Cherry Mobile W7
At first look the Cherry Mobile W7 phone looks like any other Android based smartphone; it even has the Android icons to match the part. However, once you use it or pay much attention to it, you will realize that it is just your normal everyday type of phone with TV function on it.
The TV function is actually the strongest selling point of Cherry Mobile W7 phone. For an in depth understanding of the Cherry Mobile W7, take a look at the following features.
Design: The phone has a body dimension of 119.4 x 61.3 x 12.4 mm and weighs in at 90 grams. It comes in an option of two colors silver and black color variations. It is also a Dual SIM, Dual Standby phone. It is an MRE device meaning it only supports *.MRE or *.VXP types of software and apps. Though one would think it’s a Java-based phone, but actually it’s an MRE device.
Display: It has a 3.5 Inched LCD touchscreen with a resolution of 320×480 pixels. The screen can only display a range of 262K of colors.
Hardware: In terms of hardware, the Cherry Mobile W7 has
Camera: It has a rear camera with 1.3 MP specifications with no LED Flash capability.
Connectivity and Technology: In terms of network support, the Cherry Mobile W7 supports GPRS, GSM900, GSM 1800, EDGE, Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g and A2DP.
Battery: It is powered by a 1000 mAh battery; this works perfectly for this phone since it does not consume much power like Android based phones.
Multimedia: It features FM Radio and Mobile TV. It also has a music player which sorts out your music library in terms of playlists, artists, and albums. The music player can support the following formats of audio files: WAV, AAC, MP3 and WMA. In terms of video playback it supports the following formats of video files: 3GP and MP4.
Other Features: It has an aerial at the end of the phone, which can be pulled out whenever wants to watch TV. This phone is basically tailor made to enable people watch TV on their phones.
Pros: It looks just like an advanced smartphone. It can show you TV programs this means that you will never have to miss your favorite programs. It is cheap to buy, it enables you to watch TV on widescreen, it’s a touch-type phone, it runs opera mini hence you can still browse. It enables you to download YouTube videos and convert them to 3GP format to watch, you can use Wi-Fi to access the internet on the Cherry Mobile W7 phone. It can show movies and series in 3GP formats hence enables users to watch good movies.
Cons: It is not an Android, Windows, Symbian or Java based phone meaning basically it will lack a lot of apps, you will find it hard to use at first. It will not be a phone you will be free to show off easily.
Verdict: The Cherry Mobile W7 phone is basically meant for people who want to watch TV on their phone and have no need for the advanced features found on smartphones.
