5 Best Smartphones Available in PH with LTE-Advanced

We’ve given you a rundown of 32 smartphones in the Philippines with LTE-A capability and from those, we handpicked the 5 cheapest handsets you can buy right now.  This simple guide shows you our 5 best phones from the same list based on their specifications and regardless of their price. Let’s get started.

Apple iPhone 6S Plus

Apple iPhone 6s Plus specs:
5.5-inch Full HD IPS display, 401ppi
3D Touch
64-bit Apple A9 chip
Embedded M9 motion coprocessor
2GB RAM
16GB, 64GB, 128GB internal storage\
12MP iSight BSI camera w/ 1.22µ pixels, dual-tone flash, OIS
4K video recording at 30fps
5MP BSI front camera w/ Retina Flash
LTE-A
WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, MIMO
Bluetooth 4.2
GPS, GLONASS
VoLTE
NFC
Touch ID
iOS9
2,915mAh battery
158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 mm
192g
Price: Php37,990 (16GB), Php43,990 (64GB), Php49,990 (128GB)

Huawei Nexus 6P

Huawei Nexus 6P specs:
5.7-inch WQHD AMOLED Display, 2560 x 1440 @ 515ppi
Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2.1 octa-core 64-bit processor
3GB RAM
64GB internal storage
12.3-megapixel rear camera with dual-LED flash
4K video recording
8-megapixel front camera
4G/LTE
WiFi 802.11ac
Bluetooth 4.1
GPS w/ A-GPS, GLONASS
Dual Front-facing speakers
MicroUSB Type-C port
Nexus Imprint
3,450mAh Li-Po battery
Android 6.0 Marshmallow
159.4 x 77.8 x 7.3mm (dimensions)
178 grams (weight)
Price: Php29,990

LG G5

LG G5 specs:
5.3-inch Quad HD IPS Quantum Display @ 2560×1440, 554ppi
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Processor
Adreno 530 GPU
4GB LPDDR4 RAM
32GB UFS ROM
microSD up to 2Terabytes
4G/LTE Cat. 12 up to 600Mbps
WiFi 802.11b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth 4.2
NFC
16MP rear camera (8MP wide angle)
8MP front-facing camera
2,800mAh Li-Ion battery (removable)
Android 6.0 Marshmallow
149.4 x 73.9 x 7.7mm (dimensions)
159g (weight)
USB Type-C
Silver, Titan, Gold, Pink
Price: Php34,990

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge specs:
5.5-inch Super AMOLED Quad-HD display @ 2560 x 1440 resolution, 534ppi
Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Samsung Exynos 8890 64-bit octa-core CPU 2.6GHz
Mali T-880 GPU
4GB RAM
32GB/64GB internal storage
up to 200GB via microSD (uses SIM 2 slot)
12MP Dual Pixel rear camera dual-tone, dual LED flash, f/1.7 aperture
5 megapixel front-facing camera with f/1.7 aperture
Dual SIM (hybrid), dual LTE
WiFi 802.11ac
Bluetooth 4.1
NFC
Fast Wireless Charging,Fingerprint Scanner, and Heart-Rate Sensor
IP68 rating
Android 6.0 Marshmallow with TouchWiz
3,600mAh Li-Ion non-removable battery
Black and Gold
Price: 39,990

Xiaomi Mi 5

Xiaomi Mi 5 specs:
5.15-inch full HD display @ 1920 x 1080 pixels, 428ppi
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 quad-core processor
Adreno 530 GPU
3GB / 4GB LPDDR4 RAM
32GB, 64GB / 128GB UFS 2.0 internal storage
4G+ LTE Cat. 12, up to 600Mbps
VoLTE support
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth 4.2
NFC
IR Blaster
GPS w/ A-GPS, GLONASS
Fingerprint sensor
USB Type-C
16-megapixel Sony IMX298 PDAF rear camera w/ dual-LED flash, 4-axis OIS
4-megapixel front camera
3000mAh battery w/ Quick Charge 3.0
Android 6.0 Marshmallow w/ MIUI 7
144.54 x 69.20 x 7.24 mm
129 g
Black, White, Gold
Price: Php15,000