The prices of tablets are getting nearer to the prices of the entry level smartphones and one of those tablets that are affordable is the Cherry Mobile Fusion Storm. Despite having a below P4,000 price tag, the Cherry Mobile Fusion Storm still manage to have a 7.85” display rather than a typical 7” display. Check out my review after the break.
The dimensions of the Cherry Mobile Fusion Storm is very similar to the iPad mini but the feel was different. The Cherry Mobile Fusion Storm is purely made up of plastic, a build that is expected on a tablet like this. Surprisingly, since this tablet is priced below P4,000, I expected it to be a lot less solid but I was wrong. The Cherry Mobile Fusion Storm doesn’t have squeeks and the textured back feels comfortable to hold.
The design might be similar to the iPad mini but I think the Cherry Mobile Fusion storm is made to be used in landscape mode because of the placement of the buttons. The power button and the volume rocker are oddly place below the tablet which is very uncomfortable to used especially when you’re on portrait mode. Oh and there’s HDMI too!
Like what I’ve said earlier, the Cherry Mobile Fusion Storm dimensions is almost similar to the iPad mini because of the 7.85” display but don’t expect too much from the Cherry Mobile Fusion Storm because the display is far from the iPad’s display. The colors are seem to be washed out and the sunlight legibility wasn’t that good but at least, Cherry Mobile Fusion Storm has a 1024×768 display rather than a 800×600 display which can be mostly found on tablets at this price range.
The Cherry Mobile Fusion Storm has a 1.2 GHz Dual-Core processor and a 512 MB RAM. It’s not really the specs that you would want on a tablet and you might think that this specifications might not be enough for your taste but that’s what you get for that price range and I think that’s acceptable. Despite having an affordable price tag, the Cherry Mobile Fusion Storm has an 8 GB of storage. That’s not quite bad if you ask me. Oh, and there’s a MicroSD card slot to expand your storage.
The battery life of the Cherry Mobile Fusion Storm wasn’t that bad too, I manage to use the Cherry Mobile Fusion Storm for a day in school at average use. I didn’t expect that the Cherry Mobile Fusion Storm would have that battery life. The audio quality of the tablet wasn’t really the best but it is acceptable for its price. Since this tablet belongs to the fusion family, the Cherry Mobile Fusion Storm doesn’t have any special features like TV or a Dual-Sim. Only the Superion tablets feature a sim card slot for mobile data. Unfortunately, there’s no Bluetooth on the Cherry Mobile Fusion Storm.
The Cherry Mobile Fusion Storm might be powered by Android Jelly Bean but I found the performance quite sluggish. The Dual-Core inside it is not enough to run the tablet at ease. Sometime when I’m just navigating the menu, the sluggish performance was very noticeable.
The Cherry Mobile Fusion Storm also comes with GO Launcher HD which I think makes the tablet even more sluggish. You can’t also uninstall that app unless you do some magic on it like rooting.
The performance isn’t really that good, I’ve tried some games on the tablet including Real boxing and I wasn’t able to make it work. When I tried Flappy Bird, the frame rates weren’t really that playable. I think it has something to do with the refresh rate. Skype also force closes and I don’t know why. Most heavy games probably wouldn’t work on this tablet. However, I was able to play some light games on this tablet.
The Antutu score that I got from this tablet is 9598 but despite having a score near the 10k mark, the performance wasn’t really that good.
The Cherry Mobile Fusion Storm is definitely one of the most affordable 8-inch Android tablet that is available on the market right now but you have to remember that the performance wasn’t really that good. The Cherry Mobile Fusion Storm is now available for P3,499 at Lazada. Buy one now at Lazada: http://www.lazada.com.ph/cherry-mobile-fusion-storm-black-108370.html#Q0C4h1t6m13A