Blurring the Lines: Cherry Mobile B100 and Spin Android Smartphones Now Cost as Much as a Nice Featurephone

Posted on 16 October 2014 at 17:34

Ultra-affordable Android smartphones for the masses!

Leave it to Cherry Mobile to introduce ultra-affordable Android devices during their latest mass unveiling. The B100 and the Spin are both priced below Php 2,000, and cost almost the same as a nice featurephone today.

Cherry Mobile Spin specs

1.3GHz dual-core processor
3.5-inch capacitive display
2-megapixel rear camera
Dual-SIM
VGA front camera
WiFi, Bluetooth
Android 4.4 KitKat
Php 1,699

Cherry Mobile B100 specs

1GHz processor
3.5-inch capacitive display
2-megapixel rear camera
Dual-SIM
Bluetooth
Android 4.2 Jellybean
Php 1,499

While these two devices are as low-end as you can get, remember that there’s still a big majority of pinoys that don’t own Android devices because of price barriers. There’s still a huge market for featurephones in a country like ours, so ultra-affordable smartphones like these two will help wean these featurephone users from dumb phones into smartphones.