Our sources at Elephone have sent us surprising news this morning of a new phone based on a Qualcomm chip and costing just $79.99.
So far we have only seen Mediatek phones come through the doors of the Elephone factory, the only exception being the rumoured dual-boot Elephone Vowney with Intel chip due for launch later this year, but we should see a Qualcomm phone ahead of this.
According to our sources, Elephone are now working on a device with a Snapdragon processor, but it isn’t a flagship phone but rather a budget device with a price tag of just $79.99.
The full specifications haven’t been revealed yet but what we do know is the SoC is a quad-core 64bit running at 1.2Ghz, there will be 2GB RAM on board and the display will be a 5-inch 1280 x 720 HD panel.
Images of the phone show a capacitive home button, and rounded textured black body.
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Again some crowdfunding ? Last Elephones looked good before lauch…but after that, it is a different story 🙁
It should be similar hardware as Redmi 2 2GB. But for this price, it would be awesome.
Yeah, Xiaomi should drop the Redmi 2 price already, 140$ for a S410 device – come on!
If Elephone can produce a decent build and the price is below 90$ it could sell well, because the S410 has all the bands you need, and is actually not such a bad performer at 720p for casual stuff.
Why would Xiaomi drop the price when the Redmi 2 is there best selling phone right now? Besides for $140 you are getting a lot more than just a SD410, your getting one of the best phones available for under $150. The camera on that phone is amazing (for the price point).