Cherry Mobile Flare S3 Octa: octa-core for under Php5K

With their Granite smartphone going on sale for just Php1,699, Cherry Mobile has also announced a new smartphone, the Flare S3 Octa.

UPDATED: (Feb 26, 2015, 8:40am) Included time of sale and free power bank.

The Cherry Mobile Flare S3 Octa is a refreshed version of the original Flare S3 only this time it sports a better display resolution and powered by an octa-core CPU.

Cherry Mobile Flare S3 Octa specs:
5-inch HD IPS display, 294ppi
1.4GHz MediaTek MTK6592m octa-core CPU
1GB RAM
8GB internal storage
up to 32GB via microSD
13 megapixel rear camera
5 megapixel front camera
Dual-SIM, Dual-Standby
3G HSPA+
WiFi
Bluetooth 4.0
GPS, A-GPS
USB OTG
Android 4.4 KitKat
1,800mAh battery

The Cherry Mobile Flare S3 Octa comes with a free 2,600mAh power bank and will go on sale for one day only on February 28, 2015 starting at 1pm for Php4,499.

It will be available in SM City North EDSA, SM Megamall, SM Southmall, SM City Calamba, SM City Dasmarinas, Robinsons Place Manila, Market! Market!, Ayala Center Cebu, Ayala Centrio CDO, GMall Davao.

source: Cherry Mobile, PinoyTechBlog

17 Comments

jazelle says:

9 years ago

Yung flare s3 ko po, pag hapon na wala na makita sa front cam niya, sobrang dilim na. Pero pag umaga ok naman sobrang linaw. At yung pag nagpopost ako sa fb ng mga pictures ko, lumalabo compare sa nakasave sa gallery.
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casper says:

10 years ago

How about the GPS ? Have anyone tried it already ? Like using Waze or any GPS apps?
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flitz says:

10 years ago

wtf.. 1800mah, octa core 1.3ghz, 1gbram.. so uneven!
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Megan says:

10 years ago

kabibili ko lang ng flare s3 octa kanina pero di aq satisfied sa quality nya, medjo mabagal ang processor nya compare sa S3 then 6gb lang yung rom nya kala ko ba 8gb rom what happened??. plus the fact na may defect ang earphone when it comes to call, di ko naririnig ang kausap ko
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ronald says:

10 years ago

putek yan mas ,mura sa sa flare s2 q … . . gagzti cherry mobile yan
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kamotis says:

10 years ago

useless battery. 1800 is not enough , another fail of cherry mobile
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Loco says:

10 years ago

Sobrang baba ng battery capacity, kaya free yung powerbank eh. Magbabaga sa init yang phone na yan. 1GB RAM? Come on! Anyway, nice try!

Users now somehow check specs before buying. Not worth buying.
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jhonz says:

10 years ago

any idea kung magkano original price talaga? or 4,499 talaga sya kahit after the feb 28 sale?
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boompanes says:

10 years ago

lolz. magsisisi na sana ako sa pagbili ko ng fuze s. nakita ko yung batt. waley.
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Erendihl says:

10 years ago

thumbs down po sa battery. dinagdagan nila ng additional cores meaning to say mas lakas kumain ng battery.pero ang battery hindi nila pinalaki kahit 2100 mah man lang. still 1800 mah. im heading on the next cherry mobile festival this year…
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boy pungkol says:

10 years ago

sayang nmn 1,800 MAH lang
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henryV2 says:

10 years ago

ilan po ba ang battery capacity ng CMflareS3 octa?
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