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Poll: Which locally distributed brand makes the best smartphones?

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief September 13, 2013 · 1 min read

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Last month, we ran a poll asking which global brands make the best Android phones. This time we’d like to do a similar poll for the local brands or the ones that only distribute their units in the Philippines. Head on to the poll widget below to vote.

We have the likes of Cherry Mobile, Torque and MyPhone that’s been around for 3 years or so. Then, the new players like O+ and Starmobile and second-tier names like Arc Mobile, SKK and DCT also joined in.

Pick the one which you think offers the best value for the product that they sell.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and is considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines.

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96 Comments

INFINITY · 12 years ago

MyPhone INFINITY rockz!

Jay · 13 years ago

ang xperience ko sa paggmit Cherry mobile ay nakakabwesit.. maganda at magaling sa specs ang cherry mobile pero pagdating sa hardware ehh.. may mga nasisira agad.. hindi lang sa hardware pati na rin sa signal nakakabwesit na rin..

Name: · 13 years ago

i love my phone its so durable i hat cherry mobile buwisit yun

Orange · 13 years ago

I’ve tried MyPhone. Pero tagal na, a dual sim qwerty phone na may mapa ng pinas sa likod. It surprisingly felt solid, although I hated the map and plastic back cover. Voice calls were crystal clear. Qwerty so madaling magsms. It was a dual sim and walang problema, both sims were active. Malakas din signal. Siguro 5 years na ung MyPhone na un, buhay pa. We made it our wireless landline kasi ang galing ng voice call. Ilang beses na din nabagsak, wala naman nangyari. It never had to be serviced. Since hindi pa naman sya android, charge lasts for 3 days with moderate call and sms use. I’ve also tried buying a Cherry Mobile, pero when we tried testing the unit – dun pa lang nagloko na so di ko na tinuloy since I knew about the bad reviews.

SpiderWak · 13 years ago

sir, ang dating ng tanong eh may local brand na nag mamanufacture ng smartphone. Hindi po ba rebrand lang yung mga phones nila?

boggart · 13 years ago

are we going to see any of these locals turn out a windows phone soon?

csdspeed · 13 years ago

I’m never buying cherry mobile again. Some of their products are good, but their after sales service sucks. I bought a CM fusion fire and after 2 weeks, its touch screen broke down w/o any physical damage and etc. Plus it’s very slow, runs like a dual core w/ 512mb ram. I found out the Fusion fire’s processor is not an actual Cortex A9 but a measly Cortex A5. It has been almost 2 months already and still no news about the tab. Will be buying an ipad 5, a galaxy note 10.1 (2014 ed), Or if MyPhone releases a good tab.

timawa · 13 years ago

the title of the poll should read: Which Local Brand [Rebrands] the Best Smartphones?

akucjustin · 13 years ago

MyPhone for me….simple lang …SOLID :D

chinitoguy · 13 years ago

Its Starmobile and MyPhone for me. I owned a MyPhone A888 earlier this year and it was really a solid experience. Hardware never gave up despite my heavy and abusive use. Now I own a Starmobile Icon. I’ve been using for 2 months and no problem at all both hardware and software.

johan santos · 13 years ago

yah…right…myphone and starmobile is the best among all

tmcr7 · 13 years ago

Bakit kasama yung O+? US brand daw sila sabi nila.

pwet pwet · 13 years ago

Pag meron nang sm bonus rebrand ng cellphone sa pinas tyak mananalo sa botohan kasi isang boto isang point sa smac lol.

roiji · 13 years ago

ba’t walang Cloudfone?

manziel · 13 years ago

whether it’s local brand or distro, im pretty much blown away by what Novo7tech has in the market right now.

manziel · 13 years ago

for tablets, im pretty much blown away by what Novo7tech has in the market right now.

joestar555 · 13 years ago

Reliable ba kamo?
2 lang ang reliable brand sa pinas na locally rebranded…

*Myphone
*Starmobile
.
yung Cherry Mobile e wag nyo na isama, prone sa pagka sira kahit gaano ka pa kaalaga….

-J

-Joe · 13 years ago

Sino ba ang leading ngayon dito? Yong mobile ko ngayon na ginagamit Cloudfone 430x high capacity battery.

Paki add na lang po dyan sa Cloudfone.. Salamat

Ralfred · 13 years ago

i vote myphone kc maganda ang quality and specs , and actually the performance .. kc gamit ko is a848i . so far wala pa syang problema and upgraded ko na ito sa JB .. kung qusto mo ng good quality and satisfied na hindi masisira ang phone mo .. you choose MYPHONE :)

Pero Maganda Din ang Starmobile kc sa quality niLa pero im not sure kc hnd pa ako nagkaroon ng unit niLa

wew · 13 years ago

Para sakin dabes diyan ay my|phone, mas mahal man ng kaunti sa cherry mobile, macoconsider pa rin naman siya na mura, at masisisguro mo pa na maganda ang customer service. Ang nakikita ko lang siguro na downside nito ay kakulangan nila sa pagaadvertise,tska siguro ung madalang na paglabas ng mga baging models ng phone(although ayoko rin naman na mayatmaya eh naglalabas tulad ng cherry mobile)

bern · 13 years ago

tanong lang.

bakit kailangan pa may login, di ba pwedeng vote->result na lang?

Kamote · 13 years ago

This poll is stupid. Lahat ng smartphones imported lang sa china, rebranded lang. Tanga tanga talaga

wally · 13 years ago

As a whole the best local brands are in this order

1 Cherry
2 Myphone
3 Starmobile

metre9dmt · 13 years ago

Mali ang title ng post na ito, dapat ay “Which local brand markets the best smartphone”. Tanong lang: yung may local brands ba may pagawaan ng cell phones sa pinas? di ba lahat ay galing sa tsina?

justwildheaven · 13 years ago

bakit di po kasali dito ang Cloudfone????

EZkill · 13 years ago

bakt po di ksama Cloudfone?

Kumag · 13 years ago

Eh rebranded lng nmn mga phones nila eh

abuzalzal · 13 years ago

From assembly to chassis painting, I think sa Shenzen lahat

Packaging lang yata ginagawa sa Pinas, hehe
Oo nga naman chief YUGA, mali yung title mo

lame · 13 years ago

smartphone makers??? you know better than that author.. this is a lame article..

Grumphus · 13 years ago

I think it would be difficult to get any big conclusions out of this poll. People will obviously vote for the brand they are using even if they haven’t tried competitors.

I think it would be better if Yugatech does some kinda faceoff. Take the most popular phones of each brand with competing price tags and see what excels. Yugatech has the experience with all brands so they can tell us which local brand is best in what areas (reliability, support, updates, build quality, screen, camera etc.)

abuzalzal · 13 years ago

Cherry Mobile FTW!!!
They are the only brand who can offer good-spec’d devices at a ridiculously low-price. Fusion Bolt and Flare are truly killer devices for their affordable price and no other brands could ever touch them.

Cherry Mobile > Samsung > Apple > Micro$oft

As always, laging kulelat ang Micro$oft dahil sa crappy Window$ OS, lolz.

Hate Cherry · 13 years ago

Talaga lang ha, kaya pala yung Flare ko wala pa 6 mos sira na, dinala ko sa kulungan este service center ng cherry, ayun software issue lang daw pero hindi magawa gawa, the worst service center ever, you should visit their service center in north edsa to know what im talkin about….

abuzalzalero · 13 years ago

abuzalzal tigas-titi para sa Cherry Mobile! Hahaha!

… abuzalzal c===3 CM

wew · 13 years ago

oi bobong abuzalzal hinde lang value for money ang basehan ng dabest local smartphone brand,aanhin mo ang sobrang murang phone na may highend specs kung ilang buwan lang eh sira na agad, at malabo nang maayos edi sa huli mapapamahal ka din. mas okay na ung magbayad ng mas mahal basta sure sa quality at kung may problema man ay maganda ang customer service at magagamit mo ng ilang taon.

simultaneous · 13 years ago

crappy your face! iphone with android os FTW!!!

john · 13 years ago

lol flare at fusion bolt killer devices? dami ngang defect(multitouch issues, almost 50% of sold phones have dead pixels, TN TFT LCD ang screen pero CM advertised them as IPS panel) ni flare tapos sobrang proud mo na sa phone na yan? nakahawak ka na ba ng Windows phone? kahit siguro ang single core windows phone mas lag free pa kesa dual core CM flare mo. lol.

cherrymobile. kacheapan.

im not a local brand fan pero bilib ako sa build quality ng myphone. yung myphone a888 duo(with IPS display) ng kaklase ko mas mamahalin pang tingnan kung ikukumpara sa low end phones ng LG , samsung ang even Lenovo. :D kung may plano man akong bumili ng local branded phone, ill go with Myphone :D

joestar555 · 13 years ago

yep, ang Cherry Mobile Service Center sa amin(Dasma Cavite) ay palaging puno…puro sirang Cherry Mobile ang dala..
kaya ayoko talaga sa Cherry Mobil…parang disposable Phone lang…

wew · 13 years ago

abuzalzal anu komento mo sa mga tao na nagrereklamo sa palpak na mga cherry mobile nila?

Ferdinand A · 13 years ago

I vote for MyPhone

vince · 13 years ago

no local brand AFAIK actually MAKES phones so we have to include rebranding and distribution

I have a starmobile and i chose it over O+ only because it had a free screen protector as well as dragontrail glass

those 2 are my top choices

-J

-Joe · 13 years ago

wala po akong fb, twitter at G+ na account kaya hindi po ako maka pag vote dito… oist! bawal mag flying voters dito ah.. lahat na local kasali walang reklamo guys kahit si cd r king na bulok na cellphone isali pa rin baka meron pang isa mag vovote dito. lol

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