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Elephone S1 4G unlocked phone £69.97 @ Appliances Direct

£69.97 Appliances Direct23 Sep 16

Source: HotUKDeals | Deals > Mobiles

Opening post

angelhaseyes

6 Sep 16

Saw this deal and thought it was a good buy considering the features. Sony camera and fingerprint technology. The spec I've pasted but have a google round for the reviews.

Meet The S1

The Elephone S1 is a premium, high-quality phone at a low cost. With all the features of a top-quality smartphone and a stunning display and camera you can't go wrong with this phone!

Remarkable Sony Camera

The 13MP Sony camera in the S1 supports 1080P video shooting along with enhanced photography effects. The Sapphire crystal lens covering the camera is built to higher hardness tolerences to better protect the lens from falling and scratching.

360 Degree TouchID Fingerprint Sensor

Equipped with a 360 degree touch identification sensor, the Elephone S1 can accurately unlock upon touch no matter what direction your finger is on the sensor.

The sim only deal posted by naffthedesimundaa would be a great sim only plan to match up with this. http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/3-sim-4gb-data-unltd-mins-unltd-texts-9p-m-108-term-possible-quidco-2505078

Top comments

indianajon

7 Sep 16 8 #16

Can't believe no one's said it should be OK for trunk calls...

Uridium to sam_of_london

6 Sep 16 6 #7

And the moon on a stick would be nice as well.....

It's a £70 phone!!

AndyRoyd to sam_of_london

7 Sep 16 4 #22

Not unreasonable to expect better spec at £70 when a £75 phone fulfilled by Amazon has Android 6, twice the RAM at 2GB, twice the storage at 16GB, all the UK 4G bands (unlike the Elephone), fingerprint ID, fast charge, etc. It would be difficult not to justify the £5 difference, unless 5.5" screen is 0.5" too big.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01KF41B0S/ in gold. Amazon also fulfill the blue & white options at same £75 delivered.

All comments (44)

brawn279

6 Sep 16 #1

link does not work

angelhaseyes to brawn279

6 Sep 16 1 #2

http://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/ele-s1-white/elephone-eles1white try this link for the white version and search for the black. Tried the link and it works for me. Hope this helps.

AndyRoyd

6 Sep 16 2 #3

For buyers that prefer Amazon, it can be fulfilled by Amazon for "just a few more £s" https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01JA8T72Y/

Crossbow to AndyRoyd

6 Sep 16 #4

:confused:

Marketplace sellers usually do this when they don't have stock.

angelhaseyes to AndyRoyd

6 Sep 16 #5

I checked out Amazon and it's coming up at £999 for me??? Strange.

sam_of_london

6 Sep 16 #6

Only 1gb ram and Android 5.1. If it was 2gb or more ram and Android 6.0 it would have been ok.

Uridium to sam_of_london

6 Sep 16 6 #7

And the moon on a stick would be nice as well.....

It's a £70 phone!!

AndyRoyd to sam_of_london

6 Sep 16 #8

Agreed, although manufacturer quotes A6.0/Freeme 5.1 for the 1GB RAM model:
MT6580 Quad-core （1.3G）
GPU: ARM Mali-400
Android 6.0/Freeme 5.1
Touch ID
RAM: 1GB
ROM: 8GB
802.11 b/g/n WIFI
WCDMA: band 1/2/8(900/1900/2100)
GSM: band 2/3/5/8 (850/900/1800/1900)
Support micro SD (T-Flash) 64GB
Screen 5.0" 1280 *720 pixels PPI=294 5-point multi-touch "720P HD display looks more shinning"
Camera Rear: 13MP AF, Front: 2.0MP
Battery: 1800mAh ( Li-POL )
Dual SIM, dual standby (Micro+Nano)

AndyRoyd to sam_of_london

7 Sep 16 4 #22

adamm1982 to sam_of_london

24 Sep 16 #34

I know right? also the Gear VR isnt compatible with it, there's no phase or laser focus. Storage needs to be 64GB these days to be worth considering and battery really should be 3500mAH+. Also no quick charging 3 is deal breaking on its own. I'm not sure what the support and aftercare is like, do they have shops around the country like Apple do for aftersales? That's pretty much required tbh. You're also going to want 4 year warranty incase you hit any problems. I think it should run iOS as well.

I dont understand why they didn't include an FM transmitter, Retina scanner and an octa core processor.

If they upgraded those things and kept the price the same it would be hot from me, but as it stands. Its cold. Missing too many key features TBH.

angelhaseyes

6 Sep 16 #9

You do get a standard warranty which is why I took the gamble.

mbuckhurst

6 Sep 16 2 #10

If it came with 2GB and 6.0, sam_of would tell us it needs 3GB and 6.1, it's almost as though he's a bot, reliably jumping into every post about a phone/tablet/PC with the same story, doesn't seem to worry about the cost or the fact that some people are more than happy not running memory guzzling apps.

mike

angelhaseyes

6 Sep 16 #11

Some of us are very happy with a budget phone offering these specs... A **** lumia costs around this price without half of the specs and limited apps. If only we could have everything we desire.... *Goes to live in a dreamworld.* However, all inputs are welcomed.

angelhaseyes

6 Sep 16 #12

Phoned EE and got myself a 2GB data plan, unlimited calls and texts for £9.99 a month... Although I can get a 5GB of data upgraded because I have EE fibre. I'm happy.

Firemountain

6 Sep 16 #13

[Elephone Official Store] ELE Elephone S1 3G Smartphone MTK6580 1GB RAM 8GB ROM, Quad core 1.3GHz, 5.0 inch HD Screen, Android 6.0, Camera 13 MP AF Black
Be the first to review this item More about this product
Price: £999.00 Eligible for free delivery with Amazon Prime.

Uhm a tad more expensive on amazon!! :O

Firemountain

6 Sep 16 #14

I have a Huawei Y635 .. any experts advise on this as an " upgrade " replacement" to that ?

angelhaseyes to Firemountain

7 Sep 16 1 #15

Absolutely. The camera alone and software is. A year newer too. I have Sony Z3 compact and picked this one.

indianajon

7 Sep 16 8 #16

Can't believe no one's said it should be OK for trunk calls...

Firemountain to indianajon

7 Sep 16 #17

I laughed way too hard at this.. in fairness I'm slightly drunk!

sam_of_london

7 Sep 16 #18

Android phone needs at least 2gb ram to run properly.

sam_of_london

7 Sep 16 #19

I would not. There are minimum hardware requirements. In case of Android phone it is 2gb ram at least . Buy this you will waste your 70 quid and get a crap phone.

Firemountain

7 Sep 16 #20

I've bought it since company is in uk. I paid via paypal . so i hope i have some assurances if it isnt up to scratch i have possiblity to return/refund etc
Thanks for this :smiley:

imransaleh96

7 Sep 16 #21

i'd suggest you check out gearbest or banggood websites for the similar priced phones with at least 2-3gb ram or my favourite budget phone : Bluboo jus under £100 with 3gb ram.
(Link: http://m.banggood.com/BLUBOO-Xtouch-4G-5-inch-MTK6753-1_3GHz-64Bit-Octa-core-Smartphone-p-1009401.html)

Uridium

7 Sep 16 2 #23

Hands up...that's a cracking find at that price. Especially fulfilled by Amazon
You should post it as a deal....

ewatkin4

7 Sep 16 #24

Would this be a better buy than the Moto G4 and Vodafone ultra 7??

Sorry for all the questions but with all the different phone options out there I think I'm sorted then another comes up :-)

acholmes2000

7 Sep 16 #25

Only if you browse the net on your phone for calls texts and whatsapp these specs are fine, wouldnt go the elephone route though. My father is still on a 1st gen moto g and it does everything he would ever need until the battery gives out.

sam_of_london

7 Sep 16 #26

When his phone runs out memory and gives memory errors, he will know what crap phone you bought for him. Better install clean master on his phone and ask him to run it when he gets memory errors.

lumac999

7 Sep 16 #27

You'd be better off with the p6000 pro 3gb ram 16gb ROM octacore which can be had on eBay for around 20 quid more. The phone in this deal is not 4g.

mbuckhurst

7 Sep 16 #28

No it doesn't, you might need 2GB to do what you want on it, but Android itself will work fine for phone calls and a lot of applications in considerably less memory. The amount of minimum amount of memory required to run Android 6.0 on a device with a 64-bit processor and a small/normal screen at 560dpi or more is 1824MB, but it drops to as low as 424MB with a 280dpi screen with a 32bit processor.

This is incidentally the same for 5.1 and specified by Google themselves, quite why they use a DPI figure is a bit puzzling since number of pixels is the important figure, i.e. size + density need to be taken into account, quite what they mean by small or normal is anyone's guess but that's Google's specification.

As far as I can tell the screen is XHDPI and it's a 32-bit processor, which according to the specification requires a minimum of 512MB.

mike

mbuckhurst

7 Sep 16 #29

That does sound better but that rather assumes the camera is up to scratch, by the way remember that a 64bit processor requires on average 50% more memory than a 32 bit processor, so it's not like you're doubling the specification, but it is better.

mike

cunninco

7 Sep 16 #30

Thanks OP, to me this also looks like a cracking phone for the price. I've just made my purchase and really looking forward to receiving it. Cheers!

cunninco

7 Sep 16 #31

Thanks OP, great phone and price. Just placed my order - Cheers!

Firemountain

9 Sep 16 #32

Got it today.. gonna have to phone appliances direct to get a return organised and looks like I need to pay for bit of a bummer as it's faulty.. every pic i take has a strange blue pillar through them and a slight chip out the back of it too. Gutted. the amazon link was wrong when i bought it through this site :disappointed:

cunninco

11 Sep 16 2 #33

Received mine Friday...all up and running, fantastic phone and very pleased with it :smiley:

SCOUSEKEVIN

24 Sep 16 #35

Hello Does anyone know of a reasonable spec phone, max 13cm in length, preferably less, that can be bought for around £100. I am not interested in games or watching films on it, just phone calls and whatsapp and a bit of internet.
Thanks

sreenireddy to SCOUSEKEVIN

24 Sep 16 #37

there are those crappie alcatel pixie 3.5 phones which can be bought for around 20-30 quid depending wether it's on offer. They are no good for gaming. but will be fine for calls and Whatsapp viber skype etc but it only hs back camera. it has gps which why I use it to keep track of my kids when they go off to play and if they lose it its not a big loss.

v5535

24 Sep 16 #36

Good phone, onshore.

Dopple

24 Sep 16 #38

1GB Ram? I expected a Elephone to have a longer memory :smiley:

Seriously though, not sure why you would buy this instead of a Moto G 3rd Gen at a similar price.

F9T

24 Sep 16 #39

nice heat

F9T

24 Sep 16 #40

Moto is £129.99 that's why

davemhaynes

24 Sep 16 1 #41

£65.99 from ebay, black or white, delivered from China - http://ebay.us/rMNJxZ

F9T to davemhaynes

25 Sep 16 #43

Delivery Estimated between Tue. 11 Oct. and Wed. 2 Nov. :/