Cherry Mobile Cosmos S2 launched, Snapdragon 615 for only P9,999

Way back then, Cosmos S2 made an appearance in a leaked Cherry Mobile brochure with some of its core features highlighted like 64-bit chipset, LTE and an AMOLED display all for the price of just 9,999 pesos.

It took them almost 3 months before officially unveiling it to the public. With Chinese brands bringing bang for the buck deals, will Cosmos S2 bring Cherry Mobile's lost reputation back for "smartphone ng masa" ?

Looking at its specs sheet, the Cosmos S2 is no slouch. Powering the device is a Snapdragon 615 chipset which promises seamless smartphone experience. Multi-tasking is handled by 2GB of RAM and it has a sizeable amount of storage at 16GB.

Talking about the display, it has a 5-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 720x1280 pixels resulting into 294ppi. It is covered and protected by a Corning Gorilla Glass 3.

More from its hardware includes a 13MP AF BSI rear snapper coupled by an 8MP AF BSI front facing one for selfies, your usual set of connectivity options such as 3G, LTE, GPS, Bluetooth and WI-FI. Lastly, a 2,260mAh pf battery powers the device. Did I forget to mention that it supports Quick Charge 2.0 since it's a Qualcomm device meaning it can charge up to 60% for only 30 minutes. Although it only supports quick charging chargers so I hope Cherry Mobile will supply one on the retail package.

The good news is, it runs on Android Lollipop upon first boot so you'll be getting the 64-bit performance advantage.

CHERRY MOBILE COSMOS S2

• 5-inch AMOLED display (720x1280 pixels, 294ppi), Corning Gorilla Glass 3
• Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 64-bit chipset
• 1.7Ghz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 and 1Ghz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 w/ARM big.LITTLE technology
• Adreno 405 GPU
• 2GB RAM
• 16GB internal storage, expandable up to 64GB
• 13MP AF BSI rear-camera w/LED flash
• 8MP BSI front-facing camera w/Beautification features
• 2G EDGE/GPRS, 3G HSPA+, 4G LTE Cat. 4
• Dual SIM, Dual LTE
• WI-FI, WI-FI direct, hotspot
• Bluetooth
• GPS w/A-GPS, GLONASS support
• 3.5mm audio jack
• micro USB 2.0
• 2,260mAh Li-Ion battery
• Android 5.0.2 Lollipop

SRP : P9,999.00

My biggest gripe with the Cosmos S2 is the unamusing battery. But since its chipset utilized ARM's big.LITTLE architecture, power consumption will be lessened if you'll just use the device for casual texts, calls or just idle. And Quick Charge 2.0 compensates for the low amount of battery.
So that's it, what do you think ? Let us know !