Blistering performance from Samsung’s newest flagship We’ve managed to get a blackbox version of the Galaxy S5 during the local Samsung Unpacked event here today, and as is our custom, we immediately installed AnTuTu inside the device to see what it’s capable of. As expected from Samsung’s newest flagship, it scored high marks in AnTuTu, […]
Yet another downgraded flagship? The march of the mini and lite branded phones trudges on. This time, it’s Asus and their PadFone Infinity Lite, launched yesterday in their home turf of Taiwan. Asus thankfully didn’t go crazy with the downgrade of the PadFone Infinity 2 before being slapped with the Lite branding – as far […]
It’s not all about the number of cores according to Qualcomm We got to sit down and talk with Mantosh Malhotra, country head for Qualcomm Philippines the other day to talk about various things including their chips and plans for the future. As you know, Qualcomm has a big presence in the Philippines because of […]
Could’ve been a low-cost alternative to the Galaxy Note, but its price holds it back The LG G Pro Lite Duo is an interesting proposition on paper. It borrows heavily from the company’s highly successful LG G Pro, marketed as a contender to Samsung’s Galaxy Note 3. The G Pro Lite Dual was supposed to be […]
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 […]
Will get Exynos 6 or Snapdragon 805 processor and 2,560 x 1,440 resolution display Sam Mobile has allegedly gotten a line on the specifications of the Galaxy S5, and apparently Samsung is taking a cue from Apple, as far as making two versions of their next superphone is concerned. The Galaxy S5 will come in two […]
Full Review of the Nexus 5 The Nexus 5 is a special Android device because it was jointly built by LG and Google. It sports the latest Android version 4.4.2 KitKat and, as with all Nexus devices in the past, it has first crack at downloading Android OS updates from Google. In the US, Google […]
Meet the Samsung Galaxy Core We were able to get a short hands on with a friend’s Samsung Galaxy Core. This device was supposed to be one of the Korean tech giant’s answer to the local and Chinese brands growing popularity in the Philippines. However if you think about it the Core is still quite […]
LG G2 Full Review LG has had a history of being bold with their hardware designs. One of the craziest products they’ve ever made was the LG Vu, a squarish phablet that never really got any traction in the market. That one was a little too far off, hehe. They started getting our attention again […]
Full Review: Samsung Galaxy Note 3 The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 debuted a few weeks ago in the biggest electronics trade show in Europe, IFA, at Berlin, Germany. While we usually have to wait for months for Apple products to officially reach our shores here in the Philippines, we just have to wait a few […]
The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is OFFICIAL Samsung just took the wraps off the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 at their press event in IFA Berlin, Germany. Based on what we’ve seen from the product announcement, the Galaxy Note 3 is Samsung’s response to the criticisms and feedback thrown at the previous two generations of the […]
LG Optimus G Pro Review We’ve been using the LG Optimus G Pro as one of our primary handsets for the last week and a half. Over-all it was a great phablet to have, especially when we wanted to just sit back, relax, and watch some videos (either downloaded or on YouTube) on it’s spacious […]