Elephone confirm new supplier, all P7000 will ship with IMX214

Elephone have updated news about their camera situation confirming that all Elephone P7000 will ship with IMX214.

A few days ago we reported that Elephone was having an issue with its supplier of rear camera sensors, meaning that they were looking to switch the IMX214 to the IMX135 on the first batch of phones. Fans took the news in different ways with some upset, and others happy with Elephone’s honesty.

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Well today the previous news is void as Elephone have updated us about the situation. In a post on their official site, Elephone say that they have now found another supplier of IMX214 cameras and that all P7000 phones will ship with the higher specification camera.

The Elephone P7000 is currently up for reservation at a special price of only $159.99, a bargain price for a phone with 3GB RAM, MT6752, LTE and 5.5-inch FHD display.

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Andi

WOOHer
April 29, 2015
Andi! May be you can find out about colors also? The presentation shows it is gray, but in some videos it is shown as black, what is real color?
- - WOOHer
    April 29, 2015

Carlson
April 29, 2015
That’s fine, …
but how many pre-saler will get a coupon code?:
“ELE codes are not sent out yet, that’s why you didn’t get them in your emails. After you made the reservation for limited flash sale, you’re qualified for the event on 11 May. The reservation is only for the qualification.”
Source: http://www.elephone.hk/readnews/3138.html
Trenster
April 29, 2015
How do they make profit from the presale price of $159, when the actual price is $229?
- Xalis
  April 29, 2015
  Hype, few people will get their p7000 at $159 and the rest will end up paying $229 since they want to be part of the party.
- balcobomber25
  May 4, 2015
  Not everyone who registers will get the phone for $159. The initial reservation is for a chance to buy it at that price. Selling at $159 is probably close to cost but they don’t care because its about word of mouth sales. They are hoping people who do get it for that price will love the phone and tell their friends about it. The more people that are hyping the phone on the internet the better sales will be. This is how Xiaomi grew to being the biggest in China. Flash sales and hype.

Jeep ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ
April 29, 2015
OK good to know! Tnx @Gizchina:disqus for letting us know. Now we’ll wait for the coupon code 😀 If I get any..
Aman
April 29, 2015
- manish1lohia
  April 29, 2015
zmanz
April 29, 2015
Wonder if this new supplier sells real IMX214 or that they end up discovering the sensor is actually another after customer buy the phone. If Elephone is sincere about this, they should offer a money back guarantee if P7000 is later found to have used a different sensor instead of Sony IMX214.

aaa
April 29, 2015
Better late than never? Actually they’ve ripped a lot customers already, and they still doing it. just hype about p7000 forced them to do that “change”.
And what about p3000s-6752, which dosn’t have a sony sensor like advertised? what about phones with ripped of nfc support?
Ive almost bought phone from elephone, but after all that happend – NO !
- Riccardo Benzoni
  May 2, 2015
  - balcobomber25
    May 4, 2015
    Yes people praise their honesty because they very easily could have done what they did in the past and said nothing about the camera issue. Are we supposed to bash them for being honest about the camera issue?
    - Riccardo Benzoni
      May 4, 2015
      no, now they are to praise because (it seems) they are mantaining their promise and ship all p7000 with the announced camera, but replacing the sensor because you can’t find the one you promised is cheap, not honest. Honest would have been something like: “listen, there is a huge shortage of sensors, there are three options for you: 1) wait until we have the stock again 2) take a full refund and hasta la vista 3) we are making another model with older sensor at a slightly reduced price, if you want it we give you a discount or a shi*load of accessories, but only if you really want it and can accept the change, not announcing it in our page and sell it to you anyway if you don’t notice”
      - balcobomber25
        May 4, 2015
        If Elephone wanted to screw you they wouldn’t have announced that on the very first day of their big sale, weeks before the phone actually shipped. They announced it at a time before many people even ordered the phone. It has nothing to do with them not finding it cheap, it has to do with there being massive shortages of the IMX 214, guess you missed this article:
        
        Riccardo Benzoni
        May 5, 2015
        where did I say they were changing the sensor because it was expansive and they wanted to save money? As in previous discussions it seems you only understand what you want to, cheap is their behaviour, before that sentence I stated they couldn’t find the one they wanted to include (obviously regarding the shortage of IMX214 inside the arcticle, which I had read before you linked it to me).
        
        balcobomber25
        May 5, 2015
        “but replacing the sensor because you can’t find the one you promised is cheap, not honest” You said it right here…
        If they can’t find the one they want to include what are they supposed to do? None of your options above are really practical because the phone hasn’t shipped to a single customer yet. Many people haven’t even paid yet because they are waiting to see if they get an ELE code. All of this is just sour grapes at this point because Elephone is using the sensor they promised. Your just looking for a reason to bash them when none exists. You have a hatred for Elephone its obvious, we all have that one company (mine is Doogee).
        
        Riccardo Benzoni
        May 5, 2015
        I could care less to hate a brand, and again “cheap” is used to indicate the behaviour, try using a vocabulary from english to your language and find all the meanings of the word, maybe you will finally understand what I wanted to say.
        And I also said that now they are (really) to praise because they decided to ship them all with promised sensors, so stop being an annoying fanboy like you were with doogee before yours broke and showed you how cr**py they are.
        
        balcobomber25
        May 5, 2015
        You could care less yet you spend all this time on Elephone articles. Might want to look up the word “care” in your English vocabulary.
        As for me I have only been a fan boy of two brands: Xioami and THL. I liked my Doogee until about two months into when I started running into problems, but I was never a fan boy of them and I have never even owned an Elephone. In fact I used to call out Elephone for their poor quality. But nice try buddy.
        
        Riccardo Benzoni
        May 5, 2015
        I don’t need to search for any words, I understand what others are trying to tell (someone else doesn’t seem capable of this, unfortunately).
        I don’t spend all time on Elephone’s articles, but when I read such enlightned comments like yours, I can’t avoid to reply.
        Also, didn’t you (by accident) order one of these p7000? Ah, no, actually you ordered two, long gone are the days you used to call out Elephone for their poor quality, everything is forgotten now, yesterday’s mistakes with p3000s and p6000 are long gone in the past… A new hero is born from the ashes, now we have an Elefanboy! 😀 nice try!
        
        balcobomber25
        May 5, 2015
        I did order two and it was no accident whatsoever, and I plan to use one of them and test it out and give the other to a coworker who loves Elephones. I can’t remember hearing any problems with the P6000, everyone I know who has one and every review I have read on it says it is a great phone for the money. Elephone did at one time have some problems but the last few phones I have seen from them and used in real life have all been very good. I am intrigued to own my first Elephone and if it ends up not living up to the hype I will be the first one to call them out.
        
        Riccardo Benzoni
        May 5, 2015
        P6000 is a very good phone actually, but was advertised with compass and it didn’t have it. it may seem a stupid feature, but for some people it’s actually very important for work, I’ve seen a couple of these returned only for this lack.
        balcobomber25
        May 5, 2015
        Elephones website doesn’t mention anything about a compass. But even so If a compass was that important for your work, why are you relying on a smartphone compass which are no where near as reliable as a professional compass?
        
        Riccardo Benzoni
        May 5, 2015
        the website doesn’t mention anything about the compass because they are so professional that they removed it from the descriptions after the first complains of “not working compass”. You can see some of them in elephone’s forum, like this one http://bbs.elephone.hk/thread-1685-1-1.html
        why are you asking me about why a compass is important? I don’t need it, but this doesn’t mean is useless for other people, ask to the one which had to return the phone.
        And MAYBE these people need compass paired with their GPS, maybe.
        
        balcobomber25
        May 6, 2015
        So you are complaining about something missing on a phone that you don’t need? Your impossible.
        Riccardo Benzoni
        May 6, 2015
        As always you fail to understand, it’s about the brand and things they have promised and didn’t deliver, but you bought a Doogee, who am I talking to? 😀 don’t worry fanboy, I promise you I won’t complain at all if p7000 starts falling apart
        balcobomber25
        May 6, 2015
        The only thing I understand is you love to complain. I did buy a Doogee. What you fail to realize is I buy close to a dozen phones a year from all sorts of brands. I love to test out new technology. Some of them I end up liking, others I end up hating. Doesn’t mean I am a “fanboy” of that particular brand. I am a self admitted fanboy of both THL and Xioami, I have owned multiple devices from both brands and loved them. I have never owned an Elephone before, not sure how I could be a fanboy of something I have never owned.
    - maxvincy
      July 6, 2015
      Honesty….what a joke!!! I lost my money , which i paid for new mobile and the money i Paid for return shipment.
      I purchased new P3000s, when i received , i found it faulty unit. I returned the faulty unit but never received replcement or refund..
      - balcobomber25
        July 6, 2015
        That’s between you and the reseller, has nothing to do with the phone company. If you were smart you would have paid with Paypal and already had your money back.
- maxvincy
  July 6, 2015
WOOHer
April 29, 2015
Andi! May be you can find out about colors also? The presentation shows it is gray, but in some videos it is shown as black, what is real color?
- Andi Sykes
  April 29, 2015
  I’ve seen grey, black and gold, not sure which are being offered though
- WOOHer
  April 29, 2015
  Grey as silver, or closer to black (as it is in the official promo video)?
Guest
April 29, 2015
That’s fine, …
but how many pre-saler will get a coupon code?:
“ELE codes are not sent out yet, that’s why you didn’t get them in your emails. After you made the reservation for limited flash sale, you’re qualified for the event on 11 May. The reservation is only for the qualification.”
Source: http://www.elephone.hk/readnews/3138.html
Guest
April 29, 2015
How do they make profit from the presale price of $159, when the actual price is $229?
- Guest
  April 29, 2015
  Hype, few people will get their p7000 at $159 and the rest will end up paying $229 since they want to be part of the party.
- balcobomber25
  May 4, 2015
  Not everyone who registers will get the phone for $159. The initial reservation is for a chance to buy it at that price. Selling at $159 is probably close to cost but they don’t care because its about word of mouth sales. They are hoping people who do get it for that price will love the phone and tell their friends about it. The more people that are hyping the phone on the internet the better sales will be. This is how Xiaomi grew to being the biggest in China. Flash sales and hype.

Jeep ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ
April 29, 2015
OK good to know! Tnx @Gizchina:disqus for letting us know. Now we’ll wait for the coupon code 😀 If I get any..
Aman
April 29, 2015
- manish1lohia
  April 29, 2015
Guest
April 29, 2015
Wonder if this new supplier sells real IMX214 or that they end up discovering the sensor is actually another after customer buy the phone. If Elephone is sincere about this, they should offer a money back guarantee if P7000 is later found to have used a different sensor instead of Sony IMX214.

Guest
April 29, 2015
Better late than never? Actually they’ve ripped a lot customers already, and they still doing it. just hype about p7000 forced them to do that “change”.
And what about p3000s-6752, which dosn’t have a sony sensor like advertised? what about phones with ripped of nfc support?
Ive almost bought phone from elephone, but after all that happend – NO !
- Riccardo Benzoni
  May 2, 2015
  you also forget lacking compass on p6000. Still, people “praise their honesty”
- balcobomber25
  May 4, 2015
  Yes people praise their honesty because they very easily could have done what they did in the past and said nothing about the camera issue. Are we supposed to bash them for being honest about the camera issue?
- Riccardo Benzoni
  May 4, 2015
  no, now they are to praise because (it seems) they are mantaining their promise and ship all p7000 with the announced camera, but replacing the sensor because you can’t find the one you promised is cheap, not honest. Honest would have been something like: “listen, there is a huge shortage of sensors, there are three options for you: 1) wait until we have the stock again 2) take a full refund and hasta la vista 3) we are making another model with older sensor at a slightly reduced price, if you want it we give you a discount or a shi*load of accessories, but only if you really want it and can accept the change, not announcing it in our page and sell it to you anyway if you don’t notice”
- balcobomber25
  May 5, 2015
  If Elephone wanted to screw you they wouldn’t have announced that on the very first day of their big sale, weeks before the phone actually shipped. They announced it at a time before many people even ordered the phone. It has nothing to do with them not finding it cheap, it has to do with there being massive shortages of the IMX 214, guess you missed this article:
  http://www.gizchina.com/2015/05/02/sony-reporting-huge-shortage-of-imx214-camera-units
- Riccardo Benzoni
  May 5, 2015
  where did I say they were changing the sensor because it was expansive and they wanted to save money? As in previous discussions it seems you only understand what you want to, cheap is their behaviour, before that sentence I stated they couldn’t find the one they wanted to include (obviously regarding the shortage of IMX214 inside the arcticle, which I had read before you linked it to me).
- balcobomber25
  May 5, 2015
  “but replacing the sensor because you can’t find the one you promised is cheap, not honest” You said it right here…
  If they can’t find the one they want to include what are they supposed to do? None of your options above are really practical because the phone hasn’t shipped to a single customer yet. Many people haven’t even paid yet because they are waiting to see if they get an ELE code. All of this is just sour grapes at this point because Elephone is using the sensor they promised. Your just looking for a reason to bash them when none exists. You have a hatred for Elephone its obvious, we all have that one company (mine is Doogee).
- Riccardo Benzoni
  May 5, 2015
  I could care less to hate a brand, and again “cheap” is used to indicate the behaviour, try using a vocabulary from english to your language and find all the meanings of the word, maybe you will finally understand what I wanted to say.
  And I also said that now they are (really) to praise because they decided to ship them all with promised sensors, so stop being an annoying fanboy like you were with doogee before yours broke and showed you how cr**py they are.
- balcobomber25
  May 5, 2015
  You could care less yet you spend all this time on Elephone articles. Might want to look up the word “care” in your English vocabulary.
  As for me I have only been a fan boy of two brands: Xioami and THL. I liked my Doogee until about two months into when I started running into problems, but I was never a fan boy of them and I have never even owned an Elephone. In fact I used to call out Elephone for their poor quality. But nice try buddy.
- Riccardo Benzoni
  May 5, 2015
  I don’t need to search for any words, I understand what others are trying to tell (someone else doesn’t seem capable of this, unfortunately).
  I don’t spend all time on Elephone’s articles, but when I read such enlightned comments like yours, I can’t avoid to reply.
  Also, didn’t you (by accident) order one of these p7000? Ah, no, actually you ordered two, long gone are the days you used to call out Elephone for their poor quality, everything is forgotten now, yesterday’s mistakes with p3000s and p6000 are long gone in the past… A new hero is born from the ashes, now we have an Elefanboy! 😀 nice try!
- balcobomber25
  May 5, 2015
  I did order two and it was no accident whatsoever, and I plan to use one of them and test it out and give the other to a coworker who loves Elephones. I can’t remember hearing any problems with the P6000, everyone I know who has one and every review I have read on it says it is a great phone for the money. Elephone did at one time have some problems but the last few phones I have seen from them and used in real life have all been very good. I am intrigued to own my first Elephone and if it ends up not living up to the hype I will be the first one to call them out.
- Riccardo Benzoni
  May 5, 2015
  P6000 is a very good phone actually, but was advertised with compass and it didn’t have it. it may seem a stupid feature, but for some people it’s actually very important for work, I’ve seen a couple of these returned only for this lack.
- balcobomber25
  May 5, 2015
  Elephones website doesn’t mention anything about a compass. But even so If a compass was that important for your work, why are you relying on a smartphone compass which are no where near as reliable as a professional compass?
- Riccardo Benzoni
  May 5, 2015
  the website doesn’t mention anything about the compass because they are so professional that they removed it from the descriptions after the first complains of “not working compass”. You can see some of them in elephone’s forum, like this one http://bbs.elephone.hk/thread-1685-1-1.html
  why are you asking me about why a compass is important? I don’t need it, but this doesn’t mean is useless for other people, ask to the one which had to return the phone.
  And MAYBE these people need compass paired with their GPS, maybe.
- balcobomber25
  May 6, 2015
  So you are complaining about something missing on a phone that you don’t need? Your impossible.
- Riccardo Benzoni
  May 6, 2015
  As always you fail to understand, it’s about the brand and things they have promised and didn’t deliver, but you bought a Doogee, who am I talking to? 😀 don’t worry fanboy, I promise you I won’t complain at all if p7000 starts falling apart
- balcobomber25
  May 6, 2015
  The only thing I understand is you love to complain. I did buy a Doogee. What you fail to realize is I buy close to a dozen phones a year from all sorts of brands. I love to test out new technology. Some of them I end up liking, others I end up hating. Doesn’t mean I am a “fanboy” of that particular brand. I am a self admitted fanboy of both THL and Xioami, I have owned multiple devices from both brands and loved them. I have never owned an Elephone before, not sure how I could be a fanboy of something I have never owned.
- maxvincy
  July 6, 2015
  Honesty….what a joke!!! I lost my money , which i paid for new mobile and the money i Paid for return shipment.
  I purchased new P3000s, when i received , i found it faulty unit. I returned the faulty unit but never received replcement or refund..
- maxvincy
  July 6, 2015
  Your Lucky man..
  I paid and lost my Money.
  Elephone cheated me..
- balcobomber25
  July 6, 2015
  That’s between you and the reseller, has nothing to do with the phone company. If you were smart you would have paid with Paypal and already had your money back.

Manjurul Islam
April 29, 2015
Isn’t it supposed that Sony is the only supplier of Imx214 sensor? How come elephone manage sony’s product from other supplier? Btw elephone could use the Sony imx 234 sensor, which is 16MP and has good supply. I don’t know if mtk6752 supports 16MP or not.
- balcobomber25
  April 30, 2015
  A lot of electronics companies buy all their parts from a middle man who buys it directly from the manufacturer of said components.
  There is no IMX 234, the 16 MP is the IMX 240. The 240 would have cost Elephone too much and so far has only been used by Samsung phones. The 135 was a logical choice, it is nearly the same exact sensor as the 214, other than 4K recording the differences are minor.
  - molfetamina
    May 4, 2015
    actually Nubia Z9 Mini seems to have the IMX 234 http://www.devicespecifications.com/en/model/c5b5335a
    Is it a mistake?
    - balcobomber25
      May 4, 2015
      Their is nothing on Sony’s website about the 234 but I have seen it in press releases. Sony only has the 214, 230 and 240 listed which is interesting.
      - molfetamina
        May 4, 2015
        You are totally right, I checked it on wikipedia too…but I don’t really know why they’re still talking about that sensor, even on the official Nubia page http://www.nubia.cn/nubiaz9mini?type=4
        balcobomber25
        May 4, 2015

Manjurul Islam
April 29, 2015
Isn’t it supposed that Sony is the only supplier of Imx214 sensor? How come elephone manage sony’s product from other supplier? Btw elephone could use the Sony imx 234 sensor, which is 16MP and has good supply. I don’t know if mtk6752 supports 16MP or not.
- balcobomber25
  April 30, 2015
  A lot of electronics companies buy all their parts from a middle man who buys it directly from the manufacturer of said components.
  There is no IMX 234, the 16 MP is the IMX 240. The 240 would have cost Elephone too much and so far has only been used by Samsung phones. The 135 was a logical choice, it is nearly the same exact sensor as the 214, other than 4K recording the differences are minor.
- molfetamina
  May 4, 2015
  actually Nubia Z9 Mini seems to have the IMX 234 http://www.devicespecifications.com/en/model/c5b5335a
  Is it a mistake?
- balcobomber25
  May 4, 2015
  Their is nothing on Sony’s website about the 234 but I have seen it in press releases. Sony only has the 214, 230 and 240 listed which is interesting.
- molfetamina
  May 4, 2015
  You are totally right, I checked it on wikipedia too…but I don’t really know why they’re still talking about that sensor, even on the official Nubia page http://www.nubia.cn/nubiaz9mini?type=4
- balcobomber25
  May 4, 2015
  Could just be a slightly toned down version of the IMX 240.

Josef Izchaki
April 30, 2015
Will it ship out with Lollipop?
Suskind
April 30, 2015
The price of elephone P7000 is not $159.9 within shipping cost? why is it $229.9 when I place order? it charges $70 for shipping?
- Carlson
  April 30, 2015
  Maybe this statement from elephone.hk can help for orientation:
  “Elephone don’t have any Official B2C online shop
  Published: 2015-04-30 Views: 54
  Statement:
  As lots of customers ask us if http://www.elephone.cc is our official B2C online shop. Here we make a statement.
  Elephone only do B2B business. All online shops on our official website
  are certified and authorized agents, Elephone.cc is included for sure,
  but it’s not Official online shop. It has the equal status with other
  agents. Thanks for your support of Elephone.
  Elephone”
- balcobomber25
  April 30, 2015
  Others have reported shops charging the $70 for shipping. 1949 deal offers free shipping and I know a few others reported other sites that did as well.

Josef Izchaki
April 30, 2015
Will it ship out with Lollipop?
Kieslowski
April 30, 2015
The price of elephone P7000 is not $159.9 within shipping cost? why is it $229.9 when I place order? it charges $70 for shipping?
- Guest
  April 30, 2015
  Maybe this statement from elephone.hk can help for orientation:
  “Elephone don’t have any Official B2C online shop
  Published: 2015-04-30 Views: 54
  Statement:
  As lots of customers ask us if http://www.elephone.cc is our official B2C online shop. Here we make a statement.
  Elephone only do B2B business. All online shops on our official website
  are certified and authorized agents, Elephone.cc is included for sure,
  but it’s not Official online shop. It has the equal status with other
  agents. Thanks for your support of Elephone.
  Elephone”
- Source: http://www.elephone.hk/readnews/3142.html
- balcobomber25
  April 30, 2015
  Others have reported shops charging the $70 for shipping. 1949 deal offers free shipping and I know a few others reported other sites that did as well.

Rj
April 30, 2015
- balcobomber25
  April 30, 2015
  Did you reserve it ahead of time? A lot of resellers are running out of their stock. Even when participating in the presale event only have so many units available.
  - Rj
    April 30, 2015
    yes, i reserve successfull and order complete at pandawill and receive order no. and also pay $159.99 through paypal.
    - Mike Papas
      April 30, 2015
      How did you do that? The bargain price is not available yet! You can only preorder with USD 229 and start shipping on june 10!
      - Rj
        April 30, 2015
Rj
April 30, 2015
- balcobomber25
  April 30, 2015
  Did you reserve it ahead of time? A lot of resellers are running out of their stock. Even when participating in the presale event only have so many units available.
- Rj
  April 30, 2015
  yes, i reserve successfull and order complete at pandawill and receive order no. and also pay $159.99 through paypal.
- Mike Papas
  April 30, 2015
  How did you do that? The bargain price is not available yet! You can only preorder with USD 229 and start shipping on june 10!

kzm
May 2, 2015
i hope p7000 has all sensor n nfc similar to jiayu s3
kzm
May 2, 2015
i hope p7000 has all sensor n nfc similar to jiayu s3
Vassilis14
May 6, 2015
I want to know if camera is so good as elephone said. also has anyone bought elephone mobile phone in the past?

Max
May 6, 2015
is no one engrossed by this huge black frame around the actual screen and within the so called “thin bezels”??? i can’t have a phone with that it looks just not well fabricated.
same as with the Jiayu G4(S) and Kingzone Z1 and many others…
- princeFM
  May 6, 2015
  well, i am. wanted to buy the ecoo 3GB but that frame is keeping me from doing it! my next choice was the p7000 and now it has the same, even worse. will have to wait! 🙁
Vassilis14
May 6, 2015
I want to know if camera is so good as elephone said. also has anyone bought elephone mobile phone in the past?
Guest
May 6, 2015
is no one engrossed by this huge black frame around the actual screen and within the so called “thin bezels”??? i can’t have a phone with that it looks just not well fabricated.
same as with the Jiayu G4(S) and Kingzone Z1 and many others…
- Guest
  May 6, 2015
  well, i am. wanted to buy the ecoo 3GB but that frame is keeping me from doing it! my next choice was the p7000 and now it has the same, even worse. will have to wait! 🙁
Josef Izchaki
May 8, 2015
Here is a video ofthe P7000 with the imx214
Josef Izchaki
May 8, 2015
Here is a video ofthe P7000 with the imx214
Josef Izchaki
May 8, 2015

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