Samsung’s Exynos 8890 Passes the 100K Mark in AnTuTu

Will this be the processor to power the S7? It’s getting closer and closer to Q1 of 2016, and you know what that means for Samsung – another announcement for their next flagship, the S7. But before we get to that, Samsung needs to figure out what kind of processor they need to put into […]

Samsung Gear S2 Review: Stylish, Brilliant Wearable

We review Samsung’s newest wearable! Samsung’s original Gear S released last year was met with a thundering “meh” from consumers. It was an overly ambitious product, trying to be a jack-of-all-trades and predictably, ended up as a master of none. It’s also not the prettiest wearable around, which reinforced people’s view that it was a […]

Samsung Galaxy A8 Review: A Gorgeous Mid-ranger That’s Priced Out Of Contention

We review Samsung’s Galaxy A8! As the holidays draw near, it’s become obvious that the new battleground of international brands has moved away from the high-end into the mid-range. Companies like OPPO, Lenovo and Huawei have new smartphones to duke it out in the mid-range. Korean juggernaut has their own dog as well, but their […]

Lenovo Vibe P1 Hands-on, First Impressions: We Love Big Batts And We Cannot Lie

We go hands-on with the Vibe P1! Each year smartphones get better and better – they get better processors, faster cameras and awesome features that most people don’t even use. Unfortunately, there is one part of the smartphone that’s usually left out of the equation with each new release – the battery. Lenovo’s trying to […]

Starmobile Knight Spectra Hands-on, First Impressions: Seeing Double

We go hands-on with the Knight Spectra! Today, we’ll be taking our first look at Starmobile’s newest flagship, the Knight Spectra. Starmobile is one of the few local brands out here in the Philippines that takes pride in offering phones with great cameras in them, and the Spectra is simply a culmination of that effort. […]

Cherry Mobile Cubix Cube 2 Hands-on, First Impressions: Premium Big Screen Phablet At An Affordable Price

We go hands-on with Cherry Mobile’s Cubix Cube 2! Cherry Mobile’s Cubix brand was launched back in August as a response to the growing demand of consumers for affordable yet value-packed devices. Just like Huawei with their Honor series and Lenovo with ZUK, the Cubix brand was envisioned as a way to take advantage of the popularity […]

Marshmallow Update Coming To Honor Smartphones in February

You’ll be getting your Marshmallow update next year, Honor owners Two weeks ago Huawei officially announced the phones that will be getting Android Marshmallow and it seems that the Honor brand of the Chinese company has already announced when that update is supposed to happen. sada If you own the Honor 4C, Honor 6 Plus, […]

ZUK Z1 Hands-on, First Impressions: Legitimate Zenfone 2 Challenger?

We go hands-on with the ZUK Z1! If you didn’t know, internet sales for phones in China is big. It’s huge – and makes up a large percentage of the total sales for phones in that particular market. That’s why when Xiaomi started dominating the online market in China, big brands like Huawei and Lenovo […]

Samsung Galaxy A8 Hands-on, First Impressions: Priced Out of Contention?

We go hands-on with Samsung’s Galaxy A8! Announced a few months ago and first debuting in China, Samsung’s Galaxy A8 is the skinniest and most powerful of the A series of phones. The A8 holds the distinction of being the thinnest phone from the Korean company when it was announced, and bears the same all-metal […]

ASUS, Local Brands Gain Ground in Q3

ASUS is climbing to the top We were able to acquire raw numbers for shipments of phone vendors both local and international spanning from Q32014 all the way up to Q32015. So first things first: the big winner is obviously still Cherry Mobile, followed by Samsung and surprisingly by ASUS, which has managed to climb […]

Cherry Mobile Flare S4 Plus Hands-on, First Impressions: A Refined Flare X?

We go hands-on with Cherry Mobile’s newest Flare phablet! Aside from the two game-changing Flare phones released earlier today, Cherry Mobile also announced a more premium model – the Flare S4 Plus. Unlike its two smaller brothers, the Flare S4 Plus isn’t meant as a game-changing bang-for-the-buck phone – instead, it’s more of a refinement […]

Google Nexus 6P Arriving In PH Soon

We’re getting the 6P! Google Nexus 6P Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2.1 octa-core processor 3GB of RAM 5.7-inch AMOLED QHD display, Gorilla Glass 4 protection, 2560 x 1440 resolution 32GB, 64GB, 128GB storage 12.3-megapixel rear camera, 1.55 ?m pixel sensor, f/2.0 aperture, laser AF system 8-megapixel front camera 3G, LTE WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, A-GPS, USB Type […]