fThe affordable wearables from Samsung that were launched in the Philippines last April are now here in the Philippines and these are the Samsung Galaxy Fit and the Galaxy Fit e. Both devices are aimed to the fitness market and surprisingly, both wearables packs a reasonable price.
The Samsung Galaxy Fit and the Galaxy Fit e are aimed to people who want to have a healthy lifestyle. Both Galaxy Fit devices comes with fitness tracking so you can easily track your movements and also your workouts.
The devices are also tough as it can withstand Up to water resistance of 5ATM so you can bring it to swimming and of course, it also comes with heart rate sensor that can sync to your device. And just like other devices, the Galaxy Fit comes with notifications and it allows you to reply to messages. The Galaxy Fit devices also comes with sleep tracker and the Galaxy fit comes with a stress tracker to help you with your lifestyle.
The main difference between the two is that the Samsung Galaxy Fit features an AMOLED display while the Galaxy Fit e has a smaller PMOLED display and has a lesser features.
Both the Samsung Galaxy Fit and Galaxy Fit e are spotted in Lazada for price of Php1,990 and Php4,990 respectively.
President Trump said that he would allow US companies to sell products to Huawei Technologies Co. again and China will now start buying large amounts of American farm products.
Their meeting at Osaka, Japan has been fruitful as the American president will now allow Huawei to buy products from U.S. suppliers. Last month, the US Commerce Department has initiated to blacklist Huawei from US companies which hinders its plan in different industry including telecoms.
With this, expect that Huawei will be able to do business again with different manufacturers including parts made for the Huawei smartphones and importantly, to work with Google again for their future Android smartphones.
Doogee has been here in the Philippines for a while now and they just released one of their most affordable smartphones, the Doogee N10. The smartphone is available at Shopee and it packs an entry-level specifications. The smartphone is quite affordable too but despite that, the smartphone packs a dual lens rear camera and a notched display. Want to know more about the smartphone? Check out the unboxing below.
Doogee N10 Specs
5.84-inch Full HD+ Waterdrop display
Spreadtrum DC9836A Octa-Core processor
3GB RAM
32GB Internal storage
16MP+13MP Rear Camera with LED Flash
13MP Front Camera
WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, A-GPS
Dual SIM
Fingerprint Scanner
3360mAh battery
Android 8.1 Oreo OS
So there you go, that’s the smartphone. So if you want to get one, be sure to head over to Shopee to buy one.
Vivo has just unveiled their newest technology at MWC 2019 Shanghai and it’s the 120W Super FlashCharge. Yep. It’s the fastest fast charging tech right now and it’s capable of fully charge your smartphone with 4000mAh battery in just 13 minutes.
According to their lab test, a smartphone with a 4000mAh battery will be able to charge up to 50% in just 5 minutes and up to a full charge in 13 minutes. The 120W charging tech will also require a customisable Type-C data cable and charger to enable this.
However, Vivo didn’t announce if there’s a future smartphones that will come with this technology but hey, at least we’re seeing a new tech like this from Vivo.
Cherry Mobile has just announced the official SRP of their upcoming smartphone, the Cherry Mobile Flare X3. A lot of people are excited about the smartphone as this one will feature a competitive specifications thanks to the Helio P60 Octa-Core processor inside and also a 6GB of RAM. However, the main feature of the smartphone is its camera as the Cherry Mobile Flare X3 got 5 AI cameras.
Cherry Mobile Flare X3 Specs
6.18-inch Full HD+ TrueView 19:9 Notch Display
MediaTek Helio P60 Octa-Core Processor
6GB RAM
64GB Internal storage expandable via MicroSD
12MP Main Camera + 5MP Monochrome Camera + 2MP Depth Sensor
20MP Selfie camera + 2MP Depth Sensor
Dual SIM, LTE
WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, A-GPS
Side Fingerprint Scanner
USB-C Port
4000mAh Battery
Twilight Purple Color
We also posted a hands-on and first impressions of the Cherry Mobile Flare X3 last Wednesday and we definitely love its design thanks to the gradient color and the premium materials of the smartphone. You can check out our first impressions of the smartphone here:
The Cherry Mobile Flare X3 is priced at Php9,999 which is really reasonable for its specs. There’s no word regarding the availability but we expect that the smartphone will be available soon.
Huawei has really been aggressive in updating their smartphones to the latest version of EMUI and thankfully, Huawei Philippines has just announced that the Huawei Mate 20 series will be receiving the latest EMUI 9.1 which will bring performance improvements and also some new features.
So what are these new features? Well, Huawei Mate 20 will be getting a faster launch time and also an improved gaming experience. There will also be a unique caller ID ringtone and the Huawei Vlog that lets you add effects and edit videos with a one simple click.
Those are just some of the features that EMUI will be getting. So if you’re using a Huawei Mate 20 series smartphone, be sure to check out the HiCare app to enjoy the EMUI 9.1 features.
The Samsung Galaxy A80 was announced a few months ago at Bangkok, Thailand and finally, the smartphone will be available in the Philippines next month. The smartphone comes with a new infinity display that offers a notch-less and a bezel-less body as this one packs a triple lens rotating camera.
The Samsung Galaxy A80 will also come with a Snapdragon 730G processor which is pretty powerful and capable enough to play most of the latest games. Since we have a rotating camera in this smartphone, the triple lens camera also serves as both the selfie and rear camera of the smartphone. The triple lens rear camera of the smartphone is composed of a 48MP main camera, 8MP ultra-wide camera, and a 3D depth camera that lets you blur photos and even videos.
We also had a hands-on and initial impressions of the smartphone before during its launch. Check out what we think about the smartphone here:
And of course, we also tested for playing games and we’re pretty happy with the results that we got on the Samsung Galaxy A80 here:
The Samsung Galaxy A80 will be available this July 12 for Php 34,990 and the smartphone will come in Phantom Black and Angel Gold.
Samsung Galaxy A80 Specs
6.7-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED New Infinity Display, 2400×1080
Smart has recently partnered with OPPO to push the usage of LTE smartphones in the Philippines. This partnership the affordable entry-level smartphone, OPPO A3s to Smart, TNT, and Sun at a discounted price. This will definitely increase the adoption rate of LTE in the country as this is essential to have fast internet and better consumption of media on the internet.
The OPPO A3s will be available at Smart for only Php5,990 which is down from the original price of Php6,990. The smartphone will also come with a Smart LTE Prepaid SIM with data freebies. Upon activation of the SIM, you’ll get a 1GB free data and an additional 1GB upon loading P100 within 3 days, valid for days. And of course, it will also come with a 500MB free data for every Php150 accumulated load valid for days, for a year.
If you’re not familiar with the phone, the OPPO A3s features a 6.2-inch IPS HD Display with a notch, 1.8GHz Octa-Core processor and 2GB of RAM. There’s a 16GB internal storage too that is expandable up to 256GB. The best part? it comes with a 4230mAh battery.
MediaTek has unveiled a new chipset that is set for the mid-range segment and it’s the Helio P65 chipset. The new chipset features an octa-core processor that is composed of 2 Cortex-A75 CPU and 6 Cortex-A55 cores. To give you an idea, the A75 is 22%faster than the A73 being used in the P60 and 18% boost on the A53 which means that we might see better single-threaded performance on this one.
The NPU of this processor is also expected to be twice as fast as the P60 and P70 however, this one uses an ARM Mali-G52 GPU which is a little slower compared to the P60 and P70. There’s hardware support too for 48MP quad bayer sensors and multi-frame noise reduction. In terms of connectivity, this one will support 4G VoLTE, WiFi 5, BT 5 and indoor navigation. The Helio P65 unfortunately only supports eMMC 5.1 and it doesn’t support LPDDR4X RAM.
Expect the Helio P65 processor to be used by future mid-range smartphones soon.
Cherry Mobile Flare X3 is the newest smartphone in the block and they got some surprises for us in this smartphone as we got a 5 AI cameras on this one and it’s pretty well and then there’s the Helio P60 Octa-Core Processor inside which is decent and pretty powerful enough. But what do I think about this smartphone? Check out our hands-on and first impressions of the smartphone below.
The smartphone does look beautiful thanks to the gradient color at the back of the smartphone that combines the red and blue colors on the smartphone. But of course, the smartphone doesn’t just look good in our eyes because this one has a premium feel thanks to the glass back and also to the metal sides of the smartphone.
The Cherry Mobile Flare X3 still features a headphone jack thankfully despite using a USB-C port for the smartphone however, the fingerprint scanner of the smartphone is placed on the side and it’s still different from the power button which the fingerprint scanner redundant as it will be easier to have a power button and the fingerprint scanner as one
One of the advantages of having the Cherry Mobile Flare X3 is the full HD+ display where some of its competition is still using HD display. It might not be the perfect display but it will be just fine to use and then there’s the notch at the top. The notch is wide due to the usage of dual lens front camera but honestly, I’m not really bothered with its wide notch at the top of the smartphone.
When it comes to software, the one that we’ve used is still a prototype and it doesn’t have all the feature and it isn’t polished according to Cherry Mobile but surprisingly, they did a pretty good job on this one as the Cherry Mobile Flare X3 features only a few bloatware and navigating and using apps on the smartphone is flawless.
We also tried PUBG Mobile on this smartphone and it ran well on the smartphone. I didn’t have any problems running it however, the smartphone is limited to running it at HD settings with high framerate. Nonetheless, the experience was just fine and was smooth.
The camera app of the Flare X3 is not yet final but the UI is almost similar to other Cherry Mobile smartphones but the quality of the photos has definitely improved. There are 5 cameras on the smartphone — 2 on the front and 3 at the back. The rear camera is composed of a 12MP main rear camera, 5MP monochrome camera, and a 2MP depth sensor while the front camera is composed of 20MP main selfie camera and a 2MP depth sensor.
The rear camera of the smartphone performs well and we can clearly see that the AI of the camera really worked for this one especially at dark conditions. Most of the shots were taken inside the office of Cherry Mobile and they’re better than I expected. However, the selfie camera still needs some work but it still did a good job.
Cherry Mobile did a great job on the Flare X3. The smartphone might not be a perfect one but it definitely added more choices in the mid-range segment. The Cherry Mobile Flare X3 doesn’t have a price yet but we definitely liked its design and camera. Hopefully, Cherry Mobile can reveal the price of this smartphone soon.
Cherry Mobile Flare X3 Specs
6.18-inch Full HD+ TrueView 19:9 Notch Display
MediaTek Helio P60 Octa-Core Processor
6GB RAM
64GB Internal storage expandable via MicroSD
12MP Main Camera + 5MP Monochrome Camera + 2MP Depth Sensor
