Smartphone and Cellphone Wars

[3GEMS]

Guys san may cheapest S4 sa manila greenhills lang alam ko e... kukuha kami by friday.... TIA

[gnikon]

Guys san may cheapest S4 sa manila greenhills lang alam ko e... kukuha kami by friday.... TIA

Try niyo po sa kimstore or widgetcity, 24900 na ata yung non-LTE version.

[foresterx]

available ba S4 active sa pinas?

[antonath]

available ba S4 active sa pinas?

Kay dbgadgets yata or widgetcity for 29K

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[Retz]

Try niyo po sa kimstore or widgetcity, 24900 na ata yung non-LTE version.

so mga 1k lang binaba. dati kasi nasa 26k.

[Bin Diesel]

Talo pa rin sa ram. Sabi para maging flawless daw yung key lime pie ng android dapat nasa 2gig na ram. Pero kung less than 10k mga yan pede na.

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[Retz]

Sony announces Android 4.3 update whitelist



Sony has just published the list of devices that will be getting the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update that was announced yesterday. On the smartphone side, the company will be bringing the latest Jelly Bean version to the Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia ZR, Xperia SP and Xperia Z Ultra. The only tablet that is confirmed to get treated to the latest Android release at this point is the Xperia Tablet Z.

Sony is currently seeding the Jelly Bean 4.2 update for the Xperia Z and Xperia ZL. Starting from early August, the Xperia ZR and Xperia Tablet Z will get Android 4.2 as well.

Some older Xperia phones running Android 4.1 are still under examination. There's a possibility that at least some of them will be updated straight to Android 4.3, but no names have been confirmed yet.

Additionally, Sony acknowledges that its updates haven't been "as succinct or as timely as you might’ve expected." The company's developers have now changed their workflow to assure that future updates arrive faster. The whole procedure is detailed in a lengthy and educational blog post, in case you are interested.

Source: Sony announces Android 4.3 update whitelist - GSMArena.com news

[Ry_Tower]

^ Buti naman, lagi kasi late lagi updates nila.

[Retz]

Specs of Samsung Galaxy Note III leak, 5.7-inch display confirmed



The upcoming Galaxy Note phablet has been doing the rounds in the rumorland for quite a while now. The specifications of the third generation Galaxy Note have appeared several times and now we have an official confirmation from a Samsung insider, in front of Business Daily.

Samsung Galaxy Note III is confirmed to feature a 5.7-inch display, 3 GB of RAM and Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. Furthermore, the alleged spec sheet of Galaxy Note III reveals that the device will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chipset with the latest 4G LTE-A support.
We will know more about the Galaxy Note III, when Samsung unveils its next generation Galaxy phablet on September 4 in Berlin.

Source: Specs of Samsung Galaxy Note III leak, 5.7-inch display confirmed - GSMArena.com news

Buti na lang 5.7"(just 0.2" larger than Note 2), I thought it was 6.3" as reported earlier.

[Retz]

Nokia Lumia 1020 vs Canon EOS 60D DSLR

Nokia Lumia 1020 vs Canon EOS 60D DSLR (filmed by 925) - YouTube

[tr1ck5h07]

^ Yes sir. I've updated mine just this morning.



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[3GEMS]

S4 LTE 25,500 kuha namin sa greenhills okay naba un guys? Grabe pala smartphones ngaun mbilis pa sa pc ko hehe.. well kong mag upgrade ka ng cp ngaun sulit na sulit na unlike before bumili ako ng N95 hehe

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[Retz]

S4 LTE 25,500 kuha namin sa greenhills okay naba un guys? Grabe pala smartphones ngaun mbilis pa sa pc ko hehe.. well kong mag upgrade ka ng cp ngaun sulit na sulit na unlike before bumili ako ng N95 hehe

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sir what do you mean by sulit na sulit pag upgrade ng cp ngayon?

[3GEMS]

sir what do you mean by sulit na sulit pag upgrade ng cp ngayon?

Fon ngayon iba na specs dami mo na magagawa, games, social networking, faster web browsing para lahat pwede mo na gawin unlike before last big upgrade ko na celphone from lower model to N95nokia para camera lang na upgrade hehe

[Retz]

^

oo nga sir, 2007 pa nun nung released ng N95, bumili din ako nun. That is the best phone back then.

[SiRbossR]

Taas nung Benchmark ratings nung Xperia Z Ultra. 35k. mas mataas sa S4 Advanced na nasa 32k lang ata. Triluminous display

[Bin Diesel]

Actually dapat isipin din ng buyers kung gaano kadalas mag update ng software yung pipiliin na brand.

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[Monseratto]

Is cheap Android smartphones the new trand???
Why High-End Smartphones Do Not Lead the Southeast Asia Market

Why High-End Smartphones Do Not Lead the Southeast Asia Market
Tech in AsiaBy Phoebe | Tech in Asia – Tue, Jul 23, 2013

The smartphone is now slowly becoming a necessity for consumers, and research firm GfK thinks that Southeast Asia is the driver of its global growth. In terms of the smartphone market, we have seen Apple and Samsung smartphones take the lead and battle against each other in Southeast Asia for quite some time. But it looks like this growth does not belong to Apple or Samsung, anymore.Why is that so? Michael Morgan, analyst at ABI Research says in an interview with Bloomberg, that “the days of great growth in the high end of the market are gone.”

Smartphone numbers
This analysis speaks very well of what’s happening in the Southeast Asian market. In March, GfK reported that the sale of smartphones in Southeast Asia grew by 61 percent. And of this number, it is notable that the Philippines is the fastest growing market during that period. And we have also reported that Thailand sold almost 3 million smartphones earlier this year.But this huge boost in sales, according to Gerard Tan, account director for Digital World at GfK Asia, is “primarily driven by affordable smartphones which averaged in the price range of $100 to $200.” He adds:

The rise of local brands in countries such as Philippines and Indonesia has resulted in the growing market share of those in the $50 to $100 price segment—the budget price range which bridges the transition from basic mobile phones to smartphones.”

It is no wonder that the current lagging of revenue growth by high-end smartphones is somehow driven by the SEA market, which represent a huge chunk of the global market.

New leading smartphones
Late last year, we reported that Android still leads in SEA in terms of operating system’s adoption. It looks like this is being pushed by the presence of a growing number of manufacturers who carry the Android-powered devices at a lower cost in the region. Looking at some of the countries in SEA, the Philippines has a number of local manufacturers carrying dual-core to quad-core Android smartphones in the $50 to $100 price range, like, Cherry mobile, MyPhone and CloudFone. In Indonesia, telco Smartfren is also aggressive in pushing low-cost Android devices in the local market. And even China-manufactured devices such as Huawei and Lenovo are tapping these markets already.In February, Apple Insider predicted that Apple will launch a low-cost phone later this year in countries such as India. If this holds to be true, we could only wait if this new strategy of Apple will work in the Southeast Asian region.

(Source: Bloomberg)(Editing by: Anh-Minh Do and Steven Millward)

[Syuryuken]

Is cheap Android smartphones the new trand???
Why High-End Smartphones Do Not Lead the Southeast Asia Market

Mahal masyado ang mga branded kaya namang tapatan or higitan ng mga murang smartphones ang specs nila.

[jodski]

One probability is dumadami na rin users that can distinguish what they need versus to what they want in a smartphone

For the Linux lovers out there gumaganda na yung Ubuntu OS para sa smartphone nagiging trend na ang mag dual boot. Gonna wait na lang sa Ubuntu edge series nila for 2014. Nagustuhan ko dun is binitbit nila yung portability ng OS para magamit mo rin as Desktop