Cosmic Technologies (Cherry Mobile) is once again challenging the Android market by introducing the cheapest Android handsets yet — the Cherry Mobile Candy and Candy Chat — at Php3,699.
These units are really cheap so we shouldn’t expect a lot from them. I guess the only reason for introducing them is that more folks can now afford to buy an Android smartphone.
On the other hand, these are dual-SIM phones too.
Cherry Mobile Candy specs:
2.8″ resistive screen @ 240×320 pixels
Dual-SIM, Dual-standby
MediaTek 416MHz processor
256MB ROM
128MB RAM
up to 16GB via microSD
WiFi 802.11 b/g
GPRS/EDGE
Bluetooth 2.1
1.3MP camera
FM radio
Android Froyo 2.2
Retail price: Php3,699
Cherry Mobile Candy Chat specs:
2.4″ resistive screen @ 240×320 pixels
Full qwerty keypad
Dual-SIM, Dual-standby
MediaTek 416MHz processor
256MB ROM
128MB RAM
up to 16GB via microSD
WiFi 802.11 b/g
GPRS/EDGE
Bluetooth 2.1
1.3MP camera
FM radio
Android Froyo 2.2
Retail price: Php3,699
Note: Photos to follow. Still looking for a CD drive to copy the press materials.
What Cherry Mobile did here was take their really affordable handsets and instead of putting the usual dumb-phone OS (those Java-type operating systems), they opted for the more popular one and installed Android in them.
paano ba maayos tong cherry mobile Q 300 kung gumamit ka nang WIFI Response nya memory full walay lame,,,,p;lihog reply???????
May nakapag root na ba sa candy ch@t.; share nyo naman pano pati na rin yung SUPERUSER na update file..
anong mga apps pde ma run ng 420 mhz??? pls reply im planning to buy one
Kindle, Nesoid (NES Emulator), KJV Bible, Daily Quotes, GTalk
Dont expect it to play games… Well for its price, dont expect too much.
One of the things I liked about it is it last 4 days (low usage) for me, IF used for lots of calls and text, around 2 days. The small screen + 416MHz uses very little power. Just dont forget to turn off WIFI. Its a major battery guzzler.
CHheap, but not worth the price…
this phone doesn’t deserve ANDROID OS.. it can do NOTHING!
android is Useless.. u made android look like CRAP..
tell me, what are the apps that compatible with this shit? (the Candy Ch@t one)
AND NO, ITS NOT NICE AT ALL..
you can’t play well in 416Mhz;
Resistive touch screen? old skul;
This Crap is Equal to a Cheap China phone, or whatever you call it..
i’m mad at my girlfriend for buying anything from cherry mobile., only stupid (in gadgets) people buy from this brand!. also on my|phone..
Pinoy talaga, low quality products ang Hilig ibenta.. tsk. ugali din pala ng China..
oh well, let the rooting begin!
@Vincent, all Android apps are based on Java.
@orange, I figured out how to get apps onto the Candy without help from the Play Store. It’s a little involved so I might post a blog about it but basically, you either get another phone for it to work or jus.t use a 3rd party app store.
java enable ba siya?
Been using the candy chat for a few months. Yes you can’t update Market, still the old market. Angry Birds plays very slow on levels that have too much things going on. Gameboid works fine with no sound, lags with sound. Zenonia 3 playable, but slightly sluggish. The camera is mediocre, the LED flash doesn’t help at all, but at least you can use the LED as a flashlight.
But at least facebook works, wifi also works. Versus normal phones (within same price range), it can load almost all sites (except sites w/ flash). Main feature that I really wanted is to sync my contacts, which works really well. Plus it’s a dual sim.
What I hate about the candy chat, the microphone. It’s place too deep inside the hole, about 2-3mm. People can’t hear me talk, had to use a headset whenever I make a call or someone calls me.
My mom just got the Cherry Mobile Candy one. It’s her first Android phone because she really couldn’t be bothered to get one kasi all she does is text and call. So far, I can’t seem to update the market app with the new Play Store. Rather slow, and ang HIRAP mag type. I was setting it up for her and I was going nuts with how almost all my key presses were missing the correct letters. And the phone doesn’t support auto screen orientation. It stays at portrait mode.
The flash is rather dumb because it isn’t really a camera flash. More like a light that is persistently open as you take shots. Also the light from the “flash” smears the left side of the picture with brightness making the images look like it was taken from a damaged cam.
The “resistive” screen is overly resistive IMO. Often times, I would press something then it wouldn’t get detected. Also the soft buttons are really uncomfortable to work with because some of them aren’t even aligned to the button images. For example, the physical menu soft button, you have to press lower than the image for it to be detected.
In fact, a cheaper Nokia phone with all the same functionalities except for the operating system could have done better. I just wished they added more thought into designing the product instead of just throwing Android into their phone shells. I would give it 2 out of 5 because it has at least a good sound output.
I’m beginning to question if it was worth the switch. I guess it would be a nice starter for her to learn how android works.
P.S. Sorry for the rant.
just bought one today for my brother.. he wants to play games.. i can handle a few seconds lag sa pag open ng angry birds coz it takes a few seconds din naman sa lg ko. so far so good. hindi lng ako sanay sa resistive screen kc sensitive ang lg ko pero other than that this phone is really nice. wag lng mg expect ng iphone like capabilities.. basta if you are looking for android na cheap, i suggest this. sana nga ito nlng binili ko hindi yung 15k LG ko na ninakaw lng lols. if you want to see photos just tell me para ma review ko sa blog ko =)
guyz ilang hours yung battery life nito? pa answer naman willing akow :D
nakakapag wi-fi ako sa candy stable naman siya. wala pa naman problema. Overall, maganda yung phone para sa mga nag hahanap ng murang android. Talagang ito yung magiging “intro” mo sa android world. may china phone nga ako tumagal ng 4 years, napamana ko pa sa kapatid ko. Nasa gumagamit yan guys. Peace out. :D
nics,
have u tried using skype on ur candy? planning to buy one for my mom para mas mura intl calls :D feedback naman po please.
thanks in advance
anu ba yan? madaling masira ang gamit kapag hindi masinop ang gumagamit.. kahit anung gadget naman basta hindi ka marunong mag alaga, eh madaling masira. Nasa gumagamit yan minsan kung paano niya aalagaan mga gamit niya. Meron akong Cherry Mobile Candy. Masaya naman ako sa performance. I can install apps and games galing sa market at kahit galing sa black market. Kung talagang android fan kayo eh dapat alam niyo kung paanu ioptimized yung mga phone niyo.
cherry mobile is not a Philippine mobile…. china phone din ito…. nilagyan lang ng bandera natin para mabenta dito sa pinas
connected na ako sa wifi pero hindi ako makakanet kahit fb or youtube ayaw gumana.. pwede po pa help..
thanks a lot..
CM candy user po
meron ako cherry mobile nabili 4000 T20 ang problema after 1 month nablackout nalang ng kusa ganyan ba talaga mga products ng cherry mobile,my waranty nga sa binilhan ko gusto ako mismo pupunta sa service center ng cherry eh sa pamasahe lang talo na ako.mauubos nalang panahon ng waranty ng T20 cherry mobile ko di pa nagagawa..dapat pag alam nyo na di quality ang products nyo wag nyo na ebenta sa tao kapwa pinoy lang tayo naglolokohan pa.kainis talaga ang cherry mobile ko walang kwenta gumagawa ng fone panay lang sila paasa at abala pa sa akin at gastos pamasahe tuwing babalikan ko till now wala pa rin 1 month na sa service center,Hoy Gising
ganyan din saken. tapos after mga 1 month mag white screen na yan after 1 or 2 days na mag oopen. hmpf!
ganyan din saken. tapos after mga 1 month mag white screen na yan after 1 or 2 days d na mag oopen. hmpf!
Agree ako pero most of the time yung brand name na lang din yung binabayaran pero syempre nandun na din kasi yung assurance na ok yung product.
you know guys the difference between cherry mobile to branded is how it was designed, ang binabayaran natin ay yung workmanship ng product.
May kanya kanyang trade secret mga manufacturers kahit China lahat galing, ang nagdesign ng mga yan either Americans or Japanese sa mga Branded at mga Chinese sa mga Entry Level na brands, na kung minsan madaming patent ang nasasagasaan na di nila binabayaran.
Think also of the quality of the mobile phone kung gaano siya magtatagal sa price tag niya. The more expensive, the more robust hardware it has.
Wag na kasi magcomment ng mga pang iinsulto sa low-end phones kanya kanya lang yan respeto lang.
Guys, kaya nga! Ang mga kilalang brands sa China like Huawei, TCL, Lenovo, etc. ay may quality! Please don’t blame me.
The Chat’s qwerty makes up for the weakest spec point (small resistive display). Given not to have to deal with typing onto a microscopic resistive softkey my stress level with this level of phone would be a lot lower. The non-qwerty Candy is total fail from the start though. 2.8″ QVGA screens are only barely tolerable if they’re capacitive.