If there’s one Elephone device that you’ve probably been hearing quite a lot of, it wuld be the MT6752 powered P7000, which is in pre-order status in most places.
Another phone, which is in stark contrast to the blitz of the P7000 just went on pre-sale in the form of the Elephone G9. You might have heard about this phone from a GizChina post from a few days back, but if you didn’t, allow me tell you more.
Gizchina News of the week
The G9 is a very affordable MediaTek MT6735M powered phone with LTE. In fact, Elephone emphasize the fact that it is affordable by telling us that it costs as much as a usual WiFi router (check the product page here). The phone has a 4.5-inch display with an FWVGA resolution (almost got the abbreviation wrong, its been a while since I typed that), the aforementioned MT6735M LTE-enabled MediaTek SoC, 1GB RAM, 8GB on-board storage and a 1750mAh battery.
What’s cool is that it runs Android 5.1 out of the box (according to the listing). It also has an 8 mega-pixel rear camera and a 2 mega-pixel front. This phone might ring a bell in your mind if you’ve seen Motorola Moto phones (specifically the Moto G) in the past…
From the looks of it, the G9 will be available in a variety of colours… with the coloured part being the rear casing of the device. Pricing is very attractive at just $84.99.
Elephone have turned out to be footage hoggers in the past month or so. Is it a case of more hype than substance, or do you think otherwise? Let us know!
Yet another Elephone device … PHEW!!!
Yada yada another Elephone bla bla. Have they actually improved their build quality/ROM/software support?
You forgot to mention the price in the article, kinda matters.
Cheers, updating.
If battery was around 2200 mAh and resolution 960×540 or 1280×720, this would be interesting device. For basic phone functions and social networks you don’t need higher spec. And this would be cool for people who seek for smaller displays. I think 4,5-5,0 inches is perfect (although I have big hand and I am tall).
Is it just me or does it seem that most of elephone phones are on pre-sale rather than actually being on sale.
The price of the Elephone G9 is $84.99.
Oneplus one refurbished for $347 (Rs. 16,999)
http://www.gsmarena.com/grab_a_refurbished_64gb_oneplus_one_for_rs16999_in_india-news-12300.php
Please put this on website
P.S.: I’m no referrel promoting this link. Just posted it so that peple could but it at a cheap rate
Looking forward to next week’s new Elephone release the P1000000.
Before I change my socks, Elephone released a fresh phone 🙂
What about the Elephone S2, it also started presale
“… more hype than substance” Yash, you hit the nail on the head!
Elephone’s Tagline: “There’s a western fool born every minute – and we have a model for every one of them!”
The rumor is that more P8 USB replacement boards were sold than actual phones!
http://bbs.elephone.hk/thread-1026-1-1.html#.VViHO7mqpBc
In other breaking news “it might rain today” 🙂
If I wanted a budget phone I would rather wait for the TCL ONO, this thing is ugly and that display is horrible for 2015.
What will you recommend me for sub 100$ smartphone with 4G support?
What country do you live in?
I live in Republic of Georgia (LTE B3 support) and I buy smartphones from aliexpress, I have only 130$
My favorite phones in that price range:
1. Elephone G2 – around $95 online
2. Xiaomi Redmi 2 – $120-$130
3. Moto G – $118 (only a 3G phone but one of the best phones in this price range)
What do you think about Lenovo K30-W? And if increase price range from $130 to $150 what would you recommend to me?
That all depends besides LTE what features do you want. At around 150 there are a lot more options.