Xiaomi Redmi Pro announced, comes with Helio X20 and X25 processors

Xiaomi has came out with another new chapter for their Redmi series and it starts with the Xiaomi Redmi Pro.

Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro first look, benchmarks, camera samples

The night will not be complete for me as I had my test run earlier of Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro.

The front and back portions of the device looks elegant despite of it's size. I never had that much difficulty on handling it but you can really tell that it is a bit heavy.



The left part has volume buttons and OTG and reverse charging capable micro USB port, speaker and pin hole mic at the bottom. Not in the picture as on the top, there is a 3.5 mm. audio jack and micro SD tray and on the right, there goes the dual nano SIM tray



Glimpse of the pulldown menu and what to expect on app storage out of 32 GB ROM



The phone scored over 68,000 in Antutu. Accelerometer, light, orientation, proximity, sound and magnetic sensors are here. It has 10 point multi touch and internal storage was supplied by Toshiba.



Both cameras can shoot at 4:3 aspect ratio and can shoot full HD video.



I was in a place with artificial lighting which it is quite test to check the f/1.9 aperture of both shooters. The main and secondary cameras in that order.





Based on my assessment, the probable customers of this device will be those who are really into Samsung phones but needs a real dual SIM (compared to Galaxy S7 Edge) and those who is more into big displays and for heavy multimedia consumption.

Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro will be available this August 12 for Php 25,990

Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro now official in the country

More and more 6 inch phablet options this year as Samsung Mobile Philippines has just brought in the Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro.

Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro specs inclide Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 octa-core processor, Android 6.0 Marshmallow, dual nano SIM, 6 inch FHD Super AMOLED display, dual nano SIM, 16 MP rear cam with f/1.9, 8 MP front cam, 4 GB RAM, 32 GB ROM, micro SD slot up to 256 GB, fast charging, Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS and 5,000 mAh non-removable battery



Based on their presentation, the phone can fully charge in 160 minutes. Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro will be priced at Php 25,990

Cherry Mobile M1 first look, benchmarks, camera samples

We are not in the launch of this first deca-core powered local smartphone but I had a date of it in a few minutes, here's my post on Cherry Mobile M1

First, lets go to the specs:

Mediatek Helio X20 deca-core processor with Mali T880 GPU, Android 6.0 Marshmallow, dual micro SIM, 21 MP main cam with Sony IMX 230 sensor, 8 MP secondary cam, 5.5 inch IPS Full HD display, 4 GB RAM, 32 GB ROM, no micro SD slot quick charging, USB Type C, NFC, finger print reader and 3,600 mAh battery

The front and back portions of Cherry Mobile M1 which reminds me a bit of Cosmos One Plus. At first, you might think that it has dual front speakers but the bottom part that is working. Of course, the upper part is the one for accepting calls. Display is a-ok for the IPS display. I was not able to check out the finger print reader



Yup the phone has curves. The top has the 3.5 mm. audio jack and pin hole mic and USB Type C at the bottom.



Dual micro SIM in one tray at the left, volume rocker and power/unlock button at the right.



The normal navigation and switching apps are a-ok at the phone. I saw the camera and it was quite basic (as the same as the one at Cherry Mobile Infinix Pure) but the important thing is the output which you will gonna see later.

The benchmarks are expected at over 90,000 on Antutu and good amount of sensors plus 5 point multi touch.

I took the camera samples inside McDo Forbes Town Center. It is quite good on artificial with a mix of daylight. What concerned me, both cams have f/2.8 aperture which might struggle if you will bring this on low light. Both are also in 4:3 aspect ratio. The 21 MP rear camera and 8 MP front camera samples in that order





Cherry Mobile M1 will be out in stores in the next few days for Php 11,999. Credits to Peter of gizguide.com as he allowed me to play the Cherry Mobile M1 review unit.

Cloudfone Thrill Plus now official, comes with dual speakers

Cloudfone Thrill series is quite in a diversion as they released something new both from the said line-up as well as to the local smartphone brand.

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 launch date confirmed, will happen in 3 key locations

I knew that this will come to my inbox from the PR company representing Samsung Mobile Philippines about the next Galaxy Note.

Cubix Cube 3 down to Php 3,999

Right now, this is the most affordable MT6753-powered smartphone in the country which you can find via Lazada Philippines.

Cherry Mobile Flare X V2 now at P4999

From it’s previous price of Php 6,999, Cherry Mobile just got a huge cut off from one of their most popular phablets so far.

Asus Zenfone Zoom Android Marshmallow update now available

After a bunch of Zenfones all powered with Qualcomm SoCs with the latest OS, it is time for their only smartphone so far with optical zoom.

Cloudfone Next smartphone coming soon. will be priced at under 10K

After their some of their offerings a few years ago under the Thrill series, Cloudfone is aiming to go back to a new device at near 10K.