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| Cherry Mobile Announces Flare P3 Series with Android Go Edition; Price Starts at Php2,999 |
Launched as part of this year’s Cherry Mobile Festival, this new lineup by Cherry Mobile comprised of the Flare P3 Lite, Flare P3, and the Flare P3 Plus, all boast an 18:9 screen ratio, a MediaTek 6589 quad-core processor with Mali-400MP2 GPU, and Android 8.0 Oreo Go Edition out of the box, the first devices to run on such OS. This plays a crucial part for the said series as this OS takes the job of delivering smooth and decent performance even for budget, entry-level devices. The Cherry Mobile Flare P3 Series also has a fingerprint sensor located at the back of the devices for faster, secured smartphone access.
First off the series, the Cherry Mobile Flare P3 Lite comes with a 5-inch TrueView display. Under the hood, it conceals a combination of 1GB RAM and 8GB internal memory. In terms of its imaging department, the Flare P3 Lite has an 8-megapixel main camera and a 5-megapixel front shooter.
Cherry Mobile Flare P3 Lite specs:
- Dual SIM, dual standby, supports HSPA+ connectivity
- 5-inch TrueView capacitive touchscreen display, 18:9 aspect ratio
- Android 8.0 Oreo Go Edition
- 1.3GHz quad core Cortex-A7 CPU, Mali-400MP GPU, MediaTek MT6580 chipset
- 1GB of RAM
- 8GB of internal storage, expandable up to 64GB via MicroSD card
- 8MP main camera with LED flash
- 5MP secondary camera
- Multimedia player
- 3.5mm audio jack
- GPS with A-GPS
- WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi hotspot
- Bluetooth
- Micro USB 2.0
- Fingerprint sensor
- Battery: 2,000mAh
- Colors: Purple, Red, Blue
- Price: Php2,999
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Sitting at the middle of the Flare P3 Lite and the Flare P3 Plus is the Cherry Mobile Flare P3, it has a larger display at 5.5-inch, and a more generous stamina at 2,400mAh. It has the same storage and memory combination as the Flare P3 Lite. Meanwhile, the main camera sports a larger 13-megapixel sensor, and the same 5-megapixel selfie camera.
Cherry Mobile Flare P3 specs:
- Dual SIM, dual standby, supports HSPA+ connectivity
- 5.5-inch TrueView capacitive touchscreen display, 18:9 aspect ratio
- Android 8.0 Oreo Go Edition
- 1.3GHz quad core Cortex-A7 CPU, Mali-400MP GPU, MediaTek MT6580 chipset
- 1GB of RAM
- 8GB of internal storage, expandable up to 64GB via microSD
- 13MP BSI main camera with LED flash
- 5MP secondary camera
- Multimedia player
- 3.5mm audio jack
- GPS, A-GPS
- WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi hotspot
- Bluetooth
- Micro USB 2.0 with OTG function
- Fingerprint sensor
- Battery: 2,400mAh
- Colors: Purple, Red, Blue
- Price: Php3,799
The biggest among the siblings in terms of size and specs is the Cherry Mobile Flare P3 Plus, it comes in a 6-inch form factor, and a larger 3,000mAh battery. It still has the same RAM + ROM combination as its siblings. A 13-megapixel main camera sits at the back of the device, while its selfie shooter has a larger pixel count among all at 8-megapixel.
Cherry Mobile Flare P3 Plus specs:
- Dual SIM, dual standby, supports HSPA+ connectivity
- 6-inch TrueView HD+ capacitive touchscreen display, 18:9 aspect ratio
- Android 8.0 Oreo Go Edition
- 1.3GHz quad core Cortex-A7 CPU, Mali-400MP GPU, MediaTek MT6580 chipset
- 1GB of RAM
- 8GB of internal storage, expandable up to 64GB via microSD
- 13MP BSI main camera with LED flash
- 8MP secondary camera
- Multimedia player
- 3.5mm audio jack
- GPS, A-GPS
- WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi hotspot
- Bluetooth
- Micro USB 2.0
- Fingerprint sensor
- Battery: 3,000mAh
- Colors: Purple, Red, Blue, Gold, Black
- Price: Php4,499