Lenovo Vibe K5 Appears Specs Price Philippines

Lenovo Vibe K5 finally makes its appearance in its metal-clad design that comes in brushed graphite black, gold or silver color options. Houses a 5 inch 720p HD IPS Display which should make it more manageable size for easy to carry and portability.

Here is quick unboxing of Lenovo Vibe K5!

Examining closely, all ports are located on top with 3.5mm audio jacck and  MicroUSB port. Clean is the bottom part and left side part. The Right Side only holds the volume rocker and power/lock button.

Removing the back case reveals more. It is not entirely a metal back case as its top and bottom part is polycarbonate plastic. There are pins that connects the board to the metal sheet. This might be to enhance signal strength as both wifi and cellular signals show better reception. Two (2) MicroSIM and one dedicated one (1) MicroSD slot is also found for its network and additional storage. Could see Dual Stereo Speakers that provide very loud sound system.

Underneath, is a Snapdragon 415 Octa-Core Processor with Adreno 405 GPU coupled wiith 2GB RAM and 16GB of expandable storage (up to 10GB usable storage). Lenovo is first to sold smartphone utilizing 415 and it delivered acceptable Antutu score and performance. See Antutu Below:

With Performance, we played Asphalt 8 and NBA 2K16. With Asphalt 8in high setting, it ran flawlessly. However with NBA 2K16, it is not playable on High Settings as game play was plague with lag but the game is playable in ultra low settings with reflections and shadows are off. It did run Asphalt 8 wiithout any trouble.



A 13MP Rear camera  with LED Flash  and 5MP Front camera serves its photographic features. Camera UI is just simple with only few modes and settings but its captures and outputs are of better quality with great focus, real colors and detailed.

Simple Camera UI that offers only Normal, Panorama and Effects. Full HD Video Recording with EIS is supported. Manual Settings include only White Balance, ISO and Metering.

Camera Samples Here:

Focusing is on the spot and remarkable as seen above. With a bright sunlit environment, it was able to focus on the flower alone and brought down exposure to the point the background had darken while enough highlights on the target.

Colors are on point and like real-time. Camera module has great control of light. Even with aperture size of f/2.2, outputs came out with good exposure not over exposed or under.

Daylight photos are good with better image detail. However with HDR mode, there is too much adjustments on shadows and highlights therefore even with foreground is highly detailed, clouds were washout due to high highlights.Although when it comes to Night shots, this is where the camera fails to capture details.

For its 5MP, Lenovo Vibe K5 just produce decent output in well lit conditions. This is because with aperture of f/2.8,  smaller camera hole therefore less light enters so poorly exposed selfies. You really need a steady light source.

Comes with today's standard of connectivity features such as WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS. This is a Dual Sim Handset and supports better internet connection via LTE. Like we said on the start of the article, signal strength are enhanced with the metal construction of the phone. A very good use of metal design by Lenovo.

Vibe UI is on top of Android 5.1 Lollipop. There are a few bloatware but you could easily uninstall, disable and manage via Background App Management. There are other management settings like Notificaton, Permission and App Management and Data.

There are Customization available with Themes but touch and gesture controls are missing. Other value added apps such as ShareIt is available. It's build in file manager, supports FTP to wirelessly access your files via your internet browser and wireless network.

Lenovo Vibe K5 is the cheapest Lenovo Smartphone with Theatermax coupled with enhanced Dolby Atmos for its Dual Speakers for a better sound experience. Simply just turn on VR Split screen mode launch the VR app, put on the VR kit and enjoy.

Carries a 2750mAh Removable Batttery which should give you more battery life considering its not so power hungry specifications. For heavy user, with gaming (NBA Grade games) 3-4 hours max but for casual and moderate use 6-7 hours. Charging time is 2+ hours and does not support 2A Fast charger.

Overall, Lenovo Vibe K5 is fairly good budget smartphone with solid metal built, quality performance, better camera and VR ready smartphone at budget price. It does have some of its shortcomings with only HD Display and no fast charging but Lenovo needed to cut on somethings to make this affordable. Tested VR on kids, and they found it to be good and exciting. VR kit is not included in the package so better get the 299 with Lazada. haha

Spotted Via Villman and said to retail for 6,990 Pesos which should make it the more affordable Lenovo Smartphone with great build, portable size, Snapdragon processor with LTE.

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Lenovo Vibe K5

Available via Lazada Philippines:

Lenovo Vibe K5
Android 5.1 Lollipop
Vibe UI
1.2GHz Octa-Core Processor
Snapdragon 415
Adreno 405 GPU
2GB RAM
16GB Internal Storage
Expandable via MicroSD
13MP Rear Camera
with LED Flash
5MP Front Camera
LTE Cat 4 / HSPA+ / 3G / 2G
Dual Sim Dual Standby
WiFi
Bluetooth
GPS
2750mAh Battery

Infinix Note 2 Review Benchmarks Camera Samples Sensors Price Specs Philippines

Update! Tomorrow June 29 at 12 Noon is the sale of Infinix Note 2! Click and bookmark the links below....

Finally we got hold of Infinix Note 2!

It gorgeous with its Crisscross Hair-Fine Brushed Metal Finished Curved Back. It's quite big though but is not that heavy. Upfront lies its humongous 6 inch HD Display with Notiffication Lights on top side of the front camera. Display is bright enough and acceptable color conditions. As see here with some of its small competition.

On top part lies the 3.5mm Jack; Rightside lies the power/lock and volume rock; while on the bottom is the MicroUSB port for data and charging. The Back is the Infinix Note Branding as well as the primary camera and speaker.

Package includes Infinix Note 2 Unit, Charger, Data Cable, Manuals and Warraty Card. No Headset included.

Looking beneath the back cover you will see a non-removable battery, 2 Micro Sim Slots, and dedicated MicroSD slot.

Infinix Note 2 is powered by Mediatek MT6753 Octa-Core Processor wth Mali T720-MP3 GPU coupled with 2GB RAM and 16GB Internal Storage. You do have the option to expand via its dedicated MicroSD Slot. Upon First boot up, you have at least 68% free RAM and usable more than 10GB storage. This internal setup is not new in the market but Infinix Note 2 does have a different XUI on top of Android Marshmallow offering a different kind of experience. Here is Antutu Score and Asphalt on Infinix Note 2. Tried NBA2K16 on High Settings, too much lag. However if you adjust some settings to medium and low you do to play the game at acceptable frame rates.

The XUI is staright forward UI with flat icons but comes with system management, gesture controls and customization. First boot up is just simple with selection of Language, Country, WiFi, Google Account and X Account. You could Skip WiFi to X Accont to boot on to the Homescreen in seconds.

Specs wise,it is said the Infinix Note 2 carries a 13MP with Samsung ISOCELL Sensor with PDAF supported by LED Flash and for its front 5MP 1.6μm large-pixels. Camera Interface is simple to operate by simple swiping from left to right between modes and has available filters and settings on the side. Rear Camera is capable of 1080p Video Recording while front has 720p. Per EXIF or Picture details of the samples, it indicates that both front and rear has aperture of f/2.0 which should take in more light and exposure.

Here are samples taken with Infinix.
Shots in good lighting and in daylight came out great with good details and on-point color reproduction.

This can't be said though for low light as you can see, outputs turn out to be grainy. Seems there is a need for adjustment for iso and shutter speed for auto settings.

Focus works right but you really need to tap on the thing you want get focus on. Letters are legible and minute details are clear when you zoom in.

As for Selfies, like the rear camera, Front takes good outputs with decent lightning and grainy in low light. So make sure you have light source while you take those shots.

Infinix Note 2 offers Professional Mode which should give you creative control and with little know how on right setting will give you bettter outputs and get those creative shots. Although we wished they have properly labeled shutter speed and liveview when you change the settings.

Moving on to connectivity, Infinix Note 2 offers the regular sets. WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS. It is a Dual Sim Handset and offers LTE but only Cat. 4. You can lock to 4G only  to prevent fluctuating between signals. It has USB OTG but with its built-in File Manager, it won't let you transfer between internal and external storage. A walk around would be to install ES File Explorer.

Sensors include Accelerometer, Light, Proximity, Gyro, Magnetic, Sound and Gyro. However per testing VR Cardboard App, the Gyro does'nt work.

Carries a 4040mAh Battery. While playing Asphalt for 30 mins it lost 8%. So I estimate it should run 5-7 hours graphic intensive gaming. For moderate usage, it should last you at least 2 days but with testing it lasted me 3. There are also two useful battery modes, High Performance mode fit for heavy operations and running graphics intensive apps and games and Ultra-Power Saving modes when dire need to conserved power when our at critical level.  Will do proper stress test and also fast charging.



So far, the best Phablet in its price category for just 5,990 Pesos! Pros is its 6 inch Screen Size, Optimized Performance, Clean and Functional UI, Professional Camera and Big Battery. Cons: Size as it is not pocket-friendly, USB-OTG needs to be setup, Gyro but does'nt work with VR.

It is will be available with Lazada Philippines on June 29. So be sure to bookmark which color you like below
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Infinix Note 2 X600
Android 6.0 Marshmallow
XUI (OS)
6 inch HD IPS Display
1.3GHz Mediatek MT6753 Octa-Core Processor
Mali T720-MP3
2GB RAM
16GB Internal Storage
Expandable via MicroSD
16MP PDAF Rear Camera
Samsung ISOCELL Sensor
f/2.0 Aperture

with LED Flash

5MP 1.6μm large-pixel Front Camera
f/2.0 Aperture
LTE / HSPA+/ 3G / 2G
Dual Sim Dual Standby
WiFi
Bluetooth
GPS
4040mAh Non-Removable Battery
Fast Charge 4.5A Current
Gold, Grey, Black and Silver Colors
Dimensions: 159.5 x 82.5 x 9.3mm

Lenovo Tab 3 7 3G Budget Tablet with 3G Price Specs Philippines

Lenovo Tab 3 7 inch 3G Tablet set to arrive in the Philippines soon! Now Available!

Lenovo Tab3 is new sets of great value tablets with 3G connectivity. Said to be offered in 3 sizes 7, 8 and 10. Why no 9? because 7 8 9... Get it? No? Moving on...

For the Philippine Market we get the Lenovo Tab3 7 inch first and as the name suggest has 7 inch display at 1024 x 600 WSVGA Resolution. It is well constructed with blue accent side accent and anti-slip textured back. Just comes in Ebony Black color.

Powering the device is a unnamed Mediatek Quad-Core Processor clocked 1.3GHz supported with 1GB RAM and 8GB Internal Storage. For sure that's not enough for you and so you can opt for additional storage up to 64GB via MicroSD slot.

Just basic camera features here with 2MP Rear and VGA Front cameras which should be enough for your social media shares.

As for connectivity, Lenovo Tab 3 7 has the regular sets - WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS. Has a sim card slot and so enabling the device to have phone and messaging functions as well as 3G cellular internet connection on the go.

Carries enough battery at 3450mAh.

Priced for only 3,999 Pesos! Spotted with Lazada Philippines.

Lenovo Tab 3 7 3G Tablet Specs
Android 6.0 Marshmallow
7 inch 1024 x 600 WSVGA IPS Display
1.3GHz Quad-Core Mediatek Processor
1GB RAM
8GB Internal Storage
Expandable via MicroSD up to 64GB.
2MP Rear Camera
VGA Front Camera
3G / Single Sim
WiFi
Bluetooth
GPS
3450mAh Battery

Huawei Y5 II Budget Smartphone Appears! Price Specs Philippines

Update! Seems Huawei Y5II is a big hit as per MemoXpress. Look Here:

Huawei Y5II

Huawei Y5 II new budget LTE smartphone Appears!

Small Simple but still looking grand with its rounded corners and brushed back housing. It sports a 5 inch 720p HD IPS Display that it just right for any pocketable device on the go. On its left side is a dedicated Easy Key which you can assign to launch a specific app by simple press, double-press, or press-and-hold.

Inside is a Mediatek MT6582 Quad-Core Processor with Mali 400 Graphics that is supported by 1GB RAM and 8GB Internal Storage which you can still expand via MicroSD card slot.

Just packed for necessities, it features a decent 8MP rear camera but it has an f/2.0 aperture which means better low light captures and videos. For its front it has a 2MP selfie camera which should be enough for taking profile pictures and for your video chats. Both camera has LED Flash for light support.

Normal sets of sensor here such as Accelerometer, Light, Proximity, and Electronic Compass. Same goes with Connectivity as it gets WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS. On Flip side, for the Philippine Market we get 3G variant (corrected. big shout out to readers who pinted this out) the 4G variant which supports LTE FDD and TDD.

Carries a 2200mah battery but with its modest display and specifications it should be able to last the day of moderate use and between 4 to 6 hours of heavy data or gaming usage.

Priced at only 4,990 Pesos and is now Available with Lazada Philippines. Black and Gold Colors that is. Look here:

Huawei Y5 II Specs
Android 5.1 Lollipop
EMUI 3.1
5 inch HD IPS 720p Display
1.3GHz Quad-Core Processor
Mediatek MT6582
Mali 400 GPU
1GB RAM
8GB Internal Storage
Camera
8MP Rear Camera with f/2.0 aperture
with LED Flash
2MP Front Camera
3G
WiFi 2.4GHz 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 4.0 LE
GPS
Sensors
Accelerometer, Light, Proximity, Electronic Compass
Battery
2200mAh Li-poly battery
Color
Obsidian Black/ Arctic White/Sand Gold/Rose Pink/Sky Blue
In the box
1 x Huawei Y5 II (Black)1 x Earphones1 x Charger1 x User Manual

Sony Philippines Launches Xperia X and Xperia XA Price Specs Philippines

Sony Philippines announced the launch of their new Xperia X and Xperia XA.

Starting off with their Xperia XA that still sports Sony design aesthetics with rounded frames and curved glass with dedicated camera button and power lock button with integrated fingerprint scanner. Houses a 5 inch HD IPS enhanced by Mobile BRAVIA engine 2 providing great viewing pleasures. Powering the device is a Mediatek Helio P10 Processor coupled with 2GB RAM and 16GB Internal storage with expandability microSD slot. It is equipped with Sony Exmor Sensors for its 13MP rear camera with Hybrid Auto-Focus and 8MP for its Front. Carries a 2300mAh battery which should be able to do justice with its modest specification and HD display.

On to Xperia X, which also makes use the same design cues but has more improved display at 5 inch Full HD with Sony Triluminos and X-Reality engine for more awesome visuals. For this one, Sony makes use of more powerful Snapdragon 650 with Adreno 50 GPU. Comes with 3GB RAM for memory and storage options of 32GB or 64GB that can still be expanded of course. Has better optics too with 23MP Rear Camera at 1/2.3" inch Exmor™ RS Sensor, 24mm Wide Angle G Lens, f/2.0 aperture and ISO 12800 for Low-light photography. Same goes to its front camera at 13MP with 1/3" Exmor™ RS, 22mm Wide Angle Lens, at f/2.0 aperture. Carries a bigger 2620mAh battery but with its higher specs it may be quick to drain but quick charge should solve this problem.

For both phones, you do get complete connectivity with regular WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS as well as NFC. LTE  is supported on both phones with Cat. 4 for Xperia XA and Cat. 6 for Xperia X. They both run Android Marshmallow 6.0.

Pre-Order Page

Xperia X is up for Pre-Order which will entitle you to Free Style Cover Touch (worth P2,990) and MicroUSB Dock (worth P1,990). A Downpayment of P2,000 at selected Sony Centre Concept Stores. Full payment should be paid on July 8, 2016 which is Retail price at 29,990.

Xperia XA should follow suit and will be priced for 13,990 Pesos.

Sony Xperia XA specs:
Android Marshmallow 6.0
5 inch HD IPS LCD Display
Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2
MediaTek Helio P10 MT6755 Octa-Core processor
Mali T860 MP2 GPU
2GB RAM
16GB internal storage
Expandable via microSD
13MP Rear camera with Hybrid AF
1/3" 13MP Exmor RS
With LED Flash
8MP Front camera
Sony Exmor R Sensor
88 degree Wide angle lens
LTE Cat. 4 / HSPA+ / 3G
Wi-Fi
Bluetooth 4.1
GPS, GLONASS
NFC
Clear Audio+
Clear Stereo
Clear Bass
Clear Phase
X-Loud
VPT (Virtualphones Technology)
Dynamic Normalizer
FM Radio
Stereo Recording
2,300mAh battery
Weight
137.4g
Dimensions
143.6 x 66.8 x 7.9mm
Colour
White
Graphite Black
Lime Gold
Rose Gold

Sony Xperia X specs:
Android 6.0 Marshmallow
5 inch Full HD Triluminos Display
X-Reality Engiine
Snapdragon 650 Hexa-Core processor
Adreno 510
3GB RAM
32GB/64GB Internal Storage
Expandable via microSD
23MP rear camera with Predictive Hybrid AF
1/2.3'' Exmor™ RS, 24mm G Lens F2.0, Low-light photography: ISO 12800 , Full HD 1080p Video Recording
With LED Flash
13MP front camera
1/3" Exmor™ RS for mobile sensor
22mm Wide Angle Lens F2.0
Low-light scene recognition: ISO 6400
Full HD 1080p Video Recording
LTE Cat. 6/ HSPA+ / 3G
WiFi
Bluetooth 4.1
GPS, GLONASS
NFC
High-Resolution Audio (LPCM, FLAC, ALAC, DSD)
DSEE HX
LDAC
Digital Noise Cancelling
Clear Audio+
S-Force Front Surround
Stereo Recording
2,620mAh battery with Adaptive Charging Technology
Weight
152g
Dimensions
143 x 69 x 7.7mm
Colour
White
Graphite Black
Lime Gold
Rose Gold

Samsung Galaxy On7 Price Specs Philippines

Update! Samsung Galaxy On7 is Now Available locally! Spotted via MemoXpress SM Cubao Branch!

Samsung Galaxy On7 to launch on June 15 exclusively with Lazada Philippines.

The new Galaxy On7 sports slim frame with leather-like back cover. Housing a 5.5 inch HD TFT Display that is powered by 1.2GHz Quad-Core Processor complimented 1.5GB RAM and 8GB of internal storage (4GB usable) with microSD slot for storage expansion. Which should run the latest Android 5.1 Lollipop.

For its camera features, it is equipped with 13MP Rear camera with f/2.1 aperture with LED Flash and 5MP with f2.2 aperture Front Camera.

Comes with full set of connectivity with WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS. LTE Cat. 4 cellular data is supported. It is Dual Sim handset so you have networks at your disposal. USB OTG is supported.

Carries a 3000mAh battery which is big enough for its entry level specifications that should last you more hours than other smartphones.

Priced for 8,990 Pesos. This should be a better offering than of Samsung Galaxy J3.
Exclusively be sold with Lazada Philippines. Look Here:

Samsung Galaxy On7 Specs
Android 5.1 Lollipop
5.5 inch HD TFT Display
1.2GHz Quad-Core Processor
Snapdragon 410
Adreno 306 GPU
1.5GB RAM
8GB Internal Storage
13MP Rear Camera
f/2.1 aperture
With LED Flash
5MP Front Camera
f/2.2 aperture
Dual Sim, Dual Standby
LTE Cat 4 / HSPA+ / 3G
WiFi
Bluetooth
GPS
3000mAh Battery
Gold