After 1 week of voting, our Tech NewsMakers winners have finally been selected by our 1,363 qualified voters (before the 12am cutoff). 313 out of total voters qualified for our raffle as they completely voted for all the categories.
Special thanks to Aircast for broadcasting Tech Newsmakers to 79 Aircast modules nationwide. Also to our developer partners, GamePlan, for co-developing Blip Track to determine the nominees, and Blippy to let our followers vote.
Meanwhile, here are your winners:
Winners were determined by the number of votes via our Messenger bot. To avoid bias, nominated products appeared randomly per category. For the vote counts, you may click this.
Gadget Accessory of the Year
- Tronsmart Edge 10000
- Samsung Gear VR with Controller (WINNER)
- ASUS ROG Gladius II Gaming Mouse
- ASUS ROG GT-AC5300
- Roku-powered Tvolution
Game of the Year:
- PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds (PC)
- Horizon Zero Dawn (PS4)
- Super Mario Odyssey (Switch)
- Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch)
- NBA 2K18 (WINNER)
Budget Smartphone of the Year
- Cherry Mobile Flare S6 (winner)
- Cloudfone Excite Prime 2
- Starmobile Up Prime
- Samsung Galaxy J3
- Huawei Y5 (2017)
Low Mid Range Smartphone of the Year
- Samsung Galaxy J7 Core
- OPPO A71 (winner)
- VIVO Y55s
- Huawei GR3 (2017)
- Cherry Mobile Flare S6 Selfie
- ASUS Zenfone 4 Max
- Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X
High Mid Range Smartphone of the Year
Flagship Smartphone of the Year
- Samsung Galaxy Note 8
- ASUS Zenfone 4
- Apple iPhone X
- Huawei Mate 10
- Nokia 8
Smartphone of the Year
- OPPO F5 (winner)
- VIVO V7+
- Samsung Galaxy Note 8
- Apple iPhone X
- Huawei Nova 2i
Gaming Laptop of the Year
- ASUS ROG Zephyrus GX501 VI 1080 Max-Q Design (winner)
- Acer Predator Triton 700
- MSI GT75VR
- ASUS ROG GL503 Strix Scar Edition
Consumers’ Choice Award
- OPPO F5 (winner)
- VIVO V7+
- Huawei Nova 2i
- Cherry Mobile Flare S6
- Nokia 8
- Samsung Galaxy Note 8
- Apple iPhone 8 Plus
Local Tech Brand of the Year
- Cherry Mobile (winner)
- MyPhone
- Cloudfone
- Starmobile
Tech Newsmaker Company of the Year
- VIVO
- OPPO (winner)
- ASUS
- Cloudfone
- Cherry Mobile
- Samsung
- Voyager Innovations
- Huawei Mobile
EDITORS’ CHOICE AWARD
SOCIAL BRAND OF THE YEAR
PR AGENCY OF THE YEAR
MINOR AWARDS
- Best Social Media Activation: OPPO National Selfie Day
- Best Mouse: ASUS ROG Strix Evolve
- Best Consumer Laptop: ASUS Zenbook Pro UX550VE
- Best Monitor: ASUS ROG Swift PG248Q
- Best Graphics Card: ASUS ROG Strix GTX1080 11G
- Best Design (Smartphone): Huawei Mate 10
- Best Keynote/Presentation: Samsung Galaxy Note 8
RAFFLE WINNER
We can now finally reveal the smartphone we will give away. We intentionally didn’t announce the model during the polling period to avoid bias to the brand and product. Special thanks to MediaTek for sending an OPPO F5 for our giveaway.
Here’s our polling process for your reference. All voters who completely voted in all categories are qualified to win.
Congratulations to all the winners! We can’t wait for 2018 to start!
Giancarlo Viterbo is a Filipino Technology Journalist, blogger and Editor of gadgetpilipinas.net, He is also a Geek, Dad and a Husband. He knows a lot about washing the dishes, doing some errands and following instructions from his boss on his day job. Follow him on twitter: @gianviterbo and @gadgetpilipinas.
