Cherry Mobile Candy, Candy Chat: Cheapest Androids

just wondering, di ba dapat nga mas mura ang android phone kasi it “free” compared to other phone that are not android base OS… (am i right?)

MediaTek 416MHz processor and 128mb ram? lol, pangtext lang to.. malag pa.. mag dump phone ka nalang

next please!

I’ve been looking for a Dual sim phone with 3G, preferably GPS running on Windows mobile 6.5 or 7.Anyone know where I can pick one up or have an alternative suggestion ?

Dami namang ewan sa article na to.. Ayan nga oh..
“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.”

So if you have the money to buy a higher-end phone sold by famous brands, then go ahead buy it. Don’t talk trash about other cellphone brands. Pinoy talaga.. Colonial mentality much??

Is this already available in Cebu City?

Yan dapat ang mga cellphone ng mga sosyal na nagloload!! Kung may GPS yan, I’m sold! Kung sa tibay rin lang naman, alam naman nating hindi yan ganun katibay, pero nasa gumagamit din yan. Kung maingat lang yung gumagamit, tatagal yan ng ilang taon. Wag lang magffluctuate ang kuryente habang nagcha-charge…

Sana maglabas naman silang Alpha Numeric na keypads na Android… para ang extra phone ko updated lagi ang contacts

WoW!

i find it stupid that there are people who keeps on bringing the efforts of those not so ‘better’ brands to have a piece of the ‘market’.

i agree to those who give such gadgets a chance for a review. (thanks sir Yuga! XD).

Obviously, this kinds of phones may not outrun those of Samsung Androids once nor from other Android carriers, THERE ARE MADE AVAILABLE NOT FOR THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD THE EXPENSIVE ONCE BUT RATHER TO THOSE WHO CAN’T! so hands-off WELL-OFFS!.

i’ll find it exhilarating seeing two people in the mall, a rich one and a tambay (minimum-wage-earner-hardly-afford-3xaday-meal) using the same expensive phones!. o diba, ewan ko lang kung hindi maiinis yung rich one?! XD

anyways, i dont see that it may hurt if i buy my lil’ sibling such gadgets to have the android experience. dahil for sure, its either, mawawala lang nila yung phone or mababasag ang screen, you know kids, they are just so lovable! XD

One question though, sir yuga. given the specs, how many decent game apps can we in stall to still have a decent run? for sure my siblings will be eager to install many.

thanks thanks much.

and PS, to those haters, CHILL!

Salute to Cherry Mobile for finding ways to introduce Android to the masses. :)

hindi na to masama, mura na to.

Honestly, I really want this as my secondary phone/wagayway phone when travelling on public utility vehicles :))
I don’t wanna loose my brand new Galaxy Y :D

for the price only 3k+ pesos good value to. Yung specs oo mababa kung i compare mo sa mga 10k.and up phones. At syempre hindi mo pwedeng i install dito at gamitin ang lahat ng android apps and games. Kung merong 10k app and games sa android mga 5k lang dun ang pwede at di.rin.pwede mag install ng marami. Pero yung mga simple apps and games pwedeng pwede dito! Pwede ka maglaro ng chess,word games,scrabble at mga apps na dictionary, alarm clock, memopad . Pwede ka din gumawa o pagawa ng custom apps para sa company nyo like payroll!

The thing is THIS IS A REAL COMPUTER THAT YOU CAN.USE FOR CALLING AND TEXTING NA DUAL SIM PA AND 3000 PESOS LANG!

resistive? i’ll pass.

Another garbage product. Sa mga nagcocoment na this product is for those who cant afford to buy branded na android, please maawa naman kayo sa kanila. kahit 4k lang price nito pera din yun at di napupulot lang. If you want value for your money, magtiis ka muna ng kahit isang buwan pa at bumili ka ng samsung galaxy y, at 6K.

It was so nice that there are challenger like Cherry Mobile to produce the cheapest android in the market.

wala bang Pilipino d2? Minamaliit nyo ung cherry mobile…eh ung specs na tinutukoy pwede nyo eh pampabulaklak lang ng paggamit sa isang cell phone-cum-semi-computer like gadget…mabagal man yan…magagamit mo pa rin, paano uunlan PH phones eh kung maka-comment kayo parang ibabagsak nyo ung economy natin…

hindi naman cherry mobile ang gumagawa ng mga cellphone nila na andoid, pinapalitan lang nila ng pangalan ung unit, kung mag hahanap kayo sa mga site at meron kayo mkikita ka katulad na unit, from gigabyte company.. ung ibang pinoy simple lang, ma china phone pa yan basta touch screen masaya na, meron pa nga mga naka 3310 eh, cellphone ay para sa communication, kung gusto mo mag laro mag PS3 ka, gusto mo malinaw na camera mag DSLR ka, haha… pero dahil sa low buying capacity ng market, mababang presyo at specs ang na ooffer satin, warranty at customer service, usability and quality ng product yan pinaka importante.. :D

Dual SIM : Check
Android : Check
EDGE / GPRS : Check
Qwerty : Check
Google Sync : Hopefully Check

Already have a better Android phone, just want another dual SIM phone that I will use for call/text. The Android/Qwerty/EDGE is definitely a major plus for me. At last I can finally sync my contacts on all my phones without too much of a hassle. At that price point, you just cant expect too much form it. I just hope that the battery life is acceptable :D

i agree with jomar regarding contacts! kaya lang sana hindi to katulad nung nagamit kong cherry mobile dati, sakit sa tenga kapag medyo matagal mo ginamit pang tawag kaya napilitan akong mag dual sim ng samsung, ayun mas malinaw tawag at di ganun kainit…

sa ganyang specs medyo ok na rin for basic android stuffs like those to do lists apps, camera apps (although di ako sigurado dito) baka nga mas malakas pa to sa ginagamit kong telepono ngayon eh hehe, 160MB lang kase memory nung sa akin. (galaxy spica). sana nilagyan nila ng gps, malamang magiging mabili sa mga siklista at runner kung may gps to para malagyan ng endomondo. so gps tapos backup battery sa cdr king para tumagal sa ride…

Guys, kaya nga! Ang mga kilalang brands sa China like Huawei, TCL, Lenovo, etc. ay may quality! Please don’t blame me.

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.

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

cherry mobile is not a Philippine mobile…. china phone din ito…. nilagyan lang ng bandera natin para mabenta dito sa pinas

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

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 =)

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.

@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.

anong mga apps pde ma run ng 420 mhz??? pls reply im planning to buy one

paano ba maayos tong cherry mobile Q 300 kung gumamit ka nang WIFI Response nya memory full walay lame,,,,p;lihog reply???????

I was curious if you ever thought of changing the page layout of
your blog? Its very well written; I love what youve got to
say. But maybe you could a little more in the way of content so
people could connect with it better. Youve got an awful lot of
text for only having one or two images. Maybe you could space it out better?

I’m a fan of CM Burst and Flare. Pero cheap android phone lang naman ang need nyo, bili na lang kayo ng Cloudfone for 1999. Mas higher ang specs kumpara dyan.