I wasn’t able to attend the Cherry Invasion 11.11.11 event held earlier because of some personal reasons. However, I received an e-mail from Cherry Mobile with the information about their newly launched products; one of which is the “Dual SIM Smartphone Sweet Treats”.
Cherry Mobile has revealed the cheapest Android smartphones yet — the Cherry Mobile Candy and Candy Ch@t, which are believed to further strengthen the company’s exceptional 3G dual-SIM capabilities in its smartphone collection.
The Cherry Mobile Candy is a full-touch Android phone, which supports WiFi connectivity, GPRS/EDGE and Bluetooth. It packs 256MB of built-in internal storage, 128MB of RAM, 1.3MP of rear camera, 416-MHz processor, and of course, the dual-SIM-dual-standby feature.
Coming out in six different colors (black, blue, red, yellow, purple, and pink), the Candy retails for just Php3,699.
Cherry Mobile Candy specs:
| DISPLAY | 240×320 pixels, 2.8 inches Resistive screen, 16M colors |
| MEMORY | 256MB internal storage; 128MB RAM; microSD |
| DATA | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g; GPRS/EDGE; Bluetooth 2.1 |
| CAMERA | 1.3 MP rear camera VGA video recording |
| FEATURES | MediaTek 416MHz processor; Android Froyo 2.2 Dual-SIM; Dual-Standby |
| COLORS | Black, Blue, Red, Yellow, Purple, Pink |
The Cherry Mobile Candy Ch@t best describes to be the QWERTY version of the Candy; it packs almost the same specs with the later. It has the same price of Php3,699 and it’s available in six colors as well.
Both handsets will be available by late November in all Cherry Mobile stores nationwide. Exact date will be revealed very soon here. So, it’s advisable to bookmark this page. This will be updated from time to time.
Cherry Mobile Candy Chat specs:
| DISPLAY | 240×320 pixels, 2.4 inches Touch screen + Full QWERTY keyboard, 16M colors |
| MEMORY | 256MB internal storage; 128MB RAM; microSD |
| DATA | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g; GPRS/EDGE; Bluetooth 2.1 |
| CAMERA | 1.3 MP rear camera VGA video recording |
| FEATURES | MediaTek 416MHz processor; Android Froyo 2.2 Dual-SIM; Dual-Standby |
| COLORS | Black, Blue, Red, Yellow, Purple, Pink |
VERDICT
Both the Cherry Mobile Candy twins will definitely give an exciting battle in the local market against the other budget-category phones as they both offer the much-loved Android mobile OS and much-sought WiFi feature. In fact, these phones are the cheapest WiFi phones we’ve seen so far.
Honestly, I’m impressed with what Cherry Mobile‘s doing nowadays. They’re surprisingly offering products that interest us, Filipinos, and/or the local community at very competitive prices, and these phones, the Candy & Candy Chat, are the new living proofs of that.
Here’s the official poster of the Cherry Mobile Candy & Candy Ch@t — Candy phones for all!
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Paano ba ma upgrade ang OS nito..kasi 2.2.1 ang kanyang OS, meron na bang ROM mod para sa upgrade nito? I just bought one (1) recently and i would like to flash it to upgraded rom
Hmm i hope you don’t get annoyed with this question, but how much does a site like yours cost to put up?
made my way to your blog from bing and and am glad i found it, hope you keep up the good work
hi ask ko lng po kung mabilis din makasagap ng wifi toh at mag open ng gprs po?
Hi, Erna. These will still be available by late November or the last week of this month. Thanks!
Hirap nmn makakita ng ganyang unit.. lahat ng pinuntahan ko store ng cherry mobile wala p daw silang stocks..
Unfortunately, the Candy Chat doesn't include Bluetooth. This has been confirmed by Cherry Mobile to me via e-mail.
I really want to clear this out. Does the Candy Ch@t possess a Bluetooth Function? I'm really into it more than the Candy because Qwerty is more important to me.
Would you mind telling us the price of that phone? :)
In my opinion, try Alcatel Handsets instead. I owned an Alcatel Ot-813d and it is amazing.
Hi, Joshua. Let's just not expect too much from the Candy since it's just priced cheap. But I believe that it just depends on how the user handles the phone.
Matibay ba to?
Hello, Ken. Both handsets will be available by late November in all Cherry Mobile stores nationwide.
Hello, Ken. Both handsets will be available by late November in all Cherry Mobile stores nationwide.
ang mura lang! not really bad. available na ba to sa lahat ng cherry mobile stores? =)