Join Vivo Hoop Battle Championship in the Philippines and get a chance to bring home P3M in cash!

Vivo partners with Capdase PH for the Vivo Hoop Battle Championship in the Philippines. The event was launched at Vertis North Ayala last May 8 and attended by Vivo executives led by Vivo Brand director Annie Lim, Vivo Philippines VP for Sales Hazel Bascon,  AyalaLand Malls Synergies, Inc. (AMSI) Entertainment General Manager Gabby Katigbak, AMSI President Rowena Tomeldan, and Capdase CEO Alex Fong. 

If you are Filipino aged 18 years old and above, you are encouraged to join The Vivo HoopBattle Championship Philippines and may get a chance to bring home P3M in cash.


Basketball fans, listen up! The Stephen Curry-led global smartphone brand has formally launched the Vivo Hoop Battle Championship in the Philippines.

The global smartphone brand will be the official title sponsor of the Vivo Hoop Battle Championship Philippine.

The grand prize? Two groups from the Philippines will be sent to Guangzhou, China in August 2018 and play against other groups in Asia to claim the Hoop Battle Champion title.

Aside from a trip to China for a chance to play at an international basketball game, the two winning teams will get Php200,000 or Php100,000.

If the Philippine team enters the top three in the final games, they will also bring home RMB400,000 (around P3 million), RMB120,000 (around Php900,000), and RMB80,000 (around Php600,000).

The HoopBattle Championship is an annual 3x3 basketball tournament held in some districts in China and other Asian countries. In the Philippines, it will be held in various Ayala Malls in the metro.

Vivo and Ayala’s partnership was announced on April 14 during the Vivo V9 mall tour kickoff in Market! Market! Capdase is also another partner of the Vivo HoopBattle Championship Philippines.

How to join 

The Vivo HoopBattle Championship Philippines is open to Filipino teams aged 18 years old and above. Each team must be composed of a total of four members with at least two Filipino players. A team may opt to include two non-Filipino players if only they are currently residing in the Philippines. But only one non-Filipino player will be allowed to play in each game. A team may include one female player.

Applications must be submitted on June 3 at Glorietta Mall. Upon registration, all players must bring their passports, which should be valid until June 2019 at the very least so they can travel to China for the grand finals.

Only the top 48 teams will be accepted by the Hoop Battle Committee. Orientation for the games will be on June 17.

FIBA 3x3 game rules will be observed for the Vivo Hoop Battle Championship Philippines.

Top five global brand Vivo partners with Smart Communications

Smart Communications, Inc. representatives Gerard Milan and Miriam Choa, and Vivo Philippines representatives Hazel Bascon and Annie Lim smile after sealing the deal between the two companies.  



With a vision of providing the optimum smartphone experience for Filipino consumers, Vivo Mobile Tech Inc., top five premium global smartphone brand1 inked a partnership with Smart Communications, Inc., the country’s leading wireless services provider, last March 22 at the PLDT Ramon Cojuangco Building in Makati City. 

“As part of our aggressive roll-out of our LTE network across the country, we are excited to work with top smartphone manufacturers like Vivo to bring more LTE-capable devices into the local market,” said Patrick Tang, vice president and head for Smart Postpaid Brand and Device Management.

“LTE gives the best mobile data experience to our customers, and more LTE devices in the market means that more people will be able to take advantage of and enjoy the powerful LTE network that Smart is putting in place,” he added.

The branding teams of Smart Communications, Inc. and Vivo Philippines after the signing of their tie-up, which will feature Smart mobile promos. 



Meanwhile, Hazel Bascon, Vivo Philippines vice president and head of sales, said this partnership means better connections for consumers. “With this tie-up, our customers will be able to make improved connections, whether on the web or with each other, because Smart has always been known for its premium service.” 

Smart Communications, Inc. and Vivo Philippines executive hold up Vivo phones at the signing of their exclusive partnership. 

 “The high-quality features of Vivo mobile phones, combined with Smart’s exclusive promos, and speedy and reliable services, ensure a greatly enhanced smartphone experience for Filipino customers,” she added.

Also present during the signing event were Annie Lim, Vivo brand director; Miriam Choa, Prepaid marketing head; and Gerard Milan, Smart Prepaid brand marketing head.

In this tie-up, Smart will provide Vivo with LTE prepaid SIMs that will feature the following exclusive add-ons for 12 months: Free 100MB data per month upon activation of SIM, and a reward of an additional 300MB data for every accumulated P150 worth of load within a month.

The Smart LTE prepaid SIMs will be given to customers for free, for every purchase of Vivo handsets, with specific units to be announced soon.

For inquiries about this promo from Smart and Vivo, visit the Vivo website at vivoglobal.ph, or check out their Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/VivoPhil), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/vivophil/) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/vivo_phil) accounts. #
1according to International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker (http://www.idc.com/promo/smartphone-market-share/vendor;jsessionid=7595C1498F4F0FBF496CC767E273121B)

Vivo V5 Plus: The Perfect Selfie phone

Tony Labrusca and James Ryan Cesena of Pinoy Boyband Superstar

Whether you are a millenial or (trying to qualify as one) you just have to be on  Facebook, Twitter or Instagram account.

Either by choice or necessity,  social media has become part of our daily lives whether your purpose is to just chronicle your daily activities or let everyone know whats keeping you busy. Posting and sharing pictures with your new tops, makeups, or even plain exercising in the gym has become the new norm.

Me with my #bloggerfriend Ruth Floresca

If you don’t take a selfie during your vacation, eat out at a restaurant with your friends, celebrating a special day, it is almost as if it never happened. And for that you need a phone that can perfectly capture the moment.

Vivo Philippines finally launched the Vivo V5 Plus in a star-studded event last January 21 at the SM Mall of Asia Atrium.

The perfect selfie phone is the newest flagship model of Vivo, the top five global smartphone premium brand1, ideal for today’s selfie age, when millennials and even adults enjoy sharing beautifully-captured self-shots with the world of social media.

Basketball superstar Stephen Curry is the official endorser of all Vivo phones, including the Vivo V5 Plus. The NBA star earlier said he believes in the brand’s values—energy, professionalism and pleasure—all embodied in its newest flagship model.

Hazel Bascon, Vivo Philippines vice president

Full specifications of the much-awaited selfie phone were released during the much-awaited launch.

Vivo V5 Plus has the most advanced selfie-technology to date. Equipped with what is, so far, the most advanced selfie technology, Vivo V5 Plus has the world’s first-ever dual front-facing cameras. The primary front camera, a 20-megapixel IMX376, was co-engineered with top electronics company, Sony, while the secondary 8-megapixel camera was designed to collect depth-of-field information for improved self-portrait quality.

KZ Tandingan

The Vivo V5 Plus boasts an advanced selfie technology that features a ‘bokeh’ effect—a background-blurring photography filter. This is complemented by Vivo’s enhanced face beauty algorithm that allows users to take radiant selfies with no need for editing or correction, and ‘selfie soft light’ which makes selfie-taking possible even in poor lighting conditions.

As for its rear camera, Vivo V5 Plus features an impressive 1/2.8-inch 16-megapixel sensor for ultra-clear and high-quality photos.

Sound, speed and style
Aside from its stunning camera features, the Vivo V5 Plus boasts a superior sound system, using the same Hi-Fi system of Vivo’s recent flagship models, and perfected in over two years—the AK4376.

Equipped with 4GB RAM, 64GB ROM, and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor, the new Vivo model is capable of performing multiple phone tasks in a speedy and efficient manner. For a unique touch, the phone runs on Vivo’s very own Funtouch 3.0 operating system, based on Android 6.0.

Top five premium global brand Vivo to launch Stephen Curry-endorsed 20MP dual front cameraV5 Plus

Basketball superstar Stephen Curry is the face of Vivo’s newest flagship model, the Vivo V5 Plus. 

With the ‘selfie’ phenomenon at its peak and its popularity growing unabated, smartphone manufacturers have been producing phones with camera-focused features that can create the selfie worthy of being called ‘perfect’.

In fact, Vivo, one of the top five premium global brands according to data from the International Data Corporation1 is set to launch a smartphone equipped with the most advanced selfie technology to date: the Vivo V5 Plus, to be officially unveiled in a consumer and media launch on January 21, Saturday at the SM Mall of Asia Atrium.

The Vivo V5 Plus is endorsed by basketball superstar Stephen Curry, who earlier said that he shares the same core values with the brand: energy, professionalism, and pleasure.

Vivo V5 Plus, called the ‘Perfect Selfie’ phone, will be launched on January 21, Saturday, at the SM Mall of Asia Atrium. 

Dubbed the ‘Perfect Selfie’ phone, Vivo V5 Plus features dual front-facing cameras: a 20-megapixel and 8-megapixel combination, a soft-light flash that enables the user to take selfies even in poor lighting conditions, a face beauty mode 6.0 that corrects blemishes, and the “bokeh” effect—the well-loved photography filter that instantly blurs the background of any focused object. Also, the Vivo V5 Plus is equipped with a 16-megapixel rear camera.

Full specifications of the newest Vivo model will be released during the event.

Says Hazel Bascon, Vivo Philippines vice president, “We are excited that the Vivo V5 Plus is finally launching here in the Philippines, as Filipinos are known to be selfie lovers. The phone’s advanced selfie features will surely take the Filipino selfie experience to the next level.” 

Significant guests from the smartphone market, top technology bloggers, fashion and lifestyle bloggers like Verniece Enciso, singer KZ Tandingan and PinoyBoyband Superstar’s Tony Labrusca and James Ryan Cesena are expected to join in the big reveal.

KZ Tandingan

Tony Labrusca of PinoyBoyband Superstar. 

James Ryan Cesena, PinoyBand Superstar

For inquiries about Vivo V5 Plus, visit the Vivo website at vivoglobal.ph, or check out their Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/VivoPhil), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/vivophil/) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/vivophil) accounts. #