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July has already passed by a half. In this month, we have got to know the release of many beautiful and strong flagships as well as the promise for many more in the future. Among them, what are people in Philippines have had much interest in the past two weeks of the month? What are the most favorite smartphones in our country?
This post will give you a full look at 5 of them, all trending smartphones of July, with specs, pictures and our personal comments based on experience we collect at Price Pony Philippines.
1. Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime
In our previous post about Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime, we called it “beautiful galaxy in your hand”, which is also the best comment we can give. For a price tag of under PHP 10K, this babe has what it takes to be an ideal budget flagship, and is still handy and pretty.
5.5- inch HD IPS display(1080 x 1920) pixels with 401 ppi.
Thickness
8 mm
Weight
150 gram
Camera
13MP rear, OIS, 5MP front
Processor
Octa-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53
RAM
1GB
Storage
8 GB
OS
Android 5.0 Lollipop OS with vibe 2.5
Battery
3,000 mAh battery
Connectivity
Dual-SIM, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
SIM
Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Color options:
Onyx Black, Pearl White, Laser Yellow
3. Samsung Galaxy S6
Wow, the second in the list out of 6 belongs to Samsung. This Korean giant is doing so well in the smartphone market, isn’t he? We don’t think we have to say much about this flagship, since the Samsung Galaxy S6 is no longer a strange device to many of us. The heat it brought since WMC 2015 hasn’t stopped spreading yet.
One more celebrity that doesn’t need any more attention or comment to be famous 🙂 Clearly the Asus Zenfone 2 551ML is one of the most amazing smartphone ever thrown to our market. People enjoy it and seek for it despite sonme unavoidable draw backs. 4GB RAM seems quite ideal a handset for heavy tech lovers, and this Asus Zenfone 2 is the first to introduce that.
Apple iPhone 6 is the only one in the list that doesn’t run Android OS. Building a huge empire in the smartphone industry, Apple is still doing well despite many competitors trying to copy their design and even specs, esp newly-produced Chinese smartphones. Being in this list shows that people still love and use iPhone a lot these days.
Apple A8 chipset with Dual-core 1.4 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based)
RAM
1GB
Storage
16/64/128 GB
OS
iOS 8, upgradable to iOS 8.4
Battery
Non-removable Li-Po 1810 mAh battery
Connectivity
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
SIM
Nano-SIM
Color options:
Gold, Grey
Those 5 become the most trending smartphones of July for some reasons. And we hope this article has proved that. We do hope this is helpful for those who are looking for a good phone to get. Share with us your opinion and advice so that we can improve our later posts.
Summer is the best time to travel, and travel means taking a lot of photos. Capturing every moment of your life is important, so having a good smart phone with high resolution camera is essential. However, as summer brings rain, and mostly people will like to travel to the beach, a waterproof smartphone is considered the best companion.
Below is PricePony’s list of the most popular waterproof smartphones. Share with us your experience also if you already own a smartphone that can go underwater and how it work.
To popularize its new music service on iTunes, Apple has just announced the next iPod touch. The new iPod touch will be integrated with Apple’s latest generation A8 chip. This somehow levels the iPod to the next stage, where it can compete with even the company’s iPhone 5s.
The new iPod touch sports a very powerful hardware, as the A8 chip will be available in all of its model. While iPhone 5s, Apple’s flagship upon its release, was already outdated with just an A7 chip. Moreover, the new A8 chip with 64 bit support will certainly boost the speed and performance of iPod touch vastly when running large games or HD movies. This is a nice feature on top of just playing music and regular kinds of entertainment.
Additionally, the iPod, also features fitness tracking M8 motion co-processor, another thing iPhone 5s only has the outdated one.
In terms of design, iPhone 5s offers users with 3 choices in color: space grey, silver, and gold. The iPod varies more though, with 3 more options : blue, pink, and red. Thinner and lighter, the iPod touch also has the same display resolution, which is another huge advantage.
The camera of iPod touch features an 8MP sensor, which is also available on iPhone 5s. The settings on both devices are on the same levels, which give almost little to no notable differences while taking photos.
However, as staying connected is always a must, iPhone 5s will always prevail since it can be equipped with a SIM card. On the other hand, as Wifi is vastly available in major cities, owning an iPod instead of a phone can be as handy, since there are many apps o iOS for making calls and messages already.
Earlier on Price Pony, we gave news about Huawei Nexus, one of the 2 Nexus smartphones Google planned to launch in 2015, together with another Nexus product with LG technology company. Rumors have been everywhere over the internet talking about the handset, how it will look like and which specs to anticipate.
Just recently, one of the most famous leaksters on Twitter, @Evleaks has shared some updated specs about the Huawei Google Nexus 2015. Below are what we know so far.
In terms of Huawei Nexus design, which will leave the important first impression for any user when looking at it, the handset features a huge 5.7 inch with Quad HD display of 2,560 x 1,440 resolutions. The new device may also come with a fingerprint scanner sensor, which is one of the trending functions found in newly-produced smartphones.
Huawei Google Nexus: What we know so far
Besides the display, we also know that the Huawei Nexus will have a metal body and be ready to hit the shelves in Q4 2015. This period between October-December is the perfect time for smartphone producers to launch their flagships, since people always have the tendency to buy more for end-of-year holiday.
Huawei Nexus sounds impressive so far: 5.7″ QHD w/ metal body, SD820 SoC, fingerprint reader. Ships Q4.
—- Evan Blass (@evleaks) July 15, 2015 —-
The Huawei Nexus is powered by Snapdragon 820 processor, one of the most popular and powerful smartphone processors recently.
Conclusion about latest Huawei Google Nexus leaking info
However, none of the above has been officially confirmed, so be ready for more updates to come. We are curious to learn further about the device other specs like RAM and battery, both are important elements to judge a smartphone. Also, in the meantime, we would love to know your guessing about the Huawei Google Nexus price as per release date later this year. Share with us your thoughts and predictions 🙂
Gaming is a part of technology upgrades. Putting consoles and PC aside, the games on other portable devices such as smart phones or tablets are gaining more and more attention. Gaming on mobiles is also becoming popular. From Candy Crush to larger games such as Call of Duty or other RPGs ported from PC, games are always a need for entertainment. That is why having a smart phone to both work and play those amazing games becomes something important to gamers.
The criteria for smart phones that are best suited for gaming vary. However, large screens, high display density, high quality processor and graphics, together with long battery life seem to be the most important specs to look for.
Equipped with Snapdragon 810 quad-core 2GHz processor, everything will load seamlessly and all you have to do is enjoy every moment on this gaming smartphone. Moreover, you can also connect it to your Playstation controller for better experience with this Sony Xperia Z3+
This Apple product has been quite popular with its performance already, so nothing more needed to say about iPhone 6. With A8 chip and M7 motion processor, iPhone 6 can handle many large games that run on iOS.
With a 5.7-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED® display, Samsung Galaxy Note 4 offers bright and sharp color for gaming. Its 2.7GB processor also powers up all the performance on this Samsung phone.
Meizu MX5 vs Huawei Honor 7 are 2 of the hottest babes in the smartphone market nowadays. Both are receiving positive comments and feed backs from users and critics over the internet. With many similarities in terms of specs and are still very different from each other, we think this comparison between Meizu MX5 vs Huawei Honor 7 will give you a clearer picture of both devices.
First off, let’s talk about Meizu MX5 vs Huawei Honor 7 and what they have in common. Both of them were debuted on June 30, 2015. Both of them feature FHD and 3GB RAM. And both of them are from well-known smartphone brands in China: Meizu and Huawei.
Meizu MX5 vs Huawei Honor 7: Design and display screen
Both device come with premium design, saying full-alloy bodies. But visually, they look obviously different since the MX5 has more rounded rears than its counterpart. And although the Huawei Honor 7 has a smaller display size (5.2” vs 5.5”), it is a bit thicker and heavier than the Meizu MX5. Apart from those things, the color options are not very different.
A bit more details about Meizu MX5 vs Huawei Honor 7 display. Though they both have the same FHD display, Honor 7 comes with a higher pixel density: 424ppi vs 401ppi of MX5. Yet, it does not turn out that this Meizu phone will lose to Huawei, for MX5 features a AMOLED panel, which will help render colors better than the IPS panel display on the Honor friend.
Meizu MX5 vs Huawei Honor 7 Cameras
Chinese smartphones are well known for their great camera sensors even on budget phones. This pairs is not an exception either. Meizu MX5 vs Huawei Honor 7 cameras feature 20.7MP vs 20MP respectively. However, Honor 7 boasts a brighter lens with f/2.0 aperture, protected by sapphire glass compared to the MX5’s f/2.2 lens, protected by a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass 3. On the other hand, the MX5 comes with a faster laser auto-focus than the phase detection auto-focus technology found in Honor 7.
Meizu MX5
For those who love taking selfies, perhaps Honor 7 would be a better choice since it has a more powerful 8-megapixel selfie snapper; MX5 has only 5-megapixel sensor. Anyhow, the gap between the two is not such a big deal at all.
Meizu MX5 vs Huawei Honor 7: Prices
Meizu MX5 Philippines is available with the 16GB variants for PHP 17K in Grey and White color options. Meanwhile, the 16GB Huawei Honor 7 Philippines is priced at PHP 20K.
Overall, it is easy to see that Huawei Honor 7 is a bit more expensive than the Meizu MX5.
No matter how different they are, we want to welcome both of them to be on-board. They are the newest ones up to now, coming with pretty good specs, designs and prices.
Secure digital cards, used mostly for external memory on portable devices, have been long a feature that many smart phones support. As with budget smart phones, the internal storage is inefficient, thus having the extra card slot can share the burden of lacking memory.
The earlier devices have very low internal storage.
Meizu MX3 provides users with its 128GB version – almost as much as what a small computer can offer.
However, larger internal storage means higher in price. The 16GB version of iPhone 5 costs 199$, while the 32GB costs 299$ with full carrier subsidies. This is just reasonable since Apple doesn’t integrate a microSD card onto iPhone, but the same situation happens on other brand name smart phones too. Moreover, as more memory means higher speed, this is understandable why the price is higher.
Sony Xperia Z3 32GB costs nearly 100$ more than the 16GB one.
On the other hand, Samsung has been manufacturing 128GB storage to deliver to its low-end smart phones. It seems that both the manufacturers and users can benefit from this, and microSD cards will become less important in the future.
However, as smart phones with larger memory still costs lots more, many people still prefer buying the microSD card for more storage depending on their budget. Therefore, even if there are more smart phones with large internal memory released, microSD cards will still be an important feature. microSD cards, right now, are the best support for low-end smart phones, until new technologies start to replace it.
Google has just announced an update to their Android Wear system that enhances touching on the interactive faces and connectivity between watches and devices.
The leaks and other news, which have been spread online, feature an updated single tap gesture. Users are allowed to fully make visual changes, launch activities and more using just one tap. This saves users time and enhance the portability of smart wear devices.
Moreover, Google also updates a feature named “Together”. This feature allows users to transfer data to other Android wear devices, such as a photo or a text. It is like an Android version of Apple’s Apple Watch functions that lets users to send heartbeat to other devices.
Although smart wear has been developed in the recent years, the popularity of these devices still has’t reached the desired level. As this update provides more chances for an Android wear to attract customers, hopefully this share of the market will get more attention soon.
Let us take a look at some of the coolest Android wear devices up-to-date:
Motorola Moto 360
Motorola Moto 360 reigns in terms of design. Unlike earlier smart watches, it sports a round display and a very elegant feel.
LG G Watch R
LG G Watch R also has a modern design with a circular watch face. It is also water and dust resistant.
Asus Zenwatch
This is the first Asus device powered by Android Wear. The device has a stylish look thanks to its elegant curves and smooth surface.
Sony smart watch 3
Stylist, stainless steel as the main material and GPS tracking, Sony Smartwatch 3 is one of the best Android wear.
Samsung gear fit
Samsung gear fit wins with its cool and fashionable with its Super Amoled display and interchangeable colorful bands.
Together with the success of current LG smartphones, rumors are already talking about an upcoming LG G Pro 3, with a glance of very powerful specs – and a surprise new feature. The LG G Pro 3 is a successor to the G Pro 2 launched last year in April 2014, promising a phablet-sized display, and impressive camera sensors.
In terms of specs, the LG G Pro 3 is said to run on the new Android 5.1 Lollipop operating system. It will also be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 SoC processor, along with 4 GB RAM and expandable memory storage. To continue the gigantic camera resolutions from LG G4 and G4 Pro, this LG G Pro 3 will be packing 20.7MP on the back and 8MP front snapper that will satisfy most selfie lovers.
This high-end new phablet from LG will own a 6-inch, beautiful 2K display with a 1440 x 2560 resolution. And as we mentioned above, The G Pro 3 may be supporting multi-window multi-tasking function, which makes the device special and outstanding from so many products in the smartphone market nowadays.
Besides, some sources suggest that the machine will boast a fingerprint sensor while some others believe that LG G Pro 3 will just jump to straight to iris recognition to make the phone really outstanding.
Although we can not confirm certainly about the LG G Pro 3 launch date, it is expected to happen at the end of the year. This is a perfect period of time when consumers are buying and purchasing more for holiday seasons. However, you may also concern as we do, that the LG G Pro 3 price can be a bit over the top, which is very typical of LG smartphone. Some rumors even predict the device to carry a $800 price tag, which is around PHP 37K.
Stay tuned if you are interested in the device! We will update you more on the G Pro 3 details of its features and price!
Acer will target selfie lovers with the launch of Acer S59 ?
Acer has been quiet for quite some time without unveiling any smart phones. However, just a while ago, on a test released by GFXbench, a device named Acer S59 has just got benchmarked. It seems the Taiwanese company is working on its newest product to compete with bigger names in the technology world.
The list of Acer S59’s most standard and important specs
Looking at the list at hand, we can sport right on that the most significant feature of this device is its front camera. It has the resolution of 13Mp, which is remarkable since most smart phones invest only on the main one. However, we do not know that it will have dual led flash like other selfie smart phones listed above or not. One certain thing is that this Acer S59 will be targeting the customers who go for higher quality cameras and those who are crazy with self-shooting.
Asus Zenfone Selfie and Micromax Canvas Selfie – the two phones Acer S59 may compete with
With the resolution of 13MP, video recording of 4K support for both front and back cameras, 5’’ display and an octa-core chipset MediaTek MT6753, Acer S59 promises to be some cool smart phone for selfie lovers. Acer hasn’t announced anything about this yet, but hopefully we can get some more information on Acer S59 in this Q3 or at the end of the year.
If in one sentence to wrap up our impression about the Huawei M2 Tablet, we would say it has an affordable price for very much up-to-date specs. Let’s read on to find out a bit more about the device.
This is actually a second products in the M tablet line from Huawei. Last year, the company launched Huawei M1 tablet. And compared to its predecessor, the Huawei M2 is an upgraded version that comes with Wi-Fi and LTE variants.
In terms of design, which is one important factor deciding whether a user love a product or not, the Huawei M2 is covered by all mental in the back side. It has 8” IPS display with 1,920 x 1,200 pixels resolution. The machine is measured 7.8 mm, which is quite slim for a normal tablet.
Specs-wise, Huawei M2 tablet runs Android 5.0 Lollipop with EMUI 3.1 skin on top. A Kirin 930 chipset with octa-core processor and 3GB RAM are packed along. Although we have seen many smartphones with 4GB RAM, 3GB RAM is considered very rare and powerful for tablets.
Huawei M2 cameras feature a 8MP on the back and a humbled 2MP on the front-facing side. And the whole device is powered by 4,800 mAH battery. ROM options come in 16GB or 64GB variants.
Now let’s talk a bit about the special feature a very enhanced audio functions. Huawei M2 tablet stereo speakers are rated at 1W. This ensures advanced audio technology with crisp high notes, deep bass and a richer, more detailed sound. Quite simply, the Huawei MediaPad M2 offers the best audio experience ever on a tablet.
Here is what we know about Huawei M2 tablet price in China: the cheapest variant (Wi-Fi, 16GB) is CNY 1,588 (PHP 11,600), while the most premium one (LTE, 64GB) goes for CNY 2,288 (PHP 16,600).
Huawei M2 tablet will hit the shelves soon in July back in their home town. And hopefully we will find Huawei M2 tablet Philippines in the near future.
Samsung – the big mobile producer from Korea – has just released its new flagship device – Samsung Galaxy A8 in China. The phone is remarkably slim as being only 5.9mm in thickness. Like the leaked news and photos, Samsung Galaxy A8 has a 5.7’’ display and sports other flagship features.
The phone has the dimensions of 158 x 77 x 59 mm and weighs 151 g. Samsung Galaxy A8 has a shiny metal frame that curves around the corners. Color options will be white, black, or gold. It features the biggest display size out of all the A phones released by Samsung. Together with the resolution of 1080p upon a Super Amoled HD screen and an octa-core Snapdragon 615 chipset as its power, Samsung Galaxy A8 promises users the best experience ever.
Samsung Galaxy A8 specs
The phone will be available in 2GB RAM and with either 16GB or 32 GB versions for internal storage. DUAL SIM and microSD support are not available at the same time since the card slot is shared.
Samsung Galaxy A8 also has an impressive battery of 3050mAh, which is great news to most gamers, people who work all day or users who have to travel over long distance. As the standby time can be up to more than 300 hours, connectivity to the world is always in your hands.
The camera of Samsung Galaxy A8 also catches the attention of selfie lovers.A main camera of 16MP along with a 5MP front one, toggled with ISOCELL sensor, this phone will be great for photo taking. Moreover, TouchWiz user interface designed on the system of Android Lollipop and a new fingerprint sensor that enhances security will make Samsung Galaxy A8 a “must-have” for mobile lovers.
At the moment, Samsung Galaxy A8 is only available in China. There is not much detail about price and set date for other worldwide releases yet, but let us hope we can have it in the Philippines soon.
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