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OUKITEL K7000 Specs, photos, price and shipping date

shanos — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 10:38:00 +0000

OUKITEL K7000 Specs, photos, price and shipping date released

OUKITEL have release more details of the forthcoming Oukitel K7000, the K7000 recently received a fair amount of attention when they announced the worlds thinnest 7000mAh capacity phone at just 4mm’s

It turned out that the claim of 4mm was in fact for the base phone which has a removable 2000mAh battery and that Oukitel were actually alluring too the fact that the Oukitel K7000 also comes with a 5000mAh wireless charger case that they are calling the Matrix case.

The Matrix can is not only a stylish 5000mAh power bank but also serves as a protective case with an integrated phone stand which should prove to be really useful.

If like me you have kids (ok me as well) that are heavily in to Pokemon Go, the large battery life supplied by the combination of onboard battery as well as the Matrix case, should help to ensure that the phone easily lasts a day with heavy data and GPS usage.

For those of you that are not playing Pokemon Go, the battery combination should see the phone lasting several days.

Design wise the phone looks quite attractive and features a halo style home button, the 5″ HD screen appears to be a 2.5d unit with fairly narrow black boarders.

The full specs of the OUKITEL K7000 are as follows

Display: 5 inch HD LCD touch screen, 1280 x 720

CPU: MTK6737 Quad-core clocked at 1.3GHz

OS: Android 6.0 Marshmallow

Storage: 2GB RAM+16GB ROM, 32GB extendable via SD card

Camera: Rear facing 5.0MP actual (interpolated to 8.0MP) +Front 2.0MP actual (interpolated to 5.0MP)

Network: GSM: 850/900/1800/1900MHz;

WCDMA: 900/2100MHz;

4G LTE: 1/3/7/8/20

SIM card: Dual SIM dual standby

Color: Champagne gold, Gray

Dimensions/Weight: 144.7 x 71.7 x 8.65mm, 158.5g

You can read more details about the K7000 on the OUKITEL Official website:

The OUKITEL K7000 will start pre-sale online from Sept. 21^st with a very reasonable price of just $109.99 including the Matrix charger case.

Oukitel have advised that they will start shipping soon after the Chinese National Day Holidays.

Please feel free to leave comments or questions below

Thanks Shane

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Lenovo Lemo K3 Flash Sale just $89.99

shanos — Wed, 04 May 2016 07:15:11 +0000

Gearbest holding a flash sale for Lenovo Lemo K3 at just $89.99

If you fancy a cheap fun 5″ Android phone, you can currently pick up the Lenovo Lemo K3 for just $89.99 over at gearbest as part of their current flash sale promotion.

Whilst the phone is not cutting edge tech, it would make a great second phone or handset for a relative that does not need high end features.

5 inch IPS capacitive screen, HD 1280 x 720 pixels
Qualcomm MSM8916, Cortex A53 quad core, 1.2GHz
Android 4.4 OS, 1GB RAM + 16GB ROM
Dual Cameras, front camera 2.0MP back camera 8.0MP
Dual SIM card dual standby, two micro SIM card
Support 4G/3G/GPS/Wifi/Bluetooth/Miracast
Networking:
2G: GSM 900/1800/1900MHz
3G: WCDMA 900/2100MHz
4G: FDD-LTE 1800/2100MHz

You can pick up the phone here for just $89.99 but be quick as it is a flash sale (currently there are just 93 left at this price)

Regards Shane

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Elephone S3 Reservation Event from 12th of April

shanos — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 15:38:30 +0000

Elephone S3 Reservation Event from 12th of April

Elephone S3 Reservation event will start from the 12th of April and run through till the 27th of April

No actual price for the phone has been given yet but Elephone have given a clue to the price by putting $1?9.99 on their post.

What do you think the question mark will be replaced with? I am guessing they will be fairly agrressive as they normally are with their pre-sale pricing.

Personally I would like to see Elephone put the S3 up for pre-sale around the $140-$160 price point, as this would put it in a great position to compete with other mid range handsets.

The S3 comes with a 2.5d Bezel-less 5.2 inches display, with an 83% screen to body ratio making it look very premium.

The phone has an all metal chassis and curved back to help make the body feel even more sturdy and comfortable in the hand.

With the great screen to body ratio and the curvaceous design, this should be a phone that looks as good as it feels in the hand.

As far as specs go the phone features a Mediatek Octa-Core MT6753 clocked at 1.3Ghz and will come with 3gb of ram and 16gb of rom (expandable with up to 128gb micro SD) and will run Android 6.0 out of the box.

Whilst the specs for the CPU and memory configurations are not exactly cutting edge, the phone should certainly have the looks and style to compete favourably with phones like the Redmi Note 3.

You can register here for the Elephone S3 Reservation event hopefully if the price is competitive, this could be one of the best looking mid range handsets of 2016.

Please feel free to leave comments and questions below

Regards Shane

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Elephone P9000’s Hidden Features tips and tricks

shanos — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 15:07:26 +0000

Elephone P9000’s Hidden Features, Tips and Tricks

We have today recieved a video from Elephone that shows off some of the Elephone P9000’s Hidden Features, Tips and Tricks

Allowing you to get the most from your shiny new Elephone P9000 handset.

The video shows off some of the great new features that are now available thanks to Android 6 Marshmallow, as well as some of the tweaks that Elephone have added to the phones UI.

The Elephone P9000 and accessories can be purchased via this link.

Check it out and leave questions and comments below.

Regards Shane

Original article posted on gadgetz.tv

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Oukitel K6000 review including gaming and Antutu scores

shanos — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 08:27:31 +0000

Oukitel K6000 review including gaming and Antutu scores

Oukitel K6000 review

Screen

The Oukitel K6000 comes with an HD 720p display IPS display, it is bright and clear even in bright daylight (for what bright days we get in the UK), the screen features 2.5D ARC glass giving it a very premium look and feel

Bezels are present and measure in at around 2.5mm all round, whilst not to everyones taste, they do provide a good contrast to make colours on the screen pop more.

Processor and GPU

The Oukitel K6000 handset is all about battery life and it would appear that Oukitel have optimised their component choice to reflect this.

The Oukitel K6000 handset is powered by an Mediatek MT6735P which features 4x Arm Cortex A53 cores running at 1GHZ, the CPU is coupled to an Arm Mali-T720 MP2 GPU with 2 cores running at 4oomhz making it very efficient.

In every day usage this CPU and GPU combo proves to be more than adequate enough to run the OS and most apps and games that you care to throw at it (all be it with some reduction in frame rate and detail levels on really intensive games).

Storage RAM/ROM

The Oukitel K6000 handset comes with 2GB of Ram and 16GB of Rom, and is user upgradable via Micro SD

Battery

This is the killer feature of the Oukitel K6000 handset, the phone features a non-user changeable 6000mAh Li-Polymer battery.

So far since I have been reviewing the handset, time between charges has been around 3 days! for those of you that are fed up with constantly charging your phone every night, this should be more than enough reason to get your hands on an Oukitel K6000.

It is so refreshing not having to worry about turning off wi-fi and other features, for fear of your battery running out before the end of the evening.

Antutu Benchmarks*

1st Run – 18165

2nd Run – 14277

3rd Run – 17893

Average – 16778

Check out the video below to see the Antutu benchmarks being run (the video has been speed up to make viewing easier)

[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh9b_QCqW7E[/embedyt]

Gaming performance**

Given the low Antutu scores and the use of the Mediatek MT6735P CPU running at just 1Ghz I was honestly expecting the Oukitel K6000 to seriously struggle, but how did it fair when pitched against Real Racing 3?

Check out the video below, I think you will be impressed loading times were a little slow and detail was not maxed out, but the game was certainly playable and when you consider the fact that most users would squirm at the thought of using up their fast dwindling battery life, the Oulitel K6000 goes on like a Duracel bunny.

The rear camera on the Oukitel K6000 handset is an 8.0MP unit, which is boosted to 13MP via Interpolation, whilst talking about the rear camera it is worth noting that a dual LED flash can be found next to it (unfortunately not Dual tone). Up front you will find a 2.0MP selfie camera, this has again been boosted through Interpolation to 5.0MP

Images taken on the rear facing camera are fairly good, but do lack the levels of fine detail you would find on shots taken with say a Samsung S5 or iPhone, if you are using it to capture shots for apps like facebook or instagram it is certainly good enough.

Firmware development

When the Oukitel K6000 handset arrived the first thing I did (after giving it a 24 hour charge) was to check for OTA updates, I was not disappointed as waiting right there for me was a new system update dated 27th of November 2015 its always nice to see a very recent release as it should hopefully indicate ongoing development.

Design

The Oukitel K6000 handset is not a small phone, but its styling does a good job of trying to hide that fact.

Upfront the 5.5″ screen with 2.5D ARC screen sits pretty much flush in to the metal chassis giving it a smooth look, the black bezels are not visible when the screen is off.

The bottom chin is where you will find three capacative buttons, on the left the Menu, in the middle is the home button with the Back button on the right.

The Top chin is home to the front facing camera, ear piece and proximity sensor.

The rear of the Oukitel K6000 handset features a metal cover with the Oukitel logo and CE mark, this is set between the two plastic sections, the top of these two is home to the 8/13mp camera and dual LED flash, whilst the bottom is home to the phones speaker output (a rectangle of small holes)

The left side of the phone is home to the dual sim slot, accessed with a sim removal tool or paper clip

The right side of the phone has the power button and volume rocker, these have a nice tactile feel to them.

Connectivity

2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
3G: WCDMA 900/2100MHz
4G：FDD-LTE 800/1800/2100/2600MHz

Battery

The Oukitel K6000 handset comes with a 6000mAh li-polymer capacity non removable battery

Over the week or so I have been testing the phone it has averaged two to two and a half days of average usage, this could be eked out further still using the Roms built in power saving modes.

It seems strange now having gone back to my trusty Galaxy S5 and seeing the battery dropping so quickly, often needing to be put back on charge by around 8pm.

Final thoughts

The Oukitel K6000 handset is a nice looking handset, its large size is at first a bit of a shock having got used to manufacturers constantly looking to trim both size and weight from their handsets, however once you start using it and feel the true benifits of the large 6000mAh battery you soon forget about the size.

Whilst many people complain that phones batteries are not keeping up with the increasing demands placed upon them by constantly evolving hardware and smaller batteries being fitted as standard, the Oukitel K6000 fills the needs of users that want and need a phone to last more than a day before having to recharge.

My time spent with the Oukitel K6000 handset has been a bit of an eye opener and leaves me excited about the soon to be released K6000 Pro.

Please leave any questions or comments below

Regards Shane

The Oukitel K6000 handset can be purchased here

*Antutu Benchmarks are provided to give a comparative view of handsets performance.

Whilst they do give an indication of a handsets overall potential. they do not fully take in to account hardware and software optimisation.

Manufacturers have also been known to include cheat software built in to handsets, to deliberately make handsets operate faster in tests than they might otherwise in real world usage.

Antutu benchmarks on gadgetz.tv are run 3 times in close succession to see if any throttling occurs due to heavy CPU/GPU usage.

**Gaming videos are recorded using AZ Screen Recorder

[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAYiZnYjyTk[/embedyt]

Cameras

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Zeblaze Miniwear Smartwatch Coming soon

shanos — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 14:03:01 +0000

Zeblaze Miniwear Smartwatch Coming soon

The Zeblaze Miniwear will be the latest in a sucessful range of Smartwatches from the Zeblaze company.

What will help to set the Zeblaze Miniwear apart from other Smartwatches is its form factor, the Miniwear has a 240 x 240 resolution 1.2″ IPS display, with a single 3d ARC lens to provide the highest quality with great viewing angles.

The Zeblaze Miniwear features a Mediatec MTK2502C SOC, to provide you with up to 30% savings in battery usage and a performance increase of up to 60% over the previous Mediatec SOC.

With these improvements usage should not just be fast, but should keep the watch going long after other wearables have run out of juice.

Zeblaze have provided a selection of five dial designs from 10 top designers, giving you a different dial to suit whatever occasion or outfit you are wearing.

The watches chassis will be available in both Stainless Steel and Gold finishes, with a choice of brown or Black crocodile skin style leather straps.

The Zeblaze Miniwear will feature a magnetic suction charging solution, similar to Apple’s range of Macbook computers.

When you bring the connector close to the back of the watch, it will attach to form a convenient connection to easily charge your Zeblaze Miniwear Smartwatch.

The release date for the Miniwear is not yet known, but I will keep you updated when I receive more information and samples are ready for review.

For now I would love to hear what you think of the Zeblaze Miniwear Smartwatch, what do you think it will retail for?

What features would you like to see on the watch?, has it got enough style and features to make it a must buy on your shopping list?

Please feel free to leave any questions or comments below

Regards Shane

Original article posted on gadgetz.tv

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Mini Wear from Zeblaze its small but mighty

shanos — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 11:21:46 +0000

Zeblaze Mini Wear its small but mighty

Zeblaze, a China based smartwatch manufacturer has recently had a lot of success with their range of premium smartwatches at a very affordable prices.

The positive feedback from their previous smartwatches and the praise for their products has pushed Zeblaze to launch a promising new product named ‘Mini Wear’.

So what is promising about the Mini Wear?
The product leak does not reveal a whole lot of information, the previous Mini Wear had a 1.21-Inch IPS display with a resolution of 240 x 240 px. Hopefully the new Mini Wear will feature either a higher resolution screen at the same size, or perhaps a display altogether.
The previous Mini Wear was powered by the 2014 MediaTek MTK2502C processor, which by todays standard is a fairly outdated, Zeblaze has announced on their website that all of their latest product lines will feature the newest processors available from MediaTek, so hopefully we can expect a significant upgrade in this area.
Another area that we can expect to see improvements in is the battery, the previous version of the MiniWear had a 200 mAh Li-Po (Lithium Polymer) battery which gave a pretty decent runtime between charges.

Another area that I hope to see improved is the range of sensors and functions on the Mini Wear, it would be great to see what they can add to differentiate from other smart watches on the market.

It is highly likely that the MiniWear will come with an IP65 standard rating for water and dust proof certification, as this has become pretty much a standard on smartwatches from Zeblaze.

When it comes to connectivity lets hope that Zeblaze include Bluetooth 4.2 LE (Low Energy) as it will pretty much be the standard for 2016.
So the Zeblaze Mini Wear is coming very soon, lets hope it continues to carry forward the Zeblaze design standard and that it has a few surprises thrown in.

Please feel free to leave any questions or comments

Regards Shanos

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Gizcam Redfox Handheld Stabilizer

shanos — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 13:42:03 +0000

Gizcam Redfox Handheld Stabilizer

With the advancement of mobile phone camera technology, home video cameras (camcorders) have pretty much become a thing of the past.

These days we all have a device in our pockets that is capable of capturing video almost instantly, but whilst we can all record videos on our phones it is not always the case that the video will look great.

The big differences between amateur looking recordings and more professional ones has a lot to do with how steady the recorder can be held.

For big professional video cameras a weighted and balanced rig is used, this ensures the camera is not affected by every small movement of the operator.

Some newer phones such as the Xiaomi Mi5 come with 4 Axis optical image stabilization, a system that compensates for user motion to give a much smother less jumpy recording.

The Gizcam Redfox has been designed to work with mobile phones and action cams to give you the steady recording that can make your videos look great.

Gizcam Redfox is available in 2 variants for Smartphones And Action Cameras

The mobile phone version of the Gizcam Redfox weighs in at around 430 grams, whilst the action cam version comes in at just under 100 grams less at 338 grams).

Part of that weight is made up of a 3,000mAh battery, that has enough juice to run the Gizcam Redfox for around 10 hours, the Redfox can also function as a power bank to keep your phone or action camera charged up.

Gizcam Redfox features three different modes

Pan following mode-
Locks tilt and roll axes – The camera pans to follow the handles direction.
Locking mode –
Pan – Roll – Tilt are all lockable
Pan and tilt following mode
Locks the roll axis the camera follows the pan and tilt motion of the handle.

Degrees of movement

Construction

The Gizcam Redfox is made from light weight aluminium

Gizcam Redfox smartphone compatibility list, the following phones are confirmed working by the manufacturer, but it should also work with the vast majority of android phones available.

iPhone 5s
iPhone 6s
iPhone 6s Plus

And is currently on sale at just $220.99 available from Amazon here

Gizcam Redfox action camera is confirmed to work with the following action cams, but it is likely that it will also work with many other similarly styled action cams available from china.

GoPro Hero 4
GoPro Hero 3+
GoPro Hero 3
Xiaomi Yi action camera

And is currently on sale at just $230.99 available from Amazon here

So what do you think? are you looking to make great movies or home videos? can you see the benefits of the Gizcam Redfox? I am hoping to receive one soon to do a full product review.

Please leave comments and questions below

Regards Shane

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Zeblaze Cosmo flash sale on Bangood

shanos — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 16:36:51 +0000

Banggood are currently running a limited Zeblaze Cosmo flash sale.

The Zeblase Cosmo normally retails at $69.99 however between the 2nd – 3rd of March Banggood have 10 units of the Zeblaze Cosmo smart watch available at just $49.99

A second Zeblaze cosmo flashsale will also be run between the 4th – 8th of March, where 20 units of the Zeblaze Cosmo smart watch will be available at $59.99.

The Zeblaze Cosmo flash sale will be running between 3am -5pm (UTC+8) on the dates above, you will need to be quick as the numbers are very limited.

Zeblaze have been listening to the needs of smart watch users and have worked to overcome a lot of the problems that plagued earlier watches.

For this Zeblaze’s third smart watch they have improved almost every aspect of the watch, it is up to 60% more powerful than previous models ensuring that menu operation is super fast and the wait between applications loading is almost instant, they have also managed to reduce battery usage up to 30% this has been made possible thanks to their use of the latest Medieatek MT 2502c soc.

The striking design of the Zeblaze Cosmo smart watch is made up of the 316L grade aluminium chassis, which is not only strong but also light weight and provides the perfect mount for the 1.61″ IPS screen with a resolution of 256 x 320.

Speaking of the screen it is manufactured form 3D Arc glass to give viewing angles up to 160 degrees.

A metal crown can be found on the right hand side of the Cosmo, this is used as an additional control for the watches features.

The real leather strap helps to give the watch a really premium look and feel, Zeablaze have also looked at smaller details like the usage of stainless steel screws to prevent sweat based rusting that has affected some China based smartwatches in the past.

The Cosmo also supports a range of health monitoring functions, sedentary monitoring as well as being able to control several phone functions and provide users with a wide range of notification and alerts.

Please feel free to leave comments or questions below

Regards Shane

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Elephone S3 uni-body with bezel-less screen coming soon

shanos — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 12:26:47 +0000

New Elephone S3 with bezel-less screen coming soon

It looks like Elephone will be releasing another phone in the coming months, they have sent over images of the new Elephone S3 handset.

Very little is know about the new S3 handset, but from the images we can see a 2.5d bezel-less design and rear mounted finger print scanner.

The body appears to be a curved metal backed uni-body design with polished chamfered edges and should be available in a selection of three colours rose gold, gold and silver.

I hope to receive more information on the handsets specifications soon and will keep you updated.

Lets hope that the S3 will have a decent specification and the power to match the phones good looks. hopefully Elephone will ensure that its release will be quicker than the P9000 and Vowney it would be a shame to see the specifications become outdated before the handset arrives.

Please feel free to leave questions and comments below

Regards Shane

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BC Master Discount codes for Gizmochina readers

shanos — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 11:12:38 +0000

BC Master are currently offering discount codes to Gizmochina readers, allowing you to make substantial discounts on some great products at Amazon.

BC Master have provided discount codes for gizmochina readers, so you can pick up a bargain or two from their range of power and USB-C products with some great discounts.

You can currently grab one of their single-port Quick Charge 2.0 car chargers for just $4.99 a saving of $4 (via coupon code), or the BC Master Quick Charge QC 2.0 30W 2-Port USB Car Charger for just $6.99 a saving of $6.

The BC Master chargers support Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0, which allows devices like the Samsung Galaxy S6/S6 Edge, HTC M9, Nexus 6, HTC Butterfly 2/HTC One M8, Moto X, Galaxy Note 4/Note Edge, Xiaomi 3/4 to charge up to 75% faster than they would with standard USB chargers.

For non Quick Charge 2.0 devices the chargers are able to sense the maximum current they are capable of (up to 5v 2.4A) and charge them at the max possible rate, making the BC Master chargers the perfect fit for all devices and phones including ipads and iPhones The chargers also come supplied with a 3.3ft (1 meter) Micro USB Cable.

Its not just deals on chargers that they are offering

BC Master have also provided discount codes for their range of USB-C adapters giving you the option to connect your USB-C device to a VGA or HDMI screen.

The BC Master USB-C to HDMI Adapter will allow you to display the output from your USB-C phone or computer at resolutions up to 4K 4096 x 2160 and is priced at just $15.99 (after discount code).

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Thanks once again to BC Master for the discount codes, hopefully they will save not just money but also valuable time keeping your favourite gadgets charged up.

Regards Shane

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Elephone Four Product Launch 2016 coming on the 15th

shanos — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:57:59 +0000

Elephone Four Product Launch 2016 coming on the 15th

The Elephone Four Product Launch 2016 has now been given an official time and date, at 2.30pm (GMT+8) on January the 15th you will be given full details of four Elephone products.

The P9000 handsets will be shown along with full product details and specifications, hopefully including a chance to see a finalised version of the P9000 Edge, as whilst most of the phones specs are well documented having been covered as part of the recent crowd funding promotion, the P9000 Edge has yet to be seen in the wild, hopefully it can live up to the renders that have been shown previously.

Their will also be coverage of the Elephone W2 watch, from what we have seen and been told so far it will feature a stainless steel case comparable in quality to those produced by high end watch manufacturers such as Longines and Ronda, along with an internal movement used by makers like Cartier, these are certainly very bold statements to make and a lot of people will doubt them, so lets wait and see if the W2 watch lives up to them.

When it comes to features a cool looking illuminated night light, and will support smart functions such as sleep and sports monitoring, sedentary reminders, call reminders and is compatible with both IOS and Android operating systems.

Overall the design looks high end and is visually pleasing, the changeable real leather watch strap should also add to the sense of quality and give it a touch of style.

Elephone will be giving a 50% discount on the watch as part of the Elephone Four Product Launch 2016, but we will need to wait till the 15th to find out exactly what we need to do in order to take advantage of the 50% off offer and if it will be limited to a certain number of applicants.

Another handset that will be covered as part of the Elephone Four Product Launch 2016, is the M3 Business phone, it will come in two different specification levels, with the differences between versions being the camera and memory specifications.

The top of spec M3 includes a 5.5″ LG screen, USB Type-C 3.0, 21MP Sony230 camera, Android 6.0 and fingerprint scanner.

Both versions of the M3 feature Network B allowing them to be used all around the world including America.

The aviation grade aluminium body will come in a range of three colours rose gold, champagne gold and smoky grey.

As mentioned above there will be a mystery product covered at the Elephone Products Conference 2016, what do you think it will be? another handset range? perhaps a Vape unit? possibly a drone? its hard to say with Elephone as they are constantly evolving their range of products, meaning that we will have to wait for the Elephone Products Conference 2016 to find out for sure.

Elephone will be updating their official twitter, Google+, Facebook and VK accounts throughout the day, allowing you to keep up with the updates as they happen.

So will you be tuning in for the Elephone Four Product Launch 2016? are you waiting to find out more about the P9000 Edge? or are you intrigued by the mystery device?

Elephone have recently tried very hard to shake off their image as a provider of good hardware with limited support, their use of higher quality components has helped as has the work they have done with software updates for older handsets.

I have personally been using my Elephone P8000 again from the 1st of January (having lost my Samsung S5) the handset has come on leaps and bounds with recent OS updates making it into the phone it should have been at launch.

If they can bring out the P9000 and M3 phones with a great rom and the attention to detail they deserve this could be the year that Elephone return to favour, if they get the software wrong however it could be hard to come back from.

Please feel free to leave comments or questions below

Regards Shane

Original article posted on Gadgetz.tv

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Original K4000 vs forthcoming K4000 Pro, whats improved?

shanos — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 17:18:05 +0000

Original K4000 vs forthcoming K4000 Pro, lets see what Oukitel have improved.

Oukitel are all set to release the new improved K4000 Pro, lets have a look at the specs of both phones and see what improvements Oukitel have managed to make to the new handset.

The new K4000 Pro will be seen by many as more of a K4000+ the newer handset sees some styling tweaks and some under the hood enhancements that should make the original K4000 even better.

So whats not been changed?

Both the original K4000 and the newer K4000 Pro feature 5-inch HD displays (1280 x 720p resolution) and are powered by 1ghz Quad-Core 64bit Cortex-A53 Mediatek MT6735P processors, these are not the most powerful CPU’s but should do an ok job for most everyday needs.

Ram and Rom configurations are the same between both handsets with 16GB ROM and 2GB RAM and both feature the same camera pairing of 8.0 mega pixel (13 Mega Pixel interpolated) rear facing camera and 2.0 Mega Pixel (5 Mega Pixel interpolated) front facing camera.

Like the original K4000 the newer K4000 Pro will come with Android Lollipop 5.1, with a confirmed upgrade path to Android Lollipop 6.0 on the K4000 Pro.

Given that both handsets share a lot of components in common, it would be a fairly safe bet that the original K4000 will also see the upgrade to 6.0

USB OTG functions like reverse charging will also make a return on the K4000 pro, when used with an OTG cable.

So whats changed?

The original OUKITEL K4000 featured a large removable 4000mAh battery, whilst the K4000 Pro sees an increased to 4600mAh whilst still remaining removable.

In order to make maximum use of the battery without making charge times to long, Oukitel have increased the original K4000 charging from 5V/1.0A to 5V/1.5A this is a 0.5A increase in charging power and should see both the K4000 Pro and the K4000 fully charged within 3-3.5 hours.

Oukitel have also improved network coverage on the K4000 Pro, both handsets support the following bands, 2G(GSM850/900/1800/1900MH) and 3G(WCDMA 900/2100MHz) 4G FDD LTE B1/3/7/20 (2100/1800/2600/800MHz). the newer K4000 Pro adds one more band: B8 (900MHz).

There have also been a few structural changes K4000 pro, the screen is now 1.1mm thick, making the glass more durable and up to three times stronger, the K4000 Pro also has an improved corner design to its 2.5D CNC ARC craft metal design, that should help the phone to further resist damage when dropped.

Another improvement to the phone comes in the styling department, the Oukitel K4000 Pro now has a crocodile leather textured back cover, this should hopefully make the phone comfortable in the hand whilst also helping to reduce the chances of dropping the phone.

As soon as a review sample finds its way to me, I will do a full handset review.

So what do you guys think? does the Oukitel K4000 Pro have enough extras for you? are you a K4000 owner? would you consider purchasing the new model for its improved battery? or will you wait for the K6000 Pro? or perhaps one of the other great phones that are due this year.

Hopefully Oukitel will continue the strong push they had at the end of 2015 and will start to bring out more 2016 phones with processing power to match their impressive batteries.

For now please leave comments and questions below.

Regards Shanos

The original K4000 can be purchased here

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Elephone P9000 crowd funding turn $5 in to $50 + win prizes

shanos — Fri, 25 Dec 2015 15:55:59 +0000

Elephone have launched a P9000 crowd funding page for the Elephone P9000/ P9000 Lite

The page allows you to make a $5 or $3 contribution towards funding of the handset, in exchange you will receive a ten fold discount on your purchase so your $5 becomes $50 and your $3 becomes $30.

At the moment the price for the Elephone P9000 after the P9000 crowd funding $50 discount is applied, is showing to be around $200, with the P9000 Lite showing around $150 after the Elephone P9000 crowd funding discount.

Elephone have said that the more backers that commit, the lower the end price will be, but have not indicated what scale the discounts will be implemented too.

Not only will you receive a discount on your chosen handset, you will also get priority delivery, the $5 contributors getting the first available handsets and the $3 contributors getting the next round of handsets.

If you would rather not pay towards the Elephone P9000 crowd funding you can also claim a $30 discount, by downloading and installing the new Elephone App and posting a selfie (needs to include the Elephone Logo) using the App.

Whilst your on the App you can also try and win one of several prizes by entering the free Scratch & Win competition.

Details from the Elephone website can be found below.

So what do you think of the Elephone P9000 crowd funding promotion? its certainly different from the usual pre-sale promotional pricing.

I had a quick go on the Scratch & Win and ended up with a tempered glass screen and cover package if I purchase a P9000 I was hoping to get a $50 Ele Code but I guess I will end up donating $5.

Feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you think.

Regards Shane

Two ways to join it.

1.Enter Elephone official website, and sign in to get $50/ $30 ELE Code for P9000/P9000 lite.

Pay $5 Get $50 Voucher (12.25.2015-1.5.2016 )

Pay $3 Get $50 Voucher (1.6.2016.-1.15.2016 )

2. Download Elephone App, play “Scratch & Win” or post a selfie to get $30 voucher.

Time: 12.25.2015.-1.15.2016

Prizes:

W2 Smartwatch

10000mAh ELE Power

$50 ELE Code for P9000/ P9000 Lite

$30 ELE Code for P9000/ P9000 Lite

Leather case+ Tempered Glass Film

$5 ELE Code

QR code to download the Elephone App

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Oukitel K6000 CM12.1 Rom available to download

shanos — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 15:10:22 +0000

Oukitel K6000 CM12.1

With Christmas nearly upon us, Oukitel have today sent over another Christmas gift for owners of their K6000 handset, the gift is a that of a Cyanogen mod Oukitel K6000 CM12.1

I am currently downloading the Oukitel K6000 CM12.1 rom and will get it installed as soon as possible to provide an over view of whats working and whats not.

But for now its nice to know that Oukitel are thinking about us over the festive season.

Please leave comments and questions below, if you have a chance to test the Oukitel K6000 CM12.1 rom it would be great to hear your views.

Regards and merry Christmas

Shane

If you fancy trying out Cm12.1 on the big battery phone, you can purchase the Oukitel K6000 here

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Oukitel K4000 Pro detailed specifications and new pics

shanos — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 22:16:38 +0000

Oukitel K4000 Pro detailed specifications and new pics

Today we have received some really nice pictures from Oukitel showing the soon to be released Oukitel K4000 Pro, along with a detailed set of specifications for the phone.

The specifications can be found below, Oukitel have chosen to go with lower consumption for their choice of components, in order to ensure a decent amount of time can be spent enjoying the phone between charges.

The Oukitel K4000 Pro features 5V/ 1.5A quick charging technology, to fill the 4600mAh Li-Polymer battery reasonably quickly.

The new battery sees an increase of 600mAh over the original K4000 handset.

I am just finishing up a review of the Oukitel K6000, the phone is averaging around 2 and a half days between charges.

I would think that the K4000 Pro should also last for a similar amount of time, given the fairly similar components used.

Its good to see a manufacturer going out on a limb and making larger capacity battery phones, filling the void left by most manufactures who chose slimmer bodies over battery life.

2 colours options will be available on release, these are white and Black.

OUKITEL K4000 Pro Specs:

Display: 5 inch IPS-screen,720*1280 HD display

Screen: tough screen with 9H hardness and 1000Mpa stress value

Screen Type: G+F 5 points capacitance touch screen

Design: crocodile leather back cover, 2.5D CNC curved metal frame

CPU Brand: MTK

CPU: quad-core MediaTek MT6735P 1.0 GHz

Dual Cameras: Front Camera – 5.0MP; Back Camera – 13.0MP

Memory: 2 GB RAM + 16 GB ROM,32GB Expandable

Network: 2G Frequency: 850/900/1800/1900

3G Frequency: WCDMA900/2100

4G Frequency: 1/3/7/8/20

Built-in Battery: 4600mAh

Charger: 5V/ 1.5A quick charge

If you have any questions or comments please feel free to leave them below and be sure to check back soon for more information and news on the Oukitel K4000 Pro.

Regards Shane

You can purchase the original Oukitel K4000 for just under $110 (£73)

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Ele Cam 12 12 Deal and Elephone Official announcement

shanos — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 21:20:35 +0000

Elephone Official announcement and Ele Cam 12 12 Deal

We received the following announcement from Elephone today, things got very busy during their 12.12 event, with websites running slow due to the shear volume of orders being placed.

In order to prevent the same thing happening again, Elephone are putting measures in place ready for the next round of sales between the 16th and 18th of December 2015

Hopefully you will be able to grap a bargain or too before they all sell out again, with 20,000 units sold last time you are in with a good chance.

ELE Cam 12 12 Deal

Elephone are now including the ELE Cam Explorer to the growing list of tech in the 12 12 sales, the ELE Cam 12 12 deal comprise of a set of 1 hour time slots, with a different price each hour.

3pm – 4pm – $12.12

4pm – 5pm – $24.24

5pm – 12am – $69.99

12am onwards $89.99

Times are all GMT+8 hours

I will be posting a review of the ELE Cam soon, the Ele Cam shoots up to 4k Video at 15 frames per second, it will also shoot 1080p at 60 frames per second and 720p video at 120 frames per second, hopefully the review will show case the ELE Cam and also some amazing parkour skills too.

Copy of official Elephone announcement

Our big success on 12.12 event, 20K phones are sold!!

Our online sellers GeekBuying, PandaWill, ElephoneCC, ElephoneStore are alternatively online

Due to the high traffic, some delay on elephone official website and our seller websites has caused many people unable to complete their orders, which we are very sorry for.

But we have prepared sufficiently with our sellers to ensure this kind of situation will not happen on next event 16th-18th. .

Limited time&limited quantity. Users can go to our official website to choose the sellers.

Best

Please leave comments and questions below, be sure to let us know if you snapped up a bargain or if you missed out.

Regards Shanos

Originally Posted on Gadgetz.tv

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Elephone 12 12 sale get your hands on phones just $12.12

shanos — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 12:18:09 +0000

Elephone 12 12 sale get your hands on phones for just $12.12

If you head over to the Elephone site on the 12th of December you will have a chance to purchase selected phones at just $12.12, the Elephone 12 12 sale will be followed up by a second sale that will run from the 16th to the 18th of December.

A wide range of handsets will be up for grabs at just $12.12, with the choice of handset changing hourly.

Handsets including the P8000, M2，P6000 ProS2/S2 Plus and more will be available, so you could save up to $180.

This is is sure to be a crazy busy promotion, so make sure you get there early and keep checking in to see if you can grab a bargain or two.

Please leave comments and questions below.

Regards Shane

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Details of upcoming Elephone M3 Pro released

shanos — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 11:31:57 +0000

Elephone M3 Pro details of upcoming handset released

Elephone will be releasing not one but two versions of their latest M3 Business handset, a standard M3 and more feature ladened Elephone M3 PRO.

Both the M3 and Elephone M3 Pro will be built from High-tech aircraft-grade aluminium and both will also be rocking the Octa Core Mediatek MT6755 Helio P10 CPU along with support for USB type-c (3.0) and a 5.5” LG screens.

But the Elephone M3 Pro will also feature a much better camera in the form of the Sony IMX230 21mp rear camera,

It also seems that the Elephone M3 Pro will have native support for US based LTE networks ensuring true worldwide usability and cheaper Android handsets for the American market.

On the rear of the Elephone M3 Pro you will also find a finger print reader, something that should help to future proof the handset as support is now built in to Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

For the fashion conscious amongst you Elephone have anounced that the Elephone M3 Pro will be available in a selection of three colours, these are Rose Gold, Champagne Gold and Smoky Grey, the picture below shows the rose gold option.

As yet we have not been made aware of the expected Rom and Ram configurations for the M3 Pro, I would hope that the Elephone M3 Pro will come with at least 3GB of Ram and 32gb Rom but I will have to let you know for certain as more information is released.

Please leave any questions or comments below.

Regards Shane

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Elephone P9000 Lite hands-on photos

shanos — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 20:49:13 +0000

Elephone P9000 Lite hands-on photos

We have today received images of the Elephone P9000 Lite hands-on photos this time rather than CGI renders.

Whilst the P9000 Lite dose still feature black bezels, unlike other Elephone handsets that have come before, the bezels are not butted up to an additional 1-2mm of metal chassis.

The 5.5″ LG LTPS OGS screen really appears to stand out against this thin black bezel and should help to give a much more ddesirable body to screen ratio.

The Elephone P9000 lite will come with Android 6.0 Marshmallow, running on a Mediatek MT6755 Helio P10 CPU, USB type-C and NFC.

Hopefully the new design statement of the P9000 Lite’s bezels will be the start of greater (or should that be lesser) things to come.

Elephone have provided several images that show the phone next to various other handsets to give a better idea of the bezels size.

Please leave comments and questions below

Regards Shanos

The Elephone P9000 is available to pre order here

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Hands on video of the Oukitel K6000 pro

shanos — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 19:50:27 +0000

Hands on video of the Oukitel K6000 pro

Oukitel have today sent over a Hands on video of the Oukitel K6000 pro showing off some menus on of the phone.

Checking out the video it would appear that the Oukitel K6000 Pro’s body and styling are similar to the original K6000, this time Oukitel have included a rear mounted finger print scanner.

Like the original K6000 the handset in the video does appear to be quite thick and large, possibly down to the small hands of the person using it combined with the fact the K6000 Pro like its younger brother features a 6000mAh battery.

Other notable points that help to set the newer Pro model apart from the original K6000 include the increased screen resoloution which has been bumped up from HD 720p to FHD 1080p, whilst the Quad core Mediatek MT6735 running at 1GHZ found in the original K6000 has also been upgraded to an Octa core Mediatek MT6753 running at 1.3GHZ.

If you like the idea of a phone with battery life that could see 2 or more days between charges but want even more processing power to make use of the onboard 6000mAh battery, a third option will also be made available, the Oukitel K6000 Premium which will come with 2k screen but more impressive will be the Deca core Mediatek MT6797 running at 2.5GHZ.

I am currently testing the original Oukitel K6000, the review for this should be finished in the next couple of days.

If Oukitel can get the rom right on either the Pro or the Premium versions of the K6000 running as smoothly as they have on the original K6000 and keep the battery life half decent this phone should attract a lot of buyers.

Check out the Hands on video of the Oukitel K6000 pro and leave questions or comments below

Regards Shanos

Originally posted on Gadgetz.tv

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Handset Review Elephone Trunk

shanos — Sat, 05 Dec 2015 11:04:42 +0000

Handset Review Elephone Trunk

Its been about two weeks since I first received my Elephone Trunk and whilst it would have been easy to jump right in and do a review after a couple of days, I wanted to give Elephone some time to work on a new firmware that was due to be released to fix a some problems.

The Elephone Trunk is aimed at the budget end of the market costing just $120 (£79), its time to take a look and see just what $120 will get you.

Screen

One of the first things that you will notice when you turn on the Elephone Trunk is the bright and vibrant 5″ 720p OGS display.

Its nice to see manufacturers releasing 5″ phones, for some people with smaller hands it is the sweet spot, whilst others prefer the 5.5″ screens found on many other Elephone handsets.

Given the screen size of 5″ the 720p resolution coming in around 250ppi gives enough detail to be pleasing to the eye, the screen size and lower resolution also help to keep the power usage lower and improve performance.

Processor and GPU

Elephone have always been avid supporters of Mediatek SOC’s using them for their entire range of phones, this time round for the Elephone Trunk they have chosen to include a Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 quad core GPU (MSM8916) clocked at 1.2GHz with Adreno 306 GPU

The Elephone Trunk feels snappy in every day use, with the Adreno 360 handling menus and most apps at decent fluidity and speed, surprisingly considering the CPU/GPU combination gaming performance is not bad.

Storage ROM/RAM

The Elephone Trunk comes with 16GB Rom and 2 gb of Ram, storage can be upgraded via micro SD card.

Battery

The battery on the Elephone Trunk is a 2100mAh removable battery, the lower power usage from the combination of

cSnapdragon 410 CPU and 720p screen help keep battery usage down.

A full day of usage is possible between charges, if you are not pushing the phone to hard with lots of browsing, gaming or video playback.

Antutu Benchmarks*

1st Run – 22848

2nd Run – 22624

3rd Run – 21890

Average – 22,454

You can see the Elephone Trunk Antutu benchmarks in the following video (Video is sped up to save time).

[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcDH6ZWlGOU[/embedyt]

Gaming performance**

The Elephone Trunk is budget a phone, not really something that you would choose specifically for gaming, however all things considered it is capable of providing adequate levels of gameplay.

The video below shows Asphalt 8 running on the Elephone Trunk, gameplay is smooth and playable and would be enough to keep you entertained if you were stuck on a train.

[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaTKCuazsN8[/embedyt]

Cameras

The Elephone trunk comes with two cameras upfront you will find a 2mp selfie camera, which is adequate but nothing special.

Looking to the back of the phone you will find an 8mp rear facing camera that uses interpolation to bring it up to 13mp a single LED flash is there to help when lighting is not at its best.

As mentioned above when the Elephone Trunk first arrived there were a couple of minor niggles and one fairly major one, the camera performance was to say the least not great.

The problem was that the sensor could not achieve an accurate focus lock even in good lighting, with the camera continually hunted for a lock.

Quite often the Elephone Trunk would appear to achieve a clear picture and then as you pressed to take the picture un-focus and take a blurred image.

I spoke with a contact at Elephone who said that they were aware of the problem and had an updated firmware in the works that would fix the camera issue.

The updated firmware arrived last week via an OTA update (which installed without any issues), once installed I fired up the Trunk and took the camera out for some testing.

Thankfully the update has really helped to resolve the issue, I can now pick a focus point on the screen and the camera will achieve lock and take a decently focused picture, the focus and capture times are a little slow compared to newer more expensive handsets, perhaps these times will improve with further updates.

What it will not do however is give you the most detailed image in the world, this is not a class leading sensor by any means, however it is more than adequate and for a phone of this price not much more should be expected really.

The camera is not quite perfect and in my opinion still needs some tweaking, capture speed, low light imagery as well as colour balance could be better.

Firmware development

The Elephone Trunk features the Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 quad core cpu, which unlike Mediatek CPU’s has a decent developer comunity following (mainly due to Mediatek’s choice of not releasing the required developer files as open source).

The Elephone Trunk really benefits from this active developer community, there are a couple of teams on the Russian site 4pda.ru and devs on XDA forums working on custom roms.

The Elephone Trunk (or as the Russians know it the Arc Benefit A3), is getting custom roms such as CyanogenMod 12.1 and even CyanogenMod 13 running well on the $120 handset.

Design

Elephone have done a really nice job with with the Elephone trunk handset, a rubberised texture on the rear leaves it feeling really comfortable to hold and also makes it feel secure with less fear of dropping.

The front of the phone is mostly filled by the 5″ OGS panel (with black boarders approximately 2.5mm wide), the lower chin has three capacitive buttons, the centre is is a circular home button, as yet Elephone have not given the option to use this for notification, but with luck they or one of the other devs will manage to implement this feature in the future.

The top chin is where you will find the ear piece, proximity sensor and 2mp selfie camera, the rear casing of the Trunk has a matte rubberised coating giving it a nice tactile feel, the finish is reminiscent of the earlier Apple Macbooks finish before they went to unibody aluminum construction.

The coating provides great grip and works well with the curved contours of the phones rear.

On the rear of the trunk you will find the Elephone logo and 8mp rear camera with single LED flash, towards the bottom is the built in speaker which is output through to small slots providing fairly decent audio output levels.

The right hand side of the phone is home to the power button and volume rocker, these are chromed plastic and feel fairly nice to operate.

There are no buttons on the left hand side of the phone.

On the top of the phone you will find a standard micro usb port as well as 3.5mm headphone jack.

Connectivity

The Elephone Trunk supports Bluetooth 4.0 and Dual sim slots with support for the following networks
2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
3G: WCDMA 850/900/2100MHz
4G: FDD-LTE 800/1800/2100/2600MHz

Battery

The Elephone Trunk’s removable battery is a 2100mAh Li-polymer unit, this is not particularly large but should see you through a day of normal usage.

The 5″ 720p screen and CPU combination help to get the most from the battery, neither of them sucking too much juice.

If you intend to do a lot of browsing, gaming and other intensive tasks on the Trunk I would advise purchasing a spare battery or power bank to keep handy just in case.

Final thoughts

The Elephone Trunk is a decent little phone, whilst not for everyone, it does fit into a niche that has been somewhat ignored by a lot of manufactures recently.

Its small form factor and decent real world performance make it a good option for non power users who are happy with ‘good enough performance’ and just want a phone that fits easily in a pocket and does what its supposed to do.

It’s premium feel and appearance give it the look of a phone costing much more than the $120 price tag would suggest.

The phone would rank a lot higher if it were not for the camera niggles.

But what it does have going for it, is third party rom support, this alone could be a reason to buy as it should see frequent updates and new functionality and tweaks (check out the forums linked above to see some of the great work being done on the Elephone Trunk).

Hopefully with ongoing support for this little phone Elephone and the other Devs will iron out the bugs and make this little phone even better.

For me this phone makes me reminissant of what it was that got me hooked on android, allowing my inner geek to tweak and flash new roms, whilst for non power users and children it offers a good set of functions and quality at a price that will not break the bank this Christmas.

Please feel free to leave comments and questions below

kind regards Shanos

The Elephone Trunk can be purchased here

Original article posted on Gadgetz.tv

*Antutu Benchmarks are provided to give a comparative view of handsets performance.

Whilst they do give an indication of a handsets overall potential. they do not fully take in to account hardware and software optimisation.

Manufacturers have also been known to include cheat software built in to handsets, to deliberately make handsets operate faster in tests than they might otherwise in real world usage.

Antutu benchmarks on gadgetz.tv are run 3 times in close succession to see if any throttling occurs due to heavy CPU/GPU usage.

**Gaming videos are recorded using AZ Screen Recorder

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Quick youtube video showing the ELE Watch

shanos — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 17:18:35 +0000

Quick youtube video showing the ELE Watch

Today sees the first teaser for the upcoming Android Wear device from Elephone, in this quick youtube video showing the ELE Watch.

The video is short and sweet but does show off some of the basic functionality of the watch.

The ELE Watch features a 1.5″ 320 x 320 screen, is waterproof and has a heart rate sensor built in as well as wifi.

Hopefully the fact that Elephone have released this video means the watch release is not too far off, hopefully China based companies such as Elephone can bring the price of Android Wear based watches, in to a more affordable price bracket in the same way that they have for mobile phones.

So far its looking fairly good and hopefully will deliver a fully functional Android Wear device at a decent price in time for this Christmas.

As always please feel free to leave comments and questions below

Regards Shanos

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Oukitel K4000 Pro with Android Marshmallow

shanos — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 10:08:13 +0000

Oukitel K4000 Pro with Android Marshmallow

It would seem that a lot of China based phone companies are looking to get on to the Marshmallow band waggon at the moment, Oukitel not wanting to be left behind have been working on the Oukitel K4000 Pro with Android Marshmallow.

From the information received today it would appear that this is not the K4000 Pro’s official Rom, but is however the work of some of their technical guys.

It would appear that their curiosity got the better of them and they decided to see if they could endow the Oukitel K4000 Pro with Android Marshmallow via a port of the highly regarded CyanogenMod 13 ROM.

I would love to see it in action and get a list of whats working and more importantly whats not working, but for now will have to make do with the knowledge that Oukitel are at least trying.

Not much more is known about the K4000 Pro, we do know that like its non Pro little brother it will come with a 5000mAh battery, and that the battery works with Flash Charge Technology (5v/1.5a) to give fast charge times.

The K4000 Pro will also feature a 2.5D curved Arc design screen that is 1.1mm thick (as opposed to 0.7mm which is standard for most phones), this should help to make the screen a lot more resistant to drop based cracking.

Whilst not shown in the picture, It has also been confirmed that the rear cover will feature a crocodile skin textured plastic design.

The K4000 Pro comes with support for the following networks

4G LTE FDD Five-Band: 800/ 900/ 1800/ 2100/ 2600

I will keep you informed as and when we get more news and information on the K4000 Pro

For now please feel free to leave any questions or comments below.

Regards Shanos

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Updates & Custom Roms for Elephone Trunk & P8000

shanos — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 13:03:02 +0000

Updates & Custom Roms for Elephone Trunk & P8000

The guys and girls over on the Elephone forums have been busy bunnies and today we have news of Updates & Custom Roms for Elephone Trunk & P8000

The first Rom and the Rom that will certainly be getting a lot of attention from custom Rom installers like myself is the Elephone Trunk port of Cyanogenmod 13 the build date for the Rom is 2015-11-24 just over a week ago. the Rom is based on Android 6.0 making the Trunk one of the first phones from China to run the latest Marshmallow OS.

It will be interesting trying out this version of the OS and getting to see how well the Trunk runs Cyanogenmod 13 seeing what works and what bugs there are to iron out.

As the Trunk is running a Qualcomm CPU and has identical hardware to the ARK Benefit A3 that it is getting a fair amount of attention from Russian devs, we should start to see a lot more Roms soon.

The second Rom is an update to the previous version of the Meizu Flyme rom, this new Rom version is 4.5.4 the build date is 2015-12-01 and the Rom is based on Android 5.1

Changelog:

System
Fixed the occasional rebooting bug;

Phone
Fixed the occasional bug of the Phone app being shut down abnormally;
Fixed the program crash when tap ‘Add to marked’ in detail page of call log;

Messages
Fixed the occasional failure in syncing Messages;
Fixed the problem in which the message reply icon is useless when receiving an incoming call;

Wi-Fi
Fixed the slow response problem occurred in the system after disable WPS;

Email
Fixed the problem of unable to login to vanke email account;

Third-party apps
Fixed the crash bug when input and long press text in Jota+ app;
Fixed the bug of the phone being unable to upload videos to Instagram.

They have not mentioned the fingerprint scanner, this was not working in the previous version and I would assume that it is still not working in this one.

If you fancy trying out Updates & Custom Roms for Elephone Trunk & P8000, the Elephone P8000 can be purchased here for $169.99 (£111) whilst he Elephone Trunk can currently be purchased for $109.99 (£73)

Do you own one of these phones? have you tried flashing the custom roms on your handset? how has your experience been so far? let me know what you think in the comments section below.

Regards Shanos

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Elephone Ivory product page now up

shanos — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 21:17:51 +0000

Elephone Ivory product page now up

Elephone have today published the Elephone Ivory product page, you can now find full details and specifications online.

Coming in at just $99.99 (£66), the Elephone Ivory could turn out to be a real bargain, featuring an Octa-core Mediatek MT6753 CPU clocked at 1.3GHz and an ARM Mali-T720 GPU, the phone should be easily able to push pixels around the Ivory’s 5″ 720p screen.

Elephone have given the Ivory 2GB of Ram and 16GB of ROM, for those of you that want more storage the Elephone Ivory also has support for up to 128GB Micro SD cards.

Elephone have chosen to go with a 13MP rear facing camera (hopefully this will not be an interpolated 8mp sensor) and a 2mp front facing selfie camera.

What could be one of the phones most impressive features upon release, is not a hardware based feature at all.

The Elephone Ivory will be one of the first China phones to come with Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box, it will be interesting to see how Elephone get on with optimising the new OS for the phone.

Network support has been confirmed

FDD-LTE:band 1/3/7/20 (2100/1800/2600/800)
WCDMA:band 1/8 (2100/900)
GSM: band 3/5/8 (1800/850/900)
Networks B (coming soon)
FDD-LTE:band 2/4/7/17 (1900/1700/2600/700)
WCDMA:band 1/2/4/5 (2100/1900/1700/850)
GSM:band 2/5/8 (850/900/1900)

Be sure to check out the Elephone Ivory product page and leave comments and questions below, pre order should be available some time around the middle of this month, hopefully making it available to give as a Christmas gift to your family or friends.

Regards Shanos

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Elephone M3 Helio P10 USB Type C for just $99

shanos — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 11:39:16 +0000

Having recently released their Elephone M1 and M2 all metal business phones, we have today received details of yet another Elephone series handset soon to join the range.

Elephone have once again chosen to go with an all metal body construction for the Elephone M3.

Other specifications have been improved and should hopefully stand the phone in good stead amongst its budget peers.

The addition of USB Type C connector and Mediatek Helio P10 (MT6755) processor on the Elephone M3, means that we will hopefully start to see other manufacturers also start to include higher specifications on their budget phones.

The renders show a good looking handset with 2.5d glass and nicely chamfered chassis along with a metal back that reflects the curvature of the 2.5d glass edges of the display. Hopefully when it is released the phone will look as good in person as it does in these renders (best not to forget that Elephone are the king of great renders but have not always managed to deliver what has been shown).

Another nice feature of the M3 is that it will ship with Android os6 Marshmallow, I just hope that the screen and cameras on the Elephone M3 will be of decent quality, if they can get those bits right this would be a great second handset.

Sow what do you think looking at the renders and the specs that we know so far and given the target price of $99 (£66) could this be going on your shopping list?

Please feel free to leave comments and questions below, I will keep you informed as and when I receive more information about the Elephone M3

Regards Shanos

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Elephone Vowney Antutu scores

shanos — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 10:57:38 +0000

The Elephone Vowney release is getting ever closer and as the release date approaches, more information and news is being made available.

Today we have received screenshots showing the Elephone Vowney Antutu scores.

Given the phones 2k bezel less screen and Mediatek Helio X10 (MT6795) cpu clocked at 1.9Ghz, the scores appear to be pretty good, coming in at 57435 whilst looking at the Antutu numbers it may not be the most powerful of the current handsets, but it does represent good value for money and is currently available to pre order for just $299.99

It would be interesting to see how the Vowney Light at $239.99 with its Full HD screen and 3gb of Ram performs in comparison. will the lower screen resolution make up for the 1gb of Ram deficit? do you need a 2k screen and the extra 1gb of Ram? or will you prefer to save $60.

Full specs

CPU-Helio X10 (MT6795) 1.9GHz 64bit Octa core

GPU-Power VR G6200

RAM-4GB

Storage-32GB

Display-5.5″ 2K screen

Battery-4000mAh

OS-Android 5.1

Please feel free to leave comments and questions below

Regards Shanos

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Elephone Vowney with 2K Display for sale now at just $299

shanos — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 11:05:44 +0000

Elephone Vowney with 2K Display for sale now at just $299.99

The Elephone Vowney with 2K Display, Mediatek Helio X10 octa-core processor, 4gb Ram and 21MP camera is currently available to purchase as part of the the Elephone MEvent for just $299.

The Elephone Vowney Lite is also available in the event for just $239.99 the main deifferences in the two varients are the screen and the amount of ram.

The Vowney Lite comes with a FHD Display, Mediatek Helio X10 octa-core processor, 3gb Ram and 21MP camera.

You can currently order the Vowney with 2K Display in gold and the Vowney Lite in grey, the white variants are currently not available to order.

We are yet to receive a firm release date for both handsets, but hopefully both the official shipping dates for the Vowney with 2k display and the Vowney Light will be before Christmas.

We have advised that software for both handsets is still currently under going debugging and testing, hopefully the fact that Elephone appear to be spending additional time on the phones software, should help to ensure that both handsets will come with finalised software, that does not require bug fixes and stress on the part of the purchaser.

It would be great to see these long awaited handsets finally released by Elephone, with great hardware and firmware that together will asserts their position as makers of great Phones that have the software to back up the hardware, if they can get both of these right with the release of the Vowney handsets, it will make them a real contender in a crowded handset market this December.

You can check out the hands on video, please feel free to leave any comments or questions below, and let me know which one you will choose? will it be the 2K, 4gb ram version that floats your boat? or perhaps the FHD 3gb variant, or maybe your waiting on the Elephone P9000?

Regard Shane

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Elephone Ivory 6.0 marshmallow update before March

shanos — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 10:43:59 +0000

The forthcoming Elephone Ivory featuring a Mediatek 8 core MT6753, a 5.0 inch 720P 2.5D on-cell display screen is set to go on sale later this week for just $99, the phone will be released with Android 5.1 out of the box.

As with most budget phones, the fear is that software support will be left somewhat lacking, with updates coming few and far between, this is something that has always been pointed at Elephone in particular.

Thankfully as has been seen recently with updates for phones like the P8000 and Trunk, Elephone appear to be trying to overcome that image and make better handsets with ongoing software support.

To this point Elephone have today confirmed that the Elephone Ivory 6.0 marshmallow update will indeed be making its way to the phone, regarding time scales nothing firm has been but in place except for the fact that the Elephone Ivory will be updated from Android 5.1 Lollipop to the Elephone Ivory 6.0 marshmallow update some time before next March.

Keep checking back for more Elephone Ivory 6.0 marshmallow news.

Please feel free to leave any comments or questions below

Kind regards

Shanos

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Redesigned Ele Power 10,000mAh power bank

shanos — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 10:09:27 +0000

Redesigned Ele Power 10,000mAh power bank images have today been sent over by Elephone.

The redesigned Ele Power 10,000mAh power bank has an all new design that is now even sleeker and more stylish than the original, with a smooth finish and accent colours to give it a more personalised feel.

The Ele Power 10,000mAh power bank will be available in Black with red highlights as well as White with Rose Gold highlights.

Whilst the capacity of theredesigned Ele Power 10,000mAh power bank remains the same, the number of USB outputs are down from two to a single full sized USB, and a micro USB input that is used for charging up the power bank

Pricing for the redesigned Ele Power 10,000mAh power bank have yet to be announced but the original was priced at just $4.99, making it a true bargain

Please feel free to leave any questions or comments below

Kind regards Shanos

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iPhone 6S Plus vs OUKITEL U7 Pro

shanos — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 10:30:30 +0000

We have today received a video from Oukitel showing the iPhone 6S Plus vs OUKITEL U7 Pro.

Surprisingly the blatantly iPhone 6S Plus influenced $69.99 (£46) Oukitel U7 Pro stands up quite well in the test, especially when you consider the pocket money price/performance ratio.

In the video Oukitel ask if you think the styling is similar to that of Apples iPhone 6S Plus, I would say the answer is pretty obvious to this, although the lack off visible plastic lines on the rear shell might suggest that it is plastic rather than metal, as the lines found on iPhones are their to allow the ariels to function through the metal rear casing.

Oukitel also show off gaming on the U7 Pro, if you consider the processor and the price of just $69.99, I would say it looks like its doing a great job keeping up with the graphically intensive driving game, however the iPhone does not appear to be running the game at full speed, this could be to do with the chosen car, as it seems a bit odd given the power of the processor under the hood of the iPhone 6S Plus that it would run this slowly, a better comparison would be to have both games running the same car on the same track.

Oukitel have also highlighted the Wi-Fi download speeds of the U7 Pro, something that appears a lot quicker than the iPhone 6S.

Personally I would like to run the tests independently to prove that things are as they seem, Oukitel if your listening I would welcome a test sample of the Oukitel U7 Pro to do an unbiased iPhone 6S Plus vs OUKITEL U7 Pro head to head.

You can check out the video for the iPhone 6 vs OUKITEL U7 Pro below and let us know what you think in the comments below.

Regards Shanos

The Oukitel U7 Pro can be pre-ordered here for just $69.99 (£46)

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Elephone QQ concept phone

shanos — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 10:23:07 +0000

Elephone’s design house never seem to be standing still for too long, we see constant new models and product lines being turned out by the Shenzhen based phone maker.

Today we received images for a new Elephone QQ concept phone, production of the phone has not yet been confirmed, not much is known about the hardware specifications, we also do not know which consumer group Elephone would aim the Elephone QQ concept phone at, however what the images do show is a new styling direction from Elephone.

I am not quite sure what too make of it, its certainly very different to their standard designs and has a certain futuristic charm, but I think it could do with a bit more finessing and fettling before being launched as a finished product.

The design is a very bold statement and looks futuristic, but it does look a little plasticky when compared to their other current and future phones, this could be down to it being a design concept that has not been finished in the final choice of materials or to the quality that a released product would be, either way the design will most likely cause much debate, as they say in England its very much a Marmite thing (you will either love it or hate it).

Is this a phone that Elephone should consider putting in to full production? what do you think? would you like to own a phone like this? perhaps Elephone will listen to constructive feedback on the Elephone QQ concept phone and we can help to mould its future.

Please leave comments and questions below

Regards Shanos

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Ecoo E06 Hands-on

shanos — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 08:24:33 +0000

Ecoo E06 Hands-on video

Elephone have this morning sent over a new video showing the Ecoo E06 Hands-on, as many of you are now aware Ecoo is the Sub brand of Elephone.

The E06 will be one of the first mobile phones to enter the market equipped with a Mediatek Helio‬ P10 ‪chipset‬ one of the latest from the manufacturer that will also be fitted in Elephones own P9000 bezel-less handset, the use of the Helio P10 should certainly give the Ecoo E06 a decent turn of speed and a good amount of bang for the buck.

Elephone have said that the phone will be released with Android Marshmallow 6.0 out of the box, another thing that should help to put this phone on the radar,however the hands on video is currently featuring the previous version Android Lollipop 5.1 running on the phone.

Check out the Ecoo E06 hands-on video and let me know what you think, personally I think its a good looking device and the screen looks really bright and vivid.

Regards Shanos

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Elephone S1 for just $70?

shanos — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 21:46:07 +0000

Elephone S1 for just $70?

Is the Elephone S1 for just $70 a complete bargain or is it too little tech for 2015’s consumers? coming off the back of the moderately successful S2 and S2 phones, Elephone are about to add 2 new models to the S series phones, the S1 and S1 Plus.

The Elephone S1 will come with a 5 inch screen whilst the S1 Plus will come with a 5.5-inch screen, resolution for the screens is as yet unconfirmed but for this price I think the best we can hope for is a 720p unit.

Styling wise the handset renders for the S1 look very good, featuring glass rear panels and chamfered metal chassis, hopefully they will launch with Corning Gorilla Glass like the latest versions of the S2 and S2 plus.

Judging by the renders its safe to say that Elephone are aiming for a premium styling, at budget pricing.

In order to keep the price down so low some sacrifices will need to be made, the inclusion of the lower end quad core Mediatek MT6580 chip, is one such compromise, unless Elephone couple it to a separate LTE modem the S1 and S1 Plus will be strictly 3g handsets.

I guess the type of people looking at a phones with a price tag as low as $70 (£46), may still on a 3G data plan rather than a more costly 4G LTE plan.

What do you think? in 2015 and on in to 2016 will there still a market for non 4G LTE handsets? are Elephone playing a blinder that may see them clean up at the bottom end of the market? or is it just too little power in a market full of 4G handsets?

As always please leave any comments or questions below

Regards Shanos

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Oukitel A29 Smartwatch presale

shanos — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 13:17:04 +0000

Oukitel A29 Smartwatch presale is set to begin on online from tomorrow the 10th of November, the watch is priced at just $69.99 and works with Android and IOS devices or on its own using a micro sim card.

Judging by the renders it looks to be quite a stylish device and will be available in gold, silver and grey, looking at the provided render you can see what appears to be a Motorolla style flat tyre circular screen.

The Oukitel A29 Smartwatch presale will be available between the 10th of November through to the 20th of November.

Specifications for the Oukitel A29 Smartwatch presale device are listed below.

OUKITEL A29 Specs:

SIM Card: Support Micro SIM

Network 2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900

Display Size(Inch): 1.22″ IPS capacitive touch screen, 240*206pixels

Languages: Support multi-language(14 language)

CPU: MTK2502C

Memory: 128MB ROM+64MB RAM

Connectivity: Bluetooth 4.0

Supported Operation System: Android , IOS

Sensor: Gravity Sensor

Smartphone assistant: Camera Control; Message Control, Media Control; Hand-Free Calls;

Fitness&Wellness: Community Share, Alarm Clock, Find My Device, Stopwatch, Timer, Sleep Tracker, Activity Tracker.

Please leave comments and questions below, we hope to get our hands on one to review soon.

Kind regards Shanos

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Hands on video Elephone P9000

shanos — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 13:47:07 +0000

Hands on video Elephone P9000

This hands on video Elephone P9000 shows off the P9000 with its 5.5″ FHD LG LTPS incell bezel-less display, the phone is really coming along nicely.

With Android 6.0 Marshmallow on the phone out of the box and decent hardware specifications including Helio P10 processor, 4GB RAM, Type-C USB 3.0, 21MP IMX230 with phase detection（PDAF) laser (LDAF), an 8MP 84 degree angle of view front camera, and side-mounted fingerprint scanner should hopefully see the phone land with a real bang.

You can check out the hands on Elephone P9000 video below.

As always please feel free to leave questions and comments below

Kind regards Shane

The P9000 can currently be pre-ordered here for just $299.99

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Elephone P8000 vs P9000

shanos — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 12:56:22 +0000

Elephone P8000 vs P9000

With just a short while left until the long awaited Elephone P9000 goes on sale, I figured its worth pitting the old against the new in a show down.

Elephone’s previous phone the P8000 surprised many people with its large 4000mAh battery and bright screen, whilst leaving some disappointed with slow software updates and several bugs.

In the Elephone P8000 vs P9000 head to head we will see if the company has learned from past mistakes and is able to present a better more rounded phone.

Elephone P8000 vs P9000 Design

The Elephone P8000 design was more of an evolution of the P7000 than a design revolution, the rear cover featured a nice faux carbon fibre texture and the phones metal frame gave a fairly sophisticated look whilst also ensuring the phone would not bend under normal usage.

Something that many people found disappointing when the phone was released, was the larger than necessary black borders that surrounded the screen, these had been disguised very well in the original renders and came as a real disappointment.

Apart from the 5.5″ screen with its black borders the front was also home to 3 capacitive buttons, the home button also works as a halo style LED notification light.

The P8000 was not a small phone by any means weighing in at a substantial 205 grams and also fairly chunky at thick at 10 mm, most of the extra weight and width was due to the inclusion of a 4000mAh battery.

For the P9000 Elephone have managed to slim the phone down to a much more acceptable 8mm and managed a 55 gram weight reduction bringing the P9000 in at just 150 grams.

The Elephone P9000’s design really stands out over the P8000’s due to the striking appearance of the virtually absent screen bezels, the 2.5D display curvature of the screen works to further increase the look making it appear that no bezels are present, the P9000 also features a stylish flat rear design.

On the P8000 he fingerprint sensor that was integrated in to the home key, for the P9000 this has now been given its own designated side button.

From a design standpoint it would appear that Elephone have certainly seemed to listen to the criticisms levelled at the P8000 by its users.

Elephone P8000 vs P9000 Performance

The elephone P8000 featured an8-core MediaTek MT6753 processor running at 1.3 GHz with a Mali T720 GPU and 3GB of RAM.

For everyday tasks this proved to be adequate enough to perform well and gave a smooth user experience, for less GPU intensive games performance was ok, but more intensive games suffered some frame rate drops and lag.

It looks like Elephone wants to really push the P9000’s hardware capabilities, they have chosen to include a Helio P10 processor and 4GB of RAM .

When the phone is released it will be amongst the most powerful phones on the market and be expected to easily handle anything you can currently throw at it.

Elephone P8000 vs P9000 Display

The 5.5 inch IPS LCD full HD resolution found on the P8000 was quite good, providing good colour reproduction, good viewing angles and was brightness levels that meant it was able to be used outdoors.

Elephone have decided to follow the same path as the P8000 for the P9000 and are again using a 5.5 inch IPS LCD with 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution, hopefully colour reproduction, viewing angles and brightness, will to be at least as good as those found on the P8000 if not better.

Elephone P8000 vs P9000 Battery

A definate highlight of the Elephone P8000 was its 4000mAh capacity battery, easily able to hold over a days worth of charge, some people even managed to eek out two days of light to moderate usage.

A downside to the 4000mAh battery found in the P8000 was the 4 hours taken to recharge it from flat, it was a real shame that Elephone did not put fast charging on the phone.

Elephone have taken the decision to reduce the P9000’s battery capacity down to just 3100mAh, this will help to thin the phone a bit and also keep the weight down, however some P8000 users that upgrade may be a little little disappointed having to recharge more often.

Hopefully Elephones decision to opt for the Helio P10 will have a positive affect on battery life, power usage on the Helio P10 is still pretty much an unknown quantity but hopefully its ability to switching the number of cores in use up or down to suit the tasks thrown at the P9000 may help to reduce overall battery use and go some way towards mitigating the reduction in battery capacity, hopefully the P9000 should still see at least a day of usage between charging, although most users charge their phones nightly so this hopefully won’t be a major problem.

Elephone P8000 vs P9000 Camera

The P8000’s 13mp sensor was often a bain of contention for its users, whilst it was capable of producing some great images, focus tended to be a bit hit and miss as did low light photography and white balance, this did improve with firmware updates but was sadly an issue that got a fair amount of attention.

Elephone will hopefully have imaging sorted this time around on the P9000, the choice to fit a 20MP rear camera with dedicated autofocus should help to provide stunning images, with incredible definition and sharpness, the thing that Elephone need to do is dedicate the necessary time to ensure that the software is able to process and render the images properly, the phone will have an 8mp camera up front, which should allow some half decent selfies.

And the winner of the Elephone P8000 vs P9000…

Is the P9000 by a fairly long shot

From the information currently available about the P9000, it appears that Elephone have made some pretty significant improvements over the P8000, the Mediatek MK6797 and the screen with virtually no bezels and 20.mp camera will go along way to wards silencing some of Elephones critics and the slimmer lighter body will also ensure that the phone feel better in the hand, even if it comes at the expense of battery life.

If Elephone can bring the phone out with decent software and the promised specifications, whilst also ensuring the phone looks as good as it does in the renders, Elephone could be well on their way rebuilding their brand and securing lots of sales and .

Let me know what you think in the comments below.

Kind regards Shanos

The P9000 is currently available on pre sale for $299.99 (£196) its worth considering the P8000 as it can now be purchasedfor just $169 (£111) which is a bit of a bargain.

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Elephone Ivory coming soon for just $99

shanos — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 21:50:45 +0000

Elephone Ivory coming soon for just $99

If there is one thing that Elephone can’t be accused of, its sitting back and not thinking of what to bring out next, today we have recieved news of another phone nearing release. The Elephone Ivory will be ready by the end of November.

The specs for the Elephone Ivory are not bad at all considering the low price of just $99 the phone will be powered by the popular 8 core Mediatek MT6753 that is more often found in phones in the $150+ price range.

The display is a 5″ 720p HD unit with on-cell display and 2.5D glass

Given the specs and the low price this could be a great option for people wanting a fairly decent spec spare phone or even a phone for their children.

If Elephone can get the software right and include a bright and vivid screen, as well as a half decent camera, the Elephone Ivory could be a real winner and help to rebuild Elephones reputation.

Having got hands on with the Elephone trunk (review to follow shortly)recently, it is definatly possible for Elephone to make a phone with a decent screen at a decent price, lets hope that they get the software and the camera working well.

The fact that Elephone are aiming this phone at the budget end of the market, with a price tag of just $99 (£65) could make this a real bargain stocking filler.

Will this be a phone find its way in to a christmas stocking for you this year?

As always please leave comments and questions below

Kind regards

Shanos

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Elephone 4k action cam coming soon

shanos — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 14:23:06 +0000

Yesterdays saw the release of the 4K teaser image from Elephone, we now have 2 new images that confirm what Elephone have been working on, its the Elephone 4k action cam.

The Elephone 4k action cam allows recording of video in the following formats and frames per second, 720 HD video at 120 frames per second,1080p full HD at 60 frames per second and 4K at 15 frames per second.

A 170 degree wide angled lens is mounted up front to capture the video, this wide an angle will get pretty much everything in your field of view (so be carefull what shoes your wearing).

Most sites are stating that the Elephone 4k action cam comes with a 16 mega pixel OV4689 sensor, however the OV4689 is actually a 4 mega pixel sensor rather than the widely stated 16 mega pixel.

This is the sensor used in other action cams such as the Soodoo F60, it does achieve 4K at 15 frames per second on the Soodoo F60, but it would appear that the resolution is probably achieved via interpolation up to 4k rather than being a native sensor resolution.

The Elephone 4k action cam features an Allwinner V3 chipset ARM Cortex A7 processor @ 1.2GHz, this is a chipset that is finding its way in to a fair number of China based action cams.

The Elephone 4k action cam has built in WIFI support and can be connecter too and operated via an Android or IOS devices, as yet control software has not been shown.

A micro SD card is supported, most China based action cams support up to 64gb, support for 128gb would be a nice addition if it can be pulled off by the Elephone 4k action cam.

I hope that Elephone will spend time optimising their hardware to try and get quality on par with the market leaders such as Gopro, but until we get some hands on time with a review unit we will have to wait and see.

As usual any questions or comments can be left below.

Kind regards Shanos

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