The high-end smartphones are gonna get some serious competition with the Cherry Mobile Magnum HD. This HTC HD2 look-alike could spoil the entry of the HTC Desire HD later this year with an unbelievable price of Php18,990.
Cherry Mobile Magnum HD
Android OS 2.2 (Froyo)
Qualcomm 1GHz processor
4.1†WVGA capacitive touchscreen (480 x 800 pixels)
512MB RAM expandable up to 32GB via microSD
3G, HSDPA 14.4 Mbps
WiFi 802.11 b/g
5 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash
720p video recording
HDMI-D Type
Front facing VGA camera
GPS/AGPS
Bluetooth 2.0
Cherry Magnum HD Price: Php18,990
A pretty decent Android smartphone. It would be interesting to pit this handset with several others already in the market — like the Samsung Galaxy S, HTC Desire and even the iPhone 4.
{via PTB}
@simplynice93
yan ang pinoy made…hehehehe humahabol sa big names
high society ka ba? obviously you’re NOT the target market of this one so don’t make comments about cheapness.. it is made to be cheap so the average filipino can have a froyo. you’re exacerbating other people’s low morale..
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@arns lugue: high society ka ba? obviously you’re NOT the target market of this one so don’t make comments about cheapness.. it is made to be cheap so the average filipino can have a froyo. you’re exacerbating other people’s low morale..
i agree with GARZ
Twitter: Daniel
says:
good phone for cherry mobile! i like cherry mobile because they create good phones unlike myphone and torque.
@Garz
Looks like you’re being defensive of your cheapness.
@Garz
Looks like you’re being defensive of your cheapness.
Cheapness begets insatiable performance, except for a few known brands like sandisk.
If I were you, I would keep my neutral comments to myself and start thinking about the ramifications of luring the people into a China phone that’s not even a pinch worthy of Android.
Oh, and Garz, here’s something to rub on your pimply face:
http://www.google.com.ph/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=cherry+mobile+sucks
Yuga himself admits that the brand’s been plagued with problems. Getting Android for their unreliable handsets is the worst cop-out these Chinese bastards have schemed.
http://www.yugatech.com/blog/mobile/cherry-mobiles-trident-plagued-with-problems/
this phone makes me feel PROUD TO BE PINOY! A PINOY MADE PHONE using an ANDROID OS!
@chinitoguy29
LOL, have you been living on the moon? These cheaply-made phones are made in poverty-drowned Shenzen factories and were just rebranded on their way to the Philippines.
Twitter: willyyu
says:
am eyeing for an Froyo phone, but I will wait for the major brand to drop their price instead, but lets see, may be some real life review can change my mind,
tama na ang minsang nagkamali akong bumili ng cherry mobile product. i will never buy again any products that has a cherry mobile mark on it.
god, ang ibang pilipino talaga ang sarap batukan sa ulo! ang mga brand na samsung dell etc.. nagsimula rin yan sa mga mumurahin, sirain ang mga laptop nila nun nung start up company plang sila kahit basahin niyo pa yung history nila. support filipino products!
@ Angus G.
open your phone, laptop, or any device you are using to post on this blog: READ: MADE IN CHINA. China’s now the number 2 economy next to the US. Get over it. Even iPad is made in China. What’s important is it’s not fake and it works.
@jan
Bobo, ang Dell products matibay na nung una pa. Ung Samsung may history na rin ng sirain yan, but please cite your sources naman para credible ang kabobohan mo.
@jan (samsung, dell, etc) but their products don’t look cheap when they started. i will only be proud with Cherry Mobile if pwede siyang ipagmalaki sa buong mundo. sirang-sira na ang pangalan ng mga pinoy sa ibang bansa, wag na nating dagdagan pa with this cheap company.
@Raymond
Whatever works for your pea-sized brain, go for it. Phones manufactured from China are different from China phones. China phones are substandard and lack precise quality control standards.
Look at it this way:
Samsung has a factory in China that has say, 500 employees that work full-time to ensure the quality of their products.
Cheap, unregulated China phone companies (from where Cherry Mobile gets their line of phones), on the other hand, only employ a bunch of Chinese rednecks to manufacture their products. Cost-cutting means reduced quality.
Global power has nothing to do here. As Warren Buffet said, China’s a bubble waiting to pop anytime soon.
Your logic seems irreverent to this blog post.
i still have my 2005 Dell Axim x51v, hanggang ngayon never pang pumalya. maraming magagandang products from china, pero yung sa mga known companies lang, yung may dinaanang quality control.
The phone is cool but I don’t think this phone can receive an updates every time Google release a new version of android. Just like any other android phones. Google don’t have control of those kind of phones. Even SAMSUNG company has lots of developers working around the clock to get the Android v2.2 working on their phones which was planned for a September release, but as you know, it’s October! how much more for this Cherry Mobile. If Google will release an Android v3, I don’t think this phone can get an update. Maybe buy another cherry mobile phone with v3? heheh
By the way, I’m using Google Nexus One, in which google has control =)
@eric
My thoughts exactly. Andaming bobong nagpopost sa site na ito. Nationalism has nothing to do with how these phones are going to perform.
@Warner
You’re right too. Cherry Mobile focuses on marketing, not on firmware/software development, so why bother buying a phone that’s not going to update anytime soon?
They Android for pricepoints and markets where they most likely be ignored. It is an attractive phone indeed, but what’s gonna stop future buyers from adding a few more pesos to get an HTC or a Samsung? Wrong move, Cherry Mobile.
Now they champion Android for pricepoints and markets where they most likely will be ignored. It is an attractive phone indeed, but what’s gonna stop future buyers from adding a few more pesos to get an HTC or a Samsung? Wrong move, Cherry Mobile.