This morning, Starmobile launches their new quad core smartphones with DTV or Digital TV, it’s the first line of Digital TV phones in the Philippines and this will enable the smartphone receive digital tv signal and deliver a clear and crisp color and also good audio quality of a tv channel. The new trend is here for smartphones, the DTV tech on mobile devices is just in the right time after the release of Digital TV signal few months ago by ABS CBN, selling their magic tv box aka the ABS CBN TV Plus digital tv box. Then GMA and TV5 followed in releasing their own digital signal. The evolution for TV is now here and mobile device brands like Starmobile follows because RF signal will be obsolete anytime soon.
Starmobile release 3 kinds of DTV phones that are DTV ready. Each of them can stream DTV channels with the use of an antennae and also its tv program app, the Starmobile DTV phones can also record the tv show when you want it, you can play back and store those episodes in the DTV phone’s memory card.
Here are the 3 kinds of Starmobile DTV phones
Starmobile Knight Vision
Specs:
OS: Android 4.4 Kit Kat
Dual Sim ready – mirco and regular sim
Processor: 1.3 ghz Quad Core ARM Cortex A7
Chipset: Mediatek MT6582
GPU: Mali-400MP2 @ 500 Mhz
Display: 5.5 inch IPS Multi Touch HD 720x 1280 pix 16M colors
Network, 2G, 3G HSPA
Memory: 2GB RAM
Storage: 16GB with up to 64GB expansion micro sd slot
Camera: Rear – 13 MP AF Sony IMX Exmor RS w/ OIS, Front – 8MP AF Sony
Connectivity: Wifi, ISDTB DTV, FM,
Battery: 2450 mah
SRP: PHP 9,990
Starmobile UP Vision
Specs:OS: Android 4.4 Kit Kat
Dual Sim ready – mirco and regular sim
Processor: 1.3 ghz Quad Core ARM Cortex A7
Chipset: Mediatek MT6582
GPU: Mali-400MP2 @ 500 Mhz
Display: 4.7 inch IPS Multi Touch HD 720x 1280 pix 16M colors
Network, 2G, 3G HSPA
Memory: 1GB RAM
Storage: 8GB with up to 32GB expansion micro sd slot
Camera: Rear – 13 MP Sony BSI with f2.0 and blue glass filter, Front – 8MP FF Samsung with front flash
Connectivity: Wifi, ISDTB DTV, FM,
Battery: 1800 mah
SRP: PHP 5,990
Starmobile UP Max
Specs:OS: Android 5 Lollipop
Dual Sim ready – mirco and regular sim
Processor: 1.3 ghz Quad Core ARM Cortex A7
Chipset: Mediatek MT6582
GPU: Mali-400MP2 @ 500 Mhz
Display: 5 inch IPS Multi Touch HD 720x 1280 pix 16M colors
Network, 2G, 3G HSPA
Memory: 1GB RAM
Storage: 16GB with up to 32GB expansion micro sd slot
Camera: Rear – 13 MP AF Sony Exmor RS IMX135, Front – 5MP AF
Connectivity: Wifi, ISDTB DTV, FM,
Battery: 5000 mah
SRP: PHP 7490
Hands on test with the three Starmobile DTV Phones
Starmobile UP Vision
At the demo booth, they showed to us the performance of their DTV phones. According to a rep. from Starmobile, you need to program the DTV app first to search for channels in your area. There are a total 18 local channels that is now DTV ready. Mostly channels from ABS CBN. TV5 and GMA 7.
If you have a ABS CBN TV Plus digital tv box, you know what I’m talking about.
The DTV phone is DTV ready and it can be used in other countries in streaming their own DTV channels to your Starmobile DTV Phone. You just need to program it and do a channel search via the DTV signal.
UP Vision and Knight Vision uses the retractable metallic antennae to catch DTV signals.
Starmobile Knight Vision is one of my favorite, because it got a bigger screen from the two DTV phones.
But….
Starmobile UP Max is a battery superior from the other two, with a power battery of 5000 mah, you can watch DTV shows for a longer time.
It got a funny antennae, converting the headphone jack into an antennae and also a plug slot at the end of it.
It’s the only Starmobile DTV phone model with a removable antennae.
You can plug it whenever you want to watch a DTV and then remove it if you are done watching a show.
Just make sure you will not loose it.
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