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Cherry Mobile Cosmos X Review

The Cherry Mobile Cosmos X is the most affordable among the company’s Cosmos line of smartphones, but, does it have what it takes to be a must-buy, or are you better off saving a little bit for more? Read our full review to find out.

Before anything else, you should see our unboxing video, which showcases the included flip cover and the extra red back casing:

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Design and Construction

At first glance & touch, the Cosmos X reminds us of the Samsung Galaxy S2 – from the rounded corners, its size & its plastic construction; not to mention it also packs a Super AMOLED display.

Cherry Mobile Cosmos X

While it is indeed made out of plastic, it does feel solid. However, the premium feel is lacking here, and the protruding camera on the back isn’t helping at all.

Cherry Mobile Cosmos X

On the top side you can find the 3.5mm audio jack & the power button. On the left is the micro USB port. Over to the right are the volume controls and the single stage camera button. The bottom is clean with only the microphone to be found.

Cherry Mobile Cosmos X

We immediately changed the back casing of the phone when we got it, since it added more contrast and a unique look. Nevertheless, expect it to be prone to smudges and some creaking, as to be expected from a plastic phone of this build.

Display

The Cosmos X flaunts a 720p HD Super AMOLED display at 4.7-inches. It is very responsive and sharp, colors are saturated but not overdone, and the deep blacks are unmatchable. Viewing angles are very great too.

Cherry Mobile Cosmos X

In fact, in our use, we needed reminding that this is a 4.7-inch display as we felt that it is a very compact handset. While we prefer the IPS LCD one on the Cherry Mobile Cosmos S, this one works amazingly well too.

OS, Apps and UI

The phone runs on Android 4.2.1 Jellybean and is layered with a skin of icons, customization and CM’s apps. To put it frankly, we’re not a fan of the said icons as we already saw CM go almost stock on phones such as the Cosmos S. While their skin is still quite inconsistent across devices, the company is getting better at it at every release nonetheless.

Cherry Mobile Cosmos X

Like we’ve said, included here are CM’s usual apps and a 3rd-party keyboard. For some reason, CM wants this phone to be somewhat full of colorful & ‘cute’ design elements. Whether that looks appealing or not is up to you.

To add, the on-screen buttons are confusing too as the back and multitasking buttons are switched. You’ll just have to get used to that.

Multimedia & Camera

The speakers are found at the lower left part of the phone. It is fine for the most part; it’s not remarkably loud or clear but it’s definitely workable.

Cherry Mobile Cosmos X

Video playback on the other hand is great, especially with the 4.7-inch Super AMOLED display. The experience won’t disappoint on this one.

Cherry Mobile Cosmos X

Now, let’s take a look at that 18 megapixel BSI camera that protrudes at the top left corner of the back. Like we’ve said on our other reviews, we won’t let the megapixel count speak for the camera; let the images do that for themselves.

Cherry Mobile Cosmos X

We have to say that based on the quality of the images, the camera tends to wash out its colors. It’s also not as sharp as we want it to be. While it does succeed in making dark environments light up by a bit, we aren’t that impressed with the overall product.

Cherry Mobile Cosmos X

The same can’t be said about the video capture’s elements, and it’s slightly more inconsistent. It’s great in normal lighting – sharp & detailed yet washed out – but it drops a lot of frames in below-average lighting. See for yourself below:

Performance & Benchmarks

The CM Cosmos X is fairly fast in our use, though there are little hiccups here and there at times. It runs on a 1.2GHz quad-core CPU & 1GB RAM, just like its other Cosmos siblings, so don’t expect this to run faster or slower in real life use such as playing games, browsing the net or just breezing through the interface (benchmarks are slightly lower).

Cherry Mobile Cosmos X benchmarks

The phone scored 13,777 on Antutu, 3,987 on Quadrant & 47.1 on Nenamark 2.

Connectivity & Battery Life

With the Cosmos X, we didn’t encounter any problems with connecting to networks. It worked and handled everything just fine in our experience.

Cherry Mobile Cosmos X

In our battery test, looping video at 50% brightness & audio, the phone managed to deplete a full 100% in 4 hours, which is significantly lower than most phones we’ve tested.

Conclusion

I’m going to make this as easy as possible; we’d rather have you save a little more for CM’s other Cosmos phones. While the phone features dual-SIM capabilities, a good Super AMOLED display and a few freebies in the box, the design, UI, camera & battery is enough to make you look elsewhere.

Cherry Mobile Cosmos X

However, if you’re really sticking to a budget of Php9,999, then there you have it. If you do happen to take this phone over the others, you’re getting a wonderful (but dirt-attracting) flipcover and a red rear casing included too. Overall, this is an ‘okay’ phone with an ‘okay’ price.

Cherry Mobile Cosmos X specs:
4.7-inch Super AMOLED HD display
1.2GHz quad-core processor
1GB RAM
4GB internal storage
micro SD up to 32GB
18MP BSI camera with LED flash
8MP BSI front-facing
WiFi b/g/n
3G HSPA+
Bluetooth
GPS
Dual SIM
Android 4.2 Jellybean
1,800mAh battery
Php9,999

What we liked about it:

  • Great Super AMOLED display
  • Freebies!

What we didn’t like about it:

  • Inconsistent CM skin
  • Sub-par battery life
  • Washed-out camera
  • Dull & plastic design

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Bob Freking occasionally contributes articles to the website. He is a UST Graduate of Commerce & Business Administration, Major in Marketing Management, and a full-time Sith Lord with three dragons.

48 Responses

  1. Avatar for epyang yaya epyang yaya says:

    How can I fix my camera apps was gone.. Was uninstall pls help me?

  2. Avatar for Jen Jen says:

    speaker and mic is not working. any troubleshooting for this?

  3. Avatar for storminit storminit says:

    bakit ganun nag block out na cosmos x ko

    hnd ko nmn nabagsak un o kaya nabasa maski naipit haist mahal pa naman tas ganun lang

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      my cosmos x are blockout

  4. Avatar for rasta rasta says:

    paano po ayusin cam nto nabagsak tapos nun inopen q clicked q un cam app isnt installed .. nag download ako ng camera 360 ayun ayos lng un front cam… back cam sira po… help plsss… nireboot ko na din same thing nang yayari

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  6. Avatar for Fred Fred says:

    My COSMOS X wont switch on! What do I do?

  7. Avatar for Kimberly Kimberly says:

    Hey, nag shushutdwon magisa ung cosmos x… any ways on how to troubleshoot it?

  8. Avatar for kathleen kathleen says:

    Hi guys tanong ko lng, pano mgtake ng screenshot gamit to? tniry ko na ung power down at power button ayaw naman gumana. help pls. thanks

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