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Remember the Pepsi-made phone? It isn’t finding buyers, apparently

Yash GargJuly 18, 2016

Pepsi are usually known for their (extra) sweetened carbonated beverage. The brand however thought it would be a good idea to make a phone (everyone was doing it), and decided to try their hand at it.

Late last year, Pepsi put together the Pepsi P1s with an uninspiring design and an outdated processor. It’s been a while and no one really has the phone so far, and it appears as though it’s turned into a phone that’s hard to sell.

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Which is perhaps why the P1s is on pre-order (yes, pre-order!) for less than a hundred dollars. This is including the reseller cut, so you can imagine how much Pepsi would’ve sold the phone for!

To remind you of its specs, it comes with a 5.5-inch 1920 x 1080p display, an octa-core processor (the ancient MediaTek MT6592), a 13 mega-pixel rear camera, 5 mega-pixel front-facing camera and a 3000mAh battery. A saving grace on the P1s is the fingerprint scanner on the rear. Anyone here fancy this one?

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Assefa Hanson
July 18, 2016
can i drink it? but honestly this sint too bad for less than 100 dollars i barely can name sub 100 dollar phones with 1080p + fingerprint scanner
- Muhammad Yasir
  July 19, 2016
  - - Muhammad Yasir
      July 19, 2016

balcobomber25
July 18, 2016
Shocking that no one wants a phone with a 32 bit SoC from 2013…
Personally I love Pepsi, but I love it in my cup with ice not in my pocket. Actually the best is EST, anyone who has been to Thailand probably has seen or tried it. Seeing as this phone is terrible lets talk about Soda lol!
- Muhammad Yasir
  July 19, 2016
  i also drink pepsi :p
  wats EST 😀 !?
  - balcobomber25
    July 19, 2016
    In Thailand Pepsi used to be made by a company called Thai Beverage. In 2012 Pepsi ended their contract with Thai Beverage so they launched their own brand of soda called EST. It tastes like Pepsi only a littler more carbonated and a little sweeter. They also have a lemon lime version. Before 2012 Pepsi was found in virtually every restaurant in Thailand, since then most either offer EST or Coke.
    - Muhammad Yasir
      July 19, 2016
      - balcobomber25
        July 19, 2016
        *puts thailand on visit list*
        balcobomber25
        July 19, 2016
        Lol. If you’re gonna go, the girls and food are a lot better than the soda ;).
        They also have a pretty good smartphone scene, lots of markets that sell all sorts of phones.
        
        Muhammad Yasir
        July 20, 2016
        hmmm… girls ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
        but they say there’s always a risk of a gal being a ladyboy instead… how to avoid that 😀 ?
        also , are the phones cheap ? i ask because Taiwan is closer and imports should not be too much costly?
        balcobomber25
        July 20, 2016
        Ask them to talk. No matter how much they can attempt to look like a girl you can always tell by the voice.
        Muhammad Yasir
        July 20, 2016

MattD
July 18, 2016
I like pepsi, but the whole concept is wrong.
Let’s say, I wouldn’t be happy if meizu would make food for me: all the dishes would be almost identical, and they would bring the following plate while I’m just getting started eating the previous one…
Or, if it was elephone to cook, there would be the chef and all of the waiters gathering around my table saying “that’s chicken, eat it” and then, as I start to eat, burst out screaming “he actually ate it!!! he fell for it lol!!!”
And don’t even get me started with oneplus, the only cheap street food where you need to wait months for a password before you can spend your money…

MaxPower
July 18, 2016
I’m a Coke person
- joe mont
  July 19, 2016
  I like my high fructose corn syrup water with a hint of lemon zest, so I’m a sprite man.
Assefa Hanson
July 18, 2016
can i drink it? but honestly this isnt too bad for less than 100 dollars i barely can name sub 100 dollar phones with 1080p + fingerprint scanner
- Guest
  July 19, 2016
- XD i didnt even read that it was this chip XD
- Guest
  July 19, 2016
  lel …
  but rest of your argument was solid

balcobomber25
July 18, 2016
Shocking that no one wants a phone with a 32 bit SoC from 2013…
Personally I love Pepsi, but I love it in my cup with ice not in my pocket. Actually the best is EST, anyone who has been to Thailand probably has seen or tried it. Seeing as this phone is terrible lets talk about Soda lol!
- Guest
  July 19, 2016
  i also drink pepsi :p
  wats EST 😀 !?
- balcobomber25
  July 19, 2016
  In Thailand Pepsi used to be made by a company called Thai Beverage. In 2012 Pepsi ended their contract with Thai Beverage so they launched their own brand of soda called EST. It tastes like Pepsi only a littler more carbonated and a little sweeter. They also have a lemon lime version. Before 2012 Pepsi was found in virtually every restaurant in Thailand, since then most either offer EST or Coke.
- Guest
  July 19, 2016
  EST better tasting than original Pepsi 😀 ?
- balcobomber25
  July 19, 2016
- *puts thailand on visit list*
- balcobomber25
  July 19, 2016
  Lol. If you’re gonna go, the girls and food are a lot better than the soda ;).
  They also have a pretty good smartphone scene, lots of markets that sell all sorts of phones.
- Guest
  July 20, 2016
  hmmm… girls ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
  but they say there’s always a risk of a gal being a ladyboy instead… how to avoid that 😀 ?
  also , are the phones cheap ? i ask because Taiwan is closer and imports should not be too much costly?
- balcobomber25
  July 20, 2016
  Ask them to talk. No matter how much they can attempt to look like a girl you can always tell by the voice.
- Guest
  July 20, 2016

MattD
July 18, 2016
I like pepsi, but the whole concept is wrong.
Let’s say, I wouldn’t be happy if meizu would make food for me: all the dishes would be almost identical, and they would bring the following plate while I’m just getting started eating the previous one…
Or, if it was elephone to cook, there would be the chef and all of the waiters gathering around my table saying “that’s chicken, eat it” and then, as I start to eat, burst out screaming “he actually ate it!!! he fell for it lol!!!”
And don’t even get me started with oneplus, the only cheap street food where you need to wait months for a password before you can spend your money…

MaxPower
July 18, 2016
I’m a Coke person
- Guest
  July 20, 2016
  I like my high fructose corn syrup water with a hint of lemon zest, so I’m a sprite man.
yalok
July 19, 2016
I would rather drink a self-made lemonade or a fresh orange juice, than coke or Pepsi.
- stevalos555
  July 19, 2016
yalok
July 19, 2016
I would rather drink a self-made lemonade or a fresh orange juice, than coke or Pepsi.
- stevalos555
  July 19, 2016

SnowyCat
July 19, 2016
this is still not worth the price. the 92 was a big letdown in the past..well it wasnt like completely terrible but way out of time
Angry Mobile Nerd
July 19, 2016
Next week’s headline: Pepsi P1s launched in India.
LucifeL MartelL
July 19, 2016
CHEESUS ..!!! WHat ugly fuckking icons and wallpaper … that wallpaper…. ewwwwwww …..
SnowyCat
July 19, 2016
this is still not worth the price. the 92 was a big letdown in the past..well it wasnt like completely terrible but way out of time

Angry Mobile Nerd
July 19, 2016
Next week’s headline: Pepsi P1s launched in India.
LucifeL MartelL
July 19, 2016
CHEESUS ..!!! WHat ugly fuckking icons and wallpaper … that wallpaper…. ewwwwwww …..
Muhammad Yasir
July 19, 2016