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Elephone confirm that the Vowney is still on the way… again

Ying HuaDecember 23, 2015

Elephone are set to break a new record with the Elephone Vowney which is now scheduled to ship on 30th December, a year after it was initially teased!

Late 2014 was the first time we heard that Elephone were working on a new phone that would feature high end hardware. As the teasers and leaks continued through the first few months of 2015 that mystery phone became the Vowney, and word of both a Windows and Android version of the phone came and went.

Elephone decided to create just a single Android version of the Vowney finally, and those of you who have already paid for your pre-sale model should finally receive it on the 30th December according to the latest news from the phone maker.

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Elephone say that the delay is to work out a few more bugs in the system, which on one hand seems like a fair point, but then again this is a phone that we have seen 12 months of rumours and teasers about!!

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E8hffff
December 23, 2015
I don’t believe the statements about bugs, I think it’s down to sourcing components at a price to make a profit on. They are using off the shelf products with reference drivers for industrial partners, so how hard can it be. I do agree they were improving the camera modes and getting around NFC pick-up signal quality regarding their phone-shell design.
- balcobomber25
  December 23, 2015
  - E8hffff
    December 23, 2015
E8hffff
December 23, 2015
Now people will be asking if the Black option is on top of the existing Gold and Grey, or will it replace the Grey. The Smoky-Grey was luxury looking.

balcobomber25
December 23, 2015
The Vowney is like the Yetti/Big Foot. Many claim to have seen it, but no one has definitive proof of it’s existence. Occasionally you see a screen shot claiming to be it and even have loyal followers that buy into every press release (see the comment below mine).
As a side note:
Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays to all my friends (and a few enemies lol) here. Hope you all get to spend some quality time with family or friends and I will see you next year, unless I get bored with family.
- Muhammad Yasir
  December 23, 2015

Joel Adames
December 23, 2015
We are now a week away from the suppossed release.
Tell me guys: How do you thing elephone is going to mess it up this time???
they lost me and that guy Efff that used to coment on all the VOWNEY articles maybe went and bough something else. If you are around just feel free to comment!
- E8hffff
  December 23, 2015
  Nope. I did cancel an order but placed a new one not so long ago with elephone.cc
  I think the only way they can mess up is horrible manufacturing or bad choices with colours, etc. The Vowney still has great good-will so it should be successful on the likes of XDA to warrant its own forum and good community support.
  Hows the 6″er (Blu Pure XL)? Are you enjoying it?
  - Joel Adames
    December 23, 2015
    It just arrived Monday and I’m out to work so my dad picked it up for me … Very eager. To meet with it.
    - E8hffff
      December 23, 2015
- - Joel Adames
    December 23, 2015
    Such a device on time I mean ON TIME would be lovely adding a 64gb ROM +SD.card.reader remaining and maybe more battery, ((really a great reason to be called PRO)) so yes if something as such comes out and on time I will be glad if not I will wait for a MTK X20 BLACKBERRY PRIV 2 ???
    - Joel Adames
      December 23, 2015
      Yes!!, I love sliders and even if the actual PRIV gets all it software glitches sorted out I will try to get my hand✋s on one.
- littletime
  December 23, 2015
  I followed them with interest for ages but the vapourware marketing tactics have put me off them for life – can’t trust what they say.

Joel Adames
December 23, 2015
i hate Elephone a little for making me go for a Blu Pure XL (6″) in order to get similar spec’s without breaking the bank.
- littletime
  December 23, 2015
  Hi. Where did you buy it from? I was trying to get one imported to the UK but could find nowhere to accommodate. Your comment however suggest you aren’t pleased with it?
  - Joel Adames
    December 23, 2015
    I do like it a lot, just that i had to pay more for it anyways. about 75 more. its 350 on amazon USA and then 26 taxes and then 10 shipped to my country as i use a mail box in miami wich then send stuff to my country. you should investigate if such service exist in your country,
    - littletime
      December 23, 2015
      Actually I did find a US mailbox service that would forward to the UK but the expense was too high. Blu therefore has also alienated me.
      - Joel Adames
        December 23, 2015
        well i would encourage you anyways to FIRST off try http://www…willmyphonework..net to confirm that the frecuencies of any given phone would work with your carrier, as it is very frustrating to end up with a nice phone that you can’t fully enjoy. by the way should you check the ALLVIEW X2 XTREME and see if you get better luck with that one
      - Steve B
        December 23, 2015
        Blu have started to sell a few low end phones through Amazon UK so there’s a small possibility we might get Pure XL.

Muhammad Yasir
December 23, 2015
As a honest tech enthusiast , i can gauge by the long delay and the embarrassing reassurances , that Elephone bit off more than they could chew.
The dual boot or windows/Android phones thingy really got them a challenge… along with choosing a CPU that wasn’t gonna be available for sometime to them.
its a massive screw-up. simple.
Maybe In the end , people will get their Vowneys. It may even turn out to be an outstanding device. Perhaps the best yet to come out carrying the company’s banners !
But it will do so at a great cost … and that was killing the buzz by a set of horrendous and thankless delays.
- Assefa Hanson
  December 23, 2015
  - Airyl
    December 24, 2015

E8hffff
December 23, 2015
- At least the black bezzels don’t look to big
- littletime
  December 23, 2015
  - E8hffff
    December 24, 2015
E8hffff
December 23, 2015
I don’t believe the statements about bugs, I think it’s down to sourcing components at a price so as to make a profit. They are using off the shelf products with reference drivers for industrial partners, so how hard can it be. I do agree they were improving the camera modes and getting around NFC pick-up signal quality regarding their phone-shell design.
- balcobomber25
  December 23, 2015
  You know you will never see this phone right?
- E8hffff
  December 23, 2015
  Funny. We’ll have the last laugh in a week or more.

E8hffff
December 23, 2015
Now people will be asking if the Black option is on top of the existing Gold and Grey, or will it replace the Grey. The Smoky-Grey was luxury looking.

balcobomber25
December 23, 2015
The Vowney is like the Yetti/Big Foot. Many claim to have seen it, but no one has definitive proof of it’s existence. Occasionally you see a screen shot claiming to be it and even have loyal followers that buy into every press release (see the comment below mine).
As a side note:
Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays to all my friends (and a few enemies lol) here. Hope you all get to spend some quality time with family or friends and I will see you next year, unless I get bored with family.
- Guest
  December 23, 2015

Joel Adames
December 23, 2015
We are now a week away from the suppossed release.
Tell me guys: How do you thing elephone is going to mess it up this time???
they lost me and that guy Efff that used to coment on all the VOWNEY articles maybe went and bough something else. If you are around just feel free to comment!
- E8hffff
  December 23, 2015
  Nope. I did cancel an order but placed a new one not so long ago with elephone.cc
  I think the only way they can mess up is horrible manufacturing or bad choices with colours, etc. The Vowney still has great good-will so it should be successful on the likes of XDA to warrant its own forum and good community support.
  Hows the 6″er (Blu Pure XL)? Are you enjoying it?
- E8hffff
  December 23, 2015
  In March you may want to get the Vowney Pro with X20.
- Joel Adames
  December 23, 2015
  It just arrived Monday and I’m out to work so my dad picked it up for me … Very eager. To meet with it.
- Joel Adames
  December 23, 2015
  Such a device on time I mean ON TIME would be lovely adding a 64gb ROM +SD.card.reader remaining and maybe more battery, ((really a great reason to be called PRO)) so yes if something as such comes out and on time I will be glad if not I will wait for a MTK X20 BLACKBERRY PRIV 2 😂😂😂
- E8hffff
  December 23, 2015
  Enjoy man.
- Joel Adames
  December 23, 2015
  Yes!!, I love sliders and even if the actual PRIV gets all it software glitches sorted out I will try to get my hand✋s on one.
- littletime
  December 23, 2015
  I followed them with interest for ages but the vapourware marketing tactics have put me off them for life – can’t trust what they say.

Joel Adames
December 23, 2015
i hate Elephone a little for making me go for a Blu Pure XL (6″) in order to get similar spec’s without breaking the bank.
- littletime
  December 23, 2015
  Hi. Where did you buy it from? I was trying to get one imported to the UK but could find nowhere to accommodate. Your comment however suggest you aren’t pleased with it?
- Joel Adames
  December 23, 2015
  I do like it a lot, just that i had to pay more for it anyways. about 75 more. its 350 on amazon USA and then 26 taxes and then 10 shipped to my country as i use a mail box in miami wich then send stuff to my country. you should investigate if such service exist in your country,
- littletime
  December 23, 2015
  Actually I did find a US mailbox service that would forward to the UK but the expense was too high. Blu therefore has also alienated me.
- Joel Adames
  December 23, 2015
  well i would encourage you anyways to FIRST off try http://www…willmyphonework..net to confirm that the frecuencies of any given phone would work with your carrier, as it is very frustrating to end up with a nice phone that you can’t fully enjoy. by the way should you check the ALLVIEW X2 XTREME and see if you get better luck with that one
- Steve B
  December 23, 2015
  Blu have started to sell a few low end phones through Amazon UK so there’s a small possibility we might get Pure XL.

Freeje
December 23, 2015
- littletime
  December 23, 2015
  - Assefa Hanson
    December 23, 2015

Guest
December 23, 2015
As a honest tech enthusiast , i can gauge by the long delay and the embarrassing reassurances , that Elephone bit off more than they could chew.
The dual boot or windows/Android phones thingy really got them a challenge… along with choosing a CPU that wasn’t gonna be available for sometime to them.
its a massive screw-up. simple.
Maybe In the end , people will get their Vowneys. It may even turn out to be an outstanding device. Perhaps the best yet to come out carrying the company’s banners !
But it will do so at a great cost … and that was killing the buzz by a set of horrendous and thankless delays.
- Assefa Hanson
  December 23, 2015
  -Muhammad Yasir 2015 for president
- Airyl
  December 24, 2015
E8hffff
December 23, 2015