Cherry Mobile Superion Odyssey Review: Affordable All-Arounder

Cherry Mobile Superion Odyssey Review: Affordable All-Arounder

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Affordable all-round tablet with a premium feel

Cherry Mobile’s is looking to take a bite off of the lower-mid tablet market with their Superion Odyssey. Offering a 1.2GHz quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 7.85-inch IPS display and 3G/HSPA+, the Superion Odyssey’s value is hard to beat. Let’s take a quick look at the full specs:

  • 1.2GHz Quad Core processor
  • 1GB RAM
  • 8GB internal memory expandable via MicroSD up to 32GB
  • 7.85-inch IPS LCD screen
  • 5.0-megapixel primary camera
  • 2.0-megapixel secondary facing camera
  • Single SIM
  • 3G, HSPA+, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, A-GPS
  • 4,000 mAh battery
  • Android 4.2
  • SRP: P7,499

Premium design

The design of the Superion Odyssey has a surprisingly premium feel, considering the price tag. While it’s reminiscent of the iPad Mini on the front (similar to the Fusion Storm), the back of the tablet uses a metal back as opposed to a plastic one. In fact, the Superion Odyssey’s size and shape so closely resembles the iPad Mini that a reader reported that you could use cases made for the Mini with it, though your need to place an adhesive for the case to stick. The build quality of the Superion Odyssey is hard to fault – it’s a solidly built tablet through and through.

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When oriented sideways, the main volume controls of the Superion Odyssey is located on the top the tablet. On the lower left side of the tablet lies the mini HDMI port, as well as the USB port and the 3.5mm audio jack. On the upper left lies the power button. There’s a small crevice on the lower left side of the tablet near the audio jack that you can pry away to reveal the SIM slot and the slot for a microSD card. There’s a 2-megapixel camera on the front of the tablet along with a receiver to hear phone calls (yes, you can call with this lol). A larger, five megapixel camera sits on the back of the tablet.

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Middlin’ specs

The Superion Odyssey uses a 7.85-inch IPS LCD display which has a resolution of 768×1080, giving it a pixel density of around 160 dpi. As we noted in our initial unboxing, the Superion Odyssey’s display was a bit of a let down, and wasn’t as bright and vibrant as we’d like. On the upside though, it had excellent viewing angles.

As far as hardware under the hood is concerned, the Superion Odyssey uses a MediaTek MT8389 quad-core processor running at 1.2GHz, paired with 1GB of RAM. The Superion Odyssey’s processor and PowerVR SGX 544MP GPU is capable of tackling games like Plants Vs. Zombies 2, Dead Trigger 2 and the like without issues. Even with tons of zombies on screen for both PvZ 2 and Dead Trigger 2, the Superion Odyssey still managed to keep up with the action. It’s also capable of playing back full HD movies, so it’s more than capable of holding it’s own as a multimedia tablet.

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Our time with the Superion Odyssey was pleasant enough, and the tablet in our experience was responsive enough. The screen did freeze up once, refusing to turn on from sleep which necessitated a soft reset to get it going again. We didn’t encounter that particular problem again after the aforementioned reset.

Light and handy

One thing that really surprised us with the Superion Odyssey was how light it was. We don’t have a scale here so we can’t really give you an exact number, but trust us when we say is pretty light. It’s at least lighter than Samsung’s 7-inch Galaxy Tab 3. That makes the Superion Odyssey a great choice as an e-reader, or as a general lightweight tablet.

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Decent camera

The 5-megapixel camera on the back produces decent enough pictures for sharing to social media, just don’t expect stellar photos.

Good battery life

The Superion Odyssey managed to last around 7 hours on single charge with moderate use with 50% screen brightness which includes browsing, watching movies and light gaming. We reckon you could go even longer with lower settings with just the WiFi on. Like anything battery related, your mileage may vary.

Great all-round tablet

We’ve been using the Superion Odyssey as our primary tablet since we got it a couple of weeks ago, and we’re pretty happy with it. Granted, it’s not the fastest tablet out there, but considering the specs its value is hard to beat. If you’re looking for a relatively affordable tablet that performs better than low-end tablets, you might like the Superion Odyssey.

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