Author: Chris Eilers

Debuted earlier in May 2015, Huawei P8 caught attention with its elegant alloy body and a combination of very decent specs of a high-end device. 3 months later, we can already find unboxing review of the Huawei P8 with hands on pictures. If you are interested in the device, you can now take a closer look at how the Huawei P8 actually looks in real life.

Keep reading for your description about details of the Huawei P8 smartphone

From the very first glance, the Huawei P8 unboxing impresses potential users and tech geeks with its elegant and premium body with 6.4mm thickness. The packaging looks great and worth the money too.

Huawei P8 display features a IPS 5.2” screen with slim rear and beautiful resolution. The full alloy body is anodized, preventing the device from slipping out of your hand.

The widget icons, as well as toolbars are designed with nice-looking squares.

Huawei developed their own Hisilicon Kirin 930 for their P8 flagship with 64 bit quad-core clocked at 1.5GHz. In terms of Huawei P8 specs, the device features 3GB of RAM, 16GB internal storage and microSD slot support.

Read our previous review of the Huawei P8

Located on the upper part of the screen are loudspeakers, selfie cameras and light sensors.

The Huawei P8 screen with IPS technology display high-resolution images with vivid colors and good resolution.

Now let’s move a bit to the Huawei P8 camera. What is noticeable about the P8 camera is : – 13MP sensor by Sony – OIS function to help captures the best images of moving objects – the camera is flat on the back to prevent scratches, and last but not least – dual flash to offer better white balance for portrait shots.

Also, if you haven’t recognized yet, the Huawei P8 is the world-first smartphone to feature a 4-color 13-megapixel RGBW camera image sensor. This means the images taken by this device will be 32% higher in brightness, have better contrast, and 78% less color noise in low light.

Read our previous review of the Huawei P8

From this Huawei P8 unboxing picture, you can see the nano SIM card and microSD card slot quite clearly on the body. The device ( featured in this hands on collection) does not support dual-SIM. (There is a dual-SIM variant also)

And on the back rear of the device, Huawei P8 unboxing comes with symmetry loudspeakers and a USB port in the middle.

Huawei P8 Philippines is available now with many variants: 16GB LTE, 64GB, dual SIM. The Huawei P8 price in PH starts from PHP 22K up to PHP 46,7K.

Source: Tinhte.vn

LG has just announced its new LG G Pad II. The G Pad will sport 10.1’’ display, and comes with Wifi or LTE variants. The new G Pad will be the most advanced model in the series. As LG announces this, they also state that LG G Pad II 10.1 will be unveiled at IFA 2015. It seems we have one more top device to be on our wish list.

LG G Pad II 10.1 specs

According to its name, LG G Pad II 10.1 display will have a 1920 x 1200p resolution, with pixel density of 224 ppi. The display type is WUXGA. The device will run on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop OS.

The tablet will feature a Snapdragon 800 quad core 2.26GHz processor, with 2GB RAM for its power. LG G Pad II 10.1 will come with 16GB internal storage available, with microSD support for you future expansion.

LG G Pad II 10.1 camera is a 5MP main / 2MP front dual. However, as we do not use cameras on tablets that often, we guess that this just some minor plus.

The most notable feature must be LG G Pad II 10.1 battery. It is a whooping 7400mAh. With this batter capacity, there is no doubt that LG G Pad II can last for days. Moreover, this seems to be good news for those who mostly use tablets for entertainment. Since there is no power lacking anymore, LG G Pad II 10.1 can keep you entertained all day.

Other specifications of the device include 4G LTE network and 100GB free of One Drive for 2 years.

LG G Pad II 10.1 price in the Philippines is not yet known, but we can wait until after IFA 2015 to look for more information.

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 was announced on August 18 with just a small 3000mAh battery, which is even less than Note 4 battery. However, as many tests being carried out show that Note 5 will do fine with 3000mAh, users seem to be more assured. Yes, it does have less capacity than its predecessor, but it is really stronger. Moreover, Samsung Galaxy Note 5 display is said to be the best among flagships nowadays. These make us want to own one, and want the company to further enhance the phone as well. And that is probably why, the 4100mAh battery version of Note 5 – Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Active – will be out this November.

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Active will sport a large 4100mAh battery

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Active specs (rumoured)

As Samsung Galaxy Note 5 display is a QHD screen, there is no doubt that “the more battery, the better.”Since people have been yearning for large battery, Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Active will please them. Apart from housing 4100mAh capacity, the handset will sport an IP68 rating much like other members of the Active series.

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Active will be waterproof and dustproof

However, as Samsung has never released any Active variants of its Note series before, this may not come true. All we have to do is wait until November to see Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Active be available. Just like the DUAL SIM version of Note 5, this version may be available in just some selected markets.

Until that time, we do not know Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Active price in the Philippines yet, so stay tuned everyone.

Earlier in August, Asus unveiled its new flagship Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe along with two other phones: Asus Zenfone 2 Laser and Asus Zenfone Selfie. As we wrote in an article before, Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe sport a whooping 128GB ROM & 4GB RAM. However, Asus surprises us by releasing Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe Special Edition which has an enormous 256GB ROM! It seems Asus wants to out more attractive flagships in order to compete with bigger names in the market. This Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe 256GB version is special that way.

Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe was announced earlier this month

Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe Special Edition specs

Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe 256GB version can easily please users who stores a large amount of files on their handset. Moreover, 256GB is a new specs on handset, thus making Asus the first brand to integrate such a high storage. With 4GB of RAM always ready & a quad core Intel Atom Z3580 2.5GHz processor, this device could always run as fast as you want.

For other specs, Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe Special Edition camera is a 13MP sensor with 5MP front snapper.

13MP for your photo shooting experience on this Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe 256Gb version

& 5MP for your selfies

Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe Special Edition battery is a non-removable 3000mAh one, so this should be enough for a full day use.

We do not know when Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe Special Edition will be available in Philippines yet. Therefore, there is no information about Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe Special Edition price in the Philippines. However, as the phone is set to release in Brazil next month, we hope it will be available in Philippines soon.

Hello our beloved readers! Here we come again with “Wassup on PricePony” – this week is August 17 – August 21, 2015. Our purpose of this post is to briefly wrap up all the best events happened on our page during the week – to provide you a review of most interesting smartphone news around our country and the world.

Follow us to see what  got the best attention from our readers on PricePony (including yourself of course) this week 😉

1. Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 release and breaking news

Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 is a brand new budget smartphone launched recently in mid-August by popular Chinese brand Xiaomi. Within a day, the name of the Note 2 was searched vigorously over the internet, and everyone started asking about the handset.

Once again, together with awesome specs for a sub PHP 7K price tag, Xiaomi made a huge hit by revealing their update: 800,000 units were sold in the first 12 hours. Wow, yeah?

2. Google announced official name for Android 6.0 – Marshmallow

Android 6.0 has been hinted a while before with the curious name “Android M”. In this week, Google unveiled the official name for their newest OS – reportedly known as Android Marshmallow.

How it works? Check out by clicking the orange button above 😉

3. Samsung out a “smart” flip phone

Flip phone was once very popular many years ago. But what is new? This “smart” flip phone by Samsung is actually another level of the flip phone we used to know 😉 If you want proof, the Samsung G9198 (official name of the model) features 2GB RAM and 16MP camera!

4. Xiaomi Mi 5 impressed with 73K Antutu result

Being on of the most powerful smartphones to run Helio X20 chip set, Xiaomi Mi 5, yet to launch, has already impressed some strict tech geeks by scoring up to 73,075 on Antutu Benchmark test. Check out the details.

5. Samsung Galaxy Note 5 crowned “the best smartphone display”

I know, I know, you are not happy that the Note 5 is going with NO microSD card slot. But many other features that the Note 5 offer can make you think twice. The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 screen was tested and crowned “the best among smartphones nowadays” – beating its own brother Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy S6 as former title holders.

6. Brilliant Nokia “Swan” concept

This is crazy. And by that, I mean, crazily amazing! The concept is created by Dani Vinh from Vietnam. If this comes true, Nokia Swan will pack 4GB RAM, 128GB ROM and 42MP camera sensor. Our readers on Facebook fanpage have been excited by the concepts and shared with us their thoughts – that it would be even better if the Nokia Swan is to come with the newest Android Marshmallow OS.

7. Samsung hint “unlimited smartphone battery”

In the future, we may be able to have smartphone that never run out of battery – this is a very unique creation by Samsung.

8. Top 6 smartphones for under PHP 7K

In this post, you can find Xiaomi Redmi Note 2, Meizu M2 Note, Asus Zenfone 2E and 3 others being features. Full specs and official prices are also provided with a picture of each device.

9. Top 5 flagships to introduce at IFA 2015

Any tech geek knows this huge event, I suppose. So what are the top 5 awaited flagships that will be introduced this year’s?

10. Blackberry’s First Android smartphone showed up

Blackberry Venice is the name. With leaks rumored by @evleaks, our readers are very excited to meet the device at its possible November launch.

What will we bring next weeks?

We are grateful for having all of you as your readers and followers. For the next weeks and far in the future, we – PricePony team will do our best to bring you more qualified news. Please do not hesitate to leave us your feedbacks and tips to help us improve ourselves for the better!

Cheers and kisses from PricePony team!

Microsoft has made its name throughout the years with Windows OS series. Their other products such as laptops and smart phones also fare well. Moreover, the Surface Pro laptops are one of the most wonderful products. On the other hand, Lumia series does not fare well on the high end market. Therefore, Microsoft seems to try to get attention back to its mobile brand by using the Surface name. Microsoft Surface Mobile will be what people call their next flagship.

Microsoft Surface Mobile will run on Windows 10 OS

The leaks suggest the mobile is under the project code name “Juggernault Alpha”. Moreover, the device is said to have been in the works for a few years now. The device will be made in aluminum and magnesium, promising light weight and attractive design.

The code name and some other information about Surface Mobile

Microsoft Surface Mobile display will be a 5.5’’ Clearback AMOLED screen. The screen will sport 2k resolution, making its pixel density very high. Corning Gorilla Glass 4 would be the protection panel.

Moreover, the device hardware specs will be relatively high as well. You will find 3GB or 4GB variants, with either 64GB or 128GB internal storage. Additionally, a 64-bit Intel Atom chipset will power up the device.

Microsoft Surface Mobile camera would be a 21MP sensor on the back and 8MP sensor on the front. The handset would come with microsd slot, Usb Type – C and a Surface Pen stylus. We don’t know Microsoft Surface Mobile battery yet, but it supports wireless charging.

Since these are all leaks, we do not know how much of this is true. However, as the Surface Pro series are great, we expect the Surface Mobile to be as good. Microsoft does not officially claim anything yet, but this seems a great start for their new flagship series.

When Samsung Galaxy Note 5 showed up with no SD card slot and several shortcomings, it disappointed many users. However, there are still certain reputation Samsung always manage to feature for their devices, especially flagships like this Galaxy Note 5.

Recently, we have announced the battery life test of newly-launched devices, including the Note 5. In the test, Samsung Galaxy Note 5 battery, with a humbled 3,000 mAH capacity, lasts up to 9 hours and 11 minutes, outperforms the LG G4 battery with same capacity.

Galaxy Note 5 screen – what is the surprise?

What is next? This time, Samsung Galaxy Note 5 once again assure their fans of the product quality. Galaxy Note 5 screen was titled the best smartphone display in the market by Display Mate, breaking the record of its brother Galaxy S6 and Galaxy Note 4.

And if you are interested, you can search more about the Display Mate test. They conduct complicated studies and use specialized tools to measure the Note 5 screen brightness, image accuracy, color and many other factors before coming up with the final result.

Here is our wrap up of Galaxy Note 5 screen that was just crown the best in the world

The Galaxy Note 5 screen features a QHD (2560x1440p) Super AMOLED display with a size of 5.7 inches – which is as large as a Galaxy Note 4 screen. However, the Note 5 screen is quite different from its predecessor. By different, yes, we mean “improved”.

To conclude, here are the key points we notice from the Galaxy Note 5 screen test results:

– Huge improvement found in peak brightness

– Easier outdoor reading under direct sunlight

– Less battery consumed by the screen

– Record breaker in terms of color accuracy

– Best screen Display Mate ever tested – ever!

Samsung smartphone sales ranked first in Q1 2015, as reported. It seems the big company from Korea is earning a lot with its Galaxy series. That is why, after Q2 2015 and until this time, Samsung still tops the smart phone market. According to the latest report, Samsung and Apple are still the biggest companies.

The sale report in Q2 showing Samsung staying firm at #1

The sales show that Samsung has sold more than 72 million units, earning 21.9% of market share this year. While Apple has surpassed Microsoft to become #2 on the chart, Lenovo sales drop, making it fall to the 6^th place.

iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus sales help Apple rise to #2 this quarter

Though Samsung tops on both feature phones and smart phones, their share on both market have decreased quite a bit. Although their flagships contributed much to the sales, it seems Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge do not attract the number of customers Samsung needs.

On the other hand, Chinese brands are making their place in the market. The growth of Chinese brands on this chart is high, especially when their products are competitively cost and high quality. As you can see, Huawei is now the 3^rd largest smart phone producer. Xiaomi has grown very strongly to snatch a position on the list also.

Huawei is the strongest Chinese brand at the moment

However, as Samsung outs Galaxy Note 5 and S6 Edge+, will there be any changes in market shares? Meizu, Xiaomi, Huawei are also going to release many flagships this year end. Moreover, as iPhone 6s will be out as well, it seems the market share will be different after this quarter.

Price Pony readers, what are your guess on this year smart phone sales battle? Will Samsung smartphone sales stay on top or will Apple snatch it away? Will Chinese phone makers prevail more?

We have good news for all NOKIA fans. For a long time we have heard about Nokia Power Ranger, the great Nokia phone concept. Nokia Power Ranger is really something to look forward to if the Nokia phone is to be out in the future. However, as concepts make us feel more hopeful for the unique mobile market, there are more and more designs coming. For example, Nokia Swan Android Phone is a wonderful phone with huge 42MP Purview camera and 4GB RAM.

Nokia Swan Specs

The Nokia Swan combines smart phone and tablet into one device. For normal cell phone use, it is a completely amazing smart phone. With a quad core CPU, probably an Intel chip, and probably over 4GB of RAM, Nokia Swan is really something we should buy. Moreover, it comes with 128GB of internal storage.

When opened, the device transforms into a tablet, with dual touch screens. If you want, you can use it as a small laptop also. Since Nokia Swan display is around 5.3’’, it will turn into a 11’’device when transformed. If this device is to come true, it will be a great handset for both work and entertainment. Nokia Swan concept is a great thing to look at while waiting for Nokia to come back. Nokia fans out there, are you satisfied with this hybrid device between a smart phone and a tablet?

Nokia Swan Release Date in India?

So far we know that Nokia will have their comeback in 2016, with the Nokia C1 Android Smartphone. In January 2016, Nokia’s contract with Microsoft Mobile will run out, so we will see the first Nokia phones in 2016 again. We really hope that the Nokia Swan phablet will also be released in 2016 with other Nokia Smartphones.

Huawei, the Nexus 6 producer of this year, has just announced their new device – Huawei Honor 7i. With a lot of leaked photos circulating online, we suppose that you’d already heard of its most notablet feature – the flip camera module. The camera on Huawei Honor 7i can be rotated back and forth, so it is a very convenient feature aiming at selfie lovers.

Huawei Honor 7i camera can rotate like a swivel

Huawei Honor 7i specs

Huawei Honor 7i camera is an eye candy to selfie lovers because of its convenience. As we all know, not many phones have high quality front camera, and the front camera sensor does not do as well as its rear. Therefore, with this camera module, one can easily use the main camera for selfies. You do not even have to turn the phone around, just flip the module to change your mode. Huawei even claims that this kind of module is very long lasting, up to 2 years of use.

Moreover, following the trend of recent smart phones, Huawei Honor 7i also sports a fingerprint sensor on the side. The fingerprint sensor is the smallest size that can be on a smart phone, said Huawei. The sensor can also act as a camera button.

Huawei Honor 7i is just announced in China at around $250, so we do not know when it will be available. However, considering how Huawei Honor 7 is, we guess Huawei Honor 7i price in the Philippines will be around PHP 12k or slightly higher.

Samsung and LG. Two Korean manufacturers. Two big names in the market. Two mobile companies to produce curved screens. Last year, Samsung released the first Edge screen smart phones in the world: Samsung Galaxy Note Edge & S6 Edge. LG had released its curved LG G Flex back in 2013 though. However, as the competition between the two company gets more heated, LG made a different move. That is using the Edge trademark on their smart phone names also. Will LG produce an LG G Edge in the future too?

The rumour comes up because of LG attorneys filing trademark names for their new device. The names are listed below

• Super Edge
• Dual Edge
• Upper Edge
• Dual Side Edge
• Side Edge
• Double Edge
• Two Edge
• G Edge

People are making their claims about LG’s seemingly aim on Samsung’s Edge series. Ironically, this is not the first time LG files some trademark regarding another company. Therefore, many have expressed their wonders about LG internal work.

However, if LG is indeed going to make an Edge smart phone, then why not? Recently we heard that LG’s very own NUCLUN 2 processor overpowers Samsung Exynos. Moreover, the chip is said to be not have any heating issue. If the next LG flagship is to have an Edge screen, NUCLUN 2 and OLED display, isn’t that the perfect combination?

NUCLUN 2 overpowers Samsung Exynos on a benchmark test

On the other hand, if we look closely at the list of registered names, things such as Upper Edge and Super Edge sound entirely weird. It seems LG has not decided the design for their new curved screen phone yet. Additionally, Note Edge & S6 Edge from Samsung have far marked the Edge name into users mind. Will LG prevail?

Whether this is just some crazy move or a real plan from LG, it’s good if a new Edge screen handset is to be out. We need more powerful and unique devices in the market. What’s left is LG’s marketing project. Moreover, “LG G Edge” seems nice enough, and can follow LG G Flex well.

Battery is a very important thing on a smart phone. Since the phone consumes a lot of power, a good battery capacity is needed. Moreover, on removable batteries, a long battery life is preferred. The same thing applies to non-removable ones. Since the non-removable batteries make up the phone’s life as well, it’s best that they have longer life. Battery life has become something really essential to a smart phone’s specs. However, it seems that we have found the solution to battery life with Samsung.

MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology – has announced on August 18 that they  have found a way to increase battery life to unlimited use. The institute is in collaboration with Samsung, so maybe the new kind of battery will be used on Samsung phones in the future.

Maybe Samsung Galaxy S7 or Note 6 battery will have unlimited life

The solution is that they will replace the liquid sustance in the battery with solid material. This way the liquid substance will not be degenerate, making the battery capacity decrease. As the solid material takes place, there will be no capacity decrease after charges. We can recharge the battery for hundreds or thousands of times without worrying about it dying. And it means the battery has nearly unlimited use.

Moreover, MIT stated that this battery is more resistant to temperature and shock. It even is not flammable since there is no such substance to burn. The new kind of battery also reduces costs, while still being efficient and safe. Since there are many accidents with battery, the new one would give a lot of improvements in life.

We do not know when this unlimited battery will come into real production, but this is a huge step forward in the technology world. Not just smart phones, we can integrate this battery on many electronic devices as well. When that time comes, there will be a new era for us.