Powering the Cherry Mobile Flare is a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8625
dual-core 1.2GHz processor, not the MSM8225 as reported before. Both
are almost the same except that the MSM8625 can also access EVDO 3G
networks so you can use a Verizon SIM on it when you�re in the US.
This phone comes with 512MB RAM which is subpar compared to the 1GB
RAM of big-name dual-core phones released this year
Using Quadrant, a synthetic benchmarking tool, this phone got a
really decent score of 2771. However, it�s still better to rely
on actual usage than such apps. The Cherry Mobile Flare can give
you a nice user experience with insignificant lags and stuttering
whether you�re adding widgets, navigating homescreens or using your apps.
There�s only 4GB of internal storage here with about a GB reserved
for the phone�s use so you�d want to make use of a microSD with this one.
Gaming on this is good without any lags although we only tried Jetpack
Joyride, Angry Birds, Star Wars, and Temple Run. One thing we noticed
though is that the gyroscope is not balanced in our unit. Our Temple
Runner tends to lean on the left when the phone is laid flat on a surface.
Opera Mobile comes pre-installed on this phone which gives you fast
loading but still render some websites incorrectly. Web browsing using
Chrome is slower than Opera but pages are displayed as is. I noticed
that pinching my browser to zoom doesn�t have that smooth transition
but it�s also common with other dual-core phones.
Cherry Mobile included a Perfect Keyboard inside which you have
to enable in the Settings.If you don�t have a keyboard app of choice,
this one�s better than Google�s default in my opinion.