MyPhone Wants To Give People Cheaper Phones (By Showing Ads)

Before Netflix or any kind of streaming service was a thing, TV was free. Well, not entirely free – you still had to buy an actual TV set, but all the channels on it were free before cable TV and Netflix was a thing. This was possible because of ads – you get to watch […]

The Best Alternative to the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 (RIP) Is…

Yes, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 got recalled and it literally is now dead. There are several top-tier flagships either in the market or about to enter it that will try to position themselves as alternatives. However all of them don’t have one thing that the Galaxy Note series is really famous for — the […]

Opera’s Desktop Browser Now Has an Unlimited VPN Built-In

That’s right boys and girls. Opera has updated its desktop browser to include an unlimited VPN. It was already in a sort of trial phase a few months back when users could try out the built-in VPN with the browser by installing the developer version of the software. If you currently run Opera on your […]

IFA 2016: Lenovo’s Yoga Book Has A Keyboard You Can Sketch On

While tablets are on a decline, hybrid devices and 2-in-1s are climbing the sales charts. But since everybody and their dog are making their own version of the hybrid computer, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to find one that has a new feature we can all get excited about. Leave it to Chinese manufacturer Lenovo then, to […]

Top 10 Trailers from San Diego Comic-Con

San Diego Comic-Con is in full swing and if you managed to miss all the awesome trailers for blockbuster movies hitting our cinemas in the coming months, like: DC’s Wonder Woman and Justice League, and hit TV shows, like: DareDevil, Luke Cage, and The Walking Dead, we’ve compiled them for you — Because, the awesomeness […]

Immersive Visuals with the Sony Bravia 4K HDR TV

We’ve gone from CRT TVs that weighed a ton and took up way too much space in the living room, to slimmer LCD TVs that got a bump in picture quality with HD resolution, then came Full HD at 1080p, then 2K, and now we have ultra-slim sets that are capable of pushing out 4K […]

Xiaomi’s Enhanced Mi Box Supports 4K Playback and HDR

Xiaomi just introduced an enhanced version of the Mi Box at Google I/O and it certainly sounds promising,  but does it present a threat to Apple TV and other set-top boxes? On paper,  it sure sounds like it does. Here are its specs: Xiamoi Mi Box Specs Quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 Processor Mali 450 Graphics Chip […]

Want Fiber? Keep Bothering PLDT Until You Get It

Because it’s all worth it in the end As I write this, I’m currently downloading a new game I bought off of Steam a few minutes ago (which will finish its download after 30 minutes, it’s a 12GB game), streaming music in Spotify while my brother plays an online game in the other room. It’s […]

The Big Switch. Or the One Where Zenfone 2 Laser 6.0 got me Switching Sides.

If you’re a long time reader of the site, you know that the only smart phone I pretty much used and adhered to was then-Nokia’s Windows Phone Lumia line. I adored it, fought for it, even tried to convert some of the editors here at Unbox.ph to adapt to it. Sadly that all changed when […]

Here’s The All New Apple TV

A more refined TV experience Apple has officially outed the third generation of their set-top box today. The Apple TV is still similarly styled after the 2012 version of the device, but the new iteration uses a new remote design with a touch-sensitive glass surface, and voice recognition capabilities. You can now search for programs […]

Smart, PLDT Home Launches Streaming Service iFlix in PH

Streaming as low as Php 99 a month Yesterday we officially attended the launch of streaming service site iFlix here in the Philippines. iFlix, if you don’t know, is an ASEAN version of Netflix, allowing users to easily stream movies and TV series from around the world right to their own home. We were fortunate […]

Heather Morris of Glee in PH for iFlix, PLDT and Smart Event Later Today

She’s here in the PH! If you’re an avid follower of Glee, you’ll probably recognize the girl holding that iFlix sign. If you didn’t know, that’s Heather Morris, the actress that plays Brittany Pierce on the smash musical-drama Glee. Anyway, she’s in town for the Smart, PLDT and iFlix event (that we’ll be attending) later […]