Five awesome phones for very little money We’re at the halfway point of 2015 and boy have we seen some great phones at the low mid-range segment. And surprisingly, most of the hype at the sub 9K market have been from international players, which is a big change from last year. Brands like Lenovo, Meizu […]
You Don’t Have to Spend a Lot to Get a Lot While most of the tech world’s attention is on the premium flagship smartphone segment, there’s actually a lot of action happening in the mid-range level. A lot of smartphones half the price of the top-tier devices now offer highly competitive specifications and solid hardware […]
We review the Lenovo A7000! Today we’ll be going in depth with Lenovo’s A7000, their own interpretation of the bang of the buck phone. The A7000 joins its rivals like the Alcatel Flash Plus, Meizu M1 Note and Huawei Honor 4X in the crowded low mid-range market. Does the A7000 have what it takes to […]
We go hands-on with the P8 Lite! Along with the flagship P8, Huawei also unveiled their sleek new mid-range smartphone yesterday. The P8 Lite takes several design cues from its bigger (and more expensive) brother, but gets a few downgrades to make the phone more affordable. Huawei P8 Lite 1.2GHz Kirin 620 octa-core processor 2GB […]
We review the Alcatel Flash Plus! This year has been a great one for techies on a budget. Several international companies have stepped up to the plate to challenge the devices of local brands under 10K – a price point that have been traditionally held by homegrown phone brands. The arrival of Meizu’s M1 Note, […]
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 […]
MyPhone’s next flagship will be launched tomorrow After MyPhone’s official launch of the Rio 2, the local company is prepping for another major launch. This time around, it’ll be their follow-up to their previous flagship, the Infinity. While the company’s Infinity flagship was pretty solid when it was launched in April last year, the smartphone […]
For today’s The Inbox we go a little more non-technical and answer a question from one of our loyal readers, Kiel. This is a pretty interesting question and we really put a lot of thought into this because Kiel is actually looking for a gift for his mom. The budget is 7k and the priorities […]
We unbox the Lenovo A7000! The lower mid-range market has become the de-facto battleground for many Chinese brands today. Meizu fired the first shots early this year and now Alcatel and Huawei is poised to make a big splash with the imminent release of the Flash Plus and the Honor 4X. Today, Lenovo joins the […]
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 […]
Redmi 2: Dual SIM LTE Budget-Friendly Smartphone On paper the Redmi 2 looks pretty slick. For just Php5,999 you get a 4.7-inch smartphone powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 quad-core processor, LTE connectivity (Dual SIM to boot), and a gorgeous fully laminated HD display. While it definitely delivers on a lot of things it also […]
We go hands-on with the Huawei P8! A few days ago Huawei officially launched two of its newest phones – the P8 and the P8Max. Huawei’s looking to make a name for itself in markets outside Asia, and these two phones (and the P8 Lite) are the devices that the company is looking to do […]