PH MidYear Unboxing

Lazada recently held its Smartphone Mid-Year Unboxing event which was attended to by affiliate bloggers and influencers. During the 2-hour session, affiliate partners were able to get their hands on some of the most recently-launched smartphones in the Philippine market. Unboxed during the event are the much-anticipated OnePlus 5, Doogee Mix and theInfinix Note 4. The OnePlus 5 which will be available on Monday, July 24 features a 20MP+16MP dual rear camera, a 16MP front camera, 3,300 mAh battery and runs on Android v7.1 Nougat. Dubbed as the ‘flagship killer’ the OnePlus 5 will cost P26,490 for the 6GB RAM/64GB ROM variant and P30,990 for the 8GB RAM/128GB ROM variant.Doogee may not be a house brand in the Philippines yet but it brings a monster phone with an incredible price. The Doogee Mix sports a 5.5 HD AMOLED screen, 64GB ROM, an 8+16MP dual rear camera, a 3,380 mAh battery, and a front fingerprint sensor. During the pre-order period from July 28 to August 3, the 4GB RAM variant will be priced at P9,995 while the 6GB RAM unit will cost P10,995. Launched just today July 21, Infinix Note 4 runs on Android 7.0 Nougat and has a 3GB RAM, 32GB ROM, a full HD 5.7" display, a 13MP/8MP shooter and a 4,300 mAh battery under its hood. Best of all, theInfinix Note 4 is only priced at P8,999. Bloggers were also able to get their hands on recently-launched smartphones such as the Samsung J7 Pro, Xiaomi Mi Max 2 and the Cherry Mobile Desire R7 Plus. Samsung’s J7 Pro, priced at P15,990, features a 3GB RAM/32GB ROM, a full metal unibody, a 5.5” Super AMOLED display and a 13MP f1.9 front and 13MP f1.7 rear camera which captures pictures well even on low-light environments. Also having a full metal unibody, theP13,599 Xiaomi Mi Max 2 has a 4GB RAM/64GB ROM, a 5,300mAh battery, a 12MP rear camera and a 6.44” IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen display. Cherry Mobile Desire R7 Plus was also reviewed and this 3GB RAM smartphone which is only priced at P5,999 sports a 5.5” IPS display, a 13MP rear camera and an 8MP front camera, and a 3,000 mAh battery. On top of these, the unboxing also included the Meizu 5S which is yet to launch in Lazada as well as some smartphones from Nary. Nary offers affordable phones such as the 826 (P3,499), F16 (P3,999) and the Nary P10 Plus which for P3,999 has a 2GB RAM/16GB ROM, and a dual rear camera.