vivo Philippines has launched its latest flagship phone, the vivo V80. For a quick recap, the vivo V80 boasts a really interesting design that uses 3D laser holographic lithography on glass that shows a trail of stars from the galaxy. The stars only appear at certain angles, which makes it look like they are shining. That’s for the Starwish Purple. A cleaner Wander Green option is also available. Like most vivo flagships, the V80 has ZEISS-powered camera systems. There’s the 50-megapixel main camera that uses an LYTIA 700V sensor with CIPA 4.5 optical image stabilization. There’s also a 50-megapixel IMX882 telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom and 100x digital zoom, an 8-megapixel ultra-wide, and a 50-megapixel 92-degree selfie camera with autofocus. A key feature of the V80 is its large 7,200mAh battery, with fast 90W wired charging, reverse wired charging, and bypass charging. Sadly, no ultra-wide lens. On the front, there’s ...
Xiaomi sub-brand Redmi has a new big-battery sub-flagship phone, the Redmi K100. The Redmi K100 comes with a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, with up to 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM, and up to 512GB of UFS 4.1 internal storage. Xiaomi also included its dedicated D2 graphics chip and a large 3D cooling system. A large 6.83-inch AMOLED screen is on the front, with a very high 165Hz refresh rate, HDR10+ support, and a very high 9,000-nit peak brightness. There’s a pair of speakers with Dolby Atmos support and a “Tuned by Bose” branding. Easily its biggest highlight is the 10,000mAh battery, rightfully paired with ultra-fast 100W wired charging. Reverse-wired charging is also here so you can use it like a power bank. Xiaomi’s P3 and G2 Surge battery safety systems are also here. For the camera section, we have a 50-megapixel Light Fusion 800 main camera with optical image stabilization, joined by an 8-megapixel ultra-wide and 20-megap...