TECH REVIEW: Cherry Mobile Burst

I recently received a new cellphone from SUN Cellular. This was a complementary unit given by the company for all post paid subscribers every two years. This year, I got Cherry Mobile's Burst. This is a new model patterned after the popular Flare.

At first it was great. The screen was clear. Everything worked well. After three days now, it seems that a lot of things started to get awry. First, the Live Wallpaper I choose from it's memory did not appear anymore. A few hours ago in fact I reloaded the said Live Wallpaper but it immediately disappeared from the Wall after a few minutes! Second, everytime I would press the menu buttom, response time was becoming slower by the day, indeed, the delay could last between 10-20 seconds! And third, which I just discovered after I recorded a 15 minute audio of my teacher's discussion, was that the phone retained only 18 seconds of the entire lecture! I was aghast. Trying to test if there was anything I did wrong, I played a Youtube videos and recorded the audio for 6 minutes. After which I hit the save checkmark. When I looked on the Files folder, I discovered that instead of 6 minues, the DAMN phone only saved 1 minute. So there it goes, there is something wrong with the phone!

I had good expectations with the phone, physically it was sleek and modern. The software was Android 4.0 ICS so it was decent. However, with the aforesaid incidents, I am beginning to regard Cherry Mobile's Burst with derision and hate actually. This brought me to the fact that it is Made in China.

It sucks and its frustrating. Anyway, I'm not recommending the Brand and the Model to any of my friends. It may be cheap, but it does not do its job well compared to other cheap smartphones. Typically what you would expect from a low cost phone made in China.