Budget 5-inch Droid Fight: Cherry Mobile Titan v. MyPhone A919 Duo

Both Cherry Mobile and MyPhone now offer low cost 5-inch dual SIM Android phones. Internally, both phones are similar. Both are powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor on a MediaTek  MT6577 chipset with a PowerVR SGX531 graphics chip. Both comes with 4 GB of internal storage which is expandable via a MicroSD card.  In terms of software, both phones are powered by Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich.

The 5-inch Cherry Mobile offering is the Titan, which is priced at Php6,499. Having gone to five Cherry Mobile outlets, and unable being to find a unit for sale on stock, it appears to be selling really well. I did not have too many problems finding a 5-inch MyPhone A919 selling at a higher price of Php7,999 it is not too surprising if it will be a slower seller.

From a buyers perspective, the question is whether the MyPhone A919 has better hardware to justify the Php1,500 price premium.

MyPhone A919

MyPhone A919 Duo advantages:

1. Display - The MyPhone A919 has a 480 x 854 resolution IPS display, which has a higher resolution than the 480 x 800 display of the of Cherry Mobile Titan. The IPS display of the MyPhone A919 should also mean better image quality, but I have not been able to compare them side-by-side.

2. Camera - The MyPhone A919 has a 8MP camera, higher than the 5 MP unit Cherry Mobile Titan. Higher megapixels do not translate to higher image quality and so far none of the entry level phones I have seen produce great images. 

3. TV-Out and USB on-the-go support. The MyPhone A919 supports 

Cherry Mobile Titan

Cherry Mobile Titan advantages:

Battery - The Cherry Mobile Titan only has one specification which exceeds the MyPhone A919. The Titan has a 2350 mAh battery, as against the 2000 mAh battery of the A919. That should mean 16% longer battery life.

Verdict

The larger battery and lower price would make me pick the Cherry Mobile Titan, well when I finally am able to find one. 

As for the MyPhone A919, holding it in hand, I just could not get myself to buy it. From pictures, the Cherry Mobile Titan looks like a rather generic Android phone design. But this is something I can respected. In the end, looking at available handsets, the Cherry Mobile Titan looks like a Cherry Mobile Titan.

In hand, the  MyPhone A919 looks like a Samsung Galaxy S III wannabe. I am fine with a entry level phone. I just don't one looking like it was designed to copy something else.