Elephone P9000 first impressions

Yep, non removable battery doesn’t bother me at all, had my OnePlus One almost 2 years now and I haven’t noticed any battery cell degradation whatsoever in that time…

If I get caught short out and about I always have my 10400mAh Xiaomi power bank with me to save the day too, it really is the same as keeping a 2nd battery charged all the time if not a little easier as you can charge a power bank at the same time as charging your phone…

Among the top 5 smartphone manufacturers, LG is the only company that still has a user replaceable battery in their flagship device. That will likely disappear as well on the G5.

Andy, please test GPS with

– NO Sims (remove them altogether)

– Wi-Fi off

– GPS Mode set to “Device Only”

0 with any app that show satellite locks, long/lat etc.

Otherwise it’s a questionable test.

There are too many morons on YouTube who test GPS with sims inserted, Wi-Fi on (for local bounce-off), and the GPS Mode set to high accuracy, which means Android will provide all sorts of assists (router bounce, google location services etc.) to determine the location. The problem with this approach is that it doesn’t test the capability of the chipset at all.

Thanks for all your efforts, much appreciated.

Just made a video with the GPS running, but not sure I remembered to use GPS mode in ‘Device Only’ will need to double check but on the way to the airport now. I did remove the SIM and turn the WIFI off though, video will be posted later today.

Ok? I say “perfect”. 🙂

First of all, thank you very much @Gizchina:disqus for taking the time and effort to do this – hugely appreciated.

Next, I’m pretty sure that the “device only” mode is absolutely unnecessary to tick once you’ve removed sims and turned off Wi-Fi, so major, major props for that mate and don’t bother with it.

Can’t thank you enough for this Andi, you absolutely rock.

::Thumbs up::

Can you do camara tests? Thanks

Well, that just sucks :-/

I know that’s the directon toward the market is moving, but this doesn’t mean I’m ok with that xD

Yep, non removable battery doesn’t bother me at all, had my OnePlus One almost 2 years now and I haven’t noticed any battery cell degradation whatsoever in that time…

If I get caught short out and about I always have my 10400mAh Xiaomi power bank with me to save the day too, it really is the same as keeping a 2nd battery charged all the time if not a little easier as you can charge a power bank at the same time as charging your phone…

Removable batteries are convenient, no doubt about it.

But we really can’t claim this feature from this phone that has wireless charging.

It’s going to be complicated to have both features.

I haven’t removed a battery on a phone in years, since the days when phones would freeze and require a battery pull to reset (around Android 2.3). That is a non issue for me, especially if a phone has quick charge.

While I don’t mind the lack of removable batteries (in most models anyway), since most people don’t get its usability anyway, it does surprise me that enthusiasts (as I expect a lot of Gizchina users are) don’t seem to get it either:

1) Zero Charge time (you charge a spare in the cradle while you use your phone)

2) Extra juice for extra long days (carry a spare in your wallet)

3) Battery longevity (lithium batteries eventually lose charge. That’s mostly an issue to those willing to hold on to their phones for long).

Like I said I mostly don’t mind it. But one of the main reasons that I hold on to my Note 4 as my “pro”/enthusiast phone is its capacity to have a replaceable battery.

The Zero Charge time, really sells me, it often surprises me that people haven’t even thought of it (it’s 90 times faster than any fast-charging phone).

I have a unibody phone too, and i fear the time when the battery will suffer from degradation… Maybe it’s not today, maybe it won’t be tomorrow, but someday it will surely happen… While on my older huawei y300 i can always change the battery and it’s brand new again!

Moreover a spare battery is easier to carry, and is easier to use a phone without having it plugged with a powerbank, and just look at redmi note 2: with 12$ you get a spare battery and a charger…

It’s not a vital feature for me, but it’s undeniable more comfortable

Never had a wireless charging phone, so i don’t know how it exactly works, but I’d doubtlessly give up on wireless charging to have a second battery i can plug in without waiting… Personal preferences, i guess 😀

Just look at redmi note 2: for 12$ you can get an extra battery and a charger… Nothing simpler than that! 🙂

And it’s not just the “instantly at 100% battery” thing: batteries always suffer from degradation, so I’d like not to worry about it knowing i can always change the battery without dismantle all the phone praying I’m doing everything right and something won’t broke…

For me personally I prefer a unibody design for a phone, which isn;t possible with a removable battery. I think unibody phones are stronger and more durable than those with removable backs.

your opo is ok, as is my coolpad after two years. but without removable back, you won’t easily notice if something wrong happens with battery (inflating problems) until the phone is damaged for good. Some people like to keep their phones until they are usable (you can still use 3-4 old year phones if usage is basic), and usually battery dies before the phone itself, so it’s definitely an issue for some people which are not practical with those things or are afraid to damage their phones to replace the battery.

It’s just a strategy to make sure you don’t keep your phone too much, you know market is crowded and they need to sell, they also started this annoying thing with laptops, expecially cheap ones all have internal battery, and we know how easily those deteriorates, and they make sure you void your warranty if you want to put your hands on it to replace it.

My friend on his (back in the day) 600€ SGS3 changed his battery twice (both originals) because they both went flat dead, now imagine if that phone was unibody, he would have sold it for peanuts and would have changed an s4 and an s5 right now probably, instead of two batteries. That’s were we’ll go, no issues for whoever changes its phone often, but problems for the ones who want to use their phone until it’s possible.

Yeah but a power bank does not even try to deal with problems 1 and 3.

Again I’m not saying that removable battery is for everybody, but I can’t see how you can’t see its benefits (it’s all my saying).

Having a spare at a ready means having a potentially 100% phone at all times, which is probably a must for a pro phone, especially one that someone is willing to keep for long (while all my phones will fade, I expect,my Note 4 to remain relevant for a loong time, in no small part due to being able to buy a new battery if the old starts dying).

you are damn right. All people trying to justify how a unibody is more convenient are fools. Who love to carry a super heavy power bank in the pocket? and use a phone tied to it? while a spare battery is thin and light. and cheap. I can hear unibody is more beautiful. But then, we thend to forget the function of a phone. As smart as the phone can be. People nowadays also tend to not give a shit anymore about recycling process. After all, why care about this so small problem. If the battery dies, we can still easily throw away the whole device and buy a new one. I still think removable batteries are much more convenient. I am not about to give up on my xiaomi 2s for this reason, as well as for its very smart screen size. Instead of stupidly wide screen we get now, to which we should add a power bank in the same pocket… In 2016, we need now a backpack to carry a phone along the day. Stupid. Simply stupid