The ultimate visual feast is what Elephone has been pursueing all the time. With
Vowney 2k screen, we will surprise you with life-like experience.
2560*1440 Resolution
535 PPI
95%NTSC Color Saturation
1500:1 Contract
LTPS Technology
Compare with ordinary screen, 2K screen uses negative liquid crystal display technology. Display performance is greatly improved, power consumption cut down further.
4GB RAM +32G ROM
To be a flagship, Vowney is equipped with 4GB RAM and 32GB ROM. the speed is 1.7 times the 2GB. Either browsing the web, playing video, 3D games, multitasking, all are smooth, let you enjoy the extreme pleasure.
4GB RAM
4GB is a new breakthrough in the mobile space. 4GB can run any more programs at the same time, the game starting and loading are much faster. The switching between programs is more smooth.
21 MP Sony IMX230
Vowney’s camera sensor adopts Exmor RS IMX230 that is only 1/2.4 inch. The rear camera reaches 21.0MP pixels. 192 phase-detection autofocus makes focusing time reducing down to 0.15s. It also supports real-time HDR 30 FPS 4K video shooting.
4000 mAh battery
Vowney is equipped with 4000 mAh large capacity lithium ion polymer battery, safe and quick to provide energy.
FDD/TDD
Dual SIM card 4G LTE
Vowney supports dual micro SIM cards and dual 4G (FDD/TDD). With faster 4G LTE — up to 150 Mbps Vowney users can experience faster download and upload speeds for browsing the web, streaming music, making video calls, and more.
Potential 6% TCB USA & $15 off! See post #15 for details!
- escortboy
Top comments
ChampionshipManager
10 Oct 157#10
Imagine telling your friends you have an Elephone.
"What the f*** is an Elephone, could you not afford an iPhone 6S for a mere 1900 bones?"
bibu
10 Oct 155#8
Minimum 3 month wait before these even leave factory. hardware was missing from first batch of P8000.
escortboy
10 Oct 154#13
Wow!! This would be more painful if it was faulty as you have pretty much no protection or support from members experiences. However, you would get so much phone for the money if it worked for a few years!
Personally I'd think twice before going in on this one at the moment, the DooGee F5 for £84 through the BangGood app would be my choice.
Voted hot because this phone is an absolute beast! It would've been nice to see a 5,000-6,000mah battery though as the processor will munch away at the battery life pretty quickly. Just seen that the screen is an energy saving technology so maybe this won't be such ADV issue
Thanks for posting OP, love it!
mugen6
11 Oct 153#48
2k screen on a 5.5" phone and yet every bloody laptop manufacturer is still pushing 1366x768 on their 15" screens...
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andywedge
10 Oct 151#1
Thanks for posting. I’ve added the price and merchant to the title.
Here’s a ‘Help’ link which gives tips and advice on thread posting.
maabus
10 Oct 15#2
Thanks Mod.
Alansmithee
10 Oct 15#3
Page goes nowhere?
dereklogan7
10 Oct 15#4
Link not working?
dannyeff
10 Oct 151#5
That looks like a phone I need in my life!
grajac123
10 Oct 153#6
Amazing spec for the money
HigHNooN to grajac123
10 Oct 153#12
it only looks good on the paper. Believe me. I’ve had 4 Chinese phones this year. They're all fine for 3-5 weeks...
maabus
10 Oct 15#7
Mod, Can you please help me fix this link, I am making changes to the URL link, but its not reflecting in the post. :disappointed:
bibu
10 Oct 155#8
Minimum 3 month wait before these even leave factory. hardware was missing from first batch of P8000.
Imagine telling your friends you have an Elephone.
"What the f*** is an Elephone, could you not afford an iPhone 6S for a mere 1900 bones?"
markdstone to ChampionshipManager
11 Oct 151#45
imagine several years ago telling your friends you have an Apple? Ah wait........
HigHNooN
10 Oct 152#11
Don't go that way. You've been warned...
escortboy
10 Oct 154#13
Wow!! This would be more painful if it was faulty as you have pretty much no protection or support from members experiences. However, you would get so much phone for the money if it worked for a few years!
Personally I'd think twice before going in on this one at the moment, the DooGee F5 for £84 through the BangGood app would be my choice.
Voted hot because this phone is an absolute beast! It would've been nice to see a 5,000-6,000mah battery though as the processor will munch away at the battery life pretty quickly. Just seen that the screen is an energy saving technology so maybe this won't be such ADV issue
Thanks for posting OP, love it!
BuzzDuraband to escortboy
11 Oct 15#47
Hmmm, got me thinking now.
P8000 or the F5? Which would you recommend, and I assume they're the leaders at this price point?
maabus
10 Oct 153#14
I am using elephone P8000 for more than a month and IMHO, its brilliant for the price i paid..
escortboy to maabus
10 Oct 151#16
Sames! I got the grey one - love it!
polly69 to maabus
11 Oct 152#22
Agreed me to since launch and my daughter has one of the first batch without the notification light and that's great to, i have to say they are very well built and i wouldnt hesitate to order another elephone.
Don't forget! 6% TCB USA. It DOES work and you pay yourself $ directly into your PayPal account :wink:
Also it states on the TCB USA site that it's $15 off a $200+ order as well as cashback!
Not sure exactly how much the cashback and voucher code would take this down to but it's definitely worth signing up to TCB USA!
sarahjen
10 Oct 152#17
I've got elephone p5000 had it nearly a year now and can't fault it. just same as all other branded phones.
maabus
10 Oct 15#18
maabus
10 Oct 15#19
maabus
10 Oct 15#20
Infiltrator
10 Oct 151#21
Tempted, had my p7000 since early June and still liking it, it was a focalprice $159 presale after gearbest let me down.
maabus
11 Oct 15#23
schnide to maabus
11 Oct 153#43
The poor English grammar in the translation for all those promotional pictures makes me worried for the quality control of the product itself to be honest, no matter how good the specs seem on paper. How hard is it to hire some proof reading these days?
yky
11 Oct 15#24
Bargain compare to Xaiomi Note.
isan5671
11 Oct 151#25
I have had p8000 for 2 months with no problem, even survived a drop onto pavement!!
wadewilson16
11 Oct 15#26
I really want this but I can't let myself do it I still have the one plus one and it works perfectly still touch wood I begrudge falling into that old system of new phone every year
LittleChimp
11 Oct 15#27
Gorgeous looking phone for the price it's a steal
SilverBlack
11 Oct 15#28
Hmm batterys a bit small better off with this Lenovo Vibe P1:stuck_out_tongue:
When this was first announced there was going to be an Intel version as well which was rumored to be dual boot Android and W10M. Now I would shell out for that. The phone has good specs but like a lot of these Chinese brands it ha the black border round the screen so I will leave this version.
mchu6am4
11 Oct 15#31
Specs are amazing and so is the price ... Will this work on all UK networks?
Shame new nexus phones are so much more expensive with lower specs!
s24rrt
11 Oct 151#32
After seeing all the issue listed on the elephone facebook page for the p8000 and the fact that my friends p8000 nearly set on fire on the first day and still havent received a refund, I wouldnt touch these with a barge pole.
ukfix to s24rrt
11 Oct 151#56
Yep all you have to do is go on the Elephone forums to see how many problems there are with their phones, cheap unfinished crap.
bdt_1978
11 Oct 15#33
not another telephone deal..... no doubt there will be three million posts complaining about late dispatch // my LED doesn't work, elephone customer service ruined my life.......
bdt_1978
11 Oct 15#34
^^^^^ should read elephone
escortboy
11 Oct 15#35
Asus Zenphone 2 has 4GB RAM Intel processor.
£144 delivered from gear best. (May be less with vouchers/cashback). If anyone is interested double check you're happy with the network bands compatibility in the UK! http://m.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_170574.html?wid=1
wpj to escortboy
11 Oct 152#54
Or £156 from the UK warehouse if you don't want to wait/risk customs.
normal
11 Oct 15#36
Looks good :smiley:
innthe
11 Oct 15#37
How do you avoid custom fees?
Infiltrator to innthe
11 Oct 151#38
Standard delivery usually does it.
escortboy
11 Oct 15#39
DHL tends to get noticed for import duty based on what HUKD users have reported on similar threads. You would be looking at around £40 if you got unlucky?
jay-uk
11 Oct 151#40
The specs on this
83dlingham
11 Oct 15#41
I'm hoping for this promised discount for the crap p8000 I have might buy it if it's a good price.
Disco Dave
11 Oct 151#42
Surely it's 4K screen
escortboy
11 Oct 15#44
Maybe it's Chinese-English and they understand it fully.
Remember - The P8000 was the most worth buying phone!
samiemiah
11 Oct 151#46
Elephone p8000 broke within 6 days. Was not impressed.
mugen6
11 Oct 153#48
2k screen on a 5.5" phone and yet every bloody laptop manufacturer is still pushing 1366x768 on their 15" screens...
GigabitEthernet
11 Oct 15#49
Battery specs are definitely a lie.
7777777
11 Oct 15#50
I am sure it was proof read, should they employ another to check on the first... and then another one to check again? This is company with no marketing experience in Europe.
Also, ability to speak good English won't secure high quality of product :smiley: . still wouldn't fully trust them as elephone is known to change spec without warning
escortboy
11 Oct 15#51
IMO the P8000 is excellent. The lack of Gorilla Glass is a concern so I have to be extra careful with it.
The specs on the F5 are the same except it's got a smaller battery so that's the real compromise. P8000 is circa £100, F5 is £85 so more throwaway.. I've ordered the F5 so will be able to compare them when it arrives (soon hopefully). Both offer a lot of phone for the money!
escortboy
11 Oct 15#52
My P8000 lasts a full day with heavy use so not sure why you think it's a lie? There's a video of someone continuously playing movies for 5 1/2 hours on the P8000 another poster has mentioned!
idturner
11 Oct 15#53
I bought an Elephone P8000, too. Great phone. Mrs liked it so much she stopped using her iPhone.
escortboy
11 Oct 15#55
Completely worth it to go for the EU warehouse option tbh!
stuntman9883
11 Oct 15#57
good phone but recently picked up the redmi note 2 pro for 112 pounds and dont think its worth spending over 150 on a chinese phone the redmi is great so far and great specs
irradiated
11 Oct 15#58
sounds superb, wonder if its the same camera thats on the z2, pretty impressive if it is
anyone with an older elephone, did you ever get any official updates or are you stuck with what it came with unless you custom rom it?
damcnaught to irradiated
13 Oct 15#72
It's the same camera as the Z5 - far better than the Z2's in theory (possibly the best currently available), though how good it is will depend to some degree on software optimisation.
If the camera is indeed equal to a Z5's & there are no big issues, I may have to get one of these.
karolyka
11 Oct 15#59
Not all chinese phone bad, but be careful with elephone, some models very famous to go wrong with no reason, I think the P8000 the most famous
sotomonkey
11 Oct 153#60
Some of you just make do ffs. Not everyone obviously but why the need to keep buying phones? You should aim to get at least a couple of years out of a smartphone in my opinion.
You're just unnecessarily helping to prop up a shady manufacturing industry and contributing to unethical work and environmental practices.
littletime to sotomonkey
13 Oct 15#71
I had not even considered the ethics as was too busy on the 'shiny new toy' aspect, but you likely have a valid point - why are they so cheap?
ezeoke
11 Oct 15#61
F5 anytime.
colinidj
11 Oct 15#62
I have a p8000 and yes on preorder it took 3 months but they kept in touch and it a great phone that would cost 500 quid here but was only 120 if i
didn't have it I'd snap up one of these cause it's great an saved me a fortune and I picked my own sim deal .
schnide
11 Oct 15#63
I'm not sure what you're asking. Are you really saying it's acceptable for a company that invests millions in designing, manufacturing and shipping a high tech device to not spend a couple of hundred on making sure the promotional materials say what they think they're saying?
Experience or not, this is the internet age - you or I could find a qualified translator/proof reader within five minutes. I imagine they had some time longer than that to put their marketing materials together.
bluepeter11
11 Oct 15#64
I have had a P8000 for a while, it has niggles but it is actually better then the 2.3 ghz zenfone 2 i had before it, it's faster some how, even with a 1.3 ghz processor, battery is far better to, thats all i really need so for this to have better specs then the zenfone 2 and cost pretty much the same, i might pick this up
7777777
11 Oct 15#65
I absolutely agree with you, it's easy but currently they may not care much about promotion in English as their target market remains in China and countries where English isn't natively spoken.
leelukehope
12 Oct 151#66
Voted hot because you're a Chelsea fan and we need all the help we can get at the mo.
wpj
12 Oct 15#67
This isn't the case with Elephone; they don't sell into China to any extent- they focus on EU, mid-East, other Asia. With the P8000 they did a "world" phone in order to try to sell into the US. No idea if it worked.
mightychojin
12 Oct 15#68
After my last experience with focal price and the elephone p8000 I would advise people to buy from another source. Phone seems good though :smirk:
schnide
12 Oct 15#69
Except that they've produced these materials in English, so that makes no sense whatsoever.
:confused:
sotomonkey
13 Oct 15#70
Personally I now have a bottom line before I buy another phone.
1) if the ZTE V967s I have that I bought in 2013 conks out
2) the new phone must have 128gb ROM (the tech is already there), 4gb of ram, octa-core and be priced around 100 pounds.
Laying down those terms ensures I get a decent amount of use out of my current phone and also means I won't end up with 10 crappy Elephones over the next year or so.
oops - I got that wrong, and can't edit my post on the HUKD app for some reason.
The IMX230 is used in the Moto X style, and is pretty good, but not used in the Z5, which is a newer 23mp sensor.
littletime
14 Oct 15#74
I recall reading that the Vowney was going to be a dual-boot device with Android and Windows 10?
littletime to littletime
3 Nov 15#76
To answer my own question, there are going to be 3 versions of the Vowney: Lite, regular and Pro. The Pro version will be a dual boot Android 5.1 and Windows 10 device with an Intel chip. It'll cost about £60 more than this one. No word on release date as yet. I'm somewhat concerned at the fact the regular Vowney is close to release and I have yet to see a hands on review in the press.
karl100100
1 Nov 15#75
Not heard of Elephone? A reputable company? Excellent specs. Tempting...
littletime
1 Dec 15#77
Anyone got their one yet?
wayners to littletime
1 Dec 15#78
20th December is shipping I believe. I have given up. I think come 20th December the shipping would have changed to 20th January
wayners to littletime
2 Dec 15#80
Focal price is still showing as presale
littletime
1 Dec 15#79
Yes I see they have extended it yet again. I was interested in either the Vowney or the P9000 but they lost my trust. Bye bye Elephone.
brads900
14 Jan 16#81
Anyone got confirmed shipping on this yet?
wayners
14 Jan 16#82
I have given up on this phone and bought a lg g4 that is 5 months old off eBay for £205. You will be waiting for months for this phone if it ever gets shipped. Will be out of date hardware by the time its shipped. Better off with s5 or nexus5.
littletime
15 Jan 16#83
An actual real-life Elephone Vowney has been sighted and below is the photographic proof:
It's a bit blurry, but if you look carefully you'll see that the abominable snowman is definitely carrying the legendary handset.
wayners
2 Apr 16#84
http://www.coolicool.com have 38 in stock. Risky ordering though. I wouldn't. Could still be April fools in China
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Opening post
The ultimate visual feast is what Elephone has been pursueing all the time. With
Vowney 2k screen, we will surprise you with life-like experience.
2560*1440 Resolution
535 PPI
95%NTSC Color Saturation
1500:1 Contract
LTPS Technology
Compare with ordinary screen, 2K screen uses negative liquid crystal display technology. Display performance is greatly improved, power consumption cut down further.
4GB RAM +32G ROM
To be a flagship, Vowney is equipped with 4GB RAM and 32GB ROM. the speed is 1.7 times the 2GB. Either browsing the web, playing video, 3D games, multitasking, all are smooth, let you enjoy the extreme pleasure.
4GB RAM
4GB is a new breakthrough in the mobile space. 4GB can run any more programs at the same time, the game starting and loading are much faster. The switching between programs is more smooth.
21 MP Sony IMX230
Vowney’s camera sensor adopts Exmor RS IMX230 that is only 1/2.4 inch. The rear camera reaches 21.0MP pixels. 192 phase-detection autofocus makes focusing time reducing down to 0.15s. It also supports real-time HDR 30 FPS 4K video shooting.
4000 mAh battery
Vowney is equipped with 4000 mAh large capacity lithium ion polymer battery, safe and quick to provide energy.
FDD/TDD
Dual SIM card 4G LTE
Vowney supports dual micro SIM cards and dual 4G (FDD/TDD). With faster 4G LTE — up to 150 Mbps Vowney users can experience faster download and upload speeds for browsing the web, streaming music, making video calls, and more.
Here is the link
http://www.focalprice.com/MH1329Y/Pre_sale_Elephone_Vowney_5.5_4G_Smartphone_IPS_LCD_Capacitive_2560x1440.html?Currency=GBP
Potential 6% TCB USA & $15 off! See post #15 for details!
- escortboy
Top comments
"What the f*** is an Elephone, could you not afford an iPhone 6S for a mere 1900 bones?"
Personally I'd think twice before going in on this one at the moment, the DooGee F5 for £84 through the BangGood app would be my choice.
Voted hot because this phone is an absolute beast! It would've been nice to see a 5,000-6,000mah battery though as the processor will munch away at the battery life pretty quickly. Just seen that the screen is an energy saving technology so maybe this won't be such ADV issue
Thanks for posting OP, love it!
All comments (84)
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"What the f*** is an Elephone, could you not afford an iPhone 6S for a mere 1900 bones?"
Personally I'd think twice before going in on this one at the moment, the DooGee F5 for £84 through the BangGood app would be my choice.
Voted hot because this phone is an absolute beast! It would've been nice to see a 5,000-6,000mah battery though as the processor will munch away at the battery life pretty quickly. Just seen that the screen is an energy saving technology so maybe this won't be such ADV issue
Thanks for posting OP, love it!
P8000 or the F5? Which would you recommend, and I assume they're the leaders at this price point?
Don't forget! 6% TCB USA. It DOES work and you pay yourself $ directly into your PayPal account :wink:
Also it states on the TCB USA site that it's $15 off a $200+ order as well as cashback!
Not sure exactly how much the cashback and voucher code would take this down to but it's definitely worth signing up to TCB USA!
Shame new nexus phones are so much more expensive with lower specs!
£144 delivered from gear best. (May be less with vouchers/cashback). If anyone is interested double check you're happy with the network bands compatibility in the UK!
http://m.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_170574.html?wid=1
Remember - The P8000 was the most worth buying phone!
Also, ability to speak good English won't secure high quality of product :smiley: . still wouldn't fully trust them as elephone is known to change spec without warning
The specs on the F5 are the same except it's got a smaller battery so that's the real compromise. P8000 is circa £100, F5 is £85 so more throwaway.. I've ordered the F5 so will be able to compare them when it arrives (soon hopefully). Both offer a lot of phone for the money!
anyone with an older elephone, did you ever get any official updates or are you stuck with what it came with unless you custom rom it?
If the camera is indeed equal to a Z5's & there are no big issues, I may have to get one of these.
You're just unnecessarily helping to prop up a shady manufacturing industry and contributing to unethical work and environmental practices.
didn't have it I'd snap up one of these cause it's great an saved me a fortune and I picked my own sim deal .
Experience or not, this is the internet age - you or I could find a qualified translator/proof reader within five minutes. I imagine they had some time longer than that to put their marketing materials together.
:confused:
1) if the ZTE V967s I have that I bought in 2013 conks out
2) the new phone must have 128gb ROM (the tech is already there), 4gb of ram, octa-core and be priced around 100 pounds.
Laying down those terms ensures I get a decent amount of use out of my current phone and also means I won't end up with 10 crappy Elephones over the next year or so.
Speaking of which, you may find this of interest.
http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/how-many-cores-do-you-actually-need-on-a-phone
The IMX230 is used in the Moto X style, and is pretty good, but not used in the Z5, which is a newer 23mp sensor.
It's a bit blurry, but if you look carefully you'll see that the abominable snowman is definitely carrying the legendary handset.