to the our constant comprehensive yet easy-to-understand reviews as well as being first in delivering the latest in gadget […]
LG G2 or the Nexus 5? Ever since we published the reviews of both the LG G2 and the Nexus 5 we’ve been getting a lot of questions via Facebook and Twitter asking which is better between the two. After careful analysis we’ve come to the conclusion that each device has its own set of […]
As of this writing I have around 16 gadgets, a mix of smartphones, tablets, laptops, and headphones, still in their boxes here at home. They’re all in line for unboxing and review articles here in Unbox. However each time I pick one up and bring out my camera to start doing the usual pictures I […]
We posted our unboxing of the Sony Xperia SP yesterday and we immediately got a lot of feedback from people asking us why we were happy with considering it just runs on a dual-core processor. Okay, we have to debunk a myth. When it comes to processors it’s not really the more you have, the […]
Everyone is waiting for local brands like Starmobile, Cherry Mobile, or MyPhone to start offering affordable LTE-enabled smartphones. It’s really the next step for them and it also helps that Smart just rolled out their prepaid LTE SIM cards for smartphones. However we really don’t have to wait for a local brand to come out […]
There is absolutely nothing wrong with using local branded smartphones. They’re more affordable and they offer unbelievable value for money. A few weeks ago we decided to do a short experiment. We ditched our international flagship smartphones — the iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, and the Sony Xperia Z Ultra. In lieu of these […]
Rant starts now. Since it was a weekend we decided to go around SM Megamall and check out what new gadgets were already on the shelves. We were a bit shocked to find out though that the official stores of Sony and Samsung in SM Cyberzone don’t even follow the announced suggested retail price of […]
Will local smartphone flagships fly with prices past Php13,000? Local smartphone brands are gearing up for the release of their Q3-Q4 offerings and it looks like most of them will be launching quad-core 5-inch HD smartphones with 12-megapixel shooters. Their devices will be slim, lightweight, and definitely technological beauties. The biggest question people are asking […]