A regram is what you call the method of reposting someone else’s Instagram photos. It’s a quick way of spreading information and making it viral, however, in worst case scenarios, it can also land you in court.
Such was the case of of actress Neri Naig-Miranda, the wife of Parokya ni Edgar vocalist Chito Miranda when she regrammed or reposted an Instagram post of Star Magic road manager Danilyn Nunga.
In a report by Inquirer.net, Nunga posted on her Instagram account in April 2015 a photo of Clarence Taguiam and Donna Marie Go and described them as bogus sellers of GoPro Hero3 action camera. Miranda then regrammed Nunga’s photo with the same message.
Taguiam and Go learned about the post, denied that they sold a camera to Nunga, and pursued a criminal complaint against the two. Although the Instagram posts were already taken down, Judge Ricky Jones Macabaya of the Regional Trial Court Branch 5 in Cebu City, has issued arrest warrants for Nunga and Miranda to face the charges in court.
According to Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office, Miranda was equally liable because she didn’t verify whether Nunga’s message was true not.
Nunga and Miranda were charged with violations of Republic Act No. 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.
A regram is what you call the method of reposting someone else’s Instagram photos. It’s a quick way of spreading information and making it viral, however, in worst case scenarios, it can also land you in court.
Such was the case of of actress Neri Naig-Miranda, the wife of Parokya ni Edgar vocalist Chito Miranda when she regrammed or reposted an Instagram post of Star Magic road manager Danilyn Nunga.
In a report by Inquirer.net, Nunga posted on her Instagram account in April 2015 a photo of Clarence Taguiam and Donna Marie Go and described them as bogus sellers of GoPro Hero3 action camera. Miranda then regrammed Nunga’s photo with the same message.
Taguiam and Go learned about the post, denied that they sold a camera to Nunga, and pursued a criminal complaint against the two. Although the Instagram posts were already taken down, Judge Ricky Jones Macabaya of the Regional Trial Court Branch 5 in Cebu City, has issued arrest warrants for Nunga and Miranda to face the charges in court.
According to Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office, Miranda was equally liable because she didn’t verify whether Nunga’s message was true not.
Nunga and Miranda were charged with violations of Republic Act No. 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.
In our article yesterday, we showed you the disadvantages of using fake batteries in your smartphones, some of which is the lack of safety features and poor quality. In the video below we will show you how a fake battery reacts when subjected to high temperatures.
The video was sent to us by Cherry Mobile’s partner factory in Shenzhen – CKY Electronics. As mentioned in our previous article, they also have a thermal shock test to see how batteries react to high temperatures. This machine is basically an oven for electronics.
For this test, they placed a fake battery and an original Cherry Mobile battery in the oven and baked it for 1 hour in 130-degree C temperature. Watch what happens below. (Fake battery on the left, original battery on the right.)
As you have seen in the video, the fake battery exploded in about 30 minutes while the original battery is still intact like nothing happened. It is unlikely though that the battery still works, but at least we know now that original batteries don’t simply explode in extreme conditions.
Yesterday we showed you how Cherry Mobile phone chargers are made, now we’re going to show you the quality of their batteries compared to fake ones sold in the streets and some malls.
Most smartphones in the market have removable batteries. The purpose is to make it easier for the user to purchase a replacement and install it themselves. The right thing to do is buy an original battery, however, people sometimes tend to settle with “Class A” immitation or fakes because they are more affordable. This is where problems arise.
Fake batteries don’t give you the same capacity
If you have used a fake battery on your smartphone, you will notice that they don’t last long in terms of battery life. That is because they don’t carry the same capacity as the original.
As an example, the folks at Cherry Mobile brought with them a few samples of fake batteries being sold in Quiapo. On the outside it looks legit, has the same size as the original battery, and comes in a nice packaging, but when you unwrap the battery itself, that’s where you’ll see how you are cheated.
If you look at the photo above, this is what a fake or imitation battery looks like. That silver part in the middle is the battery itself which provides power to your device. What about the black part surrounding it? That’s just a plastic frame allowing it to fit in your smartphone’s battery compartment.
So what’s the difference between the original Cherry Mobile battery and the fake one? Take a look at the photo above of the fake battery (Left) and the original Cherry Mobile battery (Right).
As you can see, Cherry Mobile’s battery doesn’t use a frame. Just a piece of hard plastic at the top to house the terminals and ICs and a thin piece at the bottom. The rest are all battery. Compared side by side, you will see why fake batteries offer less battery life as they actually carry a smaller battery.
Fake batteries skimp on quality and safety features
The photo below is an IC installed on Cherry Mobile batteries. These tiny chips are there to ensure that your batteries are functioning properly and just one of the safety features applied to ensure that their batteries don’t explode or heat up and catch fire.
Fake batteries, on the other hand, don’t have all the necessary features or none at all. The photo below shows the difference between a fake one (blue IC) and Cherry Mobile’s (black IC).
Another safety feature that fake batteries don’t have is proper insulation of the metal contacts where electricity travels from the battery. While original batteries like Cherry Mobile’s use hard plastic, fake ones just use a little foam or sometimes no insulation at all. The result can be dangerous for the user as seen in the video below.
One more safety feature the Cherry Mobile uses in their batteries is placed inside the battery itself – a special film (white) that separates the postive and negative internals of the battery to prevent it from catching fire in case it gets damaged. See image below.
Fake batteries don’t have this. To further demonstrate, we had a fully-charged fake Cherry Mobile battery undergo an extrusion test where it will be impaled and see how it will react. See video below.
We also did the same test to an original fully-charged Cherry Mobile battery. Watch what happens below.
As you can see, the original battery didn’t burst into flames which is another reason why safety features shouldn’t be excluded in important smartphones parts like the battery.
Here’s what they look like after the test. Original on the left, fake on the right.
Fake batteries don’t undergo quality testing
Manufacturers of fake batteries know for themselves that they have skimped on safety features so why bother quality testing? This fact alone, aside from not installing safety features, is the reason why they can sell their batteries at a very low price.
Cherry Mobile’s partner factory in Shenzhen, CKY (Chuan Ke Yuan) Electronics Technology Co. Ltd., tests the batteries for quality and durability as you have seen above.
Aside from the extrusion, they also test for drops, short circuit, gravity impact, thermal shock, salt spray, vibration, temperature and humidity, push and pull, bonding strength, and capacity. All of these to ensure that their batteries are safe to use.
Again, the lesson is simple – don’t buy fake batteries for the sake of saving money. If you need a new battery for your Cherry Mobile device, it’s highly suggested that you purchase it in their official stores and kiosks.
One of the biggest surprise we got after Netflix launched in the Philippines is the report that only 7% of the movie and TV library in Netflix US are available to Philippine subscribers (of course, there are also titles in Netflix PH that are not available in the US). For a starting price of Php370, that seems a bit unfair considering that the US equivalent fee is $7.99.
So why the drastic reduction of title? Well, it’s also about keeping the cost low.
Netflix basically pays license fees for every single movie title and TV series that it adds in its libraries. That license fee is also paid on a per country or region basis which means in the Philippines, the library will have to start small at first. Fees for each title also varies depending on how old or new they are (reason why libraries in iFlix and Hooq are also mostly old ones).
So what does the 7% represent? I guess it’s the baseline cost which allows them to provide new subscribers will a decent set of titles without really spending much on the licensing fees at the start.
Later on, once the paying subscribers pick up, Netflix will eventually add more newer titles into the library. OR, they may swap around the existing library with another set.
At the moment, we’ll just have to settle with the existing ones available and hope that the list will soon grow as the subscribers grow.
