I already had a chance to check out the P1 and P1 Plus. Recently, I also added two new Flare phones that placed on under the Php 2,000 price radar. Meet the Cherry Mobile Flare P1 Lite and Cherry Mobile Flare P1 Mini
In case you missed the specs of Flare P1 Lite and Flare P1 Mini, you can check out my previous article here
First, here is the Cherry Mobile P1 Mini
Front and back views. It has a removable back cover and battery inside and the color scheme reminds me of that old school Cherry Mobile Flare S2.
Left and right sides of the device. Volume rocker and power/unlock button are at one side
At the top, you can check the 3.5 mm. audio jack and micro USB port. The bottom has sort-of dual speakers but the one of those is pin hole microphone in real life
Let's switch on the Cherry Mobile Flare P1 Lite
The top and bottom views of P1 Lite. This time, it has rounded corners and obvious that it has a plastic body but glossy in terms of finish. The rear cam and flash placements reminds me of their sister online brand Cubix in their Cube Lite model. It also has removable battery and back cover.
Same on the Flare P1 Mini, the volume rocker and power/unlock button are at the right section.
I chose to mix these two budget devices mainly coz that they have the same custom Android UI . Good thing, both does not have that much bloatware. Nothing to talk much on the display quality but the control is already good for the asking price.
Here are the camera samples. Both phones have f/2.8 aperture on their cameras.
Cherry Mobile Flare P1 Mini rear camera sample
Cherry Mobile Flare P1 Mini front camera sample
Cherry Mobile Flare P1 Lite rear camera sample
Cherry Mobile Flare P1 Lite front camera sample
In comparison, it is mixed reactions for me in the camera department. In color accuracy, I will go for the P1 Lite's main camera and P1 Mini's secondary camera but for their price difference of Php 200, I will go for the Cherry Mobile P1 Lite for a bit bigger display size and better display resolution and a slight edge in battery capacity.
Special thanks to Cherry Mobile dealer JP Tomarong for the opportunity to do some hands-on of the Cherry Mobile Flare P1 Plus (buy at his shops either in 2nd floor Empire Center, Pasay City [just look for the store with Cherry Mobile logo] or in his store in Victory Mall Baclaran or for more convenience, he accepts nationwide orders with free delivery and COD option by searching "jptomarongent" on Shopee app or thru www.shopee.ph
