List Of 10 Great Selfie-Centric Smartphones In PH (Q3 2017)

I need to write this list but first, let me take a selfie! Just kidding! But hey, Filipinos love taking selfies so we figured that we must up the ante and provide you with the best selfie-centric phones in PH.

The selfie phones to beat in no particular order

Just know that these smartphones who, in our opinion, deliver the best selfies as of now that are currently in the Philippines. Without further ado, let's get it going!

List of selfie-centric Smartphones in PH (Q3 2017)

Cloudfone Excite Prime 2

1. Cloudfone Excite Prime 2 - At a very affordable price of PHP 5,990 the Cloudfone Excite Prime 2 boast a very impressive 8 MP sensor with a wide f/2.0 lens, portrait mode for background blur effect, beautify feature and a softlight flash for low light selfies. it delivers sharp and great quality selfies that is very impressive at this price point.

Vivo V5 Lite

2. Vivo V5 Lite - We called this the selfie machine under PHP 10K for a reason. At just PHP 8,990, the Vivo V5 Lite has a 16 MP f/2.0 with AF and softlight flash selfie camera. That is the biggest megapixel size in this price range for a selfie camera. It has a lot modes, filters, and an auto-HDR mode.

OPPO A57

3. OPPO A57 (PHP 11,990) - The OPPO A57 at PHP 11,990 also sports a 16 MP selfie camera with screen flash. The A57 delivered great quality selfies in daylight and great lighting with good color saturation and contrast. The high resolution helps in maintaining great quality even lowlight situations. Bokeh effect is also achievable with the Beauty mode available.

Vivo V5s

4. Vivo V5s - Want a bigger megapixel size? Here is a 20 MP f/2.0 Sony IMX376 dual front camera setup from the Vivo V5s priced at PHP 14,990. It also has an interesting groufie mode that allows you to move the phone left to right to capture all the faces. It has a decent bokeh effect as well. Images are sharp and of great quality to boot.

OPPO F3

5. OPPO F3 - This is my daily driver priced at PHP 15,990. Although I bought this for the 64 GB internal storage, the dual camera setup here is a great bonus for me. It has dual camera setup as the F3 Plus sporting a regular 16 MP f/2.0 lens w/AF + a 120 degrees wide angle 8 MP groufie camera. The camera features include filters including the popular bokeh effect. It has one of the best image quality in this line up.

Vivo V5 Plus

6. Vivo V5 Plus - Now here comes Vivo's big hitter at just PHP 16,990. Sporting a 20 MP f/2.0 Sony IMX376 + 8 MP w/ softlight flash dual selfie camera setup, this machine is no joke. It cna achieve a great bokeh effect and you can even refocus the image after taking the shot. It is still one of the best selfie cams on this list. There are also the Ultra HD and Pro mode for the selfie cam that can push the hardware more and produce even better images.

ASUS ZenFone 4 Selfie Pro

7. ASUS Zenfone 4 Selfie Pro - We have the Asus Zenfone 4 Selfie Pro priced at PHP 18,995. It has a dual camera setup boasting a 24 MP f/1.8 Sony IMX362 w/ Dual Pixel tech, PDAF and the ability to record UHD 4K footage. Its partner is a 5 MP 120 degree wide angle lens. It produces great quality selfies with great resolution and great color reproduction.

Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra

8. Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra - We are getting to the cream of the crop here. The Xperia XA1 Ultra has a 16 MP f/2.0 Exmor R sensor w/ AF, OIS, wide angle, Steadyshot tech and LED Flash for PHP 21,990. This is one of the few front cams that has OIS as a main feature and it shows with the quality of images it can produce. Shaky hands has no difficulty here with the Steadyshot feature as well.

OPPO F3 Plus

9. OPPO F3 Plus - The OPPO F3 Plus at PHP 23,990 during our review is the king of selfies. Today it can still compete in that regards. With a 16 Mp f/2.0 lens w/AF and a 120 degree wide angle 8 MP lens, it really is a selfie expert. it also has a lot of selfie focused features including a variety of beauty filters and a blur effect for a bokeh look. The wide angle lens allow for a really big groufie as well.

OnePlus 5

10. OnePlus 5 - Here we are with arguably the best in this list. The OnePlus 5 priced at PHP 25,990 - PHP 30,990 has a 16 MP f/2.0 Sony IMX371 sensor w/ EIS for its selfie camera. It has 9 levels of beauty mode too. They employ a 2 second and 10 second smile timer that detects if the subject is smiling before starting the timer. You just have to balance and hold the phone. It also works better in low light conditions compared to most selfie cameras on this list.

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