{"id":21617,"date":"2016-02-17T10:59:56","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T02:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=21617"},"modified":"2016-02-17T11:02:39","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T03:02:39","slug":"starmobile-achieves-record-sales-with-up-ultra-engage-7i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2016\/02\/17\/starmobile-achieves-record-sales-with-up-ultra-engage-7i\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmobile achieves record sales with UP Ultra, ENGAGE 7i"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Local smartphone brand Starmobile claims the company has achieved record sales with the UP Ultra, its fastest selling LTE smartphone ever, and the ENGAGE 7i, its best selling tablet today.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21618\" style=\"width: 302px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Starmobile-Up-Ultra.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21618\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21618\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21618\" src=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Starmobile-Up-Ultra-292x300.jpg\" alt=\"Starmobile Up Ultra\" width=\"292\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Starmobile-Up-Ultra-292x300.jpg 292w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Starmobile-Up-Ultra-50x50.jpg 50w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Starmobile-Up-Ultra.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong><em>Starmobile Up Ultra<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>In addition, recent data from market research firm GfK has reported that the PLAY Neo is one of the best selling phones in its class (P2000-2999 segment) nationally for Q4 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe company attributes the strong sales of these devices to its strategy of providing high quality tech products at an accessible price, then sweetening the deal even further by delivering amazing free data offers exclusive to our customers,\u201d said Michael Chen, Starmobile Product Development Head. \u201cWith this approach, we have been able to differentiate ourselves as a Filipino tech company while fulfilling our customers\u2019 demand for a richer and more complete mobile experience that had previously not been available in the market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These best selling devices are all part of the company\u2019s Super Pack lineup, an innovative bundle offer in partnership with Smart Communications that delivers the most value-packed free data offer for consumers out of the box.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith their free data allocation for each month, our users can stay connected to friends through Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Viber, watch blockbusters on iFlix, listen to their favorite tunes on Spinnr, play cool games like Clash of Clans, among other things, all on the go,\u201d said Chen. \u201cThe value of the free data bundled with our Starmobile devices is almost equivalent to getting the phone for free!\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21619\" style=\"width: 278px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Starmobile-Engage-7i.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21619\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21619\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21619\" src=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Starmobile-Engage-7i-268x300.jpg\" alt=\"Starmobile Engage 7i\" width=\"268\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Starmobile-Engage-7i-268x300.jpg 268w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Starmobile-Engage-7i-768x858.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Starmobile-Engage-7i-916x1024.jpg 916w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Starmobile-Engage-7i.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Starmobile Engage 7i<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Over P2,400 worth of FREE DATA for 6 months with the Starmobile ENGAGE 7i tablet<\/p>\n<p>Combining the functionality of a dual-SIM mobile phone with the screen size and utility of a tablet, the Starmobile ENGAGE 7i is a 7-inch powerhouse running on Android 5.1 Lollipop. The tablet comes with a large 3,000mAh battery that\u2019s capable of up to 20 days standby time or up to 10 hours of talk time.<\/p>\n<p>Available for P3,990, the Starmobile ENGAGE 7i is bundled with a Smart Bro SUPER PACK with free 200MB\/month for surfing and other apps, equivalent to P2,400 worth of free data valid for 6 months.<\/p>\n<p>Over P3,500 worth of FREE DATA for 12 months with the Starmobile PLAY Neo<\/p>\n<p>The 5-inch Starmobile PLAY Neo sports the largest screen for an entry-level phone. It has a great 5-megapixel autofocus camera with BSI (backside illumination) which is more capable of shooting in low-light scenarios compared to non-BSI cameras. The PLAY Neo has a quad core processor allowing it to run games with ease and a large 2000mAh battery that can last for up to 4 hours for calls and 10.4 days on standby.<\/p>\n<p>While it is already affordable at P2,990, what makes it even more irresistible to consumers is that they can enjoy 700MB\/month for free (with an accumulated top-up of P150\/month), giving them P3,500 worth of free data valid for 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>Over P4,000 worth of FREE DATA for 12 months + free iFlix for 6 months with the Starmobile UP Ultra<\/p>\n<p>The Starmobile UP Ultra is a 5.5-inch 4G LTE Android smartphone and is the company\u2019s most value-packed mid-range offering yet. With Smart having the widest 4G LTE coverage in the country, users can enjoy seamless multimedia streaming on UP Ultra\u2019s clean and crisp HD screen.<\/p>\n<p>At just P6,490, the UP Ultra is bundled with over P4,000 of free LTE data services valid for 12 months plus 6 months of free access to popular streaming site iFlix (700mb\/month with an accumulated top-up of P150\/month.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local smartphone brand Starmobile claims the company has achieved record sales with the UP Ultra, its fastest selling LTE smartphone ever, and the ENGAGE 7i, its best selling tablet today. In addition, recent data from market research firm GfK has reported that the PLAY Neo is one of the best selling phones in its class [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":21618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[1281],"class_list":["post-21617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-starmobile"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}