Cherry Mobile recently announced that they are giving their select Flare smartphones a price cut starting tomorrow, April 4, until April 8, as part of their Cherryfic Sail of Sales promo.
The devices that will be on sale are the following:
Cherry Mobile Flare S5 Power. From Php7,999 to Php4,999.
Cherry Mobile Flare S5 Power specs:
5.5-inch LTPS LCD @ 1920 x 1080 pixels
1.3GHz MediaTek 6753 octa-core processor
Mali T720 GPU
3GB RAM
16GB internal storage
Expandable via microSD, up to 64GB
16-megapixel BSI PDAF rear camera w/ LED flash
5-megapixel front camera
Dual SIM
4G LTE
Wi-Fi 802.11ab/g/n
Bluetooth 4.0
Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, G-Sensor
Fingerprint Sensor
GPS w/ A-GPS
6050mAh removable battery
Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Cherry Mobile Flare X2. From Php7,999 to Php4,999.
Cherry Mobile Flare X2 specs:
5.5-inch IPS LCD @ 1920 x 1080 pixels
Dragontrail Glass
1.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 octa-core processor
Adreno 505
4GB RAM
32GB internal storage
Expandable via microSD, up to 64GB
16-megapixel BSI PDAF rear camera w/ LED flash
8-megapixel front camera
Dual SIM
4G LTE
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 4.0
microUSB
Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, G-Sensor
Fingerprint Sensor
GPS w/ A-GPS
3000mAh battery
Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Cherry Mobile Flare S5 Plus. From Php8,999 to Php3,999.
Cherry Mobile Flare S5 Plus specs:
5.5-inch Full HD IPS display, 401ppi
1.3GHz MediaTek MT6753 octa-core processor
Mali T720 GPU
3GB RAM
32GB internal storage
Expandable via microSD, up to 64GB
16-megapixel BSI PDAF rear camera w/ LED flash
8-megapixel BSI front camera
Dual SIM
4G LTE (700MHz ready)
Wi-Fi 802.11ab/g/n
Bluetooth 4.0
USB Type C
Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, G-Sensor
Fingerprint Sensor
GPS w/ A-GPS
3000mAh non-removable battery
Android 6.0 Marshmallow
The promo is from April 4 to 8, 2018.
With its specs a bit outdated, prices should really go down at this point in time and onward or else these crappy phones won’t sell. It would be better if they offer their S6 line up at discounted prices.
Again, the term “discount” is just a marketing term. It would be proper to say that they are offering “Depreciated Prices” to the market for a limited time.
I’m the kind of person who is cost-conscious and rather buy the entry-level product of a brand. How would they encourage someone like me to buy their higher end products if the entry level (BEARING THE SAME BRAND) is not even at par in today’s standards? Nothing to worry since it has warranty? Yeah right… looking at the long queues in their service centers is a big turn off – such a waste of time.
Or maybe I just chose the word “discount” based on its plain definition – “a deduction from the usual cost of something”.