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Smart unveils new Giga promos for streaming, gaming, and social media

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Smart wants you to be flexible in everything that you do especially in your mobile data usage and we all know that we Filipinos are using our smartphones for work and for personal enjoyment. No matter what you use your smartphone, there’s a perfect Smart Gigafy promo for you!

Smart wants you to Gigafy and make the most of your mobile data. All you need to do is to dial *123# and avail the latest Giga mobile data promos. For those who are into watching videos, Smart offers GIGA VIDEO and GIGA VIDEO+, complete with Video Every Day that lets you enjoy up to 1 hour of YouTube and more every day. For gamers, Smart’s GIGA GAMES has got you covered with Games All Day that gives you 1 GB of data for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang and more every day. And then there’s the Smart GIGA Stories with 1GB of Stories All Day so you can stay updated with all the content on Facebook and Instagram.

To know more about the Giga promos of Smart, dial *123# or visit https://smart.com.ph/gigafy.

Overwatch 2 will come with story mode and new PvE content

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It’s November 2 and the Blizzcon 2019 has started at Anaheim, California and they’ve unveiled the latest game in their lineup, Overwatch 2 which is the sequel to the popular team shooter of the company.

Overwatch 2 will feature a new storyline and as expected, there will be new modes such as PvE content that will let you face AI or computer enemies and there will be hero missions. Not only that, but you’ll also be able to level up their heroes along with their abilities which are features that are not present on the original Overwatch.

As expected, there will still be PvP modes just like before but there will be a new mode called “Push” and there will be all-new maps and heroes. The game will also feature a new visual style and for those who played the original Overwatch, the company will be bringing all the existing unlocked cosmetics from the first game to Overwatch 2.

No word yet regarding the release of Overwatch 2 and which platforms will it be available. But hopefully, we could see Overwatch 2 on all platforms just like Fortnite.

You can now pay for Apple services via PayMaya!

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No debit or credit card? No problem! Purchases made from App Store, Apple Music, Apple TV app, iTunes Store, iCloud storage etc. can now be paid via PayMaya by simply it as payment option on your account. To add, PayMaya does not share your bank information with Apple making it simple and private.

“Having PayMaya as a payment option for Apple purchases brings immense convenience for Filipinos who are looking to unlock even more possibilities with their Apple devices, especially for those who have little to no access to a credit card or other financial products. We’re excited for the many ways PayMaya can help owners of Apple devices fulfill their digital purchase needs in the Phillippines,” said Shailesh Baidwan, President of PayMaya.

Here’s how you can add PayMaya as a payment option on your account:

  1. In your iPhone settings, tap on your Apple ID and select Payment & Shipping. You might be asked to sign in.
  2. Tap on Add Payment Method.
  3. Select “PayMaya”. Tap “Log in to PayMaya” and complete sign in process.

 

 

Seiko 5 Sports Relaunched!

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It has been more than 50 years of delivering high levels of reliability, durability, performance, and value. The Seiko 5 sports are known for the following features: an automatic movement, a day-date display, significant water resistance, a recessed crown at the four o’clock position and a case and bracelet built for durability.

To celebrate individuality and the extraordinary value they now introduce new designs and broader collection. The Seiko 5 sports introduces 27 new looks catering to every style.

  • Sports for the casual yet attractively stylish
  • Suits for the cultured and sophisticated
  • Specialist for the classy charmer
  • Street for the bold
  • Sense for the creative

“In addition to the fundamental values of Seiko 5, Seiko 5 Sports offered enhanced water resistance, a strengthened crystal, and luminous hands and hour markers. Throughout the next decades, Seiko 5 Sports found great international favor as a ‘’go-anywhere’’ watch that offered a unique look and extraordinary value,” said Yasuki Fujita, Senior Manager for Management Planning Department (Asia II) of Seiko Watch Corporation.

The Seiko 5 Sports price starts at Php 15,300 up to Php 19,000.

Samsung Teases a Clamshell Concept Foldable Phone

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The Samsung Galaxy Fold is a leap forward in the folding smartphone trend despite its screen protector fiasco, which caused the device’s launch to be delayed. While the Galaxy Fold is not yet available in the Philippines, Samsung already has the next idea of a foldable device.

Samsung posted a video teaser on Youtube with different concepts of their next folding phone. It starts with the Galaxy Fold then switches to a vertical fold clamshell-type device similar to the Motorola Razr.

The new folding phone seems to be using Samsung’s punch-hole camera design found on the Galaxy S10 and Note 10 series. It may also use the new Samsung Exynos 990 chipset.

The new folding phone is expected to be unveiled at the 2020 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February 2020.

Enjoy the convenience of booking bus tickets at Araneta City Bus Port with the help of Paymaya

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Visiting your loved ones this upcoming All Souls’ Day long weekend via Araneta City Bus Port is now made more convenient by PayMaya. The Araneta City Bus port is the first integrated bus terminal in the country to implement a QR- and card-based ticketing payment system, thanks to the digital financial services leader PayMaya.

One can simply book their tickets online through www.aranetacitybusport.com or through their newly launched Araneta City mobile app available for iOS and Android, and pay using any Visa, Mastercard, or JCB credit, debit, or prepaid cards through the PayMaya Checkout payment gateway.

On the other hand, for those who want to avail their tickets on-site can pay using any payment card at the cashier through the PayMaya Touch mobile POS terminal, or through their PayMaya accounts by scanning to pay with PayMaya QR.

“We have seen the impact of how this initiative has tremendously improved the experience of our commuters. It has also helped reduce the queues at the Araneta City Bus Port. We have recently relaunched Araneta City as a ‘City of Firsts’–and being the first bus transport hub to implement QR- and card-based ticketing payment system for our commuters is something that we are really proud of,” said Marjorie Go, Marketing Manager of Araneta City.

“Commuting can be such a hassle, which is why innovations in transportation resonate so well with all Filipinos. We are glad that the Araneta City Bus Port has taken the lead in this regard as they offer pioneering innovations like QR and other cashless payment acceptance powered by PayMaya. We encourage all commuters to avail of this convenient digital ticketing payment system so they can avoid the long queues and enjoy special perks this pre-holiday season,” added Shailesh Baidwan, President of PayMaya.

Garmin Introduces the Newest Collection to their Smartwatch family – Venu, Vivomove 3 and Vivoactive 4

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Garmin recently launch the newest additions to their smartwatch collection: Venu, Vivomove 3 and Vivoactive 4. These smartwatches aims to help enhance and promote healthy and active lifestyles, being able to monitor one’s progress and status while doing different activities.

Venu and Vivoactive 4

The Venu is Garmin’s first smartwatch with an AMOLED 1.2” screen, and it features a battery life up to five days in smartwatch mode, and can last up to 6 hours in GPS + music mode. While on the other hand, the Vivoactive 4 (45mm) lasts up to eight days on smartwatch mode, and six hours in GPS + music mode.

These devices have something in common when it comes to what they can offer; both have preloaded easy-to-follow workouts that demonstrates the proper form and technique right on the user’s wrist. It has over 40 on-device animated workouts for strength training, cardio, yoga and pilates. Preset workouts are available and can be downloaded from Garmin Connect, and both are compatible with Garmin Coach.

Vivomove 3

The Vivomove 3 is the latest collection of hybrid watches under Garmin. Having been said, it has a look of a traditional timepiece, with hour and minute hands, and dial details. Once the user flick his or her wrist, the hands will move out and will show a hidden smart screen with health and fitness tracking data, and smart notifications.

“We’re thrilled to announce Venu, Garmin’s first smartwatch with an AMOLED display, which will breathe life and color into animated workouts on live watch faces,” said Engelhard (Al) Sundoro, Managing Director, South Asia and India. “The newest additions to Garmin’s active lifestyle range of smartwatches are designed to be essential tools for customers who want to track and improve their overall well-being and want the connected and health features of a smartwatch with a more fashion-forward look better suited for the office or dressing up.”

The new collection boasts the broadest range of 24/7 health monitoring features available in the market, including advanced sleep with Pulse Ox1, new respiration tracking, abnormal heartrate alerts, menstrual cycle tracking, stress tracking with relax reminders, new hydration tracking, new breathwork activities and more. Innovative Body BatteryTM energy monitoring lets users check energy levels at any given moment, which can help with scheduling workouts, rest times and sleep. Using a combination of data gathered from stress, heart rate variability (HRV), sleep and activity, a higher Body Battery indicates the time is optimal to be active whereas a lower number suggests rest is in order. During downtime, it monitors several factors on a person’s activity that can illustrate the sleep quality.

Product Color Option Suggested Retail Price
Venu Black with Slate Hardware PHP 23,595
Light Sand with Rose Gold Hardware
Granite Blue with Silver Hardware
vívomove 3 Powder Gray with Silver Hardware PHP 16,595
Black with Slate Hardware
vívoactive 4 Shadow Gray with Silver Hardware PHP 21,595

Garmin’s newest product (Venu and Vivoactive 4) will be available by 3rd week of October, and the Vivomove 3 will be available by 3rd week of November.

Vivo NEX 3 shows us the future of smartphone technology

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The future of smartphones

Vivo Philippines has just launched Vivo NEX 3 in the Philippines and it is filled with a lot of technological innovations, software developments and product designs that will shape the smartphone technology in the future.

Vivo is committed to bringing the world-class and ground-breaking innovations for future technologies that will be the best smartphone experience for their users and with the Vivo NEX 3, the company will show us that they break the limits of the present technology with their next-generation innovations which makes it the “device of the future”

Breakthrough design

The Vivo NEX 3 features an AMOLED Waterfall FullView Display that stretches out the display of the smartphone to give you borderless views. There’s a 6.89-inch notch-free display with a 99.6% screen-to-body ratio that offers breathtaking visual experience.

Another innovation that we’ll see on the Vivo NEX 3 is the lack of the physical power and volume buttons from the eyes as this one features a seamless, touch-controlled unibody design with X-axis Haptic Vibration motor, Touch Sense that can respond with haptic feedback giving you a tangible and comfortable and futuristic experience on the smartphone. Aside from that, the smartphone will also pack an in-display fingerprint scanner.

The smartphone is powered by Snapdragon 855 Plus along with the 8GB RAM and 128GB internal storage. There’s  5G solution too. Of course, there’s the UFS 3.0 high-speed flash memory. There’s WLAN acceleration too that gives you two Wi-Fi signal networks at the same time so you can have better and smoother use. 

There’s a 4500mah battery that can give you a long battery life along with Vivo Super FlashCharge 44W. There’s a Vapor Chamber Cooling System that cools down the smartphone.  The smartphone also comes with Vivo AI assistant, Jovi, that has been upgraded with Vivo Computation Acceleration Platform or VCAP that offers AI algorithms for software optimization and enhanced user habit learning for deeper AI integration which will give you a  speed boost with a better experience. 

The Vivo NEX 3 will be available soon at all authorized Vivo outlets nationwide for Php39,999 which is very competitive for the specifications.

Realme XT with 64MP camera Launches in the Philippines

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The Realme XT is here!

The latest smartphone from Realme is here and it’s the Realme XT. The smartphone is a more premium version of the Realme 5 series but this one packs something that most smartphones doesn’t have — a 64MP camera. And of course, just like the Realme 5 series, the smartphone would have a quadruple rear camera and a powerful Snapdragon processor inside.

Realme XT Specs

  • 6.4-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED Dewdrop display with Corning Gorilla Glass 5
  • Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 Octa-Core Processor
  • 8GB RAM
  • 128GB internal storage expandable via MicroSD
  • 64MP f/1.8 Samsung GW1 Sensor camera + 8MP Ultra-wide angle lens + 2MP macro camera + 2MP depth sensor
  • 16MP selfie camera
  • LTE, Dual SIM
  • WiFi, Bluetooth,GPS, A-GPS
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • 4000mAh battery
  • VOOC 3.0 20W Fast Charging
  • Android 9 Pie with ColorOS 6

One of the big advantages of having the Realme XT is the glass body of the smartphone which is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 5. Not only that, the glass build of the smartphone also made the smartphone feel premium and more solid.

The smartphone also features an in-display fingerprint scanner compared to the rear fingerprint scanner of the Realme 5 and the Realme 5 Pro.

The 64MP quad camera of the smartphone is something that you should really take a look at. You’ll definitely love the quality of the 64MP camera and also the night mode of the smartphone. The smartphone also features an ultra wide-angle along with the macro and depth sensing cameras.

The Realme XT is available in Pearl White and Pearl Blue in 8GB+128GB variant for Php16,990

The Realme XT is now available for pre-order until November 8 and it will come with a free Realme Youth Buds worth Php3,499. Claiming of the smartphone starts this November 8, 2019 but if you want, you can get the smartphone earlier at Lazada in its Lazada Exclusive Online sale this October 29-30 in where the delivery starts this October 31.

Digital walker announces OnePlus 7T Pro price in the Philippines

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OnePlus 7T Pro is coming to the Philippines and it is the follow up of the powerful and beautiful OnePlus 7 series smartphones. The OnePlus 7T Pro features the latest Snapdragon processor and also a beautiful and buttery smooth 90Hz display. The smartphone also boasts a powerful camera thanks the triple lens rear camera of the smartphone.

OnePlus 7T Pro Specs

  • Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+
  • 6.67-inch QHD 3120X1440P 90Hz Fluid Display, 19.5:9 ratio
  • 8GB RAM
  • 256GB UFS 3.0 Internal Storage
  • 48MP main camera + 16MP ultrawide + 8MP telephoto
  • 20MP Quad Pixel selfie camera
  • WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, A-GPS
  • 4085 mAh battery
  • Warp Charge 30T Fast Charging
  • Haze Blue color
  • OxygenOS based on Android 10

The OnePlus 7T Pro is one of the most attractive smartphones out there as we got a powerful processor inside thanks to the Snapdragon 855 Plus processor along with the smooth 90Hz display which will give you better experience when you’re using the smartphone and also a better gaming experience especially on FPS games.

The camera of the OnePlus 7T Pro is also one of the features that you would definitely love on the smartphone as it feature a f1.6 large aperture and also a variety of lens.

The OnePlus 7T Pro will be available in 8GB/256GB in Haze Blue for Php42,990