Vivo V15 Pro unveiled with premium features that level up user experience

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Innovative mobile phone developer Vivo has finally unveiled the V15 Pro through an event that truly leveled up to expectations by showcasing the cutting-edge features of its flagship smartphone.

Vivo vice president Cyrus Wu and vice president for channel sales Hazel Bascon welcomed the guests, including Vivo’s trade partners, to the grand launch which encouraged everyone to “Level Up with V15 Pro”.

"We must continue to elevate our product and we exhausted all possibilities in smartphone technology to bring the best user experience to consumers," said Bascon in her welcome remarks

Some of the country’s most sought-after young celebrities, as well as mobile phone and photography enthusiasts, gathered to witness the unveiling at the Grand Ballroom of Shangri-La at The Fort in Bonifacio Global City. 

Singer Julie Ann San Jose opened the event with Ciara’s “Level Up” which brought up the energy at the venue while the audience awaited the V15 Pro’s big reveal. Filipino-Canadian singer Darren Espanto, Elisse Joson and Klea Pineda added more star power to the evening.

The highlight of the event was the unveiling of the Vivo V15 Pro whose main feature, the 32MP elevating front camera, was dramatically showcased when a podium elevated from underneath the stage to reveal the flagship smartphone.

After a brief product talk which shared the unique and leveled up features of the V15 Pro, Vivo officials and the young celebrities gathered on stage for a groufie picture using the elevating front camera.

Just before the event started, Vivo already teased some of the guests about the V15 Pro’s exciting features by welcoming them to the elevating front camera photo booth and the ultra-wide angle booth. However, everyone was still surprised with what Vivo revealed next.

As if taking a cue from the thrilling performance of Darren Espanto who closed the event with his version of “Lift Off”, the stage backdrop suddenly split and opened up to reveal a grand demo area of more than 40 Vivo V15 Pro handsets, inviting everyone to discover and experience for themselves the levelled up features of the flagship mid-range smartphone.

The V15 Pro features the much-applauded 32MP Elevating Front Camera intended to take great-looking selfies. Vivo's NEX was the first model to carry this industry pioneering feature that was first showcased at the 2018 Mobile World Congress. 

From selfie to mobile photography, the V15 Pro now comes with an impressive 48MP AI Triple Camera. The buzz of artificial intelligence has been ongoing and Vivo decided to bring this emerging technology to its flagship products. The AI Triple Camera allows users to take professional-grade photographs that are clear, crisp, and natural-looking.

Landscape or group photography is no longer an issue with the 8MP AI Super Wide-Angle Camera and 5MP Depth Camera. AI will determine if people on the side are perfectly captured or not. If not, it will send a prompt to switch to a wide angle so everyone in the group shares that special moment. The Super Wide-Angle Camera can expand to 120 degrees.

V15 Pro also upgraded Game Mode 5.0 that now comes with the new Competition Mode that allocates system resources for better gaming performance and experience.

A smartphone with all these new features needs a powerful processor. Good thing the V15Pro is powered by the Snapdragon 675AIE Octa-core processor with 8GB RAM + 128GB ROM. 

The Vivo V15 carries a suggested retail price of P17,999 while the V15 Pro is at P23,999.

Vivo Ambassador Julie Ann San Jose amps up the energy the Vivo V15 launch with a booming opening number 

Level up for groufie. Darren Espanto uses the Vivo V15 Pro’s 32MP elevating front camera to snap a groufie with fellow singer Julie Ann San Jose, celebrities Elisse Joson and Klea Pineda, and Vivo executives.

Darren Espanto closes the Vivo V15 launch on a high note with top level performance.

  

Guests excitedly try the 32MP elevating front camera at the demo area of the Vivo V15 Pro launch event.

Capture the perfect shot. Aside from the elevating front camera, the V15 Pro also sports the latest AI triple camera setup—48MP main camera, 8MP wide-angle camera, and 5MP depth sensor.

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About Vivo

Vivo is a leading global technology company committed to creating trendsetting smart mobile innovations and services. Vivo is devoted to forming a vibrant mobile internet ecosystem, and currently owns and operates an extensive network of research operations, with R&D centers focusing on the development of cutting-edge consumer technologies including 5G, AI, mobile photography and next-generation smartphone design.

In recent years, Vivo has taken frequent efforts in the sports field and is committed to promoting the mutual penetration of the brand’s diverse fields and diversifying its brand image. Vivo Philippines announced its partnership with the NBA by the end of 2017.

Currently, Vivo has over two hundred million users enjoying its mobile products and services around the world. Vivo is present in 18 markets globally and features offline retail stores in over 1,000 cities worldwide. In the Philippines, Vivo is the top3 smartphone brand in terms of market share with 1.5 million users nationwide.

Exciting deals await SAMSUNG customers in Lazada’s 7th Birthday Mega Blowout Sale!

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It’s Lazada’s 7th birthday!

To celebrate the milestone of Southeast Asia’s e-commerce website, Samsung whips up exciting treats for everyone.

Catch great promos and discounts when you shop from any of Lazada’s partner merchants from March 27, 2019, 12 AM to 2 AM only. Global technology leader Samsung offers irresistible and awesome products from its official store on Lazada.com.ph.

Stay ahead of the latest innovative Samsung mobile devices. Get premium accessories for free when you purchase any of this year’s lineup of top-of-line smartphones, including the cutting edge Samsung Galaxy A50, supercharged M20, and groundbreaking Galaxy S10 or S10+.

Recreate your entertainment hub with the Samsung 65” Curved UHD TV, 49” UHD TV, 43” and 32” LED TVs, with price reductions of up to 45% for a fully immersive viewing experience. Moreover, monitors come with special vouchers for a more affordable theater room.

Cherish the moments with the family with the help of Samsung Digital Appliances. These home partners are equipped with features that promise to help customers nurture their loved ones. Purchase Samsung refrigerators and washing machines with a whopping 20% discount. This will help provide the best care for the family while spending less.

Don’t miss out on these special treats! Mark your calendars and visit lazada.com.ph/shop/samsung for more information about this celebration.

ASUS CELEBRATES THE LAZADA 3.3 BIRTHDAY SALE ON MARCH 27 WITH LIMITED-TIME PRICE DROPS ON ZENFONE AND ZENPOWER FAVORITES!

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Lazada Philippines is celebrating its 7^th year this whole month of March, and ASUS Philippines joins in on the birthday bash. On Wednesday, March 27 get the whole gang ready for exclusive, limited-time, discounted offers on crowd-favorite, photography-centric ZenFone products from the ZenFone 3 Series and ZenFone 4 Series. In addition, some of the renowned Battery Kings from theZenFone Max family are joining the sale too, as well as a couple of ZenPower products.

Lazada’s 7^th year is going to be a one-of-a-kind celebration, with jaw-dropping offerings on ASUS’ smartphones and power banks. Check out the list below for the rundown of ZenFones and ZenPowers available during the Lazada 3.3 Birthday Sale:

PRODUCT KSP LAZADA SRP SPECIAL PRICE! ZenFone Max Pro M2 ·        5,000 mAh Battery Capacity ·        35 Days Standby Time ·        Qualcomm™ Snapdragon™ 660 ·        4GB RAM/64GB ROM ·        12MP Sony IMX486 sensor + 5MP Depth Effect Dual Rear Cameras with 13 AI Scene Detection PHP 12,995 March 27 (Whole Day Special Price) PHP 11,190 Flash Sale (Stay tuned for schedule announcement on March 27) PHP 10,990 ZenFone Max Pro M1 ·        5,000 mAh Battery Capacity ·        35 Days Standby Time ·        Qualcomm™ Snapdragon™ 636 ·        3GB RAM/32GB ROM PHP 8,995 March 27 (Whole Day Special Price) PHP 8,290 (First 20) PHP 8,695 (Succeeding) Crazy Brand Offer (March 27 @ 12AM-2AM) PHP 7,790 (First 20) PHP 8,295 (Succeeding) ZenFone 4 ·        12MP + 120-degree Dual Rear Camera ·        Qualcomm™ Snapdragon™ 660 ·        6GB RAM/64GB ROM PHP 14,990 March 27 (Whole Day Special Price) PHP 13,695 Crazy Brand Offer (March 27 @ 12AM-2AM) PHP 13,290 ZenFone 4 Selfie Lite ·        3GB RAM/32GB ROM ·        13MP Selfie Camera with Softlight LED Flash ·       SelfieMaster™ Technology ·        2GB RAM PHP 5,995 March 27 (Whole Day Special Price) PHP 5,695 Flash Sale (Stay tuned for schedule announcement on March 27) PHP 5,495 Crazy Brand Offer (March 27 @ 12AM-2AM) PHP 5,495 ZenFone 3 Zoom ·        5,000 mAh Battery Capacity ·        42 Days Standby Time ·        Sony IMX 12 MP ·        2.3x Zoom Lens ·        Rose Gold (Pink) PHP 11,295 March 27 (Whole Day Special Price) PHP 10,990 Crazy Brand Offer (March 27 @ 12AM-2AM) PHP 9,990 ZenFone 3 Laser ·        4GB RAM/64GB ROM ·        13MP Ultra-fast 0.03s Laser Auto-focus Rear Camera ·        Sony IMX Sensor PHP 7,495 March 27 (Whole Day Special Price) PHP 6,590 Flash Sale (Stay tuned for schedule announcement on March 27) PHP 5,995 ZenPower 10050 ·        10,050 mAh Battery Capacity ·        Safety Assurance with ASUS PowerSafe Technology ·        Bumper Case Colors: Gold, Black, Silver PHP 895 March 27 (Whole Day Special Sale) PHP 819 (Black) PHP 749 (Gold/Silver) Crazy Brand Offer (March 27 @ 12AM-2AM) PHP 809 (Black) PHP 739 (Gold/Silver) ZenPower Slim 3000 ·        3,000 mAh Battery Capacity ·        Safety Assurance with ASUS PowerSafe Technology PHP 499 March 27 (Whole Day Special Sale) PHP 395 #ZenFone, #ZenPower, #LazadaTurns7, #Lazada7Birthday

Thousands of motorcycle riders nationwide join Unity Ride vs Double Plate Law

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120,000 motorcycle riders nationwide came together Sunday to hold what is currently the biggest Unity Ride ever, this time to show their outrage against the recently signed double plate law which the riders tagged as anti-poor. 

"We are not criminals,' say motorcycle riders at the 'Unity Ride' against the Republic Act 11235 or the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act of 2017, authored by Sen. Richard Gordon and Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III, which was signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte last week.

RA11235 aims to address the rising number of crimes perpetrated by motorcycle-riding gunmen, particularly these riding in tandem by making their two-wheeled vehicles more easily identifiable.

The law thus mandates the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to issue bigger reflectorized license plates which must be placed in both front and rear parts of the motorcycle. The plate numbers should be big enough to be readable even from 12 to 15 meters away.

The motorcycle riders cited safety issues as their main concern over RA11235. The front-mounted plate may become detached due to several factors including vibration, wind, or just simply the failure of the material to hold the plate. This poses a big risk to both the motorcycle rider and the pillion, as well as to pedestrians and other road users.

The riders also claimed that there were no proper consultations from experts and motorcycle riders to determine whether installing bigger plates on both front and back is feasible or safe, and if it is even applicable to all types of motorcycles.

“Old and new motorcycles don't have the provisions for a front-mounted plate. Adding a bracket outside of factory specifications will surely pose a big risk for the riders, their passenger, and even the pedestrians,” stressed Jobert Bolaños of the Motorcycle Rights Organization (MRO). "And not all motorcycles have the same front design that can accommodate stickers or decals which takes away uniformity. And without uniformity, there is subjectivity," Bolaños added.

"Motorcycle riders have been hampered by several ordinances and laws that sometimes we think that we are being outcast in our own society," Rod Cruz, chairman of the Arangkada Riders Alliance, stated. "RA11235 is by far the worst law of all so you cannot blame us for doing this nationwide call for fairness and equality. Please do not treat us like criminals."

The motorcycle riders all claimed that motorcycle-riding criminals would still be able to commit crimes by simply taking off the license plates, as the criminals have always been doing, or simply using fake license plates to mislead authorities.

The authors of the law were earlier quoted as saying that by increasing the size and visibility of the motorcycle plates to be able to read the plate numbers from a distance, witnesses and law enforcement agencies are aided in the identification of motorcycle riders who are involved in accidents or criminal activities.

"Safety is of paramount importance to Angkas. That is why we do not agree with the provision requiring the installing of big metal plates at the front of motorcycles,” noted Angkas Head of Regulatory and Public Affairs George Royeca, whose Angkas rider-partners came in the thousands to join the Unity Ride.

"I hope they can find a safer alternative that will not compromise the safety of the riders and the passengers," he added. 

“This piece of legislation is discriminatory, considering that most motorcycle riders belong to the masses and they are not only tagged as criminals, they are made to suffer the consequences for things they didn’t do,” Bolaños stressed. “This law is both oppressive and anti-poor.”

LG Launches Laundry Love: On National Women’s Month, LG empowers alpha-males to do the family laundry with LG washers

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Even with more women joining the workforce, studies have shown that a bulk of the housework is still relegated to the women. 

This is known as “the second shift”, where the family structures are still holding on to traditional roles in gender equality with regard to the chores that the women are still expected to do. One of them is the laundry. This takes up so much time and energy that women often feel that they no longer have time to take care of themselves. Aside from the stereotypes that many Filipinos grew up with, where it was the norm to leave all the homecare duties to the women, another reason that men give as to why they don’t help out is that they don’t know how to do the household tasks properly.

The innovative technologies designed for LG Home Appliances make chores, such as doing the laundry, easier to accomplish - and surprisingly pleasant – especially for men who are trying to do it right for the first time. 

LG’s line of smart appliances with features that offer powerful solutions for tasks often perceived as complicated, such as efficiently doing the laundry for clothes that are clean and even allergy-free. 

This Women’s Month, LG reinforces its commitment to women empowerment by ensuring that its smart home technologies are attuned to the constantly changing and dynamic needs of both women and men who use them. LG’s Laundry Love is an advocacy that wants to give them the opportunity to show that they can and should get the job done, with washing machines that are powerful and packed with innovative features.

To demonstrate that alpha-males, and even working dads can do it, motoring expert James Deakin, actor/model Eric ‘Eruption’ Tai, and PBA’s ‘Ironman’ LA Tenorio went onstage at the LG Laundry Love campaign launch to wash their family’s clothes.

James, who is used to running at high speeds, used the LG Front Load washer with Turbo Wash technology, with a unique jet spray for excellent washing performance in less than an hour. 

Eric, who just had a baby with wife Rona, used the LG Top Load washer with its Baby Steam Care function that offers deep clean for baby clothes, along with Allergy Care that removes 99% of allergens to care for his newborn's sensitive skin. 

For LA, who values his time off from his games, the LG Twin wash was a perfect match because it let him wash his just-used basketball jersey at the same time his children’s clothes. With all these convenient cleaning features and more that are available on the LG smart technology washing machines, it is easier to get the men of the family involved in doing the laundry.

During the Love Laundry campaign launch, LG managing director Inkwon Heo shared, “At LG, we believe in using technology to simplify life and to save time. Our washing machines are top-of-the-line products that are designed to make doing the laundry less complicated and more energy efficient. It is with our hope that the men of the household will see doing the family laundry less as a chore, but more as a way of showing support for their loved ones.” LG’s Laundry Love campaign also wants men to be able to feel that they can contribute to running the household. Through this, the traditional gender roles in the household will become a thing of the past, and with the children, the next generation growing up to see that their fathers are able to take on more responsibilities at home, it will be the norm, rather than the exception. 

LG also opened its doors on the same day to the residents of Barangay Maybunga in Pasig to do their laundry at the LG office using the powerful washers. It is the company’s way of giving back to communities, with the aim of making clean laundry accessible, LG will be rolling out the mobile laundry van soon in the different barangays of Metro Manila.

For more information about the #LGLoveLaundry campaign and to see the lineup of LG’s washing machines, log on to lg.com/ph, like @LGPhilippines on Facebook and follow @LGPhilippines on Instagram.