Cubix is Cherry Mobile’s brand of smartphones that are only available at Lazada. It follows the online-only strategy of other brands and it was really successful because the Cubix brand brings powerful devices at an affordable price. Today, we’ll review the latest affordable smartphone from Cubix, the Cubix Cube 3.

Hardware and Design

The one that I’m reviewing is gold and it looks really clean thanks to its on-screen buttons and the black bezels of the smartphone that adds sexiness to the smartphone. The Cubix Cube 3 looks very similar to the Huawei Mate series and yes, the smartphone looks really good to the eye

The body of the smartphone is purely made up of plastic but the smartphone feels very solid although I notice that the smartphone is a little bit too thick by today’s standards. The back cover of the smartphone features a woven-like design and it really feels good to the hand despite having a plastic build. Inside the smartphone is a non-removable battery and also the dual sim card slot and a MicroSD card slot.

The smartphone also sports a 16GB internal storage which is enough for most as long as you add a MicroSD card with it and one of its biggest upgrade from its predecessor is that the Cubix Cube 3 now sports LTE.

Display

The Cubix Cube 3 packs a 5.5-inch display and to keep the smartphone’s cost down, Cubix opted for an HD resolution instead of a Full HD which has both some advantages and disadvantages. The thing is, since there’s only an HD resolution on this one, this smartphone wouldn’t require too much power from its chipset but the disadvantage is that the smartphone is less sharp and will not look good as the one on other smartphones with Full HD Display.

Outside, I don’t have any problems with the smartphone’s display and it is very visible outside. The Cubix Cube 3 also looks like the smartphone has an edge-to-edge display because of its black bezels and that really adds to the sexiness of the smartphone. The smartphone’s display isn’t the best even at its price range but it works fine and I don’t really had any problems with it.

Software and Performance

One thing that I really like about the smartphone is that there are only a few apps that are pre-installed and the smartphone doesn’t use a bloated or special UI that might affect the performance of the smartphone. Speaking of performance, the Cubix Cube 3 packs an MT6753 processor along with 2GB of RAM which runs decently on this smartphone.

The smartphone might not be filled with bloated apps but I’m getting a lot of advertisements via notifications which are really annoying and really a big deal breaker for me. I wish Cherry Mobile could remove that feature by default because that feature really annoys me.

The smartphone doesn’t have too many problems in terms of performance as it can run most applications without hiccups but when it comes to gaming, the Cubix Cube 3 can handle most games but when it comes to 3D heavy games such as NBA 2k16, you’ll have to set it at the lowest settings to enjoy the game however, you’ll still experience some lags even at that settings. But if you’re planning on using the smartphone only for Clash Royale and other casual games, then you will not have too many problems with the smartphone.

The smartphone got a 2700mAh battery and thankfully, I was still able to use it for 10 hours of average use, however, heavy usage with LTE on all the time will drain your battery in just a few hours but for its 2700mAh battery, I was pretty satisfied with it.

In Antutu, the Cubix Cube 3 got a score of 37161.

Camera

The Cubix Cube 3 got a 16-Megapixel Rear Camera with LED flash and unfortunately, the camera of the Cubix Cube 3 is really disappointing. Most of the shots that I took were pale and some of them were washed out. Overall, I was not really happy about its camera. Check out the shots that I took using the smartphone:

Verdict

One of the dealbreakers of this smartphone is its camera and the really annoying ads however, with the Cubix Cube 3, you’ll get a pretty solid smartphone and pretty good performance. The Cherry Mobile Flare series is one of the best smartphones that you can get at P4,999 however, if you want to get a decent smartphone for a very low price, you can opt for the Infinix series of smartphones which is more affordable but lacks LTE and it has a slower performance.

But if you want to get a bigger smartphone then head on to the Cubix Cube 3 however, the Cubix Cube 3 is only available at Lazada.  The Cubix Cube 3 is now available at Lazada.com.ph for P4,999