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VIDEO: Cherry Mobile M1 Unboxing and Setup

July 28, 2016July 28, 2016 Daniel Morial

The Cherry Mobile M1 is the company’s flagship that has all the bells and whistles they can put on a smartphone. It sits on top of every handset they currently have and sports a number of firsts for the brand including a 21-megapixel Sony IMX230 camera, 4GB RAM, fast charging and the embracement of the USB Type-C port. Without any further ado, here’s our unboxing and initial setup of the M1.

We are currently working on our full review. For the meantime, you may read our initial impressions of the phone during its formal launching back in June. If you have any particular points of interest and questions regarding the device, hit the comment section below and we’ll do our best to accommodate it.

Cherry Mobile M1 specs:
5.5-inch Full HD display
MediaTek Helio X20 (MT6797) deca-core CPU
Mali-T880 MP4 GPU
4GB RAM
32GB internal storage
21MP Sony IMX230 PDAF rear camera w/ LED flash, 4K video recording
8MP front camera w/ LED flash
Dual-SIM (nano)
4G LTE
WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth 4.1
GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
USB Type-C
Fingerprint scanner
3,600mAh battery w/ Fast Charging
Android 6.0 Marshmallow
152.5mm x 76.35mm x 9.8mm
164g

The phone is now available for purchase (it was delayed due to some quirks that need to be fixed) for Php11,999.

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VIDEO: Cherry Mobile M1 Unboxing and Setup

July 28, 2016July 28, 2016 Daniel Morial

The phone is now available for purchase (it was delayed due to some quirks that need to be fixed) for Php11,999.

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Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro hands-on, first impressions

July 27, 2016July 27, 2016 Daniel Morial

Samsung has just brought the member of the A series, which then happens to be the biggest among the group. This is the Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro, a 6-inch phablet with mid-range specs and a whopping 5,000mAh battery. All wrapped in the beautiful sandwiched glass chassis.

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The Galaxy A9 Pro looks and feels like its A-series siblings with an all glass finish framed with cold aluminum. There’s a 6-inch Full HD Super AMOLED display topped with Gorilla Glass 4 which delivers stunning quality with available modes for tweaking the saturation. An 8MP front-facing camera with sits atop the panel for selfies and there are a couple of sensors too. The physical home button below houses a fingerprint scanner.

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Each side of the A9 Pro is busy with its own ports and buttons. Starting with the right side, it has the power/lock button and the Dual-SIM card tray that accepts two Nano-SIM cards.

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The left side has two separate buttons for volume up and volume down which are metallic.

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The top has another card tray but this one is for the microSD card. It’s a dedicated card slot for memory expansion that supports up to 256GB. A pinhole for a microphone and a pair of plastic antenna strips are present as well.

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The 3.5mm jack, micro-USB port, loudspeaker, and the main microphone keeps the bottom end busy. And another pair of antenna bands completes the bunch.

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The back is a big slab of smooth Gorilla Glass 4 with a camera bump housing the main 16MP f/1.9 shooter with optical image stabilization and LED flash. A large 5000mAh battery is sealed inside that supports fast-charging and reverse charging, too. Samsung claims it can go from zero to full in just 160 minutes.

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The cameras onboard the A9 Pro both have bright f/1.9 lens with support for 1080p video recording only — no 4K support. While it’s too early to judge the captured stills, you can check out the samples below:

The phablet is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 octa-core chipset clocked at 1.8GHz and paired with Adreno 510 GPU. It’s got a spacious 4GB RAM for multi-tasking and runs Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow skinned with TouchWiz. We ran AnTuTu Benchmark v6.1.5 and it was able to score a quite impressive 70,537.

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There’s a complete suite of radios onboard the A9 Pro including 4G LTE, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS w/ A-GPS, and even NFC. If you still listen to FM Radio, you’ll be glad to know it’s present here. But, as discovered by other friends in the event, it doesn’t have gyroscope on-board.

Samsung Galaxy A9 PRO specs:
6-inch Super AMOLED Full HD display, 367ppi, 2.5D curved glass
1.8GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 octa-core CPU
Adreno 510 GPU
4GB RAM
32GB internal storage
up to 128GB via microSD
16MP rear camera w/ OIS, f/1.9 aperture, LED flash
8MP front camera w/ f/1.9 aperture
Dual-SIM
4G LTE, 3G HSPA+
WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
NFC
GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou
FM Radio w/ RDS
Fingerprint scanner
5000mAh non-removable battery w/ Quick Charge
USB OTG
Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow
161.7 x 80.9 x 7.9 mm
210g

The Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro retails in the Philippines for Php25,990 with initial availability by the second week of August in gold color only.

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Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro hands-on, first impressions

July 27, 2016July 27, 2016 Daniel Morial

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Each side of the A9 Pro is busy with its own ports and buttons. Starting with the right side, it has the power/lock button and the Dual-SIM card tray that accepts two Nano-SIM cards.

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The left side has two separate buttons for volume up and volume down which are metallic.

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The 3.5mm jack, micro-USB port, loudspeaker, and the main microphone keeps the bottom end busy. And another pair of antenna bands completes the bunch.

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The Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro retails in the Philippines for Php25,990 with initial availability by the second week of August in gold color only.

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Lenovo Vibe K5 Note hands-on, first impressions

July 27, 2016July 27, 2016 Daniel Morial

The Lenovo Vibe K5 Note sits on top if its Vibe K5 and Vibe K5 Plus siblings, and it’s also the direct successor to the Vibe K4 Note which was just launched early this year. With just a few months after the predecessor’s introduction to the Philippine market, Lenovo has brought in the K5 Note with a few upgrades up its sleeve and a more solid aluminum construction.

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The Vibe K5 Note is a 5.5-inch handset with a Full HD panel with roughly 403ppi pixel density. That’s no different from the K4 Note which has the same resolution and display size. There’s an 8MP front camera up top along with the earpiece and a couple of sensors. And thankfully, Lenovo has treated the trio of capacitive keys below with backlight.

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The right side has the power/lock button and the volume rocker. The buttons are tactile but made out of plastic. The left side houses the hybrid card tray for nano SIM cards and a microSD card.

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The top has the 3.5mm jack for wired headphones while the bottom end of the device has the micro-USB port for charging and connectivity at its center. A tiny pinhole for the main microphone is placed just beside the port.

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The back panel of the K5 Note is a sealed aluminum plate with a similarly painted plastic strip above and below it to allow radio signals to pass through. There’s a main 13MP camera sporting phase-detecting autofocus (PDAF) and 5-composite lens. Seems like a promising setup, but we’re yet to see how it performs. A rounded and flushed fingerprint scanner is also on the back for unlocking and securing the device. Despite the upgrade of the K5 Note’s construction, the loudspeaker is now placed at the rear opposed to the front-facing stereo speaker of the K4 Note.

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What’s powering the K5 Note is a 64-bit MediaTek Helio P10 octa-core processor running at a max speed of 1.8GHz. That’s a considerable upgrade from the predecessor’s chipset although memory is still pegged at 3GB of RAM. Storage is at 32GB with about 23GB available out of the box.

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The key feature of the K5 Note is Lenovo’s TheaterMax VR experience which basically turns any content on your device to be compatible with the included VR headset. Speaking of, the VR headset this time around now has a remote control, thus making your VR experience better compared before, as long as it’s supported by your application.

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We currently have a review unit on hand as of writing, so we’ll be taking the Vibe K5 Note for a full spin in the coming days.

Lenovo Vibe K5 Note specs:
5.5-inch Full HD LTPS IPS display, 401ppi
1.8GHz MediaTek MT6755 Helio P10 octa-core CPU
Mali-T860MP2 GPU
3GB RAM
32GB internal storage
up to 128GB via microSD
13MP PDAF rear camera w/ dual-tone flash
8MP front camera
Dual-SIM
4G LTE, 3G HSPA+
WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n
Bluetooth 4.0
GPS, A-GPS
NFC
FM Radio
Dolby Atmos
Fingerprint scanner
1.5W speaker, Hi-Fi audio with Dolby Atmos
3,500mAh battery
Android 5.1 Lollipop w/ VIBE UI (upgradeable to Android 6.0)
152 x 75.7 x 8.5 mm
165 g

The Lenovo Vibe K5 Note retails for Php 11,999 which already includes the new VR headset and controller. Lenovo has also included a clear case and a screen protector in the bundle to protect your newly bought device from unwanted damages. The device comes in two colors — platinum silver and champagne gold.

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