Author: Chris Eilers

Although these two smartphones are quite famous for their friendly price tag, there are some distinctive technical features that make them recognizable from each other.

1. Lenovo K3 Note vs Asus Zenfone Selfie Front camera

Both share a 13MP rear camera with flash but when it comes to front camera, Asus Zenfone Selfie will definitely speaks volume for itself.

While Lenovo K3 Note just sports a 5MP front camera, Asus Zenfone  Selfie is partially offered a quality front camera up to 13MP which is the same as its rear camera.

2. Lenovo K3 Note vs Asus Zenfone Selfie Battery

Most selfie-loves would be in big trouble enjoying their selfie moments should Asus Zenfone Selfie lacks a powerful battery, but this will never happen. With a battery of 3000 mAH on both devices, it is nice to know either phone will work well and last decently.

3. Lenovo K3 Note vs Asus Zenfone Selfie MircoSD card

It is indisputable that these two machines have brought up many of confusions for the customers since they were introduced to the budget smartphone market. They are all equipped with 5.5” inch display, ultra-strong Quad-core Cortex-A53 and a RAM of 2GB. Nevertheless, Asus Zenfone Selfie looks more likely to make itself a favourable item for the buyers with an extra 64GB-microSD card whereas Lenovo K3 Note is only offered a microSD card of 32GB.

The table belows will give you further specs about these two adorable smartphones:

The Firefly Mobile Intense carries some good specs with a very friendly price tag

Firefly Mobile Intense is priced at PHP 6,990

Firefly Mobile Intense 64 LTE full specs

Firefly Mobile Intense is priced at PHP 6,990

Also check out the Firefly Mobile Intense Mini – smaller and more affordable version of this flagship

The Sony Xperia series is doing well lately with many new and awesome flagships being launched to the market. We have known about Sony Xperia Z3 Plus (aka Xperia Z4) recently introduced internationally. And the internet has been falling in love with a render picture of the Xperia Z5 we shared last month.

Latest reports suggest that we may see the Xperia Z5 soon in real life. It is said that Sony will release this bae first in Japan this September 2015. Some sources also say that the Xperia Z5 will debut along with 2 other variants: The Xperia Z5 Compact and Z5 Ultra. So we can really expect the devices to hit the shelves soon before year-end holiday.

Sony Xperia Z5 specs: powerful with three “4”: 4K, 4GB and 4,500mAH

In terms of Sony Xperia Z5 specs, if all we know are true, the Sony Xperia Z5 will make a huge hit. It is to pack newest Snapdragon 820 SoC, 4GB RAM and 4,500 mAH. Other Xperia Z5 specs include fingerprint scanner, putting it in the same league as the iPhone 6 and the Samsung Galaxy S5. A beautiful 21MP Sony Exmor RS IMX230 CMOS sensor will make it possible to record videos of gorgeous 4K quality.

~~> 5 of the best Sony Xperia of 2015

Moreover, reports also mentioned “Type-C” – a possible hint at the USB-C port, as well as the numeric 9 which hinted at a September announcement for the Xperia Z5.

Sony Xperia Z5 going real?

Although we can not confirm anything for now and the waiting is still going on; the fact that there is a chance such beast will appear in September really excites us. Hopefully, the Xperia Z5 will be far better than most of the Xperia smartphones nowadays.

By now, you may be asking “So how much will this flagship be?” Well, we know no better than you guys to be honest. But we keep our guessing from the previous post, the Xperia Z5 price in PH is hopefully around PHP 44K-46K. 

Taiwanese smartphone giant ASUS has just heated  up the budget-friendly smartphone market with a new product named ASUS Pegasus 2 Plus.

What we know about ASUS Pegasus 2 Plus??

In comparison with his elder brother ASUS Pegasus X002, ASUS Pegasus Plus X550 just features a Snapdragon 615 processor, a 5.5-inch Full HD display and 3GB RAM which is 1GB RAM lower than his brother the ASUS ZenFone 2 .  Howerver, ASUS Pegasus Plus 2 is more than likely to satisfy those who have an interest in taking selfie with a combination of a 13MP rear and a 8MP front snapper. Plus, this newly-launched smartphone is equipped with a 3,030mAh battery and runs on Lollipop 5.1.1 with Zen UI.

ASUS Pegasus 2 Plus design

In addition, what makes ASUS Pegasus 2 Plus more impressive is all in its exclusive design. According to the ASUS official webpage, its body will carry an alloy with reportedly colours like Rose Gold and White.

The exact price for this ASUS smartphone is not fully unveiled. Still, we hope that it will join the budget-phone market which is also a priority of ASUS.

So, are you fascinated about the appearance of this ASUS new electronic member? Why don’t you put aside some money just now to grab it right after it just turns up in your market.

ASUS Pegasus 2 Pus specs:

Oukitel U8 was introduced to the market not long before and now we are hearing rumors about Oukitel U9! It seems like the company wants to join the battle of best performance smartphones of 2015. Recently, the Oukitel U9 specs and design have been revealed, showing some interesting things about this upcoming device.

New Oukitel U9

As for the display, Oukitel U9 will sport a 5.5-inch 1920 x 1080p IPS screen, packing in a body measuring 153.4 x 73.4 x 7.1 mm. In terms of processor, MediaTek MT6753 will be in charge of powering the whole machine.

Besides, there are 3GB RAM and 16GB of internal storage built in the handset and the operating system will be Android 5.1 Lollipop. Though, Oukitel U9 battery is not really as large as other phones’, 2,600mAh to be specific, which can be a disadvantage when U9 competes with other flagships.

Oukitel U9 phablet has a quite impressive camera combo. The front surface contains a 8 mega-pixel fixed-focus snapper, which is an ideal choice for selfie lovers. On the back, there is a cam capable of 16 mega-pixels. However, according to its official page, U9 will feature a Sony IMX214 sensor, so it should be a 13 mega-pixel sensor. In case of 16MP, it has to use some other sensor, not the IMX214. But, which one would you like, 16MP or 13MP?

In conclusion, we are looking forward to seeing whether Oukitel U9 will release something special at its launch, which is predicted to happen in the next weeks. Then, we will also know the Oukitel U9 Price in PH, which is expected to be affordable. Let’s save the best for the last!

We have talked and talked and talked about smartphones with 4GB RAM. But do you think you really know about a RAM smartphone and how it really infuence your device in terms of performance?

RAM stands for Random Access Memory, which supports the writing and reading data process. Along with the processor and GPU, RAM is also the smartphone’s critical feature. It plays an important role in your phones performance. The smartphones could lag intensively without RAM and even the basic performance can challenge user’s patience.

In short, RAM is a connection between CPU and the file system. The critical files ranging from application data, game files to OS files are stored in RAM for the easy accessibility.

RAM Smartphone & Its Size

Presently, the terms DRAM (Dynamic RAM) is being used to talk about smartphones. The improvement of being dynamic is that the storage can be refreshed to handle the smartphones’ performance . The downloaded Apps are remained in the RAM and they will be readily available for the next usage. Therefore, RAM size does have a significant impact, the larger capacity of the RAM, the more info that can be stored and approached by the system.

Does RAM affect Phone’s Speed & Battery ?

Speed is another concerned feature of phones’ performance. To help run the apps, the clock speed running of house RAM should be between 300-500 Mhz. More RAM means that more apps will lie in it, but that is not the matter for your battery. However, your phone will consumes more power because of some performance boost.

Future RAM Smartphone Potential

Currently, it is rare to see 3GB  RAM smartphone,  except some high end smartphones such as Samsung Galaxy Note 3 . However,  we will reach more phones with 4GB and higher RAM in the new futrure with the arrival of 64 chipsets.

In short, bigger RAM smartphone will help to boost performance. However, the adequate size for most trending apps in present time is considered as 2GB. We are waiting for the future Android versions with the effective resource similar to Windows Phone and iOS.

Recent rumors are suggesting that Blackberry is going to launch a new device soon, hopefully this November 2015. The new flagship is a “slider” that Blackberry introduced earlier in MWC. For now, it seems that, the device will be named as Blackberry Venice, featuring a curved Quad HD display. If nothing changes, AT&T will be one of the official carriers to distribute the Blackberry Venice.

BlackBerry Venice: what we know up to now

Also according to reports we have been collecting, the BlackBerry Venice will come with 5.4” screen and a resolution of 1440 x 2560. The handset features curved edges that look somewhat similar to that of the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge.

In terms of BlackBerry Venice specs, it has a nice combo of 64 bit, 3GB RAM, Snapdragon 808 SoC built-in and a powerful hexa-core 1.8GHz CPU that promises very smooth and fast performances for the phone. BlackBerry Venice cameras are not super exciting compared to cameraphones these days, but imressive enough with 18MP and 5MP front shooter.

Blackberry Venice: new slider phone

When not slide out, there is only the touch screen display. But the signature keyboard like in other Blackberry smartphones will show up when you slide it out. So it is quite interesting for those who love a smartphone with both touch screen and a physical key board.

BlackBerry Venice to pack Android OS?

Previous BlackBerry smartphones are known for running their own BlackBerry OS and being a very secure company which tend to choose the safe way of business. However, lately, BlackBerry had some interesting new changes, starting with the beautiful Wraparound concept, and now the rumors to compete in Android smartphone market.

People are being curious about it coming to the Android smartphone market. BlackBerry has not confirmed about this piece of information yet.

However, John Chen, the company’s CEO did reveal that “BlackBerry would launch an Android smartphone if it could make it secure enough.” In other words, it is still a mystery whether the Blackberry Venice will be an Android smartphone or not, but we can totally expect the appearance of it soon in the future, especially when smartphones are developing so fast these days.

Take a look at the BlackBerry Venice renders we have collected, and share with us your idea about what you’re seeing.

Turing Robotic Industries, or TRI, has just developed a smartphone made of liquid metal. The base model, which has 16 GB of storage, will cost $610 and is said to be stronger than steel. Turing will open up for pre-order of the device by the end of July.

“The Turing Phone is a revolutionary liquid-metal phone that not only redefines phone engineering, it also paves the way for trustworthy communication,” says TRI on its website.

Turing smartphone: stronger than steel

There are several features that make this Turing smartphone truly a flagship of the future. First of all is the innovative “Liquidmoprhium” frame making it very shock-resistant. Next, the Turning smartphone also has an IPx8 waterproof rating, which allows the device to go under water for as deep as 30 feet (>9 meters). Besides that, the phone has a security system especially developed by TRI to make every communication made via this phone more secure and safe from third party intrusions.

Turing smartphone specs: great but not super impressive

The unique features above are pretty impressive and brilliant, aren’t they? If you are wondering which Turning smartphone specs will be packed, it goes with a great combination as well. Some of the Turning smartphone specs we know up to now are Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, 13MP and 8MP cameras, Android 5.0 Lollipop OS and a popular 5.5” display with a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels.

In terms of release date and Turing smartphone price, TRI shared that they will announced finalized design and color options on July 22, with preorders starting July 31st in the US. Apart from the basic model with 16GB ROM, we can expect to see the 64GB and 128GB variants.

Turing smartphone price, release date and pre-orders

The Turing smartphone price for the 16GB version is at $610. This mean, when Turing smartphone Philippines arrives, the device may cost around PHP 27,500 or slightly higher.

It is so exciting to witness more and more unique smartphones coming every day. We are excited to know more about this beast and we guess so are you. If you are interested (or curious), please find further information about the Turing smartphone on the company’s official website here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18McIqK_QB8

Lately we have talked a lot about smartphones in different categories. Partly because when it comes to tablets, customers tend to have less options. In this post, we give you 6 of the best tablets for under PHP 15K available in Philippines market. They are chosen based on general performance, design and specs compare to its value.

~~> Also check the best smartphones under PHP 15K

1. Xiaomi Mi Pad: PHP 10,999

2. Apple iPad Mini 16GB: PHP 10,350

3. Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0: PHP 13,999

4. Asus Fonepad 7”: PHP 14,194

~~> Also check the best smartphones under PHP 15K

5. Acer Iconia A1-840 FHD: PHP 9,500

6. Samsung Galaxy Tab 3: PHP 14,990

Taking a general view over the list, most of the best tablets nowadays for under PHP 15K feature either 7 or 8 inches displays and pack a battery of over 4,000 mAH capacity. This capacity is considered huge in smartphones. Not many of them focus on good camera and color options compared to our diverse smartphone market with so huge collections and functions to choose from.

The Chinese smartphone market always boosts really intense competitions with better and better phones being produced under very affordable (we mean cheap) price tag. We have seen a lot of Chinese devices with bezel-less designs, with 4GB RAM, with high quality selfie shooters. Today, another flagship packing huge battery has been offered a price cut from $139.99 to only $99.99: the Mlais MX Base. This means the Mlais MX Base price in PH is slightly 4,500 pesos.

Mlais MX Base – largest battery among Mlais smartphones

The Mlais MX Base comes with the largest battery capacity among the present Mlais smartphones. Although 4,300 mAH is not an unprecedented battery, it is obviously huger than many others in the same price range and even more expensive.

Mlais MX Base price was supposed to be $140, which is equivalent to PHP 6,309. That’s also the reason why the device packs quite favorable specs. The phone is backed by strong 64bit, Mediatek MT6735 chipset together with 2GB RAM and 4G LTE connectivity to support smooth performance. Other Mlais MX Base specs are Android 5.1, 8mp main camera and 4,300 mAH battery.

Also check out this Mlais M7 which scored over 48,000 on Antutu

Ok so 4,300 mAH has been the Mlais MX Base’s selling point so far. With such capacity, you can expect at lest 2 days of power for this 5” device. One more special thing is that, with USB OTG support, you can also use the phone’s battery to charge other device. Interesting, isn’t it?

Mlais MX Base specs

What do you think about Mlais reducing price on this device to get more items sold? Perhaps it is a wise decision because with the new price tag, the Mlais MX Base can be fitted into the PHP sub 5K market, which is very popular among customers nowadays.

Apple iPhone 8 concept: a work of the future

Ever since Apple iPhone 6 was released to the market, artists all around the world started to create many beautiful concepts for the upcoming generation iPhone 7. However, designer Steel Drake from Kyrgyzstan already took one more step further and came up with an breathtakingly beautiful iPhone 8 concept.

His work of art was inspired from the currently available iPhone 6 with some changes and adjustments to make it absolutely gorgeous.

Apple iPhone 8 concept: beautiful from every nanomet

From the pictures spotted below, the iPhone 8 concept by Steel Drake features very meticulous curves and sophisticated triple layers of metal. His eye for detail and talent of design make this iPhone 8 concept hard to take your eyes off.

Gallery included to provide every detail and angle of the phone. Have a look and enjoy this gorgeously talented masterpiece.

~~> Also check out this creative Blackberry Wraparound concept

Lately, the smartphone competitions have been upgraded to a whole new level. There are more and more new devices launched to the market with better and better specs to win consumers’ hearts. Beautiful design and appropriate display sizes are absolutely important also. However, one more thing that many people concern about in a smartphone is their display density.

The pixel density is measured by a PPI calculator, and the bigger the result is, the more condensed images are displayed and the better everything looks on the screen.

Here is a list of 6 smartphones with highest display density, all above 530ppi.

1. Samsung Galaxy S6 – 576ppi display density

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2. HTC One M9+ – 565ppi display density

~~> HTC One M9 competing for “best smartphone of 2015” tittle

Sony Xperia Z4v – 565ppi display density

~> 5 most amazing Sony Xperia smartphones

4. Meizu MX4 Pro – 543ppi display density

~~> Read about Meizu MX4 Ubuntu version

5. Oppo Find 7 – 538ppi display density

~~> Oppo R7 is the world’s 1st bezel-less smartphone

6. LG G3 – 534ppi display density

~~> LG G3 vs Galaxy S5 specs comparison