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OPPO says it broke first day sales record with F7

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 24 11:30 AM

Chinese phone-maker OPPO said it broke its own first-day sales record with the release of its F7 handset last week. Read more »

Middle child packs a punch? Hands on with Huawei's P20

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 23 12:34 PM

Huawei is unleashing a trio of P20 phones this week and in between the budget-friendly P20 Lite and the triple camera P20 Pro is the P20, no second name required.  Read more »

Huawei P20 Lite Review: Punches above weight with design, display

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 22 11:26 AM

It's understandable why Huawei did not unveil the P20 Lite at the same time as the P20 and P20 Pro in Paris last March. Without the camera brawn of the two, the Lite would seem like too much of a downgrade. Read more »

OPPO launches F7 for AI-powered selfies, large-screen entertainment

OPPO Philippines
Updated as of Apr 20 07:32 PM

OPPO Philippines launched their newest flagship phone OPPO F7 Thursday at the Manila Marriott Hotel in Pasay City. Read more »

Asia tech shares spooked by phone warning, oil near highs

Wayne Cole, Reuters
Posted at Apr 20 11:39 AM

Asian shares slipped on Friday as a warning on smartphone demand from the world's largest contract chipmaker slugged the tech sector, while high oil prices stirred inflation fears and undermined sovereign bonds. Read more »

OPPO debuts F7, promises AI-enhanced selfies

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 23 01:09 PM

Chinese phone manufacturer OPPO debuted its F7 smartphone in the Philippines late Thursday, promising consumers the best selfies aided by artificial intelligence. Read more »

US strike on China's ZTE another blow for Qualcomm

Adam Jourdan and Cate Cadell, Reuters
Posted at Apr 17 06:00 PM

A move by the United States to ban American firms selling components to the Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp will also hit a target closer to home: Qualcomm Inc, a US company that is a major supplier of chips for ZTE's phones. Read more »

China's Huawei sees profit rebound despite US setbacks

Julien Girault, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 30 11:45 PM

Huawei saw it profits rebound in 2017, helped by strong smartphone sales as it ramps up R&D spending despite suffering setbacks in its US ambitions. Read more »

Huawei unveils triple camera P20 Pro, P20 to take on Apple, Samsung

Joel Guinto, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 28 02:07 AM

PARIS - China's Huawei unveiled its photography-centric P20 smartphones here on Tuesday, touting three lenses on the back as it challenges flagship devices from rivals Apple and Samsung.   Read more »

Driver gets prison term for fatal accident while using smartphone

Kyodo News
Posted at Mar 19 01:35 PM

OTSU, Japan - A court on Monday gave a 50-year-old former truck driver a harsher sentence than prosecutors had sought for causing a fatal pileup while using a smartphone at the wheel on an expressway in western Japan last year. Read more »

Xiaomi back in Philippines with phone under P5,000

Art Fuentes, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 14 09:01 AM

Xiaomi, the world's fourth largest smartphone vendor, is back in the Philippines after a two-year absence, launching on Tuesday twin handsets that challenge its fellow Chinese competitors in terms of price. Read more »

Ahead of P20 flagship, Huawei launches laptop, tablet

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 26 07:14 AM

China's Huawei launched a new laptop and tablet on Sunday as it sought to cement its place among the world’s 3 biggest electronic device manufacturers. Read more »

FIRST LOOK: Samsung's Galaxy S9 and S9+

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 26 05:50 PM

Samsung Electronics on Sunday unveiled its Galaxy S9 and S9+, promising improved camera capabilities in a familiar design while correcting the design flaw that made using its predecessor cumbersome. Read more »

Nokia resurrects 8110, unveils near bezel-less bets

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 26 09:55 AM

MANILA - Nokia bet on nostalgia for a second time, resurrecting the banana-shaped 8110 while launching two near bezel-less Android handsets. Read more »

Mi mi mi: super fans of China's Xiaomi stoke IPO ambitions

Cate Cadell and Adam Jourdan, Reuters
Posted at Feb 15 08:42 AM

Wang Bin, 29, is a serious "mi fan", one of the ardent followers of Xiaomi Technology Co Ltd, the maker of smartphones and other electronic products that looks headed for a big initial public offering, perhaps as early as this year. Read more »

Apple overtakes Samsung as world's number 1 smartphone vendor

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 05 07:24 AM

Apple overtook Samsung in the fourth quarter as the largest smartphone producer in a declining global market for handsets, research firm IDC said Friday. Read more »

Mobile app mapping free condoms set up to help fight HIV in Philippines

Beh Lih Yi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Updated as of Feb 15 03:15 PM

The Safe Spaces project has set up 30 dispensers in Manila so far and aims to expand to 150 locations across the country this year. Read more »

After #MeToo, phone app allows you to legally consent to sex

Emma Batha, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jan 19 02:41 AM

A Dutch startup's app will allow people to give legal consent to sex via their mobile, an initiative spurred by Sweden's plans to bolster its rape law. Read more »

End of a chip boom? Memory chip price drop spooks investors

Joyce Lee, Reuters
Posted at Jan 15 12:12 PM

After a blistering year-and-a-half long surge, a sudden drop in some memory prices, followed by Samsung Electronics Co's disappointing profit estimate, is causing jitters among investors who had bet the chip boom would last at least another year. Read more »

'Battery king': A look at the new Asus Zenfone

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 11 05:24 PM

Asus has touted its latest Android smartphone as its new "battery king" at a budget price. Read more »