Cherry Mobile Infinix Pure XL Price Php 6,999, Specs, Antutu Benchmark Score, What's Inside The Box?

Last night, local electronics giant Cherry Mobile mounted its annual thanksgiving party for its dealers and partners in the blogosphere and local media. The star-studded event was held at the Le Pavillon Metropolitan Park in Pasay City.

The grandiose venue and program merely reflected the wonderful and record-breaking year that Cherry Mobile has had thus far in terms of its product line-up and sales.

Entitled 'The Captain's Ball', last night's Thanksgiving event had a 'Sailor' theme -- perhaps symbolizing a great voyage that the brand will be embarking on in the years to come.

With Miss Poch Zenarosa, Marketing Head of Cherry Mobile, and Mr. Lonson Alejandrino, Cherry Mobile Product Marketing Manager at the banquet.

Sir Lonson told me that CM now has more than 300 dealers nationwide, which is - I believe - indicative of the company's steady growth and stellar market performance. This evening was really for them.

During the event, as if the company doesn't already have too many best-sellers this year, Cherry Mobile took the opportunity to announce yet another incredible midrange phablet that can give devices in its price echelon a major run for the money.

Priced at Php 6,999 and arriving by mid-December 2014 - just in time for your Holiday gadget shopping, Cherry Mobile Infinix Pure XL combines the benefits of an extra-large display and the power of a true Octa Core processor.

The retail package includes the unit itself, the 2,600 mAh Li-Ion battery pack, travel charger, microUSB to USB 2.0 connector cable, headphones with microphone and in-ear silicon buds, CM apps info sheet, and the user manual.

The Infinix Pure XL is a Dual SIM Dual Standby device with one microSIM card slot and another for Regular Mini SIM. Removing the back plate and the battery pack, you will have access to the microSD card slot for expanding the phone's storage.

Cherry Mobile Infinix Pure XL flaunts a 5.5-inch HD IPS display panel, which is a joy to look at regarless of the viewing angle.

This phablet runs vanilla Android 4.4.2 KitKat operating system with a 1.4 GHz Octa Core ARM Cortex A7 and Mali 450 MP based MediaTek MT6592M processor, handles multitasking with 1 GB of RAM, and has 8 GB of internal storage (~5.65 GB user available).

For the geeks: With that set of internal hardware, CM Infinix Pure XL gets an Antutu Benchmark Score in the area of 27,473.

In terms of its imaging capabilities, Infinix Pure XL sports a 13 MegaPixel autofocus main camera with LED flash and BSI sensor and a front-facing 2 MegaPixel non-BSI camera for selfies. The cam at the back is likewise capable of taking Full HD 1080p 30fps videos.

As for its design, as you can see in these shots, Cherry Mobile Infinix Pure XL features a rounded design identity and comes replete with a matte and rather rubbery back cover and chrome accent (with brushed metal look) running down its sides and 'extending' over the power button and the volume keys. While not as head-turning as a high-gloss case, the back plate nonetheless attracts less fingerprints and is not too prone to getting scratched.

Off hand, I'm quite impressed with the build quality of the phone (it's rock solid), its bright and vivid display, and the very smooth touch response and screen transitions that the device delivers. I have a feeling that this will be another 2014 best-seller for the brand - just like Flare 3 and Alpha Luxe - and its success could well continue until Q1 2015. Thumbs up, Cherry Mobile!