I was thinking that Cherry Mobile’s last batch of smartphones was the premium Flare series for 2015 until the “leaked” Flare Selfie bombarded the social media and the Internet during the Holiday season. The leaked was correct, the Cherry Mobile Flare Selfie is real!
Cherry Mobile Flare Selfie price was immediately bashed in the social media upon learning that it will get the official price tag of P7,999. Of course, you can say it is expensive, but wait until we reveal to you what can Flare Selfie deliver.
Cherry Mobile Flare Selfie Specs
– 5-inch HD IPS display, 1280×720 screen resolution ,312 PPI
-Mediatek MT6753 1.3GHz 64 bit octa-core CPU
– Mali T720 GPU
– Dragontrail Glass scratch-resistant
– 3GB RAM
– 16GB internal storage, expandable via micro-SD slot
– 16MP auto focus, BSI, LED flash rear camera, 16MP auto focus, LED flash front camera
– Dual micro SIM
– Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0
– HSPA+ and 4G LTE data
– GPS with A-GPS and GLONASS
– 3,000mAh non-removable battery
– Android 5.1 Lollipop OS
Cherry Mobile Flare Selfie Unboxing
Cherry Mobile Flare Selfie Features
Here’s why the price of the Cherry Mobile Selfie is justified.
- 3G RAM — you know that with sufficient RAM, you can do better!
- Fingerprint scanner — unlocking your phone is a breeze with this feature
- 16 megapixels rear camera with BSI, LED flash and autofocus
- 16 megapixels selfie camera with autofocus
- 3,000mAh non-removable battery
- gorgeous design
The dual-SIM (micro SIM) might be a good or bad for you. Depending on your lifestyle, this can be an advantage or a disadvantage. SIM 1 doubles as micro-SD slot, so you make your wise choice. The good news is both SIM are 4G/LTE enabled.
I don’t know the cost of adding a fingerprint scanner, but putting in the Flare Selfie makes it more interesting. Unlocking your phone now is a breeze!
On top, you will find the audio jack. On the right side are the volume rocker and the power button, and at the back are the fingerprint scanner, the 16MP BSI AF camera and the LED flash.
At the bottom is the micro-USB port, the speaker and the pinhole mic.
The back, specially the white color, looks really gorgeous because of the shiny glossy finish. It is made of plastic material and it is non-removable.
Like the iPhone 6, you can input your fingerprint to unlock the phone, or you can choose apps to be protected by a fingerprint before you can open it.
Cherry Mobile Flare (Initial) Review
This will be a hit.
If a consumer has no specific brand in mind, they will choose this over MyPhone My35 or MyPhone My36, or even the first Android 5.1 Lollipop and LTE by Kata, the Kata M2L.
We did a quick Antutu benchmark and Flare Selfie got a high score of 37,141. It has a 5-point multi-touch screen. Cherry Mobile has also included themes which can be changed by tapping the Theme Change app. There are six (6) pre-installed theme.
Storage wise, the 16G internal storage has a usable space of 8G. This is where you will decide whether to use micro-SD slot or utilize the dual-SIM feature.
We will do a separate test for the camera and games in our Youtube channel. Please don’t forget to subsribe!
Cherry Mobile Flare Selfie pricing and availability
Flare Selfie will be available in a few days time. Officially it will be in stores in January 2016. Official pricing is P7,999
Can i ask ? If wala pa bang sira ito ? Because I am planning to buy this phone. TY
Juls, we will find out soon! 🙂
Saw turbo download in the setrings menu. I wonder how it works.?:)