Battery life is one of the most important deciding factors in purchasing a smartphone nowadays. Because, after all, what do you need one for if you run out of juice in the middle of the day? Well, Elephone seem to have taken that under consideration and that’s why their latest Elephone S8 comes with a bigger battery than you’d think.
Let’s get into the specifics now: how big of a battery is it? Data in hand, the Elephone S8 comes with a 4000mAh capacity battery. That’s quite a big battery if you consider the latest Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 featuring the “same” 6-inch display only comes with a 3400mAh battery.
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Sure, the Elephone S8 might not be as thin or have a similar screen-to-body ratio compared to the Mi MIX 2, but isn’t that what we’ve been asking companies in the last years? Give us a slightly bigger device and fill that additional space with battery. Well, Elephone seem to have done just that.
Elephone say that the bigger battery can achieve 480 hours of standby and 10 hours of continuous calling, we’ll let you know if that’s true once we get our hands on the device.
If you can’t wait for our review, you can get the Elephone S8 now over at Gearbest for $239 in the 4GB/64GB version.
Elephone is a shitty company, stop shilling for them.
Truthfully, almost all of the “mediatek vendors” (as I like to call companies like Elephone, Umidigi, Doogee and Bluboo) are really sketchy.
The only exception that I’ve seen so far is Vernee (they do a surprisingly decent job updating their phones, plus their quality is decent).
Anyway, rant aside, i’d personally suggest getting something more established and with proven quality (Xiaomi, HuaweiHonor, ZTE Nubia).
Yes.
I’ve had an Apollo and a Mars, both worked very well, no issues with build or software, good battery life and even a couple of updates.
Elephone has lied before, MANY times.
Are we sure that battery is actually 4000mAh?
They lied about the back cover (claimed it was “lumia glass” when it’s actually plastic).
They lied about the battery capacity on their phones before, are you seriously trusting Elephone?
That’s like trusting a murderer with your kids.
You’re correct, IIRC the Umi Super and their older Umi Hammer S both lied about the battery size. Their Rome also lied about the display resolution.
My point still stands (even more so now), all of these shady chinese companies like Elephone, Umi, Homtom, Bluboo and Doogee need to be shut down.
As an avid Android enthusiast that primarily takes interest in Chinese companies, these low-effort manufacturers are really grinding my gears.