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Robinsons Malls formally announced their long-term partnership with the leading smartphone brand Vivo last November 27 at their Ortigas branch. The partnership commences with a promo perfectly timed for the holiday season.

Vivo and Robinsons Malls will be mounting a 200 Vivo phone giveaway exclusive to shoppers of select Robinsons Malls. This limited offering from Vivo and Robinsons Malls is a perfect uplift to the holiday spirits.

Hazel Bascon, Vivo Philippines Vice President and Head of Sales, is thrilled with the partnership. She revealed that people can expect for the Vivo branding to be visible in Robinsons Malls by way of marketing tie-ups which involve mall tours and activations.

Eunice Gonzales, Marketing and Communications Director of Robinsons Malls expressed her excitement over the partnership, “We are very excited to work with Vivo.” Ms. Gonzales said. “This is truly exciting for Robinsons because this is the first time we will be raffling off 200 cell phones with a very prestigious brand.”

A proud partner of Vivo, Robinsons Malls will be the venue in the months and years to come of Vivo events and activities, with Ms. Gonzales pointing out the Visayas and Mindanao Robinsons Malls branches in particular. When asked what Vivo’s plans are for the future, Ms. Bascon explained that Vivo is continuously investing on research and development so the brand can bring more and more premium and unique experiences to the Filipino consumers.

The Vivo and Robinsons Malls 200-phone giveaway gives Robinsons Malls shoppers a chance to win a Vivo Y55s worth P8490 or Vivo Y69 worth P10990 by simply shopping at a participating Robinsons Malls branch with a Php 2,000 worth of single receipt purchase, entitling them to a raffle coupon.

Promo runs from December 8, 2017 to January 7, 2018 at participating Robinsons Malls nationwide with a raffle draw of the 200 winners to be held on January 16, 2018. This limited offering from Vivo and Robinsons Malls is a perfect uplift to the holiday spirits.

For inquiries, visit the Vivo website at www.vivo.com/ph or check out their Facebook here.

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Vivo, a young leading global smartphone brand, has been making waves in the country since it first hit in the Philippine market on March 29, 2016. Since its entry into the local scene, the topnotch brand has vied with other strong phone brands and has proven its developing dominion amongst Filipino smartphone enthusiasts.

Last September, Vivo launched the revolutionary V7+. The V7+ instantly proved itself to be an instant hit and the best accessory for any young, hip, and out-and-about individual in the country. Known as a selfie-centric phone, the V7+ perfects all shots for clearer selfies with its 24MP front-facing camera—an industry-first— with LED flash and smart photography algorithms provides for a clear-cut, crisp, and natural-looking photo. Impressive enough, in just a span of fewer than two years, Vivo has found a well-deserved spot in a highly-competitive global arena of mobile smartphones both locally and abroad because of its innovative line of phones that are easy on the pocket.

To maintain the top position in the technology and mobile phone arena, Vivo smartphone brand and one of Qualcomm's key partners has signed a memorandum of understanding worth 4 billion U.S. dollars with Qualcomm last November 9. The said memorandum strengthened Vivo and Qualcomm's technical partnership and patent sharing and will ensure that Vivo’s position on top in the smartphone industry will maintain its momentum. With the help of Qualcomm's optimized platforms, Vivo aims to stay faithful to its commitment of delivering innovative and technologies that are at the forefront in mobile photography, gaming, smart power saving, and many more. With the ever-changing and evolving technology in the realm of communications, Vivo is also working with Qualcomm on research and development in the biometrics space with the introduction of Vivo Under Display fingerprint scanning solution based on Qualcomm fingerprint sensors at the Mobile World Congress in July this year.

This said innovative solution did not disappoint and as such, Vivo plans to continuously work on other technologies, particularly 3D facial identification, palm prints, fingerprints, iris scanning and other biometric technologies, to improve the ease-of-use and security of mobile phone biometrics.

Moreover, with the emergence of 5G, Vivo is looking closely into the significance of human-computer interaction in the 21st-century world and has planned a series of collaborative initiatives to accelerate the formulation of 5G standards. In terms of the 5G SoC (System on Chip), Vivo will also share its many years of consumer market experience with Qualcomm to provide consumers with a better and more customized user experience.

Vivo has always heavily competed to stay as the leader in technology application and consumer insights. In order to fulfill this goal and its ambition to stay at the forefront of technology by working with global partners, Vivo, in October 20, officially headway into Hong Kong and faithful to its global expansion goal into the global market, Vivo will soon introduce their top-of-the-line products to Taiwan, Singapore and Russia, as their first foray into the European market, followed by a push into the African market in early 2018.

Visit the Vivo website at www.vivo.com/ph or check out their Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/VivoPhil) for more details.

The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus offer of Smart targets new iPhone subscribers who wants easy and light payment scheme who doesn’t want to shell out a big one-time cash-out. Subscribers only need to spend a minimal initial monthly service fee of P2,699 (Plan 1999 + 700 for the device) for the iPhone 8 and P2,999 (Plan 1999 + 1,000 for the device). The Smart iPhone Plans are for value seekers who wants to experience the new iPhone without breaking the bank.

Here are the top reasons to get the new iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus from Smart:

If you’re looking to upgrade to the new iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus, with its stunning glass and aluminum design, more advanced dual 12-megapixel camera, and more powerful A11 Bionic chip, you should consider getting it from Smart:

1. Charge to bill. It’s easier to apply with Smart postpaid because you can charge the total plan inclusive of the device cost to your monthly bill. Payment of the Smart iPhone 8 and 8 Plus devices for plans 1499, 1999, 2499 and 2999 can be paid in easy 24 monthly payments versus a big one-time cash-out through the monthly postpaid bill. No need for a credit card.

On the other hand, the competitor does not offer charge-to-bill and requires a big one-time device cash-out so you need to be ready with a Php 20,999 cash or through a credit card payment.

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You can now pre-order the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus at the Smart Online Store (store.smart.com.ph) and Smart Stores nationwide, and both will be available in stores on Friday, November 17.