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Monday, December 17, 2012

MYPHONE A919 VS CHERRY MOBILE TITAN VS CLOUDFONE THRILL 430x! TRIPLE THREAT! THRILLING YIN YANG YIN!


MYPHONE A919 VS CHERRY MOBILE TITAN VS CLOUDFONE THRILL 430x!


TRIPLE THREAT! THRILLING YIN YANG YIN!


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430x STRESS TEST HERE
A919 STRESS TEST HERE

*****CHERRY MOBILE TITAN VS MYPHONE A919 HERE

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               Finally acquiring the Cloudfone Thrill 430x, the Triple Threat Match Up of the Year is about to start, if you find a better triple threat match up with phones available today under P8000 let me know. Individually, each phone packs a punch, First competitor is Cherry Mobile Titan, first out the market yet continue to be most elusive of the three. It sports a 5 Inch 800x480 display and a relatively good 2350mah Battery. Next up, is the MyPhone A919 Duo. Recently released 5 inch 854x480 mammoth by MyPhone, the heavier price tag is not a hindrance as it sports a better camera and display than that of the Titan, stress test also showed an impressive batter life. Finally comes the smaller but fatter yet also as deadly, Cloudfone Thrill 430x. Having only 4.3 Inch, it makes up with its gargantuan 4160Mah Battery partnered with QHD Display and also sporting an equally impressive audio output, the clash of these three is inevitable.

               
DISCLAIMER: THESE ARE MY PREFERENCE, I’M NOT SAYING WHAT I PICKED IS BETTER, WHAT I PICK IS WHAT I PREFER.

1.       BOX CONTENTS








The three packages carry a USB Cable, Charger, Headset, and Manuals. The Titan has a free flip cover whereas the MyPhone has a free CD. The USB Cable of the A919 is much rugged than that of the Titan, in addition, the stock headset on MyPhone A919 is much better than that of the Titan. Cloudfone offers a free globe sim. 430x’s stock headset does not dis appoint either.

COOL DISCOVERIES:

·         Using the A919 headset on the Titan gives you great audio output, louder volume, cleaner sounds and additional instruments.
·         Cloudfone’s  stock headset is the most universal among the three as it was able to work on both Titan and MyPhone along with other phones like Nokia N86
·         Cloudfone also packs a pre-installed CD Installer
·         MyPhone carries PinoyApp which gives you tons of Filipino things, pre-installed are some prayers like 6pm prayer, 9pm prayer, Angelus and 6am prayer.

Winner: MyPhone A919 – I Just love the pre-installed Pinoy apps

2. PHONE SUPERFICIALITY








                This part is by an individual’s preference, the Titan only comes in black, and it is the heaviest of the three, A919 is said to come in Black and white, though I am yet to see a black A919, Cloudfone comes only in black. A919 and Titan both sport a 5 Inch Screen and the Cloudfone has 4.3 Inch, I have to point out that 430x is the fattest and A919 is the slimmest. Out of all the three, only the 430x has a dedicated camera button. Lastly, the three phones all have finger print magnetic backs with 430x walking away with its very touchy back.

                Winner: TIE between Titan and A919 – I just hate the fatness of the Thrill
                

3. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

Cloudfone Watching 480p Acong Talonga

Titan Watching 480p All This Time by Six Part Invention

MyPhone A919 Watching 480p All This Time by Six Part Invention


3.1 Speakers
                A staple for rebranders is its speaker. As said on my previous clash, Titan vs A919, both phones offer superb loudspeaker prowess. Unfortunately for the 430x it performs behind both as its loudspeaker is observatively, YES OBSERVATIVELY IS NOT A WORD, softer than Titan or A919. Fortunately for 430x, I have to give it the best Audio output headsets attached, it may be due to its Built-in YAMAHA music amplifier with AAC speaker, I don’t know, but it has the best sound.

                Winner: Cloudfone Thrill 430x
                        I highly doubt anyone would play movies with their phones in loudspeaker. Music playing is just much better in Cloudfone.

                

3.2 Display







                This is the part where the Cherry Mobile Titan quietly walks away and gets a break. Display of the Titan is obviously the worst among the Three, its 800x480 display makes it look anaemic compared to A919 and 430x. Pitting the two, I had a hard time choosing. MyPhone has the bigger screen but Cloudfone shows much more on a screen than the A919 does. Display on both phones is beautiful and Colourful!

                Winner: TIE between MyPhone A919 and Cloudfone 430x

                *** A919 and 430x both sport a 5 Point Multi-Touch whereas the Titan only has two. An update is scheduled for the Titan to sport a 5 Point Multi-touch so wait for it.

3.3 Gaming

A919 Top Titan Bottom

MyPhone A919


Thrill 430x



                Ok so as I have mentioned gaming will be based on smoothness. After a break by the Titan, he comes back to send 430x on a break. Playing with 430x is not bad, but it’s just not made for HD Gaming. Mainstream games played fine on the three phones. NBA 2k13 was tested on all the phones; I had the problem of repeatedly accessing all the three of them first before the game actually starts. Lags are apparent on the three devices at start but it will soon wear off. The 30fps problems are observable on A919 but, FOR ME; it has played it most smoothly.

                Winner: MyPhone A919

3.4 Camera

Titan Images Here
A919 Images Here
430x Images Here

                Another point that makes the Titan bullied, Titan images are just horrendous. You may think this is another hard decision making for A919 VS the 430x happy to say it’s not as I will reward the win to Cloudfone as it has been able to shoot images when the object moves. Shooting still shots is pretty much the same for both A919 and 430x but when an object or a person moves A919 blurs the image and destroys it. Fortunately for 430x it has performed well.

                Winner: Cloudfone Thrill 430x

                
3.5 Need for Speed
                                     
RAM and Clockspeed Review


  Many of you might wonder, what is RAM and the Clockspeed for? Should I go for higher RAM, less clock or vice versa? The answer depends on how you use the phone. Random Access Memory (RAM) is used to determine how many apps your unit can run simultaneously. So bigger RAM means you can multi-task much more applications without worrying about lagging on the system.

                Clockspeed is used to determine how fast your system will run a certain application. Simply put, higher Clockspeed means faster phone. THIS IS THE GENERAL IDEA ON RAM AND CLOCKSPEED. Factors on speed are also determined by the chipset architecture, GPU, etc.

                Both Titan and A919 carry Mediatek MT6577 1GHz dual-core processor with the same PowerVR SGX531 GPU whereas Cloudfone uses 1.2GHz dual-core qualcomm snapdragon processor. Unfortunately for the latter, I observed it to only be a relatively faster Flare which is disappointing for its price range. Given that it has more RAM at 768Mb, I still prefer the former.

                Winner: TIE between Cherry Mobile Titan and MyPhone A919
               

3.6 User-Friendliness




                The three sport Android 4.0.4 on release. Exploring the phones, you get the same pre-installed apps and same launcher. MyPhone edges the competition with its rich number of pre-installed wallpapers and live wallpapers. Finally, those who are interested in flashing Custom Roms will find happiness and delight with the fact that Micromax A110 Roms work on the A919. (This is according to the TCP Users, check this thread, do some reading for yourself.) It is worth reminding that using Cloudfone Thrill 430x when it is not held is a pain.

                Winner: MyPhone A919
                More flexibility more features, much better.

3.7 Battery



                This is definitely a No-Brainer. Cloudfone skyrockets itself away from the two with its amazing battery life. I am yet to stress the phone but so far I am greatly impressed. The doubt as to if any Rebrander could give a good battery life especially with Android OS ends here!

                Winner: Cloudfone Thrill 430x

CONCLUSION 

THE LIGHT IS STILL MY STRENGTH …

                This maybe a douchy thing to say but the winner will be you! I am not kidding as I am surely sure that any of the three is a bang for the buck. The choices will always boil down to personal preference. I solved my problem by acquiring the three phones. Budget Stricken? Go with the Titan! Want a big phone for great for movies? Go with MyPhone! Want a phone that fits your hand? Go with Cloudfone! Want a phone that lasts more than a day or two? Go with Cloudfone! The questions are endless and I am only here to give you some advice. But if I was to be asked, which I preferred of the three? I would say MyPhone A919. So for now, FOR ME, MyPhone A919 is a two time Rebrander Champion! YEHEEY!

AGAIN, THESE ARE BASED ON MY PREFERENCE; I DON’T THINK ANY OF THE THREE IS A BAD CHOICE.

FOR A REBRANDED PHONE, ALL OF THEM ARE GREAT!

NEXT UP CHERRY MOBILE SKYFIRE, OMEGA AND MYPHONE A888



Sunday, December 16, 2012

CLOUDFONE THRILL 430X! THRILLER!


CLOUDFONE THRILL 430X!
THRILLER!


UNBOXING MUNA

The Full Review




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STRESS TEST HERE

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               Finally! I have completed the Trio of the highly anticipated and sought out phone on the rebranded market. First was Cherry Mobile Titan, which was the first to pop out and continue to impress and elude customers and potential buyers respectively, it captivated hearts with its big snappy screen and good quality speaker loud or headsets attached with enough power to play HD Games. Second came MyPhone A919Duo, arguably the best of released rebranded phones as of today, FOR ME, also sporting a 5 Inch screen with better camera, better display and equally impressive loudspeaker quality of Titan and slightly worse headset audio quality. Finally, I get the chance to touch and feel and play with the Cloudfone Thrill 430x, the Thrill of the said 3-day battery life is amazing.
            Continuous release of phones by rebranders often hinder and confuse buyers as to which to buy, luckily, I am here for you to help you decide which will suit you. So go on and read, let us see if the MyPhone A919 Duo, my personal favourite of the three, can be dethroned by a smaller, fatter competitor.

Oh Yeah, Cherry Mobile SkyFire review is out :)


1. THE PACKAGE (9.6 out of 10)




1.1 The BOX
                I cannot stress how the box is a major factor for selling, and lucky for Cloudfone, I fell in love with it the moment I saw it, why? It’s Yellow! My University’s colour, the colour of the 2012 PCCL Champions and my best colour ever. The box is nicely done, ehem ehem, MyPhone A919 and for me, it looks very very interesting. Seen in my Samsung Galaxy Mini 2 Review, I am a sucker for yellow. The box reads:
Features Just For You:
IPS 4.3” QHD Capacitive Touch Screen
3-day Battery Life
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
8Mp Autofocus with dual LED Flash
Snapdragon 1.2 GHz Processor
4160maH Polymer Battery
1.2 What’s in the Box?




            Unboxing time! Opening the box you see your unit and then comes your gargantuan Battery, yes, the battery is huge! Then you have a black generic charger, a sturdy USB cable, good stock headset, shit manuals and you get a free globe sim card! Yehey! The clincher in the package would have to be the headset included as it successfully worked on my Nokia N86, it also had good sound output, what annoyed me is that the headset does not indicate where the hell is the left or right! Oh yeah, the phone comes with a free SCREEN PROTECTOR, it’s not matte so I would still replace it.

GOOD TO KNOW FACT: THE ONE WITH THE MIC IS THE RIGHT :)) YEAH!

2. PHONE SUPERFICIALITY (6.8 out of 10)










                Unfortunately for this phone, this does not go with the mainstream thinner is better, rather it approaches the market with its fat body, for a 4.3 Inch screen the phone feels very fat and heavy. The top houses a mic and the 3.5mm, the sides houses the volume rocker, the power button and a surprising camera button, I am surprised with this addition as Cherry and MyPhone did not even bother putting one, I can understand the Titan’s predicament choosing not to put a camera button as its camera sucks, but the Flare and A919 could produce good photos! The bottom houses the other mic and the usb port. The back has a different style of cover, it attracts fingerprints but not much, actually I found the back cool and I frequently touched it.

3. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

Acong Talonga


3.1 Speakers (8.6 out of 10)

                One of the most important factor for me when choosing a phone, coming from Titan’s great quality, then disappointed by the Flare, but revitalized slightly revitalized by MyPhone, my belief of sound quality of rebranders became shaky, as I plugged the headset into the phone, I was amazed at how loud 430x delivers its music, I have read that this phone comes with a built in Built-in YAMAHA music amplifier with AAC speaker, guess it’s true. Loudspeaker performance does not disappoint either.

3.2 Display / Video Playback (9.2 out of 10)

Acong Talonga

All This Time by Six Part Invention


                No I’m not kidding, the screen looks very good and crisp, and playing movies and games is a delight. Sporting a 4.3 Inch it produces enjoyable display, maybe due to its QHD Capacitive touch, whatever it is, it works, and it works very well. Comparing it to all my other phones, barring Samsung Galaxy S2, I found this to have the best display among the rebranded phones. The free non-matte screen protector may have further beautified the display. I have to add that sometimes, selections are smaller, check the settings picture, it is not in the format, they are just smaller than what I have been accustomed to.

3.3 Gaming (7.4 out of 10)






                With its amazing display and sound, one may think this is an ideal platform for gaming, to your and my disappointment, gaming is not as smooth as that with the Titan, MyPhone so its miles away from the king of gaming Motorola Photon 4G. Mainstream games play quite well as I have tested Temple Run and Fruit Ninja. For the sake of HD testing I have tested NBA 2k13, I am deeply disappointed, on my MyPhone A919 I have successfully finished a season on NBA 2k13, here, I highly doubt I would play an entire season. Basically, this phone is not for HD Gaming.
           
3.4 Camera (8.7 out of 10)
















These Images are from Thrill 430x.
MyPhone and Flare gave me new hope for rebranders camera, and the hope continues to rise with the Cloudfone Thrill, these are just sample images, but they look amazing, these are shot under artificial light in my room, and some are at the front of our house, more shots coming tomorrow.





Another catch on this phone’s camera is the VARIOUS options, this phone has had to have the most number of settings I have seen on an android phone, I’ll keep you guys updated on as to what the hell the functions do as I admittedly have no idea what most of them are for. Lastly, Cloudfone catches 3200x2400 Images at 8Mp in contrast with the usual 3264x2448.


3.5 Need for Speed (6.9 out of 10)



RAM and Clockspeed Review

                Many of you might wonder, what are RAM and the Clockspeed for? Should I go for higher RAM, fewer clocks or vice versa? The answer depends on how you use the phone. Random Access Memory (RAM) is used to determine how many apps your unit can run simultaneously. So bigger RAM means you can multi-task much more applications without worrying about lagging on the system.
                Clockspeed is used to determine how fast your system will run a certain application. Simply put, higher Clockspeed means faster phone. THIS IS THE GENERAL IDEA ON RAM AND CLOCKSPEED. Factors on speed are also determined by the chipset architecture, GPU, etc.
                For its price range of P7777, you would expect speed at least comparable to the Titan or MyPhone, sad to say, it’s not as snappy as either, for me, it just a faster Flare. I knew beforehand that have the same snapdragon processor, but I honestly thought it would be as fast as the MyPhone. The speed is not that bad, it’s good enough but not great. The promised 4 GB internal is ok as 1.32 GB is allotted for apps and 1.76 GB is user accessible.

3.6 User-Friendliness (7.7 out of 10)


                Another ICS Baby, Cloudfone Thrill 430x is very user friendly, and its size does not annoy people, apparently some people find 5 Inches uncomfortable. A first timer can easily manoeuvre the phone in 30 minutes or less and feel right at home. With tons of selection of FREE applications, games and customization options, I highly doubt any techie newbie will let go of the Android system. For now my dismay is that, unlike the MyPhone A919 which can run Micromax A110 Roms, I am yet to find custom roms for this phone. The last sentence is only for Android users who uses and enjoys the sweetness of custom roms. A ball buster on this phone is its inability to function properly when it is not held. When you are not holding the phone, it is very annoying and tedious to hard press buttons so it can open. Unless you hold your phone all the time, you won’t notice this, but for a lazy person like me it’s annoying.



3.7 Battery (8.5 out of 10)



                This is Cloufone Coup De Grace Feature, the raison d’etre its stands its ground on the market, sporting a huge 4160mah Polymer Battery, and said to last three days, any android user would take a second look at this phone. Having been an Android user on different cell phones, I have first handedly experience the nightmare of overnight charging of Android, none of my previous phones was able to last two full days, the Motorola Photon 4G was the only one to make it a day and a half with my moderate usage. Back to the 430x, i am yet to fully stress test its battery, and over all I am not as impressed as I thought I would be but I am also not as dismayed as I thought. Here are initial findings:

Music 10 Minutes- 1%
Video 10 Minutes – 4%
Gaming 10 Minutes – 8%
Web Browsing 10 Minutes – 2%
YouTube 5 Minutes – 2%
Standby 2 Hours – 1%

The 8.5 Score is initial, I have a strong feeling it will go up ;)

Lithium Ion VS Polymer HERE

CONCLUSION

  

BEAUTY IN THE BEAST (8.08 out of 10) 
* Performance is 70%, Package and Looks are both 15% for the total of 100% YEHEY I KNOW MATH :))

                A short while with the Cloudfone and the Rebrander releases keeps me interested to buy them all and review them all. With all the negative comments I have read about this phone I was sceptical to try it. I was bored so I decided why not give it a shot, and I am not regretting my decision. Bang for buck features include: Great speakers, lower volume than Titan and A919, but equally greater output headsets attached, Impressive Camera, Snappy Interface, initially good but not yet impressive battery life and rich colours to keep your eyes happy, this phone is a definitely another one to confuse you as to which of the three phones you will choose. If I am to be asked, Titan or Cloudfone, I would say Cloudfone, A919 or Cloudfone, I would say A919. Again these are all based on personal preference, Cloudfone Thrill 430x is an impressive device without a hefty price tag. Out of the three I doubt any choice is bad, everything would boil down to personal preference. I like picture taking, gaming and enjoy watching series so I pick A919. As of now, I still declare MyPhone A919 the King of Rebranders. Up next would be Cherry Mobile Skyfire and Cherry Mobile Flame.  Stay Tuned Guys :D