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Starmobile offers discounts over 30% on selected devices

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Starmobile offers discounts over 30% on selected devices

Starmobile will also be part of SM’s 30th-anniversary celebration by offering their devices at a much affordable price. Yes, they’ll be offering discounts of over 30% on selected devices. The devices that will be discounted are the following

 

  • Starmobile Knight Spectra – From P14,990 to P9,990
  • Starmobile Knight Elite – From P9,990 to P6,490
  • Starmobile Up Ultra – From P6,490 to P5,990
  • Starmobile Engage 10 Pro  – From P11,990 to P8,490

 

This promo will be available until April 3 at the following Starmobile stores:

  • SM North EDSA Annex Concept Store
  • SM Megamall Kiosk
  • SM Manila Kiosk
  • SM Mall of Asia Kiosk
  • SM Southmall Kiosk

 

 

 

Sony Philippines launches their 4K HDR X9300D TV series

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Sony Philippines launches their 4K HDR X9300D TV series

Sony Philippines has recently launched their newest Android TV lineup and they’re really something to look at because these TVs are powered by Android and they feature some really cool new features including Slim Blacklight Drive technology and 4K HDR displays!

 

 

So what’s up with 4K HDR TVs? With this feature, you can have a greater brightness range and higher contrast which will give you more dramatic colors that are really pleasing to the eye. The 4K HDR TV series of Sony ranges from 55″ to 75″ while the new HD TVs comes from 32″ up to 55″. These premium 4K HDR TVs from Sony will be available soon in the Philippines this coming April 2016 while the Full HD models will be available this May 2016

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The all-new X9300D series of BRAVIA 4K LCD TVs will be packing a Slim Backlight Drive technology which lets you have picture quality that is unmatched and delivering best display thanks to its 4K HDR content. There’s a 4K Processor X1 too which allows precision color mapping technology that allows TRILUMINOS Display for wider color ranger with accurate color details at any brightness level.

 

Another thing to love about the X9300D and X8500D 4K TVs is that these TVs will be running on Android TV. Yep, there’s a dedicated App store for the TV in where you can download applications and games that is best suited for living room entertainment.

 

Some of the advantages of having an Android TV is Google Cast which allows you to control your TV using your mobile device and Voice search that works similarly to your Android smartphones.

 

The new BRAVIA 4K HDR will be available in Sony Centres and Authorized Dealers starting April 2016 while the Full HD TVs in May 2016.

Enjoy discounts up to 63% with Torque’s April-icious Deals!

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Enjoy discounts up to 63% with Torque’s April-icious Deals!

Torque have just launched their summer campaign in where you can get massive discounts on their devices. The April-icious Mobile Deals of Torque will let you enjoy huge discounts of up to 60% off on all models. This promo covers to their basic phones, smartphones and even tablets.

 

One of the units that are on sale is the Torque DROIDZ Span in where you can get a massive discount of 63% OFF discount from P3,499 to P1,299. Torque Droidz Span is a 5-inch Android smartphone with a 5-Megapixel Rear Camera and 3-Megapixel Front Camera.

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Another device included in the sale is the Torque DROIDZ Slate HD in where you can get a discount of 29% Off. Its price is brought down from P5,499 to P3,888. It has become one of the most affordable phablets today. This smartphone features a 5.5-inch IPS HD Display, 1GB RAM, and 8GB Internal storage.

 

Check out the full price list of the promo here:

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So what are you waiting for? head over to the nearest Torque stores and check out their newest products!

Final Fantasy XV will launch on Sept. 30

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Final Fantasy XV will launch on Sept. 30

One of the most anticipated game this year, Final Fantasy XV, will be finally released this year

 

Square Enix has announced the date of release of the game yesterday and the final gameplay and the graphics have been shown. Yes, the game is awesome and not only that, because there will also be a CG movie of Final Fantasy XV starring Sean Bean (The guy who always die in the movies) and Lena Headey (a.k.a. Cersei Lannister, the bitch that we all hate in the first three season of Game Of Thrones).

 

To hype the game even more, there will also be an Anime dubbed Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV. The anime will be available for free on Youtube here.

 

Final Fantasy XV will be out to Playstation 4 and Xbox One on September 30, 2016

 

 

Cherry Mobile Festival 2016 Launched!

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Cherry Mobile Festival 2016 Launched!

Cherry Mobile has just the Cherry Mobile Festival 2016 dubbed as “777 Swerte, Panalo sa Cherry Mobile” which is now in its 7th year. This year, Cherry Mobile Festival 2016 is expected to bring more fun with big discounts and excitement.

 

This year, Cherry Mobile Festival 2016 will be highlighting the following:

 

Lucky 7 hits – Special discounts awaits lucky customers on special dates and locations

 

Cherprize Araw Araw – Special prizes awaits lucky customers with up to Php3 million worth of prizes at stake

 

This promo is open to Cherry Mobile smartphones bundled with Cherry Prepaid SIM purchased within March 31 to May 31, 2016.

 

Customer shall activate their new Cherry Prepaid SIM and text the <keyword> CHERPRIZE, <Name>/<Age>/<Address> and send to 2179, within the promo period.

 

Ex. CHERPRIZE Juan Dela Cruz/32/8 Benitez St. San Juan MM

Customer will receive a notification through SMS if registration is successful.

 

Draw dates are as follow:

April  8                                    May  6

April 15                                   May 13

April 22                                   May 20

April 29                                   June  1

 

May Bonus Ka! – Lucky customers will get additional treats from Cherry Mobile in where they can avail selected Cherry Mobile Phone bundled with Cherry Prepaid SIM!

 

Everyday is a Cherry Day – This year, Cherry Mobile will feature one of the hottest loveteam in the country, yes, it’s the JaDine tandem and they have the latest jingle from Cherry Mobile!

 

Barangay Cherry Mobile –: various store activations to attract and make the customers engaged in various activities

 

Cherry Mobile Festival 2016 is even better this year because CMF 2016 will focus on their consumers and you can even get more than what you have purchased.

 

To kick this off, Cherry Mobile will be having in-store activities in their concept stores at SM Megamall and SM San Fernando on April 1, subsequently, on April 3, at Ali Mall Cubao, SM Dasmarinas and SM Clark Pampanga.

 

So if you’re planning on buying a Cherry Mobile smartphone, be sure that you buy one starting today up to May 31, 2016, to get more of your purchase.

Vivo Y51: Specs and Price in the Philippines

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Vivo Y51: Specs and Price in the Philippines

VIVO, one of the popular brands in China has finally reached the Philippine shores as they announced that they will be bringing the Vivo Y51, an entry-level Android smartphone that packs a hardware that is enough for most consumers.

 

Vivo Y51 specs

  • 5-inch IPS qHD display
  • 1.2GHz quad-core processor
  • 2GB of RAM
  • 16GB of storage expandable via microSD
  • 8-megapixel rear auto-focus camera with LED flash
  • 5-megapixel front camera
  • Dual SIM
  • LTE
  • WiFi
  • Bluetooth
  • GPS, A-GPS
  • Android Lollipop with Funtouch OS
  • 2350mAh battery

 

The price of the smartphone is P7,990 and it will be available in the following stores:

NCR
Memo Xpress
– SM MOA
– Robinsons Pioneer
– SM Megamall
– Sta. Lucia East Grandmall
– SM Cubao
– SM Marikina
– SM North EDSA
– Robinsons Ermita
– Trinoma
EZ Text
– SM North EDSA
– SM Manila
Fonetwist
– SM North EDSA
– SM Fairview
– SM Cubao
Mega One
– SM North EDSA
– SM Manila
– Robinsons Ermita
– Market Market

CEBU
CQE
– Lapu Lapu Grand
– Gaisano Island Lapu Lapu
– Gaisano Grand Mandaue
– E-Mall
– Gasiano Mall Tabunok
– SM Seaside
Aerophone
– Ayala Mall
– Parkmall
– Lapu Lapu Grand
– Mandaue Gaisano Grand
– SM City
– SM Consolacion
– SM Seaside
– Robinsons Galleria

DAVAO
Wiltelcom
– Abreeza Mall
– Gaisano Mall Davao
– SM City Davao Ecoland
– Gaisano Mall Tagum
– SM Lanang Premier
– Victoria Plaza
– NCCC Mall

ASUS Chromebook C300 now available in the Philippines

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ASUS Chromebook C300 now available in the Philippines

Chromebook is one of the products that you might not know but works really great. The operating system is made by Google and most of the Chromebooks are affordable products that works for consumers who are just looking for laptops that can browse the internet and do some applications. Basically these chromebooks works well if you’re just looking for devices for normal computer usage.

 

Anyways, the ASUS Chromebook C300 is recently being retailed by MSI-ECS retail partners and it retails for P17,995.

 

So what can we expect from the ASUS Chromebook C300? Well, this laptop comes with a 13.3-inch display with 1366×768 resolution, a Dual-Core Intel Bay-Trail processor which will give you enough power for your basic needs.

 

The Chromebook C300 from ASUS also gives you enough connections such as 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.0, Intel WiDi, USB 3.0, and HDMI.

 

The Chromebook C300 is now available through MSI-ECS for P17,995.

Pocket MapleStorySEA launched!, Get free game codes here

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Pocket MapleStorySEA launched!, Get free game codes here

Playpark has been aggressive in pushing mobile gaming to their lineup of games and recently, they’ve just launched the mobile version of one of the famous online MMORPG to hit the PCs, Pocket MapleStorySEA. MapleStory is a very familiar franchise especially in Singapore and Malaysia and there are millions of players and until now, the game is still going strong.

 

MapleStorySEA is now available on the Play Store and the App store.

 

Google Play: http://smarturl.it/PMS_SEA_GooglePlay

App Store: http://smarturl.it/PMS_SEA_iTunes

 

And to celebrate the launch of MapleStorySEA by Playpark, we’ll be giving away free game codes (Yey!). You can see the game codes below and it will be first come, first serve so try it out!

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With this game code, you’ll be able to redeem Pink Bean Balloon mount for 10 days!

 

These promo codes are only valid up to June 30 so be sure to use them up and remember, once these codes have been used, you cannot use it already. You may only use 1 promo code per account.

 

4 reasons why I like the iPhone SE

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4 reasons why I like the iPhone SE

iPhone SE, the most affordable Apple smartphone, was recently launched by Apple and it received mixed reactions from fans and enthusiasts. For starters, the iPhone SE is the latest smartphone in the iPhone lineup and it features a 4-inch display and a hardware similar to the iPhone 6s but the iPhone SE still packs a design similar to the iPhone 5s.

 

Actually, they didn’t change any aesthetics on the iPhone SE except for the rose gold offering. So basically, the iPhone SE is like a refreshed iPhone 5s. Again, it received different reactions due to its similar design but a powerful hardware. And in this post, I’ll give you 5 reasons why the iPhone SE is a still a good smartphone.

 

 

  1. iPhone SE’s design is still one of the best – Admit it, Apple is one of the best when it comes to designing smartphones and the iPhone 5s is one of their most amazing smartphones when it comes to design. The iPhone 6 and 6S might be unlikeable for some people due to its antenna lines but many companies are still copying its design.
  2. You got an iPhone 6s hardware inside – One thing that I really like about the iPhone SE is that they’re using the powerful iPhone 6s hardware. It packs the same camera and CPU but it doesn’t have the similar display resolution and 3D Touch. But hey, the smartphone is still very powerful that you can use for gaming and it means that the iPhone SE’s software is future proof.
  3. Some people still love the 4-inch display – Not everyone likes the 4-inch display but not everyone likes to have a big display too and it’s very rare too to see premium smartphones with this display and power.
  4. It’s now affordable – Look, this is probably the biggest thing about the iPhone SE. Before, having a more affordable iPhone at this price means that you should compromise the hardware because you’ll be getting a previous generation iPhone but this time, you’ll be getting a future proof iPhone that has the latest hardware.

 

Another thing. Not all people can afford the latest iPhone but with the new iPhone SE, people can now buy an iPhone with the latest processing power that won’t hurt their pocket that much.

 

The iPhone SE starts at $399 for the 16GB while you can get a more spacious 64GB variant for $499. My guesstimate for the iPhone SE 16GB and 64GB is P20,490 and P25,490 respectively.

Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime Review

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The Samsung Galaxy J series is expected to be the affordable line of devices from the company. But of course, having an affordable device means that there should be compromises in the design or performance but with the Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime, actually, this smartphone doesn’t feel like it should belong to the J series because my experience with this smartphone is really good.

 

An all-metal body

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The Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime sports a premium and solid metal build that’s already been expected on most smartphones at its price range. The curves and the feel of the smartphone feel comfortable thanks to its rounded curves. The one that we reviewed was the black variant and it looks better than the white one IMO.

 

At the front, it is unmistakably a Samsung smartphone thanks to its rounded home button that also acts as a fingerprint sensor and also the back and recent tasks button. Unfortunately, these buttons don’t light up and some might find it hard to use it in the dark.

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The fingerprint sensor is a surprising addition for the Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime and yes, it does perform well but it can read my fingerprint a little bit slow. Another thing to appreciate in the Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime is its 2.5D glass. I know, for some people they might find this feature useless but it actually adds beauty to the smartphone and when looking at it, you wouldn’t immediately know that this is the Galaxy J7 Prime because it looks pretty damn good.

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On the side of the smartphone is the sim card slot tray and microSD card slot tray. Yep, the MicroSD card has a dedicated try in where you can expand the storage of the smartphone even more and yet you wouldn’t sacrifice your second sim card tray for that. But I actually didn’t use that because I felt that the 32GB of internal storage is already enough for me.

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Not Super AMOLED but it’s still fine.

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The Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime might have metal build and a good hardware but instead of having a smartphone with a Super AMOLED display which is common to Samsung smartphones, they opted for a TFT display on the Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime. Is it bad? No. Actually, the display of the Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime looks fine.

 

It’s a full HD display and it does look fine but it doesn’t have the vivid and colourful Super AMOLED display which can be seen on other Samsung smartphones. Viewing angles and color accuracy isn’t perfect but still acceptable for me. Actually, I’m already happy that this one sports a Full HD display instead of HD.

 

Great performance

 

One of the things that I love in the Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime is its performance. It packs an Exynos 7870 Octa-Core processor and also a 3GB of RAM which performs really great. It might not be the best processor around but it does trump most CPUs in its price range. In my experience, most apps and games would run on this smartphone without problems however you should take note that you should tone down the graphics a little bit on some apps and games.

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I tried Asphalt 8 and it does play really well as long as you adjust the graphics. NBA 2k17 also works on this smartphone and actually, I could even turn to low-medium settings and the game is still playable.

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Samsung has never changed. They still run on TouchWiz UI and yes, the eye candies and transitions on the phone looks nice, however, there’s no multi-window on this smartphone, a feature that I really love on Samsung smartphones.

 

Enough Battery life

 

The Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime has a 3300mAh battery and it is more than enough to most people. In my average use, I could use the day smartphone in an average day at school and still have around 20% of juice when I get home. I barely use my power bank when I’m with this smartphone.

 

A fine camera

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The flagship smartphone of Samsung has one of the best cameras that you can find on a smartphone and I was not surprised that the Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime does have a camera with f/1.9 aperture. Well, the camera isn’t as good as the one that can be found on the Galaxy A series smartphones but it does the job well. It’s bright and sometimes, the camera misses the right colors and exposures but still, it does a pretty good job for a mid-range smartphone. However, if you want a smartphone dedicated for selfies, this might not be your best choice. Check out the shots that I took using the smartphone.

 

Verdict

The Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime is a fine mid-range smartphone from the company. It has exceeded my expectations and for its price, Samsung did a pretty good job on this one. The smartphone has a good build, performs really well, has a good battery life, and the camera is just fine. My experience with this smartphone was great and for its price, I think the Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime is a great smartphone.

 

The Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime is now available for Php 13,990

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