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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
However, if you’re really sticking to a budget of Php9,999USD 170INR 14,445EUR 162CNY 1,241, 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 XÂ 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
Php9,999USD 170INR 14,445EUR 162CNY 1,241
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nls says:
seems like OHD2.0 is a better deal after all?
Sharingan_yeah says:
To be fucking honest, a phone which is flaunting its Super Fucking AmoLED screen surprisingly has been powered by a 1,800 mAh battery is so delusional. Ano to? Manunuod ka ng movie habang naka-charge para hindi malobat?
awdog says:
this is a worthless review tbh
I didnt get the info that I needed to know eg battery life etc
Ryan says:
Mas marami pa yung dislike ng reviewer kesa sa like. So think twice…
haggard says:
good day sir ano ang mas maganda cosmos x2 o itong x?
Rem says:
The downside of the phone is the much-hyped 18MP camera. :/
crackinthewall says:
I think it’s delusional to think there’s a Cherry Mobile skin. They are obviously rebranding these phones so these skins, if ever, are the product of either the Indian or Chinese manufacturers that made these phones. That is why some CM phones looks more similar to stock Android, some looks like TW 3.0 and some looks like TW Nature UX. The same thing is true with other local phone companies .
Zobel says:
My friend got an SKK Silver with a 5.7″ screen. It blows everything about the Cosmos X out of the water for the same price.
BiñLei says:
correction: the camera is not 18 mp, actually it is a 8 mp cmos camera
Sharingan_yeah says:
Wow. Salamat sa suporta ninyong lahat. May hater pa ko dito. More power sa’yo. Xo
Ang tatanga niyo grabe. Ang sabi ko, I’ve been an S3 user before. Ibig sabihin, hindi na ako naka S3 and I’ve switched my phone.
Ang tatanga nio umintindi ng comment. It’s my fucking opinion na kapag nanuod ka ng movie jan, malolobat agad. Jesus Christ. Books before boys kasi.
randallski says:
i just bought this unit theres only one thing i can say……… ITS GREAT.
chuchu says:
Puro kayo away ng away. kayo nlng kya gumawa ng inyong sariling phones? Pumunta nlng kyo sa korea or sa america at dun nyo ipagmalaki ang mga phones nyo.. Well this is Philippines and we salute fililino products. kahit na sa china galing to. Hindi kyo pilipino nakakahiya
jed says:
better win the LG G2 with Yugatech’s index finger challenge
http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata_player&v=QsSode7AMNU&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DQsSode7AMNU%26feature%3Dyoutube_gdata_player
Zobel says:
Hintayin nyo na lang na bumaba to next December. Just bought a Starmobile Flirt for 6.5K. Halos 10K din orig price nun.
monster says:
hello po, kakabili ko lang ng cosmos x nung friday. ee umiinit po kase sya kahit na nagbabad ako magtext . normal po ba un ?at ska po nkaka 3times ako charge a day ?:((
Dean says:
Monster and i have the same problem umiinit ang cherry mobile cosmos x q. Sadya bang ganun po… Please do reply… Thank you
titi says:
tangina nyo .. mga hampaslupa lang naman kayo eh .. away pa kayo
richardnathaniels says:
Wow… on screen buttons :D sana ganyan lahat mga cherry mobile smartphones mas gaganahan ako bumili nyan :D
Dayahahahan says:
Actually cherry mobile cosmos x is okay for me. Gusto ko yung pagkakadesign nung body saka yung super amoled display. yung problema lang kasi 1800 mAh lang yung battery. sobrang baba para sa quadcore processor.
Paul says:
I’d like to correct a single statement referring to the design of the icons:
“The company is getting better…”
Apparently, CM doesn’t do theming. The design was as is from VSUN i1s model (which is the original brand/model of the phone before they rebranded it).
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
Kimberly says:
Hey, nag shushutdwon magisa ung cosmos x… any ways on how to troubleshoot it?
Fred says:
My COSMOS X wont switch on! What do I do?
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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
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
Jen says:
speaker and mic is not working. any troubleshooting for this?
epyang yaya says:
How can I fix my camera apps was gone.. Was uninstall pls help me?