When Android phones first came out in the country, their price range were in the level of the iPhone. The HTC Magic was the first one to hit the country back in July 2009 and was was selling for about Php30k (Php27k on Plan 500 with Smart).
Now, there are a lot of Android smartphones that are more capable than the HTC Magic and selling for under Php10,000.
Here’s our quick round-up of handsets you can get for Php10k or less and have your Android fix (prices may vary from store to store).
Samsung Galaxy Fit S5670 – Php10,000
LG Optimus One P500 – Php9,900
Sony Ericsson X10 Mini – Php9,000
Samsung Galaxy Mini S5570 – Php8,700
Sony Ericsson X8 – Php8,100
Cherry Mobile Nova – Php8,000
LG P350 Optimus Me – Php7,900
Samsung Galaxy 5 i5503 – Php7,800
Huawei Ideos U8150 – Php7,000
Cherry Mobile Cosmo – Php6,900
As new Android handsets are introduced, more of these smartphones will become more affordable. By this month next year, we should be seeing a lot of these Android phones running 1GHz processor and will be under Php10k.
from the list above who do you think is the best?
in terms of speed, gaming, customizations and quality… which do you prefer?
huawei ideos u8150 or samsung galaxy 5?
yeah… their getting cheaper and cheaper by the minute… I sure hove that the same thing will happens to tablets.. and hopefully just hoping they won’t have any problem in naming their tablet just like this LA-Pad http://pnoy.me/1p
Ako, I’d choose Cherry Mobile Nova.. Kasi may Cyanogen support.. At least, updated phone mo parati XD
comparison would be nice, gusto malaman kung ano pinakamaganda.
multitouch?
call quality / signal strength?
camera quality?
can it play angry birds?
can you play videos directly without converting them?
battery life?
android version?
build quality?
Sometimes lower price is better than higher in performance. http://youshudno.blogspot.com/2011/02/supplements.html
hi there! im planning to renew my plan subscription and im stuck on choosing ideos U8150 or galaxy 5? which would be the best in terms of customizations? also in speed when in comes to applications and games. ive read many articles and reviews and also on xda and mad team for customizations. but i still havent decided yet. downside for galaxy 5, theres no multi touch.. and for ideos, im thinking about the low processor and the quality of the fone.. thanks in advance for those who can advice me in choosing!
Any idea what cheap Android phone that has good quality camera and video?
Thanks!
no torque phones?
which is the best?
samsung galaxy fit is the best among other cheaper android mobile phones…
just got a Huawei IDEOS U8150 yesterday
-price P6,988 (openline)
-had problem downloading apps at the start, had to factory reset but its working now.
-was able to play Angry Birds despite some reviews seen that it was slow, didn’t noticed the slowdown (yet)
-no multi-touch (tried with a NES emulator + Circus charlie and Contra and had problems running while jumping and entering Konami code) Alternate solution is to use the directional pad
-Left it at 99% charge at 3:30am, woke up at 8:30 am with 94% charge (2G mode, wifi off, gps off) and now at 10:46am its at 92% (after testing a NES emulator)
-came with 2 faceplates (cyan and magenta), prefers the magenta since the blue looks kinda drab
-Doesn’t seem to come with a memory card (not sure if its on purpose or sales took it while installing my 8gb micro SD)
-had trouble with the touchscreen keypad (probably too accustomed to hard keys) but the small screen means the keys are hard to press even in landscape mode)
-was able to test GPS and works perfectly for me
-was able to play some of my encoded videos for my previous handset (Gundam 00 season 1 & 2 both encoded 320×240 mp4 h.264 275kbps video bitrate with 64kbps bitrate audio dub)
-had problem playing 480p mkv encoded video using 3rd party software (QQPlayer and horriblesub encoded TWGOK 480p)
-charging time takes approx 3-4 hours via USB from full discharge to 100%
for multitouch read the comments on this Video
http://youtu.be/nm1HxinVZlU
And have you tried playing .avi?
sorry the touch-screen type is melfas.
slept at 11:45am – 4:00 and the battery went from 92% – 84%
also installed Swype and Better Keyboard 8 but still sticking with the default Android Keyboard. Currently looking for a free T9 based keyboard
Still looking for a 3rd party software that will alert me if I receive any message (doesn’t alert me unless via the notification sms tone)
Excellent review on the Ideos! It helped me in making my decision, thanks!
How come no Huawei or ZTE? They are cheaper
nice roundup. more Filipinos get to enjoy android technology with these affordable handsets
Something to think about:
http://www.techtree.com/India/Features/Why_You_Should_Not_Buy_Low-End_Android_Phones/551-115176-899.html
I think most people already knows that performance would not be the best BUT for the price it is enough to make people buy it and test it out.
Just owned Cherry Mobile Nova for 6 months now. So far so good naman under 8k “fair enough for me”. Its also good for tweaking and changing custom moded roms like Phantom SKY REVO/Cyanogen. This phone is one of the OEMs among other brands from other countries as well.
nice android alternatives vs HTC. how about the battery life of these units?
Mr. Yuga you also forget Alcatel, they also have android phone less than 8k
You forgot Huawei Ideos for 7,000 PHP
That’s great. below 10k means tevhnology is getting affordable yet quality has not been compromised. it’s better to see those gadgets getting cheaper.
*errata… typographical error… *Technology.
my co worker just bought samsung galaxy mini here in germany for 179euro.. thats about P10K.. way more expensive than there.. Lol