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Cherry Mobile G1 Watch Phone first impressions

Barely 4 days before Christmas when Cherry Mobile officially announced that the Cherry Mobile G1 Watch Phone. We wanted to purchase a unit in SM North EDSA but, when we arrived there, we we’re disappointed as all the units were pre-sold already.

Due to the increasing interest in wearable tech, a lot of users became curious about this locally-branded watch phone primarily because of its call functionality and affordable price. Now that we have purchased one, here’s our initial impression of the device.

Official Packaging

Upon opening the box, you will be greeted with its standard packaging which includes the charger and unit. Since the G1 doesn’t have a 3.5mm headset jack, Cherry Mobile was generous enough to bundle it with a Bluetooth headset. Keep in mind the unique charger for the Bluetooth headset that is similar to Nokia Phones.

The watch phone looks like a kid’s watch or a watch with calculator because of its color and design. The build of the strap is fully made of rubber and the smartphone is made of solid plastic. The watch feels light where it’s around 60 grams in weight so it doesn’t feel heavy when worn. The screen is a 1.44” TFT LCD with a resolution of 128×128 pixels; nothing impressive compared to the OLED displays of other smartwatches but sufficient enough for personal viewing of the display.

Upon opening the back cover you will see the 400mAh battery, of course given the size they can only fit that much capacity. We will see how the battery will perform in full review of the device.

Inside are two sim slots and a micro-SD slot which can go up to 8GBin capacity. We learned though that the phone doesn’t have an internal storage so you will really need a micro-SD for your multimedia content or even using the camera to save your photos.

Besides the resistive touchscreen to navigate, you have a slide alpha-numeric keyboard and navigation keys. Using the touchscreen display needs some learning curve as you will most likely use your thumb to navigate. Since the screen is small, your thumb will already cover around 60% of the screen which makes it hard to touch exactly what you want to touch.

If you’re shy using the Bluetooth headset provided you can use the earpiece on top where you can use receive calls just like a regular cellphone. The earpiece also acts as the loud-speaker; however we think it’s a bit weak so you might depend on the vibration for notifications.

On the right side you have the VGA Camera, Volume toggle switch and Call button to answer calls even if the keyboard is hidden. Unfortunately there is no 3.5mm audio jack to listen using your own audio equipment, perhaps its due to the small size of the device. Also, we noticed that the FM Radio needs a headset plugged in but due to the fact that there is no slot, then it’s a waste of feature to include in the first place.

On the left side you have the Micro-USB port and microphone. We tried connecting the watchphone to our laptop but unfortunately due to the thick body of the phone, the micro-USB head can’t reach the slot. Otherwise, you can still use the provided charger to charge the device, which is quite inconvenient as you need to bring the cable to charge the device.

It’s really interesting that the market is starting to appreciate more of the wearable technology. So we’re really interested if the Cherry Mobile G1, being the 1st local watchphone in the market, can really start a trend here.

Cherry Mobile G1 watchphone specs :
Dual Sim/Dual Standby
Dual Band GSM (900 / 1800 MHz)
GPRS / WAP 2.0
Resistive Touchscreen 1.44″ TFT LCD Display (128×128 Pixels)
VGA Camera
FM Radio (Not Working since no headset Jack)
Music / Video Player
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
Micro-USB (Up to 8gb) / Mass Storage
SRP: Php1,699

Check out our full review soon for the Cherry Mobile G1 watchphone to check if this one of a kind phone is worth the investment.

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68 Responses

  1. Avatar for ftw ftw says:

    for the win nb toh? think not :))

  2. Avatar for tuned-in tuned-in says:

    Wearable technology has been with us decades ago. Just ask Casio. And they might come up with a G-Shock series that has call-text functions.

  3. Avatar for wtf wtf says:

    pano ka mag ttxt jan habang suot? para kang tumatwag ng outfit mo pang power ranger!

  4. Avatar for Jacinto Jacinto says:

    ang sakit ng mata kooooo X_x

  5. Avatar for elah elah says:

    ang shonget shonget kayaa

  6. Avatar for superwoman superwoman says:

    super pang bataaa power rangers task force! hahaha

  7. Avatar for fanatic fanatic says:

    whuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut!

  8. Avatar for psionicd psionicd says:

    Puro sold out mga shops pero wala naman akong nakikitang naka ganito sa daan. Gusto ko din sanang maging Red Ranger.

  9. Avatar for gelgelicious gelgelicious says:

    “Peebo, lunch the Biodragon!”

  10. Avatar for grammar police grammar police says:

    Abe should really invest on a qualified proofreader. Ay, haha di nga pala “tech” yun.

    • Avatar for wew wew says:

      @grammar police oo nga mas maganda kung may makukuha sila para iwas bash na din sa kanila…pero kung wala man dahil sa kung anu mang dahilan eh ok lng naman sa tingin ko…hindi naman grammar ang habol dito eh kundi ung nilalaman.

  11. Avatar for Alex Alex says:

    Sold out na?
    Ano bang meron sa gadget na ito at marami ang may gusto?

  12. Avatar for tao tao says:

    you would really be irked by the mistakes in the grammar but that is fine as i understood his point.

    this product could have been better if it was water-resistant, hindi naman cgru malaki ang tataasin sa presyo.

  13. Avatar for Marlon Ellazar Marlon Ellazar says:

    sa market market meron pa at sa robinson galleria

  14. Avatar for Bootfetch Bootfetch says:

    Baka pwedeng gamitan ng blue tooth headset para gumana ang radio?

  15. Avatar for Toto Toto says:

    Grabe, napuntahan ko na halos lahat ng branch sa Luzon, sold out daw. Gift ko sa sarili ko to, pang selfie man lang.

  16. Avatar for PineappleExpress PineappleExpress says:

    This is such a poorly-written article grammar-wise. Tech-wise, it’s honest and simple.

    • Avatar for Richard Richard says:

      Yeah its lacking a bit of those “,” but I understand the article well nevertheless. I agree that the article is honest.

      I’m looking forward to the review of this one.

  17. Avatar for Mr. JJ Mr. JJ says:

    God this article is full of grammatical errors. Please consider editing your article.

    • Avatar for Edwin C Edwin C says:

      Sir, are you a teacher? Do you realize that this here is the internet? You can rant, you can swear, you can even say( or write ) that “F” word wherever and whenever it is necessary. And, yes, you can even blog in wrong grammar! So who the mothafucka cares about sommabitch wrong grammar yo? You smart up or get out of this page. You feel my drip yo mothafucka yo?

    • Avatar for boybakal boybakal says:

      instead of you criticising other people’s blog, why don’t you make your own blog instead?! matapang kang mag-criticize sa gawa ng iba kasi nagtatago ka behind the cloak of anonymity. kung talagang magaling ka, ilagay mo tunay mong name sa mga comments mo. kung makapag-criticize ka eh akala mo kung sino kang perpekto. aysus!

    • Avatar for grammar police grammar police says:

      typical Filipino mentality. point out their mistake and they go berserk instead of acknowledging the fact.

    • Avatar for Mr. JJ Mr. JJ says:

      For the first two idiots who replied on my comment, fuck you sons of bitches! Your butt got hurt because of being too sensitive on facts? Why don’t you two douchebags study but I bet you don’t have the fuckin’ money to put your asses off a decent school. If the two of you aren’t blind, you should have checked that there were no destructive words to rip the writer’s morale. Mag aral nga kayo mga tarantado.

    • Avatar for tmcr7 tmcr7 says:

      Tama sila brad. Gumawa ka na lang ng sarili mong blog na may perfect grammar. Hindi ito academic paper.

    • Avatar for Jejeemon Jejeemon says:

      Ajejeje, Grave Ka Naman Poh Koya. Pa ingles ingles kah pah, Siguroh po Isa kang matabang tao na naka sa higa kama na walang magawa sa buhay at ang alam nang nila mang gaggo sa internet..LOL Kung naka pagaral ka nga sa astig na school ehh ang ugali mo parang gaggo. wala rin. siguro yun lang ang talent mo sa buhay, “Mang gago sa internet” Jejejejejeejejee

    • Avatar for Mr. JJ Mr. JJ says:

      @Mr.Jejeemon,

      Ulol, tama nang arkila sa internet shop. Better spend that on food to strengthen your brain cells asshole.

  18. Avatar for Tonee Tonee says:

    well, I just wished that CM didn’t make it as a dual-sim phone, you don’t need two sims in that kind of watch phone. very promising though

  19. Avatar for wew wew says:

    sir ang alam ko may mga earphones na microusb ang dulo imbes na 3.5 mm ang alam ko may ganung earphones sa ibang cherry mobile handsets baka pede po un para mapagana ung fm radio =)

    • Avatar for PineappleExpress PineappleExpress says:

      I quote: “On the left side you have the Micro-USB port and microphone. We tried connecting the watchphone to our laptop but unfortunately due to the thick body of the phone the micro-usb head can’t reach the slot. So you can only use the provided charger to charge the device, which is quite inconvenient as you need to bring the cable to charge the device.”

    • Avatar for wew wew says:

      @PineappleExpress di naman lahat ng microusb head eh makakapal, ang alam ko eh may mga di naman ganun kakapal ung gilid ng nung mismong usb tska hindi po ganun kakapal ung head ng sinasabi kong earphones.

  20. Avatar for Joseph Joseph says:

    Is that water resistant??

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