Lenovo A850 Unboxing: Lenovo’s New Affordable Phablet

Meet Lenovo’s Affordable Phablet Offering If you’ve been eyeing a phablet from Lenovo but you really couldn’t afford the Lenovo K900 or the Lenovo S920, you now have a more affordable option with the Lenovo A850. Priced at Php9,999, the Lenovo A850 offers a 5.5-inch IPS screen with qHD resolution. It’s powered by a respectable […]

Jean-Claude Van Damme’s Most Epic of Splits

JCVD was tapped by Volvo to demonstrate the dynamic steering technology that they pioneered. In this ridiculously epic video, we see Jean-Claude Van Damme do a crazy split while standing in between two huge trucks running in reverse. It’s just crazy and worth the watch. Check out the video above. Wild. It’s a nice break […]

Nokia Increases Aid to 250,000 Euros and 1,000 Mobile Phones for Yolanda Relief Ops

Thank you Nokia! We earlier reported that Nokia donated 50,000 Euros for Yolanda relief operations here in the Philippines. We’re happy to share with everyone an update about that. Nokia went above and beyond the 50,000 Euros and they’ve actually donated over 250,000 Euros already through the Red Cross, Red Crescent, and Oxfam organizations! On […]

[Editorial] What does a Tech Blogger Write About During These Trying Times?

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 […]

Smart Wipe-Out Lets Smart Subs Still Locked in Contract Get New iPhones

Smart Wipe-out Program Explained Smart launched the new iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C today at a low-key media event at the Fort. It’s perfectly understandable they toned down their efforts though considering the sensitive situation brought about by Yolanda. The plans were already announced last week but one particular offer they have that got more […]

LG and Nokia Donate to Yolanda Relief Operations via Red Cross

The spirit of generosity is definitely moving around the global tech industry. Red Cross, through their PH Twitter account, announced earlier today that two more international gadget giants, namely LG and Nokia, donated for Yolanda relief operations. LG gave $500,000 USD (what’s a lot) while Nokia pitched in 50,000 Euros (that’s a also a lot). […]

Podcast Ep. 42: Yolanda Relief, iPad Air, Lenovo A850 and Vibe X

The latest episode of the Unbox Podcast is now here! We start the show by calling on all of our viewers (and readers) to help out with Yolanda relief operations. The damage done truly is catastrophic and our Kababayans will need all the help they can get. Donating is easy since you can do it […]

Facebook and Apple Asks Users to Donate to Red Cross for Yolanda Relief

More global technology companies are starting to move to help relief operations here in the Philippines after they’ve seen the aftermath of the super typhoon. Two of the biggest tech companies in the world, Apple and Facebook, are now encouraging their users to donate to the Red Cross for Yolanda relief operations. Facebook has a […]

Samsung Donates $1M USD for Yolanda Relief, Sends Local Team for Rehabilitation

Samsung is doing their part in helping out with Yolanda relief operations here in the Philippines. First they’re donating 1M USD through World Vision and Red Cross. Those funds will definitely go a long way in rehabilitation! This is an initiative for their global office in South Korea. Secondly they’re sending a team of 20 […]

Widget City to Donate Cash to Red Cross for Nokia Lumia 920 and 620 Purchases

Our good friends from Widget City just announced that they partnered with Red Cross to help with the relief operations for victims of Yolanda. If you buy either the Nokia Lumia 920 or Lumia 620 from Widget City, they will donate a certain amount to the Red Cross. Here are the prices and the corresponding […]

iPad Air Unboxing: Lighter, Thinner, Stronger

iPad Air Unboxed! While the new Apple iPad Air isn’t officially available in local Apple Reseller Stores yet, several online shops have already started offering it at pretty competitive prices (near SRP). Very good timing for us since we’ve been aching to buy a new iPad for a while now but we found the iPad […]

Lenovo S960 Vibe X: Super Slim 1080p Turbo Quad-core Smartphone (Php19,999)

Meet the Lenovo Vibe X Lenovo has been on a roll lately when it comes to their hardware design. The Lenovo K900 is still one of the best designed phablets ever made and they even followed this up with the super thin duo of the S920 and S820. Yesterday they added a new smartphone to […]