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Samsung Galaxy A34 5G: Price, availability in the Philippines
Still an awesome midranger?
Samsung maintains its dominance in the midrange segment, bringing the Samsung Galaxy A34 5G.
The Galaxy A34 comes with a familiar look with a resemblance to the Samsung Galaxy S23 series. With this upgrade, Samsung aims to have a premium vibe and near-flagship performance at an accessible price. It now has a matte-like back panel with a prism pattern.
Awesome screen
Upfront, it has a 6.6-inch FHD+ Infinity-U display with a Super AMOLED screen. It also uses a balanced 19.5:9 aspect ratio with a 120Hz refresh rate apt for social media scrolling.
With 1000 nits of brightness and a vision booster, it’s now easier to watch and scroll under direct sunlight.
Awesome camera
Samsung takes it up a notch when it comes to photography and videography, equipping the Galaxy A34 5G with a 48-megapixel OIS f/1.8 main camera. It’s supported by an 8-megapixel f/2.2 ultra-wide camera and a 5-megapixel macro f/2.4 lens.
Its selfie shooter, found on the notch, houses a 13-megapixel f/2.2 lens.
Long-lasting battery life
With a better MediaTek Dimensity 1080, the Galaxy A34 5G delivers a 17% increase in CPU and a 14% increase in GPU. It also promises super-fast 5G connectivity and a 5000mAh battery capable of 25W fast charging.
The Galaxy A34 can get up to 52% battery on a 30-minute charge, and an 82-minute charging time for a fully-charged battery.
Awesome experience
True to its tagline, the Galaxy A34 delivers an awesome experience with more features Galaxy A is known for. From a design made with eco-friendly and recycled materials, on-point software and hardware security, a Dolby Atmos audio, and an IP67 rating for peace of mind.
It runs on One UI 5.1 and guarantees 4 times of OS updates and 5 years of security updates.
Price and availability
The Galaxy A34 5G starts at PhP 19,990 for the 128GB variant and PhP 21,990 for the 256GB variant. It comes in two colors: Awesome Violet and Awesome Black. Later this year, Samsung promises to bring the Awesome Lime colorway.
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Samsung releases teaser with Spider-Man: Brand New Day Easter eggs
Spot also teases upcoming Galaxy foldable devices
Samsung has just premiered a new spot that showcases clips directly from Spider-Man: Brand New Day, just a few weeks before the movie hits cinemas later this month.
The clip showcases Spider-Man as he fights crime and puts his phone through the wear and tear of superhero life.
In the spot, the Fabricator creates a number of devices for Spider-Man built to stand up to the pace and unpredictability of life behind the mask. This includes what clearly looks like a Galaxy Z Flip phone.
This provides a behind the scenes look into how Peter Parker ultimately landed on a Samsung phone — as fans speculated from the first trailer.
Meanwhile, Ned can also be seen using the Spidey Tracker to try and catch Spider-Man throughout the city on his Samsung phone.
The campaign pretty much formalizes Jacob Batalon — who plays Ned Leeds — as Samsung’s Team Galaxy’s newest ambassador.
The clip ends with the text “A brand new shape for a Brand New Day”, which is also a callback to what the brand has been teasing regarding the future of its Galaxy foldable devices.
Samsung to release latest devices at Galaxy Unpacked
Next week, Samsung is set to launch its latest devices at Galaxy Unpacked 2026.
Ahead of the launch, customers who wish to reserve as early as now can get a US$ 30 credit during pre-order, for a total of up to US$ 1,230 in savings.
Customers can also enter a sweepstakes for a chance to win one of 10 US$ 500 Samsung.com gift cards towards their purchase.
Normally, public betas come and go with nary a peep from anyone but dedicated fans and testers. After all, why care about a beta when the final release is likely just around the corner? This one, however, is special. Today, Apple launched the iOS 27 public beta, and it’s our first taste of the redesigned Siri AI.
Recently, WWDC 2026 unveiled Apple’s latest attempts at entering the AI segment. Whereas previous iterations to incorporate AI failed to make an impact, Siri AI promises to provide users with helpful feedback that’s actually helpful.
Now, in the public beta for iOS 27, users all over can finally access the new assistant. To get to the beta, you need to be a part of the beta program, which you can easily sign up for on beta.apple.com. Once signed up, you can get the update from Software Update in Settings. You’ll see options for a developer beta and a public beta. Choose iOS 27 Public Beta.
At face value, Siri AI offers much of what you’d get from a traditional AI-powered assistant. However, it does slightly differ because it integrates the entire phone. The assistant contextualizes your information (including emails, messages, and photos) to give you the most accurate feedback that you might need.
If that’s not enough, Siri AI also has its own chatbot app. If you’re more used to ChatGPT, the assistant should give you that bit of familiarity.
Now, if you don’t want to go for a beta, Apple is expected to launch iOS 27 in its final form sometime in September.
Gaming
Most of the world’s PlayStations will be officially useless by 2028
PlayStation’s disastrous no-disc policy is now a lot worse than you thought.
Last week, we lamented the loss of the PlayStation disc. As we described, the loss isn’t just a major blow to nostalgia for aging gamers, but it also puts a huge question mark on game ownership. Well, there’s another wrinkle that the world is slowly realizing. By deleting physical discs, PlayStation has effectively blockaded their entire service from countries without an official online store.
If you haven’t heard, PlayStation is ceasing the production of physical discs for new games starting 2028. The console will become an all-digital platform. Now, we can blather on and on about how this sucks for ownership, but all gamers will still have access to games online at the very least. Right?
Wrong.
Not every country has an official PlayStation Store or the ability to create a PSN account. In fact, a staggering amount don’t; 121 countries (or 62 percent of the entire world) don’t have official access to the online storefront.
If you live in any of these countries, you’re likely familiar with some unofficial solutions: that is, setting your country elsewhere where the store exists. But, because it’s an unofficial solution, doing this is technically against PlayStation’s policies and can result in bans.
That being said, as noted by users on Reddit, this means that, on a very technical and legal level, these 121 countries will no longer be able to buy physical or digital games starting 2028. Because of a clarified policy, you can still play older games, but if you want to play the latest Call of Duty or NBA 2K, you are out of luck.
There’s no official list of affected countries, other than those collated by others manually. But if you’ve never been able to set your own country on the PlayStation Network, you’re a part of it.
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