Cheap brands, Alcatel and Cherry Mobile, is it worth it?

[valresmall]

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Hi, first id like to make it clear that i am speaking from my experience and my opinion. i do not intend to offend others which my think otherwise.

Here's my story, my bro got the plan from sun which gives him a free Alcatel Soleil,The unit after 2 months for no apparent reason just wouldnt make a sound anymore. We had it checked sa sm, and they said na they will honor the warranty and have it repaired. A month after we left the unit in alcatel they still didnt have the parts to do the repair, and said "sir ang nag pa repair 5months ago krn pa na abot ang parts para sa ila phone". so hearing that. my bro decided to get his phone nlng and just settle with not having sounds.

Cherry Moblile Flare, 3999 pesos.1 yr and 1month after its purchased from sm,and still for no apparent reason, it just suddenly wont power on. unfortunately we cant have our phone repaired sa shop sa sm who sells cherry mobile phones, we need to go all the way to qc pavillon in gorordo. I had my phone diagnosed for a fee of 650php. they said na usually pag dle mo on, BOARD ang problem. When i heard that, i was thinking "patay pag board usually mahal jud na" and i was right. they said that the board would cost around 70% of the total cost of the phone. so just to be sure, bacn diay power problem lang, i left my phone sa ila.
A week later i txted them, follow up q sa status sa akong flare. and they replied "sir padala sa manila 2mos pa dn ingon ang tech posible board daw to sir"
I just cant understand why i need to wait 2months just for a diagnosis. Sa mga naay experience sa pag pa repair ug phone can u tell me if it really takes that long? and back to my thread title, is it worth it. i think not.

anways i just want to share my experience with these brands and honestly im very disappointed and frustrated sa after sales service nila. i will never consider buying brands from these 2, and from other wa-il na brands.

[mitch285]

dpende ra cguro sa fon bro..coz i also have an alcatel fon (blaze 985n) bought it december 2012...more than 5 times njd ni ntagak, dghan na garas but still in good working condition pjd until now and also my bff have an alcatel saphire2, as in worth rjd for us

[hobie]

from what i've read, notorious daw ning cherry mobile sa after sales
but yes it would take not less than 2 months to repair an item kay e send paman na nila sa manila or main office tingali.

[gabs]

ana jud na basta wala diri ang main service center or if ang parts dili available locally.

kay mostly ila man gud na dungan dunganon og pa ship by batch.

[nickgandionco]

nagka nindt njd ang cherry run... just root it and you have all you need.

[pakinimo]

Para nako, if for personal use lang. WORTH IT JUD SYA! Pero dli tanan, pilia lang ang unit. Pareha sa FLARE, bati man ang flare in terms of hardware like display, touch responsiveness. Pero nindot sya ug core specs. Nkanindot anang mga branded kay makasure jd ka nga ma satisfy ka kay overall ila mana gisure giud, dli lang kay tungod dualcore or ram, tanan jd. ang FLARE hinay kaaug signal reception. Mga in ana nga ginagmay nga butang mu matter na sya labi nag wa kau signal imong lugar.

Naka use ko ug alcatel, nindot sya kaysa sa cherry mobile.

[nickgandionco]

bati jd kaau ang glory x sa alcatel. both first and second version.. nindt at first. peru igkadugaian d jd ma da...

i'd go for flare.. nindt jd xa specially if rooted with custom ROMs. one of the most rommed local smartphones.

[pakinimo]

@nickgandionco i'd go for alcatel since naka own ko sa glory x 1 ug nka own sad ko ug flare. lisud kaayo itext sa flare kay dli responsive ang screen d ka magkadimao, whereas sa alcatel glory x mskin gamay sya responsive man gd pwede mag pinaspasay ba. kusog sad cellular reception ang glory x. ang flare wa ko signal perme sa room

[rTyrone]

pde ask? worthy ba ang CM APOLLO or COSMOS S? pde ba sya for long term use? salamat sa answer po

[rey04]

my piece of advise. claim jud sa warranty no matter how long it takes.pwede pod ka reklamo sa DTI if super dugay jud or di nila ayohon.