As Android has continued to grow in features over the years, so has its bloat. There was a time when Android smartphones could give you decent performance with just 512MB of RAM and 4GB of storage. Those days are long [...]
The Philippines was recently recognized as the fastest-growing smartphone market in ASEAN, but it’s not like we come out of the womb holding an iPhone or Android phone. We all have to start from somewhere, so if you’re looking for an affordable budget [...]
November 20, 2016
Smartphones
It wasn’t that long ago when fingerprint sensors were a premium feature on smartphones. Not anymore though and with the Cherry Mobile Flare J3, we’re getting one of the most affordable fingerprint sensor-enabled phones for just Php3,699. Naturally, the specs [...]
September 27, 2016
Smartphones
Fingerprint sensors on smartphones aren’t anything new, but it’s nice to see them showing up on more affordable devices like the newly announced Starmobile Up Sense. The Up Sense is a modest device, packing a 5 inch HD screen, 1.3GHz [...]
September 14, 2016
Smartphones
Starmobile has outed a couple of entry level 5 inch smartphones aimed at the average Juan. Not only are they affordable though, but they’re pretty fashionable too. Starmobile Play Max The Starmobile Play Max is the more powerful of the [...]
August 1, 2016
Smartphones
While large screen smartphones continue to be a thing, smartphones with 6-inch screens still tend to be a bit of a rarity. So when the Cherry Mobile Touch XL 2 came out, I was instantly interested because of its massive [...]
I’ve never been a fan of sub-HD screens, so it’s nice to see that more and more entry level handsets are coming out with sharper screens. Today’s latest example is the Cherry Mobile Flare HD 2, a 5 inch HD [...]
July 18, 2016
Smartphones
It was only a couple of years ago when 5 inch HD smartphones with quad core processors would sell for something close to Php10k. Fast forward to today, and we’ve got the Telego Mate with its MT6580 quad core processor, [...]
New users wanting to make the switch to smartphones now have the Starmobile Play Click to consider. The newly announced Play Click is an entry-level offering, sporting a 4.5 inch FWVGA screen along with a 1.2GHz Spreadtrum SC7731 quad core [...]
Cherry Mobile has announced the availability of another one of its more interesting smartphones from their yearly Cherry Mobile Festival brochure. The Cherry Mobile Touch XL 2 is a massive 6 inch phablet with admittedly middling specs. However, it does [...]