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Elephone S1 goes on sale in Poland, Malaysia and Iraq at $100

AbbieJanuary 14, 2016

Elephone’s march overseas takes another step today with the company releasing their budget Elephone S1 in 3 new markets.

The Elephone S1 might have snuck under your radar, so for those of you not familiar with the phone here are the main hardware points.

Build-wise the S1 boasts glass panels front and rear with a one touch fingerprint scanner on the rear, and narrow bezels up front. The panel itself is a 5-inch HD 1280 x 720 model with Corning Gorilla Glass.

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There is no LTE support on the phone as it runs the entry-level Mediatek MT6580, but for anyone wanting a smart looking phone at a good price, and can live with 3G it might be worth a look.

Elephone have teamed up with distributors in Poland, Malaysia and Iraq where the S1 is on sale now for just $100. At this point we don’t know if Elephone have plans to launch the phone elsewhere, but we will let you know once we find out.

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Abbie
Abbie is a self confessed Chinese phone addict! After cutting her teeth on the Meizu M9 she hasn't been able to keep away from Chinese phones keeping her ear to the ground especially for the latest Shanzhai and clone news!

balcobomber25
January 14, 2016
The”6580 is a terrible SoC for 2016. Better phones in this price range most with LTE.
- Joel Adames
  January 15, 2016
  I’m pretty sure taxes have something to do as well as in the other 2 countries mentioned.
  - balcobomber25
    January 15, 2016
    I think its more of Elephone being cheap. Import taxes are no excuse for horrible hardware, it’s something every company which does business there must deal with.

MattD
January 14, 2016
Being free, after 20 years of embargo, to import elephones? Not best luck ever iraq, i must say…
- balcobomber25
  January 15, 2016
  It’s like being released from prison and told you have to go live in the middle of Antartica. At least in prison you had a warm blanket.
greg
January 14, 2016
What???!! , $100 ? , with those specs this MUST be an under $100 phone, there are many other models about to be realesed with similar specs with a better price tag , so please Elephone think twice, and of course we are still waiting for the affordable version of the M3
- Dante
  January 15, 2016
  phones are pretty expensive there , in those countries ( at least in malaysia and poland cuz ive been there ) t
  - balcobomber25
    January 15, 2016
    Last time I was in Malaysia you could get the Meizu M2 or Xiaomi Redmi 2 for around $110-120. Both are much better than this.
    - Dante
      January 16, 2016
      - balcobomber25
        January 16, 2016
        Amazingly they have these fans who see no wrong with the company, like the ones we have here that post just pure nonsense. I work with a guy who loves Elephone, everyone of his phones fails after about 7 months but he still won’t admit it’s Elephone’s fault. It’s crazy how much this brand has been able to brainwash people.
        
        Dante
        January 18, 2016
        woah thats real sad to hear there are elephone fans , its ok when you dont know a fck about an android phone but putting it like this…
        balcobomber25
        January 18, 2016
        We have one here, he comments on every Elephone article like they are the greatest company.
VMortens
January 15, 2016
Yeah, I wanna see their sales with these prices. In Poland you can get Meizu M2, from Polish distribution (not Meizu themselves, but official reseller) for around 120-150$. Only two days ago my frineds in the old country reported a sale on white M2 for 499PLN (123.5$).
Why would anyone even bother with a phone like S1.