Highlights
5.5 Inch Bezel-less Curved JDI Screen, 1920*1080 Pixel
1. Helio X20 MTK6797 2.0GHz Deca Core
2. Double Curved Design
3. Support Touch ID, E-touch (Intelligent Fingerprint), Support Off Screen Wake up
4. 4GB RAM + 64GB ROM, Support 128GB TF Card Expansion
5. 13 MP Back Camera + 5 MP Front Camera
6. 3000mAh Battery, Support 5V2A Quick-charge
7. Dual SIM: NANO SIM + NANO SIM / TF Card (The SIM Slot Can Be Used in Combination with a NANO SIM Card or a TF Card)
Camera:
Front Camera: 5MP
Rear Camera: 13MP
Flash Camera: Support
Auto Focus: Support
Multi-shot: Support
Video Recording: Support
Communication: WIFI: Support
GPS: Support, Internal GPS
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.0
Network Frequency: WCDMA 900/2100MHz, FDD-LTE B1/B3/B7/B20, GSM 850/900/900/1800/1900MHz
Functions:
Gravity Induction: Support
Distance Senor: Support
Light Sensor: Support
NFC: No
OTF: Yes
Supported Audio Format: MP3/ACC+WAV/AMR
Support Video Format: MP4/3GP/MPEG-4 Format
Wireless AP: Support
I don't know why anyone would buy this when you can buy the superior Redmi Note 3 Pro for less. If you're looking at spending £150~ on a 5.5" smartphone it's the only option.
MDL199 to barmrest
1 Apr 174#42
I bought the Redmi Note 4 global version (The global version is actually the Redmi Note 4x under a different name but with band 20 support) and i'm the most impressed with a phone I've ever been since i bought the Nexus 4 back in the day. Only paid £126 and it's superior to the new version of the Galaxy A5 which retails at £360 odd.
This is the first Xiaomi I've ever owned and it's top notch quality and as good as anything by Samsung or Apple.
So impressed!
GlentoranMark to samiemiah
1 Apr 173#24
My daughter is on a £50 a month contract for 24 months for her S7 phone (despite me whining in her ear about getting a better deal on HUKD) and the bottom half of her phone stopped working just this week. Her phone is insured so no problems getting it fixed but I think you've gotta weigh up the options.
I'm also a P8000 user bought July 2015, it cost me £115 a year and a half ago, never had a problem and it's working as good as I got it. Best phone I've had.
Since that time I've bought my son a Cubot H1 (just broke after 14 months use, he dropped it), my wife a Homtom HT3 (broke after 6 months), myself an id107 smart watch (broke after 6 months) and a Mi Band 1, still working after a year but I don't use it but all that combined still is nowhere near what my daughter has paid on her contract and she's still over a year to go.
I think you've just gotta take those risks when the difference is £163 compared to what you pay for the likes of Samsung and Apple products.
There must also be some sort of insurance you can take out for these Chinese phones but I reckon it would take away a lot of the value you get in buying from China.
Latest comments (80)
Crossbow
7 Apr 17#80
That's the crazy HUKD site for you!
jimcat
7 Apr 17#79
ELEPHONE IS HORRIBLE QUALITY!!! DO NOT BUY
I bought an elephone about a year ago, and never again, ever!! The quality is horrendous. Cost me about £130 it seemed a cracking deal for the spec, but the headphone jack was badly designed and soldered with the worse material out there, about 10 days in it started to make bad contact and the headphone jack just basically stopped working (had it resoldered a couple of times and they told me they might as well have soldered it with s*** would have been better).
This wasn't the end of my nightmare, the frame was badly designed pressing the screen unevenly, two months in the screen started to develop a shadow in the middle of the screen because of the pressure of the edge of the internal frame, it eventually became a really visible mark shaping most of the frame.
Finally about 8 months in the screen started to break internally (I.e. The actual internal panel cracking on the edges), also pieces of the phone like the fingerprint scanner started to fall of. The headphone jack handnt worked for months.
The software itself had problems too, from about month 5 stopped receiving text messages...
It didn't make it to month 9. Complete rubbish! Spend your money elsewhere!
To be clear this was a different model of Elephone, the P8000. But I think my experience tells a lot about what this brand does: sell you crap for quick cash and run with it.
Infiltrator
4 Apr 17#78
G5 not LGs greatest moment, hopefully the G6 is back on track. Love to try the V10 but the battery is even worse than the G4, V20 still too expensive.
Adidas.Addict
4 Apr 17#77
I wonder if the G5 will become a bargain now the G6 is out/coming out
Infiltrator
4 Apr 17#76
Some of the Chinese market phones cameras are good in perfect conditions but in low light they're all disappointing.
Infiltrator
4 Apr 171#75
And while I'm here, who are the idiots still voting this phone hot? No one with any experience or knowledge of elephone has a good word to day for the company or their products and still the deal gets hotter :confused:
Adidas.Addict
4 Apr 17#74
Damn, I've been out of the game and scared to switch from G4 as I use the camera daily.
Adidas.Addict
4 Apr 17#72
Sorry to go off topic, but can anyone recommend a new phone with a camera as good or better than the LG G4 camera and doesn't cost the earth?
Infiltrator to Adidas.Addict
4 Apr 171#73
Doesn't exist, G4 camera is still better than most. You'll need to spend £500 to get anywhere near the quality of the G4 camera. We have the same dilemma. I love my Xiaomi mi max but Xiaomi dont have a camera that can match the G4.
octopus
4 Apr 17#71
Huawei is a Chinese company but in a different bracket. I haven't owned a Xiaomi device so can't comment.
bdt_1978
4 Apr 17#70
that money would get you a 64gb Xiaomi Mi5 with same performance / quality / appearance as a galaxy S7...
samiemiah
1 Apr 173#18
I'm never going to buy elephone again. Had the p8000, died in a week(something 'popped' internally while charging). Thought I will give them another try with the p9000 and it broke within a month (half the screen stopped responding). I'm sure they are people who have had no issues. But for me, the customer support was shoddy and both phones ended up being recycled for pennies.
Hopefully they'll get better in time but for now they ain't ready.
GlentoranMark to samiemiah
1 Apr 173#24
My daughter is on a £50 a month contract for 24 months for her S7 phone (despite me whining in her ear about getting a better deal on HUKD) and the bottom half of her phone stopped working just this week. Her phone is insured so no problems getting it fixed but I think you've gotta weigh up the options.
I'm also a P8000 user bought July 2015, it cost me £115 a year and a half ago, never had a problem and it's working as good as I got it. Best phone I've had.
Since that time I've bought my son a Cubot H1 (just broke after 14 months use, he dropped it), my wife a Homtom HT3 (broke after 6 months), myself an id107 smart watch (broke after 6 months) and a Mi Band 1, still working after a year but I don't use it but all that combined still is nowhere near what my daughter has paid on her contract and she's still over a year to go.
I think you've just gotta take those risks when the difference is £163 compared to what you pay for the likes of Samsung and Apple products.
There must also be some sort of insurance you can take out for these Chinese phones but I reckon it would take away a lot of the value you get in buying from China.
tan159 to samiemiah
4 Apr 17#69
Me too! My telephone p8000 would dropout a call after 15 secs and sim signal would disappear. Numerous similar stories in the interternet. Its now just a mini tablet.
I'm all for Chinese phones but not elephone.
matar
3 Apr 17#68
my p8000 had the same after an update, hard reset won't fix it, took me more than 6 months until I managed to put a new ROM on. its ok now but don't recommend it to anyone. and many people complaint the same.
Chumba_Wumba
3 Apr 17#67
wrap yer trunk around that !:smile:
qwerta369
31 Mar 173#2
So basically it's a Samsung galaxy S7 edge under a different name.
TechPimp to qwerta369
31 Mar 172#3
I've no experience with the Chinese copies but I'm assuming the quality is ****
Gollywood to qwerta369
1 Apr 17#13
No way.
Its just a blatant rip off of the Samsung. Bought one for a relative 3 months ago. Its ok but I wouldn't spend that much even if the specs on paper are fantastic.
Feels solid but heavy & the body seems to mark more easily than other phones.
InkBlotTest to qwerta369
3 Apr 17#66
Sure.... if the appearance is the only thing you judge a phone by.
This review shows that even with its hardware, the phone is poorly optimised.
Do not touch Elephone, they promise upgrades and never deliver. You've been warned.
deepmenace
2 Apr 17#64
Elephone repeatedly promised a new android version for mine. They lied and lied and lied. It never arrived.
I'll never buy one again.
shareef
2 Apr 17#63
Apples ( :man: ) and oranges. Comparing an apple device with a cheap Chinese phone is a bit silly. Either way, for £250 you probably could have had a better device than a 5S
peterdenhaan
2 Apr 17#62
This. I bought an Elephone P9000 last year and it's OK. My biggest hardware niggle is that the phone every so often no longer sees its SIM cards. A firm press against the SIM drawer is needed to fix it. Seems their mechanical tolerances aren't managed well.
Software is another matter. They struggled to get the power management to work correctly - widgets like the clock wouldn't update anymore at one point, which sucks - I had to experiment disabling features in settings to get them to work again. The coup the grace was the December update whiched effed up the recovery boot. This means that subsequent OTA updates did download but could no longer install. Only someone comfortable with ADB (Android debugging) can get things going again. I think Elephone has given up producing updates for this phone now as the vast majority of their customers can no longer benefit from them.
The hardware can be quite nice, but their software support is run by complete amateurs and incompetents.
octopus
2 Apr 17#61
Looks like the deal has expired
micky4rl
2 Apr 17#60
I hate to be a party poopers but stay well clear of elephone products. While the specs look good and phone look well made, you will be lucky to get 6 month use of out them before they pack up. Support from elephone is non-existent and you will only be directed to a poorly managed website and there you can see the many issues they have.
I've bought 3 different elephone products over the years and they now just gather dust in my shelf.
A word is enough for the wise.
kalico
2 Apr 17#59
Who's going to risk that sort of money with Gearbest? If it goes wrong you've chucked away £163.
barmrest
1 Apr 178#14
I don't know why anyone would buy this when you can buy the superior Redmi Note 3 Pro for less. If you're looking at spending £150~ on a 5.5" smartphone it's the only option.
VeedubyaGTi to barmrest
1 Apr 17#17
Agreed, I bought one a few months ago, it really is a quality piece of kit that would easily rival the big names.
MDL199 to barmrest
1 Apr 174#42
I bought the Redmi Note 4 global version (The global version is actually the Redmi Note 4x under a different name but with band 20 support) and i'm the most impressed with a phone I've ever been since i bought the Nexus 4 back in the day. Only paid £126 and it's superior to the new version of the Galaxy A5 which retails at £360 odd.
This is the first Xiaomi I've ever owned and it's top notch quality and as good as anything by Samsung or Apple.
So impressed!
dkwiatki1 to barmrest
2 Apr 17#58
True
MDL199
1 Apr 171#57
See the link to the deal in my comment above. It was Ali Express, Xiaomi store. Buy from the link because you want the official global version with band 20 and the Snapdragon processor. Best money I've spent this is a premium phone with amazing build quality.
ktown
1 Apr 172#56
Buy a xiaomi instead!
octopus
1 Apr 17#55
Can you share where you got the phone from?
surely1967
1 Apr 17#52
No nfc either!
jaydeeuk1 to surely1967
1 Apr 17#54
Probably a good thing, i sure as hell wouldn't trust android pay on this.
I was told the global version of the Redmi Note 4 is the same as the Redmi Note 4X and that seems to be accurate. The global version has better specs, battery life and camera than the standard Redmi Note 4.
The phone works on all uk networks as it has band 20 support. The phone is simply amazing and one of the best bargains i've ever bagged.
dean_brfc
1 Apr 17#51
I owned an Elephone once. The specs were amazing for the price, but the performance was nowhere near good enough.
Mobile phones aren't like PCs, it's not all about specs. If Android hasn't been optimised properly, and if it isn't supported with updates, the specs are meaningless.
The way these Chinese companies save money is in their software department - it's expensive to hire skilled programmers, expensive to test extensively, expensive to keep releasing updates. Much easier for them to just buy the components in bulk, stick them together and ship them out and move onto the next model.
Won't vote either way, but I'd recommend anyone against buying this. As someone else said, the Xiaomi Redmi will be a better buy.
Infiltrator
1 Apr 171#50
Not the newest.... launched sep 2013..
Android phones are fine if you know what you're doing, even the Chinese market models, if you don't then jump on board the Apple express and choose which class you can afford to travel in - but be aware the destination is the same it's just the carriages that differ.
*******Do not buy anything from elephone. *********
They have a long history of releasing phones and not bothering to fix the bugs, and then dumping them to release the next model. The p9000 is still full of loads of bugs.
ismaildeals123
1 Apr 17#47
software on this must be garbage
steveturnbull2014
1 Apr 17#46
My iPhone 5s was £250 new sim free from car phone warehouse not the newest but still miles better than the androids I had. The only thing is the screen is smaller but much better performance. The processors in cheap android octocore and all that rubbish , they lag
mickey_brock
1 Apr 17#45
ive had a oneplus one for about 2 and a half years its still going strong ,
surely1967
1 Apr 17#44
Warning.. Yes it works on 02 in the UK on 4g 800mhz. Yes the X25 version is better. BIG BUT.. The battery life is very poor, its only 3000mah and with the decacore processor it drains very quickly. The sound quality is also very bad, very tinny and not clear.
I bought from Gearbest on launch for only £143 and was delivered in less than 5 days, reckon it came from their European warehouse. I wanted to return it within the 14 stated days but they wanted me to send back to China, at my expense. Quote from Royal Mail was around £30 BUT when I told them what I was sending I was told I was not allowed to send lithium powered battery items to China. I could have lied but run the risk of it being lost in which case I would lose all my money.. nearly £200 and also it could get seized by customs in China.
Explained all this to Gearbest and they said they cannot help me. Advised not to use DHL or similar because they get customs problems in China and any cost in the return would be at my expense.
I had to settle for a partial refund of £30 into my Gearbest account to use for any future purchases. And the phone.. I sold on Ebay for £90.
I DO NOT RECOMMEND BUYING FROM GEARBEST BECAUSE IF THINGS GO WRONG OR YOUR PHONE IS FAULTY OR YOU SIMPLY WANT TO RETURN. YOU WILL END UP OUT OF POCKET.
Echo comments on here, I've had an Elephone P8000 and it lasted the shortest length of time out of any of my phones from China (1 year).
Currently have the ZUK Z2 and really happy with it.
Side by side with the Samsung S7 the only difference was that the S7 was a tiny bit faster, screen was a lot brighter/better contrast and the camera was amazing.
For the price differential (£140 for Z2 vs £440 I could've sold the S7 for it was a no brainer)
I really wanted to be blown away and converted to the mainstream expensive phones as people claim how great they are but my judgement was that it's just hype on the whole and your personal circumstances and needs may match a Chinese phone rather than a catch all.
ruc
1 Apr 17#39
well that makes apple only a marketing company. :smile:
steveturnbull2014
1 Apr 17#32
After 3 unsuccessful android phones sub £200 from Lenovo, Vodafone and Motorola which all developed screen glitches I've bought and had my first iPhone for 7 months, so far it's like a breath of fresh air it just works without any problems and is reliable when I need it. No more battling with cheap androids for me, total waste of my time and energy
damadgeruk to steveturnbull2014
1 Apr 17#38
£700 phone better than £200 phone, who'd have thunk that? :wink:
Seriously, iPhones are assembled in China, they're perfectly capable of producing quality gear (as Xiaomi prove).
robin_shama
1 Apr 17#37
i picked up an elephone last year all i can say is that it freezes most of the time which seems to be a common issue with these phones. They've come out with some pretty nice phones but all i can say is you can make a piece of **** look pretty but at the end of the day it's still a piece of ****. I was Very-Very-Very disappointed with the phone...be careful.
Disco.Dave
1 Apr 17#22
They are bringing out a new phone soon call S8 which has 6Gb of ram
Gollywood to Disco.Dave
1 Apr 17#36
Wonder what inspired that :sunglasses:
allowed
1 Apr 17#35
I have a elephone p6000 that i use when i go clubbing and it it is brilliant, screen is a bit iffy compared to a flagship model, the phones are the best at the budget price range
jaydeeuk1
1 Apr 171#34
Elephone have never made a decent phone, decent specs but always buggy (like 99% of chinese unbranded handsets) bordering on unusable. Throw gearbest in to the mix and you should run for the hills.
Kreskin
1 Apr 171#29
Worth remembering the Samsung warranty in UK is not too shabby. Two years from original owner's purchase date even if you buy it second hand. Provided the device hasn't been mistreated (dropped/drowned) or subject to unauthorised repair/modification they'll fix it. I've done this with devices bought from CEX (microphone went) and eBay (motherboard failure causing reboots). Often not so easy with a device bought straight from China, depends what price you put on that sort of thing.
cheaperbythe12 to Kreskin
1 Apr 171#33
Yes, agree. Managed to get a bargain for an S7 for wife on amazon warehouse (just over 300). When it came it acted strangely then died completely. Took it to a Samsung repair shop and it was as easy as pie and repaired in 3 days (needed new mobo) and been working great since.
On the flip side, bought myself a phone from gearbest which didn't work after using it for only a week. I had to return it at my expense and took months of emails to finally get my money back as they said they never received it. If you deal with them, just hope you get a working device otherwise it's a lot of stress and time (and more money) to get a refund. Put me off all these Chinese sites for anything electrical.
stuartc74
1 Apr 171#31
If buying Chinese stick to UMI or Xiaomi, the rest are too risking in terms of warranty issues.
steveturnbull2014
1 Apr 171#26
This has ghost touch written all over it
qwerta369 to steveturnbull2014
1 Apr 171#30
Yuk. I hate devices covered in overpowering corporate branding.
Infiltrator
1 Apr 171#28
Owned a P7000 for 18 months from launch, then I dropped it and it stopped working. Over that time I was waiting for Elephone to launch a phone with a decent camera, but everything they've launched has failed to deliver and usually has serious hardware or software glitches.
I bought an Xiaomi mi max about 4 months ago and it's in a different league in terms of quality and performance - I'm sure this is what Elephone aspire to be like, but I have my doubts they'll last long enough to have any real success - all they're promoting now is ideas, the R9 launch last November never happened, and that's Elephone in a nutshell.
He/she assumed correctly :smiley:
Cons from the video at the end suggest it might be better to buy something else :smiley:
ncd
1 Apr 17#25
What as in they supply all the replacement screens that crack so easily on iPhone's?
smcbeath
1 Apr 17#23
I bought the elephone s7 at launch. Good phone. Think I paid around the £200 mark including import tax. In the build up to launch they were advertising quick charge 3, but 2 weeks before launch they said they were not sure. A week or so after launch they said that the phone did do quick charge 3 but you had to buy a separate charger, money grabbing swines.
The phone charges in under 1 hour 15 mins in quick charge 3. Cant remember with the original charger, think it was 1 hour 45 mins to 2 hours. I bought new micro usb charging cables in the hope of better charging time but nope, just the same.
Then they announced the x25 version not long after, which I would have waited for.
Disco.Dave
1 Apr 17#21
I have the P9000 and would recommend Elephones. Got no bloatware
buglawton
1 Apr 17#20
Says B20 but then doesn't list 800mHz, confusing specs?
bobon
1 Apr 17#19
I've had this phone for about six weeks now. It's worked flawlessly.Not as good as the Samsung obviously but for the money you can't grumble.The camera is really good takes smashing photos and 15 mega pixels @ 16x9.I bought mine from banggood because they have better quidco and I had some credit to spend.It's avilable here
yeahbutitsnotfree
31 Mar 172#5
P.S. Samsung uses third party companies for their parts, just like apple do.
babylon to yeahbutitsnotfree
1 Apr 171#16
Samsung is the third party when it comes to Apple.
tumbleweed34
31 Mar 17#11
Stay away from Elephone. Have an S3 myself. I downloaded an update from the manufacturer, and now I have malware that even a factory reset wouldn't get rid of.
Never again.
KiNG to tumbleweed34
1 Apr 17#12
do a hard reset
Rich_T to tumbleweed34
1 Apr 17#15
Could you explain how the malware effects the phone? Thanks
hassanomar
31 Mar 17#6
What SD processor is comparible with the x20?
MrClifford to hassanomar
31 Mar 17#10
x20 isn't that bad, deca core if i remember rightly, and around the same processing power as an SD 805-810 (without the over heating issues of an 810) but if you have have a mediatek chip before then you'll know the longevity and actual function of it compared to a SD chip is negotiable.
sinxa
31 Mar 17#8
What's a JDI screen?
Dealminboys to sinxa
31 Mar 171#9
the screen manufacturer.
icemanste
31 Mar 17#7
would this be much better than my note 3 looking to upgrade also need it to work with o2 thanks for any feedback
AndyRoyd
31 Mar 173#1
x25 version rather than x20 is £156 at igogo, although unable to understand much else cos don't know the igogo lingo https://www.igogo.es/product491989.html
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Opening post
5.5 Inch Bezel-less Curved JDI Screen, 1920*1080 Pixel
1. Helio X20 MTK6797 2.0GHz Deca Core
2. Double Curved Design
3. Support Touch ID, E-touch (Intelligent Fingerprint), Support Off Screen Wake up
4. 4GB RAM + 64GB ROM, Support 128GB TF Card Expansion
5. 13 MP Back Camera + 5 MP Front Camera
6. 3000mAh Battery, Support 5V2A Quick-charge
7. Dual SIM: NANO SIM + NANO SIM / TF Card (The SIM Slot Can Be Used in Combination with a NANO SIM Card or a TF Card)
Specifications:
Brand: ELE
Operating System: Android 6.0
CPU Type: Deca Core
Hardware Platform: MTK6797
CUP: 2.0GHz
Product Type: Android Phone, 3G Smartphone, 4G Smartphone
Screen:
Screen Size: 5.5 Inch
Screen Type: Capacitive
Multi-point Touch: 5 Points Touch
Screen Resolution: 1920*1080
Memory:
RAM: 4GB
ROM: 64GB
Card Slot: Micro SD
Max Storage Expansion: 128GB
Camera:
Front Camera: 5MP
Rear Camera: 13MP
Flash Camera: Support
Auto Focus: Support
Multi-shot: Support
Video Recording: Support
Communication: WIFI: Support
GPS: Support, Internal GPS
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.0
Network Frequency: WCDMA 900/2100MHz, FDD-LTE B1/B3/B7/B20, GSM 850/900/900/1800/1900MHz
Functions:
Gravity Induction: Support
Distance Senor: Support
Light Sensor: Support
NFC: No
OTF: Yes
Supported Audio Format: MP3/ACC+WAV/AMR
Support Video Format: MP4/3GP/MPEG-4 Format
Wireless AP: Support
Others
SIM Card: Dual SIM Dual Standby
SIM Card Type: Dual NANO Card
Battery Capacity: 3000mAh
Headphone: 3.5mm
Data Cable: Micro USB
Top comments
This is the first Xiaomi I've ever owned and it's top notch quality and as good as anything by Samsung or Apple.
So impressed!
I'm also a P8000 user bought July 2015, it cost me £115 a year and a half ago, never had a problem and it's working as good as I got it. Best phone I've had.
Since that time I've bought my son a Cubot H1 (just broke after 14 months use, he dropped it), my wife a Homtom HT3 (broke after 6 months), myself an id107 smart watch (broke after 6 months) and a Mi Band 1, still working after a year but I don't use it but all that combined still is nowhere near what my daughter has paid on her contract and she's still over a year to go.
I think you've just gotta take those risks when the difference is £163 compared to what you pay for the likes of Samsung and Apple products.
There must also be some sort of insurance you can take out for these Chinese phones but I reckon it would take away a lot of the value you get in buying from China.
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I bought an elephone about a year ago, and never again, ever!! The quality is horrendous. Cost me about £130 it seemed a cracking deal for the spec, but the headphone jack was badly designed and soldered with the worse material out there, about 10 days in it started to make bad contact and the headphone jack just basically stopped working (had it resoldered a couple of times and they told me they might as well have soldered it with s*** would have been better).
This wasn't the end of my nightmare, the frame was badly designed pressing the screen unevenly, two months in the screen started to develop a shadow in the middle of the screen because of the pressure of the edge of the internal frame, it eventually became a really visible mark shaping most of the frame.
Finally about 8 months in the screen started to break internally (I.e. The actual internal panel cracking on the edges), also pieces of the phone like the fingerprint scanner started to fall of. The headphone jack handnt worked for months.
The software itself had problems too, from about month 5 stopped receiving text messages...
It didn't make it to month 9. Complete rubbish! Spend your money elsewhere!
To be clear this was a different model of Elephone, the P8000. But I think my experience tells a lot about what this brand does: sell you crap for quick cash and run with it.
Hopefully they'll get better in time but for now they ain't ready.
I'm also a P8000 user bought July 2015, it cost me £115 a year and a half ago, never had a problem and it's working as good as I got it. Best phone I've had.
Since that time I've bought my son a Cubot H1 (just broke after 14 months use, he dropped it), my wife a Homtom HT3 (broke after 6 months), myself an id107 smart watch (broke after 6 months) and a Mi Band 1, still working after a year but I don't use it but all that combined still is nowhere near what my daughter has paid on her contract and she's still over a year to go.
I think you've just gotta take those risks when the difference is £163 compared to what you pay for the likes of Samsung and Apple products.
There must also be some sort of insurance you can take out for these Chinese phones but I reckon it would take away a lot of the value you get in buying from China.
I'm all for Chinese phones but not elephone.
Its just a blatant rip off of the Samsung. Bought one for a relative 3 months ago. Its ok but I wouldn't spend that much even if the specs on paper are fantastic.
Feels solid but heavy & the body seems to mark more easily than other phones.
This review shows that even with its hardware, the phone is poorly optimised.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG1xebq6Izo
I'll never buy one again.
Software is another matter. They struggled to get the power management to work correctly - widgets like the clock wouldn't update anymore at one point, which sucks - I had to experiment disabling features in settings to get them to work again. The coup the grace was the December update whiched effed up the recovery boot. This means that subsequent OTA updates did download but could no longer install. Only someone comfortable with ADB (Android debugging) can get things going again. I think Elephone has given up producing updates for this phone now as the vast majority of their customers can no longer benefit from them.
The hardware can be quite nice, but their software support is run by complete amateurs and incompetents.
I've bought 3 different elephone products over the years and they now just gather dust in my shelf.
A word is enough for the wise.
This is the first Xiaomi I've ever owned and it's top notch quality and as good as anything by Samsung or Apple.
So impressed!
I was told the global version of the Redmi Note 4 is the same as the Redmi Note 4X and that seems to be accurate. The global version has better specs, battery life and camera than the standard Redmi Note 4.
The phone works on all uk networks as it has band 20 support. The phone is simply amazing and one of the best bargains i've ever bagged.
Mobile phones aren't like PCs, it's not all about specs. If Android hasn't been optimised properly, and if it isn't supported with updates, the specs are meaningless.
The way these Chinese companies save money is in their software department - it's expensive to hire skilled programmers, expensive to test extensively, expensive to keep releasing updates. Much easier for them to just buy the components in bulk, stick them together and ship them out and move onto the next model.
Won't vote either way, but I'd recommend anyone against buying this. As someone else said, the Xiaomi Redmi will be a better buy.
Android phones are fine if you know what you're doing, even the Chinese market models, if you don't then jump on board the Apple express and choose which class you can afford to travel in - but be aware the destination is the same it's just the carriages that differ.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Xiaomi-Redmi-4-Pro-Prime-5-Dual-SIM-Octa-Core-Snapdragon-CPU-4G-Unlocked-NEW-/272453672722?var=&hash=item3f6f811f12:m:mnbI5v0X8lunJvm4__LAdsg
They have a long history of releasing phones and not bothering to fix the bugs, and then dumping them to release the next model. The p9000 is still full of loads of bugs.
I bought from Gearbest on launch for only £143 and was delivered in less than 5 days, reckon it came from their European warehouse. I wanted to return it within the 14 stated days but they wanted me to send back to China, at my expense. Quote from Royal Mail was around £30 BUT when I told them what I was sending I was told I was not allowed to send lithium powered battery items to China. I could have lied but run the risk of it being lost in which case I would lose all my money.. nearly £200 and also it could get seized by customs in China.
Explained all this to Gearbest and they said they cannot help me. Advised not to use DHL or similar because they get customs problems in China and any cost in the return would be at my expense.
I had to settle for a partial refund of £30 into my Gearbest account to use for any future purchases. And the phone.. I sold on Ebay for £90.
I DO NOT RECOMMEND BUYING FROM GEARBEST BECAUSE IF THINGS GO WRONG OR YOUR PHONE IS FAULTY OR YOU SIMPLY WANT TO RETURN. YOU WILL END UP OUT OF POCKET.
Any comments appreciated.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/12/20/elephone-s7-review/
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/review/android-smartphones/elephone-s7-review-3652835/
https://www.neowin.net/news/elephone-s7-review-affordability-has-its-drawbacks
http://www.notebookcheck.net/ElePhone-S7-Smartphone-Review.188929.0.html
https://www.androidheadlines.com/2016/12/review-elephone-s7-android-smartphone.html
Test code "X20S7"! Cheaper?
£146.81
Currently have the ZUK Z2 and really happy with it.
Side by side with the Samsung S7 the only difference was that the S7 was a tiny bit faster, screen was a lot brighter/better contrast and the camera was amazing.
For the price differential (£140 for Z2 vs £440 I could've sold the S7 for it was a no brainer)
I really wanted to be blown away and converted to the mainstream expensive phones as people claim how great they are but my judgement was that it's just hype on the whole and your personal circumstances and needs may match a Chinese phone rather than a catch all.
Seriously, iPhones are assembled in China, they're perfectly capable of producing quality gear (as Xiaomi prove).
On the flip side, bought myself a phone from gearbest which didn't work after using it for only a week. I had to return it at my expense and took months of emails to finally get my money back as they said they never received it. If you deal with them, just hope you get a working device otherwise it's a lot of stress and time (and more money) to get a refund. Put me off all these Chinese sites for anything electrical.
I bought an Xiaomi mi max about 4 months ago and it's in a different league in terms of quality and performance - I'm sure this is what Elephone aspire to be like, but I have my doubts they'll last long enough to have any real success - all they're promoting now is ideas, the R9 launch last November never happened, and that's Elephone in a nutshell.
Cons from the video at the end suggest it might be better to buy something else :smiley:
https://www.gizmochina.com/2016/11/28/elephone-s7-will-feature-quick-charge/
The phone charges in under 1 hour 15 mins in quick charge 3. Cant remember with the original charger, think it was 1 hour 45 mins to 2 hours. I bought new micro usb charging cables in the hope of better charging time but nope, just the same.
Then they announced the x25 version not long after, which I would have waited for.
Never again.