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Samsung launches Galaxy A03 in PH, price starts at Php5,490

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Looking for a perfect smartphone suited to your online class or daily mobile needs without breaking the bank? This new phone from Samsung might be the one for you!

Samsung officially launched the new Galaxy A03 in the Philippines, delivering a trendy device at an affordable price.

The Galaxy A03 is a good smartphone for an online class or virtual meeting, as it flashes a 6.5-inch Infinity-V display. It also comes with a dual-rear camera setup, consisting of a 48MP primary shooter and a 2MP depth sensor. For selfies, it has a 5MP snapper.

What’s even better is it can indeed run for a long time, as it packs a whopping 5,000mAh battery.

Sounds interesting? Here’s its full specs!

Samsung Galaxy A03 key specs:

  • 6.5-inch (1600 x 720) HD+ Infinity-V display
  • Unisoc T606 octa-core processor (up to 1.6GHz)
  • 3GB/4GB RAM
  • 32GB/64GB/128GB internal storage, expandable up to 1TB
  • 48MP main camera + 2MP depth camera w/ Live Focus
  • 5MP front camera
  • 4G LTE
  • Bluetooth 5
  • WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
  • MicroUSB
  • Sensors: accelerometer, light sensor, proximity sensor
  • 3.5mm audio jack
  • 5,000mAh battery
  • Dolby Atmos
  • OneUI Core based on Android 11
  • Colors: Black, Blue, and Red
Pricing and Availability

The new Samsung Galaxy A03 is now available nationwide, with its price starting at only Php5,490.

Here are its variants:

  • 3GB/32GB – Php5,490
  • 3GB/64GB – Php6,490
  • 4GB/128GB – Php7,490

So, are you getting one? Let us know what you think in the comment section below!

realme TechLife partner brand DIZO will launch in the PH this month

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The newest brand under the realme TechLife will be launching later this month. The DIZO brand wants to offer tech products that can provide the needs of the Filipino consumers. Being the partner brand, DIZO will offer the consumers three key aspects: industrial design, supply chain and an all-around AIoT experience.

The DIZO products will still be able to sync with the realme Link app and Filipinos can still expect the same quality and manufacturing standards that realme has been known for, but it will still have a different identity from realme. So what are the products under the DIZO brand of realme TechLife series?

First, there are the audio products under the brand and these are the DIZO GoPods, GoPods D, GoPods Neo, Buds Z and the DIZO Wireless. These are audio products that are best paired with your smartphone or tablet. These are affordable as they are priced as follow:

  • DIZO GoPods – Php 2,599
  • DIZO GoPods D – Php 999
  • DIZO GoPods Neo – Php 1,999
  • DIZO Buds Z – Php 1,499
  • DIZO Wireless – Php 999

Other products that DIZO will be bringing are the DIZO Watch 2 that comes with 24/7 health companion features including heart rate and blood oxygen monitors, 15 sports modes, and a 1.69-inch touchscreen display. The DIZO Watch 2 is priced at Php1,999

There will be other smart accessories too such as the 2-in-1 cable that is priced at Php199, Type-C cable priced at Php179, micro-USB cable priced at 159, 5W charger at Php179, and 12W Charger at Php399.

They’ll be selling basic feature phones as well called the DIZO Star 500 and the DIZO Star 300 that are priced at Php1,299 and Php799 respectively.

The DIZO brand is expected to launch this February 11, 6PM at the realme Philippines Facebook page and they’ll be available at Lazada at February 12, 12 midnight

Shopee outs shopping guide: Top Valentine’s Day Gifts for every Zodiac Sign

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Elevate your Valentine’s Day gift for your loved ones with a present matching their zodiac signs! Shopee released its personality cheat sheets, featuring the best tech gifts this coming Valentine’s Day.

Here are the details:

For Fire signs who live confidently and love adventures

  • Razer Viper Mini Gaming Mouse – Php1,910
    OPPO smartphone A54 + 128GB – Php8,699
    DJI Camera Stabilizer 3-axis gimbal – Php10,099

For Earth signs who want to improve productivity at home

  • Philips HD9200 Air Fryer – Php5,299
    Deerma CM818 Handheld Vacuum Cleaner – Php2,149
    HUAWEI Matepad 10s – Php7,999

For Water signs who want to enjoy every moment

  • realme C21-Y – Php5,989
    Aukey wireless earbuds – Php999
    Instax Camera Mini 11 – Php3,995

For Air signs who are always trendy

  • Sony SRS-XB33 Bluetooth Speaker – Php6,999
    Huawei Watch Fit – Php3,699
    Samsung Galaxy M22 – Php8,811

Score these products on Shopee’s Gadget Zone, where more participating products offer amazing discounts.

Smart GigaLife App among Top 10 most downloaded apps in PH

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Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) proved its commitment to provide subscribers with an accessible platform delivering exclusive offers, as App Annie recognized the GigaLife App as one of the most downloaded apps in the Philippines.

In App Annie’s latest State of Mobile 2022 report, GigaLife emerged as the only network management app in the list of most downloaded mobile applications for both iOS and Android devices. Overall, it ranked 10th in the list, led by the social networking app Facebook.

This came as no surprise, as Smart subscribers enjoy a rewarding experience through the app.

For instance, the app gives users GigaPoints, an innovative rewards program providing subscribers with points. Users can also exchange their earned points for exclusive freebies, rewards, and discounts.

Moreover, during GigaDays every 19th to the 22nd of the month, GigaLife users get to redeem free call minutes and bonus data when they log into the app at a particular time.

Users can also redeem big-ticket items, including Apple Airpods or Galaxy Buds+ during the GigaDays promo.

The GigaLife app also enables users to enjoy a complimentary Apple Music subscription for six months.

It also launched GigaMania, giving subscribers a chance to win millions worth of prizes. These include daily freebies like data vouchers; weekly gadgets including iPhones, MacBook Air, Samsung devices, and gaming consoles; and a Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid as the grand prize.

Xioami announces Mi Amor Valentine’s Day promo

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Are you thinking of a perfect gift for your loved one this coming Valentine’s day? Xiaomi has an idea!

Xiaomi announced its Mi Amor Valentine’s Day in-store promo, allowing consumers to score an exclusive Xiaomi 11T Series gift box.

As a quick recap, the Xiaomi 11T Pro offers flagship-grade features. And if your partner enjoys taking photographs, this could be the best gift for them. In fact, it sports computational filmography capabilities with one-click AI Cinema modes, 8K recording, and HDR10+. These allow users to capture footage with the same intelligent ISO technology in digital cameras.

Gamers will also love to have this device, as it comes with a 120W Fast-Charging Technology. This enables 100% charge in just 17 minutes, allowing them to enjoy a long gaming experience.

Here are the pricing details:

  • 8GB/256GB – Php27,990
  • 12GB/256GB – Php29,990

Meanwhile, Xiaomi’s Mi Amor Valentine’s day promo runs until February 14 only.

OPPO launches contactless Send-in Repair Service

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OPPO aimed to improve its after-sales service support as it officially launched its newest Send-in Repair Service.

The new contactless service lets OPPO users within the NCR send their devices to OPPO Service Centers using the courier of their choice.

OPPO also said they came up with this customer-centric service, as they understand ‘the difficulties and the anxiety’ of consumers whenever they must go out these days. In addition, through this service, OPPO provides users with a safer and more convenient way to have their devices checked.

How to submit your Send-in Repair Request at the OPPO Service Website or MyOPPO
  • Go to the OPPO support website
  • Head to OPPO’s Convenient Services for Send-in Repair
  • Fill out the required details with accurate information
  • Submit application
  • View your send-in repair order and the information for the service center where you should send your OPPO product for repair
  • Ship your device to the nearest OPPO service center

Meanwhile, you can also submit a request through the MyOPPO app using the same steps.

Once your devices have been checked, the OPPO service center will ship the unit back to your address. OPPO will also cover the expense of returning the item to you.

realme 9 Pro series will be officially unveiled this February 16

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Looks like we’re getting the first look at the realme 9 Pro series this February 16 as the company has just announced that they’ll be officially unveiling the realme 9 Pro series globally.

Unlike before, we’re expecting here several realme 9 Pro series smartphones so it’s definitely more than one. Some of what we can expect is that the realme 9 Pro+ will come with an AMOLED display, an in-display fingerprint scanner, 50MP triple camera system, and a Dimensity 920 5G SoC inside.

The smartphone will also come in Green and Sunrise Blue with a light shift design so the colors will change depending on the sunlight that is exposed on the smartphone.

Google shares fact-checking tools to fight vaccine misinformation online

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Google, together with FYT, recently held a webinar called #FYTCOVID19: Fighting vaccine misinformation, educating Filipinos about fact-checking tools to fight fake news about vaccines.

During the webinar, the organizations also share valuable tips to help verify COVID-19 and vaccine information online.

Here are some tips from FYT and Google:

Use Google Search operators

To find exact results, enclose Search queries in quotation marks. Meanwhile, adding the “+” and “-“ symbols between two terms will include or exclude related matches, respectively. Users can also limit results from a specific website by using “site:” or view results from a specific time range by choosing “custom range” in the Tools option.

Get the complete list of search operators here.

Confirm when a post was uploaded

When you see a post on social media, determine the date and time by selecting “inspect.” This provides you with more precise upload details. Meanwhile, you can also use InVid to verify YouTube videos’ exact local upload time.

Use reverse image research

You can also Google Image Search, Yandex, Bing, Tineye, and Reveye to verify the original source of an image. Users can also go to InVid’s verification plugin to extract multiple keyframes of videos and do a reverse image search.

Identify the geolocation and observe details when watching videos

Noting street layouts, statues and monuments, architectural details, street signs and shopfronts, license plates, terrains, and topographies will also verify if an incident took place where it claims to happen.

You can also use the apostrophe and period kids to advance or reverse frame by frame to see each detail when watching videos. When listening, you can also pick out place names, accents, and dialects.

Maximize Google Maps

When you see a landmark but are not sure where its location is, you can use Google Maps’ Street View. It also allows users to see the old street view of the exact location through the “historical view” function.

Huawei P50 Pro and P50 Pocket Launches in the Philippines

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Huawei Philippines has recently launched their newest flagship smartphone in the market — the Huawei P50 and the P50 Pro. Both smartphones display amazing aesthetics outside and also a powerful camera inside while the Huawei P50 Pocket is their latest foldable smartphone that is aimed to compete against the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 5G.

The Huawei P50 Pro and P50 Pocket features a design in collaboration with haute couture designer, Iris Van Herpen and the smartphone also features a true-form dual-matrix camera system. It also comes with advanced imaging processors, HUAWEI XD and XD Fusion Pro Image Engine that improves the images, HDR, and intelligent computational photography.

The smartphones feature an amazing camera as they are engineered so that you can have better low-light, close-up and zoom shots on the smartphone. The Huawei P50 Pro supports up to 100x zoom range and it also comes with an all-new AIS Pro image stabilization solution to make it stable.

The smartphone features a 6.6-inch display with a 4360mAh battery and also an up top 120Hz refresh rate with 300Hz touch sampling rate so you can enjoy a smooth and responsive experience on the smartphone.

For the Huawei P50 Pocket, it comes with a 40MP true-chroma camera, a 13MP ultra wide angle lens, and a 32MP ultra spectrum camera. But that’s just the start because the smartphone also comes with a circular cover screen that can show you notifications, schedule, calendar, music, weather, and other control. For the display, the smartphone comes with a 6.9-inch with P3 wide color gamut. The smartphone also comes with an all-new Multi-Dimensional Hinge Design that comes with a large bending radius which also gives a small stress on the screen.

 

Huawei P50 Pro Specs

  • 6.6-inch Curved AMOLED Display, 120 Hz refresh rate, 300hz touch sampling rate
  • Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G processor
  • 8GB LPDDR5 RAM
  • 256GB UFS 3.1 storage
  • 50MP True Chroma Camera + 40MP camera + 13MP Ultra-wide angle camera + 64MP Telephoto camera
  • 13MP Selfie Camera
  • 4G LTE
  • In-display fingerprint scanner
  • IP68 Water and dust resistance
  • EMUI 12
  • 4360mAh battery
  • 66W Huawei SuperCharge

Huawei P50 Pocket Specs

  • 6.9-inch OLED Display, 120 Hz refresh rate, 300hz touch sampling rate
  • Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G processor
  • 8GB LPDDR5 RAM/12GB LPDDR5 RAM (Premium edition)
  • 256GB UFS 3.1 storage/512GB UFS 3.1 storage (Premium edition
  • 40MP True Chroma Camera + 13MP Ultra-wide angle camera + 32MP Ultra spectrum camera
  • 10.7MP Selfie Camera
  • 4G LTE
  • In-display fingerprint scanner
  • IP68 Water and dust resistance
  • EMUI 12
  • 4000mAh battery
  • 40W Huawei SuperCharge

 

You can purchase the Huawei P50 Pro from February 4 until February 10 while the P50 Pocket can be purchased until February 17, 2022 to get special freebies. You can get the Huawei P50 Pro and P50 Pocket at the following price and freebies:

  • Huawei P50 Pro – Php52,999 and get a free Huawei Freebuds 4 worth Php7,999
  • Huawei P50 Pocket – Php69,999 and get a free Huawei Watch 3 worth Php18,999
  • Huawei P50 Pocket Premium Edition – Php86,999 and get a free Huawei Watch 3 worth Php18,999 

Score up to 70% discount on Fitbit devices with Shopee Brand Day sale

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Score up to 70% discount on Fitbit devices with Shopee Brand Day sale

Looking for a perfect gift for your loved ones this coming Valentine’s Day?

This love month, consumers can score as much as Php2,000 discount on Fitbit units or save up to 70% OFF during the Shopee Brand Day sale. All you have to do is avail of a participating product on Fitbit’s official Shopee Mall page and enjoy amazing discounts and cool freebies.

Here are some of the participating Fitbit products:

  • Inspire 2
  • Versa 3
  • Sense

There’s more!

Apart from the discount, those who purchase a participating Fitbit device will also get cool freebies.

Interested? Add to cart now, and secure a fantastic Fitbit device for your loved ones!

The Shopee Brand Day sale runs from February 4 to February 6.