Never take a bad selfie again

MANILA, Philippines - Wireless services leader Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) announced an exclusive partnership agreement with popular photography app Camera360 which will provide an enhanced experience for users.

 The partnership will see the launch of a co-branded Camera360 app from Smart, giving millions of mobile users in the Philippines access to exclusive filters and scenes that bring photos to life even more on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and other social networking sites.

 “We’ve been named the texting capital and the social networking capital of the world before, and now we’re known as the ‘selfie’ capital of the world. Filipinos definitely love taking selfies, and this pioneering partnership between Smart and Camera360 will definitely take that to an entirely new level,” said Mellissa Limcaoco, innovations and product development group head at Smart.

 “Mobile photography is transforming the way people capture, compose and share the beautiful moments of their lives. By combining art with technology, we are dedicated to build an ecosystem of digital tools and services for modern creatives,” said Xu Hao, CEO of Camera360.

“Camera360 now has a global user base of more than 300 million, with over 13 million coming from the Philippines. With Smart, Camera360 will be able to share its unique mobile photography capabilities and experience with more smartphone users in the Philippines,” he added.

 One of the most popular camera apps for all types of mobile devices, Camera360 gives users the flexibility of editing photos captured with their smartphones with a variety of filters, scenes and digital tools that “beautify” their images.

 Once their edited photos are ready for the world to see, subscribers can instantly share them on social networking accounts with the help of Smart’s latest free Internet promo, which gives each subscriber 30MB of free Internet access plus unlimited Facebook surfing on their phones until Jan. 5, 2015. By texting FREE to 9999, subscribers can enjoy this promotion and share their photos with friends on the go.

 If you take and share a lot of photos and the free data allocation is not enough, users can simply subscribe to any of Smart’s exciting mobile Internet offers, such as Always ON, which are available to all prepaid and postpaid users.

By simply downloading or updating the Camera 360 app on their smartphones, subscribers can automatically enjoy using exclusive filters and scenes for their photos.

 Those who use the scenes and filters within the app will also have the chance to participate in online raffles and contests, where they will have a chance to win exclusive Camera360 merchandise.

Smart is leading the charge in making digital content easily accessible to more Filipinos using their mobile phones. With Smart, everyone can lead a fully connected life with access to content such as music (SPINNR and Deezer), videos (BLINK and ViewStream), books and magazines (Buqo), e-Sports (Gamex), and now photography through Camera360.

Smart has also recently enabled its subscribers to download apps and games and do in-app purchases through Google Play using their cellphone load, which means Android phone users can conveniently purchase and easily enjoy digital content on their phones whenever, wherever they want.