Cherry Mobile Flare S4 Plus Specs Review: A premium value-for-money smartphone

Cherry Mobile Flare S4 Plus continues its legacy of being the most popular local smartphone brand to date. The Flare S4 Plus packs all the guts and power to compete with other international brands in its price range. Its premium construction and beefy specs sheet put shade to other hopefuls in the value-for-money segment. Interested? We got all the details for you right after the jump.

Cherry Mobile Flare S4 Plus with FHD OGS Display and Premium Construction

Unlike any other Flare handsets released in the past, the Cherry Mobile Flare S4 Plus is very pleasing on the eyes with its metallic frame and easy-to-hold edges. Its design is basically comparable to Samsung Galaxy A series wherein handsets are highlighted with their chamfered edges and solid build.

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The display is full HD offering which means it packs 1080 x 1920 pixels. The 5.5-inch display boasts an on-point pixel density of 401 ppi. On paper, the display has the same spunk as the Meizu m1 note and other 5.5-incher with full HD screen. Cherry Mobile also throws in a One Glass Solution tech which gives a thinner display thickness compared to standard panel. In short, colors are more vivid and images are closer to the screen's surface. The panel is also treated with Dragontrail glass for added protection.

64-bit Octa-core CPU and 3GB RAM

Talking about internals, the Cherry Mobile Flare S4 Plus churns with a MediaTek MT6753 chipset with eight cores of 64-bit Cortex-A53. The processor is coupled with a Mali-T720 GPU for better graphic performance. The local company is generous enough to add 3GB of RAM; thus, we could expect that app launching and multitasking activities will be close to seamless. Across the board, the smartphone features an expandable 16GB of internal memory for your apps and multimedia files.

16MP camera with BSI and 4G LTE connectivity

For the photography buffs, the Cherry Mobile Flare S4 Plus is geared up with 16MP rear sensor with Autofocus and BSI functions. This is capable of up to 1080p full HD video recording. On the front, the 8MP front-facing camera with BSI sensor for upscaled selfie experience.

2015 Cherry Mobile Flare Series

It is also worth noting that the Cherry Mobile Flare S4 Plus is capable of 4G LTE speeds, it's a Cat 4 LTE (FDD and TDD) which could peak up to 150 mbps download speed (depends on network's capability, of course). There's also a 2800 mAh battery to keep everything ticking for an ample amount of time. The Cherry Mobile Flare S4 Plus comes in White and Gold variants with a Php 7,999 asking price.