Cherry Mobile Eclipse 2 is a GSmart clone?

Cherry Mobile Philippines just announced their latest Windows Mobile powered dual-SIM smartphone they called Eclipse 2. The most intriguing part is that the design and specifications are very identical to an earlier smartphone — a Gigabyte GSmart S1205.

Here’s the poster of Cherry Mobile Eclipse 2 posted on their Facebook Page.

Here’s a photo of the Gigabyte GSmart S1205 and the specifications.

Gigabyte GSmart S1205
3.2″ display resistive touchscreen
Dual-SIM dual standby quad-band
MediaTek MT6516 416MHz CPU
128MB RAM, 256MB ROM
3MP camera w/ VGA@30fps video
WiFi 802.11 b/g
FM radio with RDS
Bluetooth 2.1
GPS
Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional

The next question would be “who came out with this unit first?” Well, GSMArena already had a full review of the Gigabyte GSmart S1205 as early as June 17, 2010.

What happened most likely is that Gigabyte and Cherry Mobile used the same equipment manufacturer from Shenzhen China. Normally, the brands would sign an agreement with their suppliers to lock a design specification to their brand so that no other brand would be able to use it (and thus avoid the embarrassment of having clones out in the market).

In this case, Gigabyte obviously got the design contract first. It’s still unsure if Cherry Mobile knew about this when they picked the design too. This kind of incidents also happens with laptops and netbooks too.

By the way, the Cherry Mobile Eclipse 2 is priced at Php9,990USD 170INR 14,432EUR 162CNY 1,240.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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41 Comments

nexusboy says:

15 years ago

Oh My God, cherrymobile? the nerve! this phone manufacturer will never earn respect in the industry. nakakahiya.
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mike says:

15 years ago

i will never buy cherry mobile again. It’s not a pinoy phone.
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rene says:

15 years ago

just the same its a china phone even myphone is a china phone pretending to be pinoy or pnoy thats already apolitical another issue by the way cant help commenting
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lolipown says:

15 years ago

@nexusboy
china has little belief in what we call copyright infringement
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MobilePinas says:

15 years ago

Actually most of the designs of their phones are copied mostly from Nokia and BlackBerry. Expect that design because their phones are made in China.
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Rob says:

15 years ago

hmmmm… maybe hindi naman. wee see some HTC phones a few years ago that were being sold as Sprint, T-Mobile, Vodafone, or O2 phones so baka nagtie-up ang dalawa. otherwise, magkakabangga ang dalawa sa parehong design.
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roan carl says:

15 years ago

who cares about these trash phones hehehe…
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Herce says:

15 years ago

Who cares?
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Abe Olandres says:

15 years ago

@roan carl – a source tells me Cherry Mobile sells 100,000 units a month.
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Adrian says:

15 years ago

yung design hindi maganda.
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