Samsung Gear VR now officially in the Philippines

Today’s most anticipated virtual reality gadget, the Samsung Gear VR, is finally in the Philippines.

The leader in innovation, Samsung Electronics, is blazing a new trail by creating the first consumerized virtual reality headset that will transport you to another world. True to its tradition of innovation, Samsung is the first technology company to make virtual reality more powerful and more accessible to consumers globally with its game-changing Samsung Gear VR.


Now available in Samsung Experience Stores, the Samsung Gear VR adds a new dimension to your entertainment experience bringing to life 360 photos, 2D and 3D videos and games. Fully compatible with the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge & S7, S6, S6 edge, S6 edge+ and Note5, the powerful Galaxy smartphones work together with the Gear VR to provide a truly immersive virtual reality experience.

Lightweight, comfortable, and easy to wear, you can take it with you anywhere you want to go. It is packed with a wide array of exciting content, bringing you out-of-this-world experiences, next level cinema, and the ultimate gaming experience. You can step inside the scenes of your favorite movie and walk alongside your hero from the wide array of VR-compatible movies on Netflix®.

Moreover, it offers 175 apps and over 30,000 content that you can download from the Oculus® store or access through the Samsung Internet app. With the Gear VR, you will never run out of content to match your mood and sense of adventure.

To let users discover a truly immersive experience, Samsung is offering the Gear VR for free to those who pre-order the industry-leading Samsung Galaxy S7 edge or S7 from March 4-16, 2016.

This exciting package comes with more gifts such as a one-year insurance against accidental damage and theft, and a free Micro USB connector. The Gear VR works seamlessly together with the next-level Galaxy S7 line, which comes with ultra-powerful features to provide a viewing experience like no other smartphone can.

Even better, this offer may be availed of using a zero percent installment plan for as long as 24 months (for Citibank and BDO credit cardholders), or 12 months (for cardholders of other banks).

Virtual Reality just got real with the Samsung Gear VR, now available for only P4,990 at Samsung Experience stores and authorized dealers nationwide. For more information, visit www.samsung.com/ph.

Western Digital Officially Acquires SanDisk

This October, the giant storage maker Western Digital officially acquires global flash storage maker Sandisk through acquisition of outstanding share of stocks from Sandisk. The combination is the next step in the transformation of Western Digital into a global storage solutions company that will offer wide range of storage device to different platform, for business or consumer.

The proposed combination creates significant value for both SanDisk and Western Digital shareholders. Western Digital brings a successful track record of M&A with a number of acquisitions over the last several years helping to fuel innovation, create value and strongly position the company to capture higher-growth opportunities. In addition, Western Digital's operational excellence, coupled with the recently announced decision by China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) allowing Western Digital to integrate substantial portions of its WD and HGST businesses, is expected to generate additional cost synergies.

Having that milestone, Western Digital — or WD in short — will bring next generation of storage that will be present on all of our electronic devices; from smartphone, cameras, and tablets; and a win to consumer.

About Western Digital

Founded in 1970, Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC), Irvine, Calif., is an industry-leading developer and manufacturer of storage solutions that enable people to create, manage, experience and preserve digital content. It is a long-time innovator in the storage industry. Western Digital is responding to changing market needs by providing a full portfolio of compelling, high-quality storage products with effective technology deployment, high efficiency, flexibility and speed. Its products are marketed under the HGST and WD brands to OEMs, distributors, resellers, cloud infrastructure providers and consumers. Financial and investor information is available on the company's Investor Relations website at investor.wdc.com.

About SanDisk

SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company, is a global leader in flash storage solutions. For more than 27 years, SanDisk has expanded the possibilities of storage, providing trusted and innovative products that have transformed the electronics industry. Today, SanDisk's quality, state-of-the-art solutions are at the heart of many of the world's largest data centers, and embedded in advanced smartphones, tablets and PCs. SanDisk's consumer products are available at hundreds of thousands of retail stores worldwide. For more information, visit www.sandisk.com.

Samsung Giorgio Armani SPH-W8200 Phone: Officially Released

Fashionistas and Socialite out there, thinking of a new phone to impress your friends during weekend; maybe you can check out the latest phone by Giorgio Armani. Samsung officially released the Giorgio Armani Slide Phone, SPH-W8200 model.

The phone comes with a Hybrid touch feature — texting using its keypad or touchscreen; texting with style. The Samsung-Giorgio Armani phone is equipped with a 5 megapixel camera, to capture those moment with your friends during night-out or to capture that model at the catwalk, with a panorama shooting features; it also comes with a photo studio and shooting effect features to add a little spiced to the images. It has a video recording feature bundled with video editor, to record that scene and upload it on Youtube or in Facebook.

If you are the type of person who usually travels, or on the go - like clubbing in Ibiza or that summer collection event in Paris; the Samsung-Giorgio Armani phone also comes with features like phone-call recording, autoresponder, video calls, and wifi that surely will meet your demand; and, if you want to take note of events and schedules, the phone also have a notepad and calendar tools.

It also comes with an 8 gigabyte storage with an external memory up to 16 gigabyte for importan files you want to store.

One thing that is unique about this phone is that, it comes with a flashlight — if you cannot see your way on the club you can rely on this, make sense right?

The phone is only available in Rose Gold color.

Here are the official images of the Samsung Giorgio Armani Phone SPH-W8200 model.

For the availability and price of this phone, you may check your nearest phone provider or your nearest gadget store.