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Elephone VIP’s can get Elephone P9000 for just $99 and more

Ying HuaJanuary 21, 2016

Elephone have been testing out some interesting options to raise money for the Elephone P9000 launch and here’s another in the form of ELE VIP Membership.

Elephone are offering customers the chance of becoming an ELE VIP Member at a cost of $99. Membership will automatically earn you a $50 discount on the Elephone P9000 purchase, but there are other benefits available too.

From a discussion with Elephone this morning we think we have decoded which each current privilege will give a VIP member (the description on the Elephone website aren’t easy to follow and we suggest you contact Elephone if you have any queries).

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ELE VIP Members will have the option to invite 2 of their friends or family to become members too. If those two invitees choose to also sign up for the $99 VIP membership, the original VIP will receive a free Elephone P9000.

Even if you don’t choose to invite people to join you will automatically receive a $50 discount on the Elephone P9000 and be entered in to a lucky draw to buy the P9000 at half price plus the $50 discount (so the chance to buy the phone for around $110).

Elephone plan to add more VIP benefits so keep an eye on their website for more details.

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Ying Hua
I'm an avid gamer and a bit of a Ninja when it comes to gadgets and technology. When I'm not busy with the latest Android and iOS games and I can be found writing at Gizchina.com.

Rob
January 21, 2016
So let me get this straight, I can pay $99 to become a VIP member to get a $50 discount??? Great marketing Elephone, the only time it would be worthwhile is if you can sign up 2 ‘friends’ you don’t like to buy a piece of elephone crap. Great marketing! Even if I could convince 2 people I don’t like to sign up, I STILL wouldn’t want one of their phones!
- January 21, 2016
  Yup, I’m sure there is something missing in the translation here. I was chatting with them all morning to try and figure it out.
  - Stiven
    January 21, 2016
    - Rob
      January 21, 2016
      - Muhammad Yasir
        January 21, 2016
        Xali
        January 22, 2016
        In most ponzi schemes there is always murder between members, imagine your cousin beating your ass because you told him the P9000 was a good phone.
        Muhammad Yasir
        January 22, 2016
        lol … they all love iphones , brand loyal !
        but i’d beat my own ass if i were ever to buy a phone that turned out to be crap !
        
        I couldn’t help laughing at your joke Yassir. Lol…
        Muhammad Yasir
        January 23, 2016
        lol , i was just being honest
  - Rob
    January 21, 2016
    Or just maybe they want us to believe there is something lost in translation as once they have your money you will never see it again.
  - Muhammad Yasir
    January 21, 2016
    musta been a hard time for u … trying to make sense of all the difficult to decipher scheme they tryna conjure up !
- balcobomber25
  January 21, 2016
  Given the honesty of this company (complete lack thereof) I would not even give them .99 cents. With Elephone you can just wait a month and find it on resellers for $50 less.

January 21, 2016
It’s like selling your soul to the devil
- Muhammad Yasir
  January 21, 2016
  - Ibrahim Bahakim
    January 21, 2016
balcobomber25
January 21, 2016
Hexadecimal will be all over this, proclaiming it the greatest user incentive ever created!
Muhammad Yasir
January 21, 2016
Dis
January 21, 2016
It’s all a scam. They promised you could get your $5 code purchase for the 900 back if you wanted to but they are Chinese scammers and ignore requests for refunds on it. I will never trust them again.

Bailey
January 21, 2016
Right Here is where Elephone need to do the work everyone thinks they are a rubbish company and they need to work on that. And to be honest that should be part of there main focus this year. Personally I don’t care what company It is i wouldn’t give any money upfront if its just pre-orders I would wait and see if it came out first or if you need to buy it that badly always use PayPal and if the company miss there deadline you can get your money back. I like the look of the W2 watch but I don’t see that coming out until the end of the year.
- balcobomber25
  January 21, 2016
  I would give the money if it was a reputable brand who didn’t have a history of failed promotions and lying to it’s customers.
  - Xalis
    January 21, 2016
    So, who are you talking about? I can’t think of a single brand that meet those requirements.
    - balcobomber25
      January 21, 2016
      - Jo
        January 21, 2016
        balcobomber25
        January 21, 2016
        Never said anything about Chinese.
        Mr.Flying Zoom3rz
        January 22, 2016
        he clearly stated it dude: besides the three listed above, ie. Lenovo, Xiaomi and Meizu. I would add Huawei and LeTV too.
  - Bailey
    January 21, 2016
    The only china companies that I can think of that would stay by there word is Xiaomi or Meizu
    - balcobomber25
      January 21, 2016

Acer_Predator
January 21, 2016
ppl be careful looks like it is just “lite” so not proper p9000
E8hffff
January 21, 2016
If you don’t have a network of family members to sign up then it’s a waste of $99. A competition to win is not good enough.
- balcobomber25
  January 21, 2016
  - Mr.Flying Zoom3rz
    January 22, 2016
January 21, 2016
Ponzi you never cease to amaze me, inglorious bastard.
You were ahead of your time, Elephone would had me you CEO.

Stef
January 21, 2016
Sth relatively irrelevant:
I found this: http://www.devicespecifications.com/en/model/7da9397e
Does anybody know if those specs are correct? I kinda doubt it, but if true “77% body to screen ratio”? Holy cow, I think there are only 3 companies that can produce such slim bezels, Samsung (edge series), LG (g3) and Sharp (most of their phones).
I didn’t even know that there are other companies with such technical expertise. If true, way to go Elephone! If false , as always a let down (it will do well if it’s priced extremely lowly though).
- balcobomber25
  January 21, 2016
  - Stef
    January 22, 2016
    Yeah, but mate 8 is 6 inches. The smaller the phone the harder it is to produce great screen to body ratio. That’s why you rarely see 5 inchers with more 70% while it’s common place for 5.5 inchers.
    So at 6 inches it’s kind of impressive, but not nearly as impressive as 77% at 5.5 inches…
    Anyway, my point is that if it’s true we have to give that to Elephone, it’s a very very hard achievement that actually requires expertise. I think they’ll probably flunk this too, though. It will probably be as big as Vowney and put those ugly black stripes instead…
    - balcobomber25
      January 22, 2016
      But the chances of it actually being true with Elephone are slim to none. If it is I will be the first to give them props, but we both know it’s going to have the stripes.
SPLEND1D
January 21, 2016
Chinenglish ftw!
jo
January 21, 2016
in china everything goes?? when is a company like that become criminal??
in no store does the elecode discount show up, shipping dates between 31/1 and 31/3

Kennedy
January 21, 2016
P7000 from the beginning, they do all kinds of false marketing, deceived a lot of people, so that people believe they have a low price, but no one can buy into, elephone P9000 promise to start selling, but many people want to pay $ 5 to the next one when the get is a notice, elephone always have a variety of reasons, not promises, for now, $ 99, is more like a Ponzi scheme. They do not know what the next will give a reason to delay it again.

Kennedy
January 21, 2016
You pay $ 99 to become VIP, then you need to invite two friends, each of them have to pay $ 99, so after you paid $ 99 to get a P9000. And your two friends after they paid $ 99, only to get a $ 50 coupon, and if they do not continue to invite friends, then they will lose $ 49.
P9000’s price is $ 269, and get $ 50 dollars before coupons only need to pay $ 5, now have to pay $ 99.
Half-price to buy lottery when needed, this probability is how much?
If you invite a friend, he did not continue to invite, so he bought P9000 will pay $ 99- $ 50 + $ 269 = $ 318. This is how exaggerated impact. In pandawill, you do not pay any fees, will be able to discount the price $ 269 $ 45, but with the $ 214 buy.
I’m not going to $ 100 dollars away to cheat a friend, because you get $ 100 Get your friend to pay, and eventually someone will pay for it.
elephone not only deceived us, it makes us lose friends, this is hateful marketing.

Joel Adames
January 21, 2016
Not a single positive comment, not even E8hfff
That says a lot about where this is headed…
Chico Migraña
January 22, 2016
So now Elephone knows their customers are idiots, and give them this scam. Maybe being a member you will have more coupons for the next phones they make, so, 6 months later when your P9000 is broken you could buy their P10000 with that coupon

Mr.Flying Zoom3rz
January 22, 2016
Once again Elephone killed all hopes that someone may have to see them become a reputable brand! They’re ruining itself.
Don Rogers
January 22, 2016
The VIP membership really does look like pyramid selling, I paid the $5 for the ele code on elephone.hk site, for the p9000 lite and ordered one yesterday through the new link to verify your elecode. I paid $169.00 with free shipping to the UK The website says that the lite version will be ready for shipping in 4 to 6 weeks and the P9000 ready to ship in 2 weeks. Only time will tell. If I get a P9000 lite for this price and it works for more than a year then I will be happy.

Jesper Rex Andersen
January 23, 2016
I still can’t order with the Discount code….
No reply from service@elephone.hk…
I am giving them 36 hours from now, then I am going to start a PayPall claim, to get my money back.
If their Vowney track disaster is anything to go by, then the P9000 will be delivered by Christmass….
agunrunner
January 23, 2016
I bought the elephone p6000 and its a fine phone,(screen could be bigger) I bought the elephone camera as gifts,elephone does not seem to run the elephone store it took about 8 weeks for camera to arrive,i probably would not use elephone store again,i would not get into this lottery to get a phone,your friends would probably have to buy a phone to get a free one