Cherry Mobile W900: The Dragon Phone for Php9,999

Cherry Mobile is set to launch a new mid-range Android smartphone next week they aptly called “The Dragon Phone” because of the 1.2GHz Qualcomm SnapDragon chip that came with it.

This 4-inch smartphone isn’t really a successor to the Magnum HD or the Magnum 2X but more of a parallel release as an affordable but decently spec’ed handset.

Cherry Mobile W900 specs:
4-inch capacitive display @ 480×800 pixels
Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 1.2GHz processor
Adreno 205
512MB RAM
1GB internal storage
up to 32GB via microSD (8GB included)
HSPA+ 21Mbps
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi hotspot
Bluetooth 2.1
GPS w/ aGPS support
DLNA certified, DivX, Dolby Digital Plus
5MP rear camera w/ 720p HD video recording
VGA front-facing camera
Android 2.3 Gingerbread

If I am not mistaken, this could be the same chip that was used in the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and the HTC Incredible last year.

I failed to check the battery capacity but my guess is that it will be around the 1500mAh rating which is the norm. We’ll post more details once we get more time during the May 3 launch event.

The W900 should be available in Cherry Mobile store nationwide next week with a suggested retail price of Php9,999USD 170INR 14,445EUR 162CNY 1,241.

Abe Olandres

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 considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

50 Comments

MItee de la Cruz says:

13 years ago

It looks like Magnum Ice Cream Phone :D
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Kristen says:

13 years ago

Kindda weird…in the picture it shows the phone bears the”T” logo seen on korean phones…
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benchmark says:

13 years ago

Sir yuga, check on the screen resolution, its just 80, its typo.

Anyway I didn’t know 10k would be affordable for a cherry mobile user. Well I hope the quality is worth it.
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coachjojoc says:

13 years ago

Cherry phones have a 30% breakdown rate. This from a friend who works at a major appliance distributor/reseller.
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Gams says:

13 years ago

It won’t last for a year like all cherry mobile phones.A year ago I got this Q7 blackberry bold look-aliked fone but, sadly, lasted only 5 months and beyond repair.What a junk!
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GORIO says:

13 years ago

Is this chinese? why buy chinese products? even for 1000 pesos this is very expensive for a day use. and the chinese will use the profit in spratly. wake up Philippines.. LOVE OUR COUNTRY
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raveb says:

13 years ago

Cherry Mobile and Android: match made in heaven talaga.
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2toyzki says:

13 years ago

Ganda ng specs at mura na sya sa 10k… pero dapat mahawakan ko muna test unit before i buy.. 10k is 10k kaya dpt masiguro ko muna quality nyan.
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Mr. Curious says:

13 years ago

HELLOoooo! CHERRY MOBILE SUCKS PERIOD!

It’s like a brand of disposable cheap (well this one’s not that cheap) handsets…
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ken says:

13 years ago

,.,ok dn tong phone nah to eh,.,.,.kc ung fnrd ko sa cherry mobile myron xang gnito un nga lng.,,.d xa gnun ka blis.,.,kompara sa windows phone 7.5 kung samsung focus,.,.nong nag web browse kmi..,.,gmit tong w900,.,.lge talo.,.pati nah boot up,.,.pero mgnda xa malinaw dn camera,..,.,
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Bisita says:

13 years ago

Parang di mura ang 10k for a cherry…
Nokia 3310 na lang kung need mo lang pangtext. :D
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trull says:

13 years ago

wakanga, ako galit tsina man ako. Lahat halos gawa tsina kasi yun lang kaya pela ninyo. Tapos kayo leklamo? Pati kayo made in tsina!
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pinoypride says:

13 years ago

Huwag tangkilikin ang gawang tsekwa!
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hirohito says:

13 years ago

Mga bakero kayo! Bakit ayaw niyo sa Intsik?
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Irv says:

13 years ago

specs look good on paper. but build quality is suspect. and support is probably abysmal.

oh yeah, and probably no software updates ever.
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Eco says:

13 years ago

Hello not all Chinese are bad guys just like Filipinos. It just happen that their political leaders right now are “masama and swapang”.
I believe there are many chinoy out there like me who are also against this kind of aggresion.
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heaver says:

13 years ago

Tested the unit kanina and i would say the unit is promising…sobrang gaan and the screen is so fluid..its just that the build is so plasticky and look cheap like the rest of the cm phones…nakuha na rin ng cherry mobile ang Ainol and they will realease rebranded ics tablets soon…
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sherwood says:

13 years ago

I think the phone is promising but for the price of 10k i would rather buy branded phones. :)
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eric says:

13 years ago

ibaba nila ng 5k yan bibili ako..pero hangang hindi pa nangyayari yun, maghintay muna ko.
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Paolo says:

13 years ago

10K for something with 1.2GHZ of processing power? You can’t go wrong with that! :D

Oh, wait. It’s a Cherry Mobile device (I have heard some “horror” stories about CM devices.)

If you are not sure whether to get this, just get a second-hand phone with similar-to-better specs, from some big name manufacturer (You can get a Samsung Galaxy S if you know where to look. And how to negotiate. Even an LG Optimus 2x [Expats bring the T-Mobile G2x, just the same thing with fancy branding.] ) :D
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pabs says:

13 years ago

I think wala naman sa kung mamahalin or mura ang smartphone mo. If it serves its purpose then ok. My latest globe postpaid is unli 599, because wala ng stock ng samsung galaxy y, I was forced to get cloudfone ice, I’m surprised na kahit medyo low specs siya, so far ay responsive siya, and I loved it, comparing to my brother’s sgy, this is more beautiful. Nasa gumagamit lang yan, Iphone man ang gamit mo, kung hanggang text ka lang, sayang lang…
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GoriongTanga says:

13 years ago

Ang tanga ng mga PROUD PINOY kuno dito. Bitawan niyo na yang mga cellphone, laptop, keyboard o mouse na hawak niyo kasi 100% may made in China diyan. Mga gunggong, pasalamat kayo sa workforce ng China may nahahawakan kayong mga cellphone ngayon. Kung hindi, tignan lang natin kung maafford niyo kahit Nokia 5110.

Mga makitid na utak! Wag kayong pakabayani masyado, konting training pa mga bopols.
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islandnation says:

13 years ago

Instsik beho mabaho!
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Sexbat says:

13 years ago

YUGATECH PLEASE MAKE A REVIEW ON ALCATEL SAPPHIRE HD THANKS
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mangpandoy says:

13 years ago

Geez, you guys are so pretentious. You pretend to be nationalistic, intelligent and better than the average china man. Our country’s chinese community comprise less than 5% in terms of population but they control more than 90% of our wealth. Your insinuations that you are far off better if you avoid using anything that’s made in China is hilarious, stupid and downright pathetic. I’m sure the “pinoy-wannabe-patriots” blabbing here don’t even have P50,000.00 in the bank. Stop discriminating against people more successful than you because of hard work. All you do is yada yada yada…
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bobjoan says:

13 years ago

not all cherry mobile phones are easy to break sometimes the manner of handling the phone or malas lang at isa ka sa nkabili ng defective na unit..
coz im a proud owner of a cherry mobile 1st gen android which is the Nova and if you only see my phone you couldnt tell that is made by cherry mobile visit our site tipidcp.com goto forums and others then go to cherry mobile nova section and check our screenshots .and be amazed
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Ace hardware coupon says:

12 years ago

I do not even know how I ended up here, but I thought
this post was good. I do not know who you are
but certainly you are going to a famous blogger if you aren’t already ;) Cheers!
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