Vivo Philippines has just made official that the Vivo V9 will be launched this March 22. We just got a media invite for the event and Vivo’s Facebook page has also been teasing about the smartphone for a while now. They’ve shown the notched display and the front of the smartphone on their Facebook page.
We don’t have many details about the smartphone from their Facebook page but we’re pretty excited for Vivo’s next flagship smartphone in the country.
Ladies and Gentlemen, just a few days after the launch of PUBG Mobile Beta in Canada, the game is now available at the Play Store for Android and the App store for iOS. PUBG Mobile is the mobile version of the very popular Battle Royale game in Steam in where 100 hundred people will battle it out to be the sole survivor and win a chicken dinner in solo mode.
The game also has a duo mode in where you will have a partner and compete against other duo teams and also the squad mode in where 4 of you will compete with other squads. As of this posting, PUBG Mobile only has a single map which is Erangel and unlike the PC version, PUBG mobile is using Unreal Engine 4 on this game.
You can now download PUBG Mobile on the Play Store and App Store
We’ve been using the ASUS Zenfone 5Q for days now and in case you’re following my website, we have posted our unboxing and first impressions of the ASUS Zenfone 5Q or the Zenfone 5 Lite. The smartphone is currently the most affordable in the series and it packs a quad-camera setup in where both the front and the back camera of the smartphone sports a wide-angle lens for shooting images with wider field of view.
The selfie camera of the smartphone is a 20-megapixel IMX376 sensor with f/2.0 aperture along with the 120-degree wide-angle 8-megapixel OV/8856 sensor with f/2.4 aperture. The rear camera of the smartphone is a 16-megapixel OV/16880-GA5A sensor with f/2.2 aperture along with the 8-megapixel wide-angle OV/8856 sensor with F/2.4 aperture.. So how does the smartphone camera fare? Check it out on our camera sample gallery below
Overall, the ASUS Zenfone 5Q’s camera is a hit and miss but I notice that both wide-angle lens camera of the smartphone has a pretty bad dynamic range however, the 16-megapixel front camera and the 20-megapixel front camera of the smartphone still does its job well in some cases. The portrait mode of the smartphone has noticeably been better compared to the previous generation of Zenfones.
Last February at MWC 2018, ASUS has announced the Zenfone 5 series and there are three variants that belong in the series — the ASUS Zenfone 5Z, Zenfone 5, and the Zenfone 5 Lite/Zenfone 5Q. The ASUS Zenfone 5Q is the most affordable of them all and it packs a Quad-camera setup with both the front and the rear camera features a wide-angle lens for wider field of view. There’s a 20MP + 8MP Selfie camera and 16MP + 8MP rear camera.
The smartphone also got some power inside as the Zenfone 5Q packs a Snapdragon 630 chipset inside along with 4GB of RAM. It doesn’t have a notched screen but it does have a FullView Display with slim bezel. So what do I think about the smartphone? Check it out on our unboxing and hands-on of the smartphone below:
OPPO A71 2018 has been recently launched by OPPO and it’s an entry-level smartphone that packs a chipset that is used by smartphones at more than Php10,000. So what does that mean? Well, it means that the OPPO A71 2018 is powerful for its price. Not only that, it also has a decent 13-megapixel rear camera and also a large 3000mAh battery. But despite having an affordable price and a powerful hardware inside, OPPO made some sacrifices for this smartphone to make it affordable. Well, the smartphone only has a small 5.2-inch HD display and also a lack of fingerprint scanner. So what do I think about the smartphone? Check it out on our unboxing and hands-on below
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This is an exciting promo for Robinsons shoppers and also for PayMaya users as they can get discounts by just using the PayMaya QR. It’s actually easy to pay with PayMaya QR as you only need a PayMaya account and your smartphone to pay, yes, no need to bring out your wallet or withdraw to your ATMs. Just scan the QR code at the counter and enter the amount you need to pay then click buy. It’s also easy to load up your PayMaya as there are more than 15,000 touchpoints nationwide.
The Asian Institute of Management (AIM) has just launched the next-generation AI Supercomputer powered by Acer.
The ACCeSs@AIM is a 500-teraflop, 500-terabyte computing facility that is first of its kind in the Philippines. This AI Supercomputer is donated by Mr. Stan Shih, the founder of Acer, and the StanShih foundation. Again, this is one of a kind in the country and it is currently the second fastest GPU farm in ASEAN and fastest in the Philipppines based on the Top 500 list collected by ICCS.
So why does ACCeSs@AIM is needed in a business school like AIM? Well, the school wants to create best Data scientists in the country. Basically, the AI Supercomputer can help students in their research and can also be used to compute and solve real world problems. The school’s mission is to improve the economy and our country with the data that they can gather and solve using the supercomputer.
The ACCeSs@AIM will spearhead an ecosystem that:
ACCeSs@AIM will expand and also build collaborations with different international experts who will work on different industries and government projects.
Xiaomi has just opened the doors of their flagship store located SM Megamall. The store is offering not just smartphones but also accessories, TV, apparels, and lifestyle smart devices. Xiaomi has also launched the Redmi 5A and the Redmi 5 Plus recently but we were surprised that Xiaomi has also released the more affordable Redmi 5, their beautiful flagship smartphone Mi Mix 2, and their powerful smartphone, the Mi 6.
The Xiaomi Redmi 5 was first unveiled last February along with the Redmi 5 Plus. The Redmi 5 sports a Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 Processor, a 5.7-inch 18:9 HD+ display, 3GB RAM, 32GB Internal Storage, 12-megapixel rear camera and 5-megapixel front camera, and 3300mAh battery.
The Xiaomi Redmi 5 is really interesting not only because of its hardware but also because of its price. The Redmi 5 is priced at Php7,790 which makes it one of the best smartphones in its price range.
While the Mi Mix 2 is their smartphone that packs not only a powerful hardware inside but also a beautiful design outside. The smarphone packs a bezel-less 5.99-inch display with only a little chin below and also a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Processor inside along with 6GB of RAM. While the Mi 6 is packs the same hardware inside with a different design outside. It also features a dual lens camera setup unlike the Mi Mix 2. The Mi Mix 2 is priced at Php25,490 while the Mi 6 will be coming soon.
Xiaomi Philippines has just opened their newest store in the country. It’s the flagship store of Mi in the Philippines and it can be found at SM Megamall. The bigger Mi Flagship store at SM Megamall is the second Mi Store in the country and this time, it offers more products. 
All of the products at the Mi Authorized reseller at Trinoma are also here in their flagship store however, there were some new products that are being sold here that were not seen in the Trinoma store. Check out the price list of Mi Flagship store at SM Megamall
Interestingly, we got some new accessories that are coming soon at the Xiaomi store including the Type-C In-Earphones and also some smartphones like the Mi 6 with Snapdragon 835 chipset.
You can check out the the Mi Authorized Store at the 4F Cyberzone Bldg. B. at SM Megamall.
The OPPO F7 is coming soon and we can expect that the smartphone will sport a new full-screen design with a notch. The smartphone is expected to be unveiled in India first but we just got a first look at the smartphone here in the Philippines as the JoshLia Squad has just spotted the OPPO F7 Ads at a mall.
The OPPO F7 ad with Joshua Garcia and Julia Barretto as its endorser are seen to have a 25-megapixel selfie camera which will also come with AI.
