HUAWEI MatePad 12 X (2026) Review
After giving you all the 31 smartphones available in the Philippines that support LTE-Advanced, we narrow down the list by handpicking the 5 cheapest handsets among the bunch. Of course, the following devices are purchasable here in the country. Let’s get to them!
Samsung Galaxy A8 (SM-A800F) specs:
5.7-inch FHD Super AMOLED display, 386ppi
1.8GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 octa-core 64-bit CPU
2GB RAM
32GB internal storage
up to 128GB via microSD
16MP rear camera w/ LED flash
5MP front camera
4G LTE Cat.6, 3G
WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n
NFC
Bluetooth 4.1, ANT+
GPS, A-GPS
Fingerprint scanner
3,050mAh battery
Android 5.1.1 Lollipop w/ TouchWiz UI
158 x 76.8 x 5.9mm
151g
Black, White, Gold
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) specs:
5.2-inch FHD (1920×1080) Super AMOLED display
1.6GHz Octa Core
2GB RAM
16GB internal storage
up to 128GB via microSD
13MP rear camera, f/1.9 aperture, OIS, LED flash
5MP front camera, f/1.9
Dual-SIM option
LTE Cat.6
WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n
Bluetooth 4.1
ANT+
USB 2.0
NFC
Fingerprint scanner
Android 5.1 Lollipop
2,900mAh battery w/ Fast Charging
144.8 x 71.0 x 7.3mm
155g
Huawei Honor 6 Plus specs:
5.5-inch Full-HD IPS display, 1920×1080 pixels @ 401ppi
1.8Ghz HiSilicon Kirin 925 octa-core processor
Mali-T628 MP4 GPU
3GB RAM
Expandable 32GB internal storage
Supports up to 128GB via microSD card
4G LTE Cat.6 300Mbps/50Mbps
Dual-SIM, Dual-LTE
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 4.0 LE, A2DP EDR
NFC
GPS w/ A-GPS, GLONASS
FM Radio
Dual-8MP rear camera with LED flash
8-megapixel front-facing camera
Li-Ion 3,600mAh battery
Android 4.4.4 Kitkat (Emotion UI 3.0)
Dimension: 150.5 x 75.7 x 7.5 mm
Weight: 165g
LG G Flex 2 specs:
5.5-inch P-OLED display @ 1920×1080 pixels
Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 2.0GHz 64bit octa-core processor
Quad-core ARM Cortex A57 2.0GHz and quad-core ARM Cortex A53 1.5GHz
Adreno 430 Graphics
2GB or 3GB LPDDR4 1600MHz RAM
16GB or 32GB internal storage
Up to 128GB via microSD card
LTE Cat.6 , HSPA+
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA
Bluetooth 4.1
NFC
GPS with aGPS support, GLONASS
Stereo FM tuner
3,000mAh Li-Polymer battery
Android 5.0.1 Lollipop
Huawei Honor 6 specs:
5-inch IPS LCD full HD display @ 1920 x 1080 resolution, 441ppi
Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Kirin 920 octa-core processor (4 x ARM Cortex A15 1.7GHz and 4 x A7 1.3GHz cores)
Mali-T624 GPU
3GB RAM
16GB internal storage
up to 64GB via microSD card
HSPA+, LTE Cat. 6 300Mbps
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, dual-Band
13MP rear camera with Sony IMX214 sensor and f/2.0 aperture
Dual-LED flash
5MP front camera
IR Blaster
GPS with aGPS support
Android 4.4.2 KitKat with Emotion UI 2.3
Li-Ion 3100mAh battery
139.8 x 68.8 x 7.5mm
135 grams
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Easy E says:
💠 Supremacy🏆3
you dont really need lte-a
wtf says:
🌱 Noobs🏆1
wala bang less than php 10,000 na handset…sabagay, limited area coverage lang ang smart lte-a at ubod ng mahal pa kaya pang-may kaya lamang ito…3g coverage nga sa buong bansa, wala pa nga dahil may ibang areas na hanggang 1g (gsm) to 2g (edge) lamang na minsan nawawala pa…waiting for san miguel’s network to go up and challeng the duopoly…
Factcheck says:
🌱 Noobs🏆1
Ang GSM ay hindi 1G. GSM and EDGE are both 2G.
anon says:
🌱 Noobs🏆1
The local Galaxy A8 has an Exynos 5430, not the Snapdragon 615 (I asked the sales people at Samsung SM North before).
Micael Angeles says:
🥉 Rookie🏆1
cheapest yet you start at 24,990 which is exactly not cheap. If that is your price point you should have included Ascend Mate 7. It supports lte cat 6
willard says:
🌱 Noobs🏆1
Sa boracay lang ata meron nyan. Mabilis nga limitado nmn sa 1gb lang.
Peejay says:
🥉 Rookie🏆1
Those are cheap?
zzee says:
🌱 Noobs🏆1
haha. feel you bro
Christian Lord says:
🌱 Noobs🏆1
is this the new definition of cheap now?
Lorenzo E Lacanilao says:
🌱 Noobs🏆1
Please add Xiaomi Redmi note 3 “pro” to the list. Thank you! It runs at Cat 7 LTE which supports lte advanced and is priced at 10,500 at Widget city
devilboy says:
🌱 Noobs🏆1
is CAT4 counted? although it has only a max speed of 150Mbps still it is LTE-A supported am I right?
Darkwing Duck says:
🌱 Noobs🏆1
Based on your own recent articles, this article should now include Alcatel Flash Plus 2 because it has 4G LTE Cat. 6. And AFP2 should now be the cheapest handset in this article because, as you said, it will sell the lower version (2gb/16gb) for Php6,990. Is this correct?
Jubby says:
🌱 Noobs🏆1
Cheapest 24,000……?? mahirap talga intindihin pag blogger lang hindi writer
yssah says:
🌱 Noobs🏆1
pls update for 2017
lem calzado says:
🌱 Noobs🏆1
Hahaha..this site is laughable…you can say it is cheap for the price above 10K?
What is this yugatech
Carl Lamiel says:
🥉 Bronze🏆1
Cheapest = Most affordable. LTE-A is only available for most high-end smartphones as of the time of writing which was in April 2016.