OPPO is continuing on improving its services and customer satisfaction over the years as it has always been on the frontline of the company’s vision and now, OPPO has just rolled out their new program — the 1-hour flash fix program.
Basically, this service will help you repair your OPPO smartphone in the quickest way possible and of course, for consultations in less than one hour. The 1-Hour Flash Fix is free of charge unless your smartphone needs some replacement inside and if the smartphone is still covered by warranty and the damage is not caused by negligence, it will be repaired and changed for free.
In case the OPPO-certified technician reaches beyond the guaranteed one-hour service coverage, the customer can get free OPPO merchandise items through a roulette game. Merchandise selections include OPPO Signature umbrellas, OPPO pens, micro USB cables, OPPO earphones, and VOOC Charge Powerbank.
There are currently 3 branches that will offer this service which is located at SM North EDSA, SM Manila, and SM Marikina. However, OPPO is aiming to include more OPPO service centers and concept stores in the program soon.
Not only that, but OPPO has also introduced the OPPO service app in where they can check the repair prices of OPPO smartphones and even locate the nearest stores and service centers.
Vivo and Shopee is having a promo today and it’s called the Vivo Super Day in where you can get discounts of up to 50% off on selected Vivo smartphones. Not just that, the first 500 buyers can also get a discount of 10% or a maximum of Php2,500 off with a minimum purchase of Php5,000 on selected Vivo smartphones by using a voucher.
In order to get a 10% discount, just use the voucher code SHPXVIVO10. The discount are valid for orders to be delivered via integrated couriers. So what are these selected smartphones at Shopee that are on sale? Well, they have the Vivo X21, Vivo V11i 128GB, Y85, and Y95.
The first 18 customers who will purchase participating items worth Php5,000 and up will also get a free JBL Clip 3 Bluetooth speaker.
PLDT is currently the leading telco and digital services provider and they’re expanding their fiber-to-the-home services even more to more villages and subdivisions in Metro Manila.
In the 1H 2019, PLDT’s Fiber rollout has covered different cities and municipalities of Metro Manila including Makati, Muntinlupa, Las Pinas, Paranaque, Quezon City, Mandaluyong, San Juan, Pasig and even Taguig. Some of the villages covered in Makati are Bel-Air Village, Dasmariñas Village, Forbes Park North, Magallanes Village, Palm Village, San Lorenzo Village, and Urdaneta Village.
In Muntinlupa, they’re now available at following villages in Muntinlupa, Las Piñas, and Parañaque: Ayala Alabang Village, Hillsborough Alabang Village, Pacific Malayan Village, Pacific Village, Tierra Nueva Village, Ayala Southvale Village, BF Executive Triangle, BF International Village, BF Executive Village, BF Homes, Multinational Village, South Bay Garden Subdivision, and Tahanan Village.
In San Juan and Mandaluyong, PLDT FTTH is also available in Acropolis Executive Village, Acropolis Subdivision, North Greenhills, Palladium Subdivision, Wack Wack Village, East Greenhills, Northeast Greenhills, andWest Greenhills.
In Pasig and Taguig, the PLDT Home Fibr covered areas includes Capitol 8, Lexington Garden Village, Mckinley Hill, Mckinley Hill Village, Phoenix Subdivision, Tierra Nueva Village, and Valle Verde 1-7.
With PLDT Home Fibr, you’ll be able to get internet speeds of up to 1 Gigabit per second so you can easily download games on Steam, stream movies on Netflix and even watch videos on multiple device simultaneously.
They’re also offering services and entertainment options such as PLDT Roku Powered TVolution, GOogle WIFi, PLDT SmartHome, and more.
The Samsung Galaxy Note10 will be launching this August and we can’t wait for the arrival of the smartphone to the market. But of course, there were leaks about the Samsung Galaxy Note10 even before the launch of the smartphone. So you might probably wonder what the Galaxy Note10 might offer to us. Check out the things that we know about the smartphone below:
This is what the Samsung Galaxy Note10 might look like
As expected, the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 will have less curves compared to the Galaxy S series but this one features an Infinity-O display with a punch-hole camera at the middle of the display instead of the sides which can be seen on the Galaxy S smartphones.
The Samsung Galaxy Note10 is insanely powerful
A GeekBench score has shown that the Galaxy Note10 will have an Exynos 9825 processor inside with a really high single-core and multi-score compared to other smartphones.
It will come with a 25W charger and it’ll probably support 45W charging
Galaxy Note10+ supports 45w wired charging and 20w wireless wireless charging. Samsung will release related chargers. However, the charging head provided in Samsung packaging box is 25w.
According to leakster, @UniverseIce, the Samsung Galaxy Note10 will come with a faster 25W charger and it will have support for 45W fast charging and even 20W wireless charging. Insane.
There’s no headphone jack on the smartphone
Samsung has a new pair of wired in-ear headphones with active noise cancelling coming for your future Note10.
The Samsung Galaxy Note10 might ditch the headphone jack in favor of the USB-C port. It’s getting common to most flagship smartphones these days but it’s sad to see that the 3.5mm jack is going away as there are only a few flagship smartphones that still have this feature. But according to @Rquandt, the smartphone will come with active noise canceling wired in-ear headphones
So far, those are the rumors that are swirling around the Samsung Galaxy Note10. The smartphone is expected to launch this August 7, 2019 so stay tuned to know more about the phone.
Both the OPPO F11 Pro and the Samsung Galaxy A50 are popular smartphones and we can say that both of these smartphones are pretty good. So today, we’ll compare these two good smartphones and let’s check out the specifications of these two smartphones.
Specs Comparison
OPPO F11 Pro
Samsung Galaxy A50
Display
6.53-inch FHD+ LTPS Display
6.4-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED Display
Processor
MediaTek Helio P70 Octa-Core Processor
Exynos 9610 Octa-Core Processor
GPU
Mali-G72 MP3
Mali-G72 MP3
RAM
6GB RAM
6GB RAM
Storage
128GB Storage
128GB Storage
Rear Camera
48MP + 5MP Depth sensor
25MP+5MP depth sensor+8MP Ultra-wide
Front Camera
16MP pop-up front camera
25MP Front camera
Connectivity
LTE
Bluetooth
GPS
A-GPS
Wi-Fi
LTE
Bluetooth
GPS
A-GPS
Wi-Fi
Security
Face Unlock
Face Unlock
Battery
4000mAh Battery with VOOC 3.0 20W fast charging
4000mAh Battery with 18W Fast Charging
Operating System
Android 9 Pie with ColorOS 6
Android 9 Pie with One UI
Others
Rear fingerprint scanner
In-display fingerprint scanner
Price
Php18,990
Php17,990
Again, both smartphones are pretty good for its price and both of them has its unique features that consumers will surely love. But personally, I prefer the design of the OPPO F11 Pro thanks to its gradient colors.
With the Galaxy A50, you’ll be getting an Infinity-U display with a Super AMOLED panel while the OPPO F11 Pro will come with a panoramic display that offers no notch thanks to the pop-up camera and then there’s the larger display too on the F11 Pro which makes the OPPO smartphone have a more immersive experience.
The OPPO F11 Pro packs an Helio P70 Octa-Core processor while the Samsung Galaxy A50 uses the Exynos 9610 Octa-Core and both of them packs a 6GB RAM and 128GB internal storage but in our tests, we got a score of 139510 for the Galaxy A50 and F11 Pro got a score of 149812
The Samsung Galaxy A50 packs a triple-lens camera with an ultra wide-angle lens while OPPO F11 Pro has a higher megapixel count at 48MP with a depth sensor of 5MP. For selfies, the Galaxy A50 packs a 25MP selfie camera while the OPPO F11 Pro packs a 16MP pop-up camera which is a nice to have feature.
For the fingerprint scanner, the Galaxy A50 uses an in-display fingerprint scanner while the F11 Pro uses a rear fingerprint scanner but both smartphones packs face unlock.
All in all, the OPPO F11 Pro has an advantage when it comes to design as this one packs a
MediaTek has just teased their newest chipset in the block and it’s the MediaTek Helio G90, their first chipset that is made for gaming smartphones and we can expect that this chipset will arrive in the smartphones really soon.
The Helio G90 will come with two Cortex-A75 cores with a clock speed of 2.2GHz and then there will be six Cortex-A55 cores at 2.0GHz and for the GPU, it will come with a PowerVR GM9446 at 970MHz and according to MediaTek, it will bring a 15% improvement over the Mali-G72 MP3 GPU that is used on the Helio P70 processor.
This is the second gaming chipset that we’ve heard as Qualcomm has recently unveiled the Snapdragon 855 Plus which has a boosted CPU and also GPU performance. Well, the chipset industry is about to get exciting and I can’t wait for the processors to come out in the market.
Looks like a new Xiaomi store will be popping out in the country and the latest one will be opening this Saturday at SM City San Mateo. The Chinese company is expected to open its Mi Zone at the 2nd floor of the Cyberzone of SM City San Mateo and they’ll be offering discounts for the Mi fans on its opening day!
The Mi Zone SM City San Mateo will cater customers with their latest products including the Mi 9, Mi 9 SE, Redmi Note 7, Pocophone F1, Mi Band 3, Mi Electric Scooter, and many more accessories.
If you want to check out the Mi Zone at SM City San Mateo, just head over to the 2 nd floor of Cyberzone, SM City San Mateo, Gen. Luna Ave., Brgy. Ampid 1, San Mateo, Rizal this Saturday.
Qualcomm has unveiled today their latest processor and it’s the Snapdragon 855 Plus chipset. This chipset boasts a boosted performance over the Snapdragon 855 processor which is available in the market today. The Snapdragon 855 Plus will get a boosted performance as this one is overclocked.
According to Qualcomm, the Kryo 485 CPU Prime of the chipset is boosted to 2.96GHz from 2.84GHz and then there’s the 15% increase in performance in its Adreno 640 GPU. The Snapdragon 855 Plus will also support X50 modem for 5G support.
Actually, the Snapdragon 855 Plus is made for gamers in mind and one of the first smartphones to have this is the ASUS ROG Phone 2. Hopefully, we can get to see this one on the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 too.
The Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 is finally available in the Philippines and Huawei has made it big this year as the company has managed to sell Php200,000,000 worth of Huawei Y9 2019 smartphones within two hours. If you ask me, that’s a lot of money for a smartphone and considering that the price of the Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 and its features, we actually expected that the smartphone will sell really well.
The Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 started its availablity last July 13 and hundreds of loyal customers have lined up at stores at different SM Mall roadshow events which is not surprising as the smartphone is the cheapest to have a pop-up camera.
The Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 features a long battery life, USB-C port, 128GB internal storage, a FullView display with no notch, and a pop-up camera. If you want to get one, the Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 is now available for Php12,990.
When it comes to gaming, one of the best smartphones in the market right now for that is the Realme 3 Pro. The smartphone packs a competitive price and powerful hardware inside for a mid-range smartphone. Want to know more about it? Check out our review below.
Realme 3 Pro Review: Design and hardware
The Realme 3 Pro’s design is beautiful without a doubt. The design of the smartphone is very linear with their design language but this one has something in store for us because the Realme 3 Pro’s back features an S-curve design at the back which can be emphasized if a light is reflecting through it.
The body of the Realme 3 Pro is made up of plastic but don’t fret because the smartphone does look fine and it feels fine to hold thanks to its nicely curved back and its ergonomic design that fits perfectly In my hand but in case the build and design of the smartphone is not for you, you can use the included jelly case with you.
The Realme 3 Pro’s power button and volume rocker were ergonomically placed at the sides along with the fingerprint scanner at the back and in my usage, It was pretty responsive and without hiccups. But of course, the face unlock is also available on the smartphone which is fast enough.
There’s support for VOOC 3.0 Fast Charging on the Realme 3 Pro which is rated at 20W and it was pretty fast. If you’re planning on playing on this smartphone while charging, yes, it might get warm but surprisingly, it doesn’t get really hot so it was possible for me to play on the Realme 3 Pro. Regarding the charging port, unfortunately, the smartphone still uses a micro USB port and then there’s the 3.5mm audio port beside it.
Realme 3 Pro Review: Display
The smartphone packs a 6.4-inch Full HD+ IPS Display with a dewdrop notch at the top for the front-facing camera. The display has a screen-to-body ratio of 90.8% which is pretty good and then there’s the Corning Gorilla Glass 5 that protects it. In my experience, the display of the smartphone is pretty tough.
When it comes to the quality of the display, the Realme 3 Pro does fine and the smartphone’s display is pretty good even when used outside so the outdoor visibility was pretty fine and the colors were really good. Surprisingly, I have no complaints with its display and I’m not annoyed with its notch.
Realme 3 Pro Review: Battery
One of the strengths of using the Realme 3 Pro is its battery. We got a generous 4045mAh battery that performs really well in the battery department. In our PC Mark battery test, we got a score of 10 hours and 49 minutes which is really decent. In normal usage, the smartphone can last from 9 AM-9PM with 20% battery left. Again, there’s a VOOC 3.0 flash charge too which is fast enough to charge your smartphone.
Realme 3 Pro Review: Software
The Realme 3 Pro is running on the Color OS 6.0 that is based on the latest Android 9 Pie. Actually, Realme has a good track record when it comes to Android updates as all of their devices that are currently available in the Philippines are now running on Android Pie.
Color OS 6 is fast and easy to use. Everything is user-friendly and I have no complaints about it just like with other smartphones running on the same operating system.
Realme 3 Pro Review: Gaming and Performance
One of the main features of the Realme 3 Pro is its performance. The smartphone got a powerful Snapdragon 710 processor inside and it goes up to 6GB RAM. The variant that we got comes with the 6GB of RAM and we’re impressed with its performance. We tried different games on the Realme 3 Pro ranging from Mobile Legends up to the demanding Check out the gaming performance of the Realme 3 Pro below:
Overall, the Realme 3 Pro performs really well for its specifications. Surprisingly, the smartphone was able to run PUBG Mobile at Balanced settings with ultra framerates which makes the smartphone one of the few to run the game at these settings. Realme 3 Pro didn’t have any problems running other games too like Honkai Impact 3, NBA 2k19, and Mobile Legends.
There’s a dual-lens camera on the Realme 3 Pro and we’re surprised that the smartphone did perform well in the camera segment. Thanks to its Sony IMX519 sensor and also the f/1.9 aperture, the Realme 3 Pro performed well beyond my expectations. In low light, the Realme 3 Pro still performed well and way beyond our expectations. Check out the shots that I took using the smartphone below:
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Overall, the rear camera of the Realme 3 Pro did a really good at getting the details and also the colors were really good. However, in some shots, it gets a little cooler tone. The night shots that we took using the Realme 3 Pro are also great and it really gives a brighter and the details in the photos were good. For people who love selfies, the Realme 3 Pro will do a great job too.
Realme 3 Pro Review: Verdict
The Realme 3 Pro is a great smartphone in its price range. It aced almost all aspects including gaming for its price range and we were surprised with the quality of the shots that we took using the smartphone. Again, almost all aspects of the smartphone were great.
However, if you’re a fan of USB-C, unfortunately, the smartphone is still using MicroUSB but it does come with VOOC 3.0 fast-charging and you have to use the included charger to maximize the fast-charging feature of the smartphone and the smartphone might look good aesthetically but the body is still made of plastic.
Nonetheless, we enjoyed using the Realme 3 Pro. It’s one of the best mid-range smartphones out there. The Realme 3 Pro starts at Php12,990 but it does feel like the smartphone is performing like a Php20,000 smartphone. The Realme 3 Pro is available in 4GB/64GB & 6GB/128GB with a price of PHP12,990 & PHP14,990 respectively.
