A few days ago, the Elephone P9000 got a stable Android Nougat update. Today, its on sale on Amazon India and the asking price is Rs.11,999 (~$186).

For that price, you get a 4GB RAM phone with 32GB of built-in storage and a 5.5-inch 1080p LCD display. The camera is a Sony IMX 258 13MP sensor and there is an 8MP camera up front for selfies. The P9000 uses Mediatek’s MT6755M octa-core chipset and is powered by a 3000mAh battery.

Amazon will let you pay on delivery for this order but each customer can only purchase one unit. If you are interested in purchasing the Elephone P9000, just click on this link.

READ MORE: Elephone P8 Series is A Camera in Your Pocket, Reservations Begin on April 24th

Elephone is working on a tri bezel-less phone at the moment called the Elephone S8. There have been teasers lately but no news of when it will hit the market. The S8 is Elephone’s take on the Xiaomi Mi MIX. It will be cheaper and be less powerful too just like the Doogee MIX.

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The Elephone P9000 was released more than a year ago alongside a curved variant called the P9000 Edge and a lower specced version called the P9000 Lite. Seven months ago, Elephone announced the P9000 was going to get updated to Nougat.

A beta version was made available two months after the announcement but it was buggy. Today, Elephone has released a stable version which can now be installed by anyone and that fixes the bugs in the November beta update.

The update comes with March’s security patch and the changelog says the fingerprint sensor has been optimized. The update is not available as an OTA yet so you will have to manually flash it for now. The update comes in at over 1GB in size.

READ MORE: Elephone Launches Product Plan Calendar to Better Inform Its Customers

Android Nougat brings a bunch of new features such as split-screen multitasking, bundled notifications, notification direct reply, and a new and improved Doze.

Download link for the update and tutorial on how to flash it can be gotten here.

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It seems like a long time since we first heard about the Elephone P9000 Edge smartphone. We have been waiting for this particular device for the past few months, and up till now, we only have been hearing tid bits about the device. A few days back, we came up with some of the specs of the Eleephone P9000 Edge model and now, we have a few more pictures as well as details about the device.

The new bezel-less model from Elephone is confirmed to come with the Helio X25 chipset, which is the overclocked version of the deca-core Helio X20. From benchmarks, we have seen that this chip is quite powerful for an everyday flagship. Up front, the phone will feature a bezel-less 5.7-inch JDI display with 2K resolution. The company is also using an all metal design on the device, so metal lovers will definitely be happy to hear this.

Apart from this, the Elephone P9000 Edge will come with speakers with ACC tech, which produces a similar effect as the iPhone 6S and the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. Further, the company seems to have given due importance to the camera at the back. The phone is said to come with dual cameras, with variable apertures and quick focus. The definition of photos will be reportedly improved by around 30%. Also, users will be able to choose a focal point after the image has been taken. There will be dual tone flash as well. Finally, the phone will come with a fingerprint enabled home button up front.

As for the versions, the P9000 Edge is supposed to come in at least two variants, one with 4GB RAM and 32GB storage and another with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage. Pricing is said to start at $250 for one of the versions, which should most likely be for the 4GB RAM version.

So, what do you think about these specs? Despite its late entry, do you think the P9000 Edge is a phone that can get your attention?

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Elephone seems to be keeping the Elephone P9000 Edge version in the dark for the past few months. It’s with-bezel sibling, the Elephone P9000 was announced back in January, but we still haven’t heard much about this particular bezel-less version, at least not directly from the company. But now, Elephone has started confirming some of the specs of the upcoming Elephone P9000 Edge and now, we know for sure some of the specifications of the device.

First of all, the Elephone p9000 Edge is confirmed to come with a 5.7-inch JDI 2K display with high color saturation, and high color gamut. On paper, this seems to be an impressive screen, and with the bezel-less design, we sure hope that the phone looks beautiful from the front. Another important information revealed by the company is the home button based fingerprint sensor. So, you will find the sensor up front, just below the display. It is also confirmed that there will be a smart key on the side which can be used to switch modes.

The company also revealed some official renders of the P9000 Edge, which you will find above. These renders reveal some more details about the phone, like the presence of dual camera setup at the back. You will also find dual tone flash at the back, but unfortunately, we can’t find Laser Focus that was present on the P9000. Other things we can see in the render is a bottom placed USB Type-C port and a 3.5mm headphone jack on top.

We are not quite sure whether Elephone is sticking with Helio P10 for its new edge version, but we should get more details about the device real soon. As for the release date, we still haven’t got that information. So, it looks like there’s still some time for the phone’s launch.

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Elephone announced the Elephone P9000 flagship smartphone back in January this year. The phone was popular mainly because of its competitive pricing and powerful hardware underneath.

As a consumer, we often tend to limit our view to the specs and the outer design of the smartphone. But a phone is more than a combination of its specs, as it involves a lot of processing to get into its final form.

Elephone recently released a new video showing off the manufacturing process of the Elephone P9000. This gives us a pretty good insight as to what goes into making the flagship smartphone. The company reveals that there are 21 complex processes involved in the manufacturing of the P9000 and these processes are shown in the new video. You can check that out from above.

This is a good way to show its customers how much effort is put into designing and making a product. With a strong body, premium design and powerful specs, the overall package is quite impressive.

To recap, the Elephone P9000 was one of the first phones to feature Helio P10 octa-core chipset with 4GB of RAM on board. There will be 32GB of internal storage and a 5.5-inch FHD 1080p display on board. Other features of the Elephone P9000 include Quick Charge support, Wireless Charging, 13MP rear camera with Laser Focus, 1.6mm thin bezels, fingerprint sensor, NFC, and a 3080mAh battery. The specs of the P9000 are similar to the recently released OPPO R9, so you can check their comparison from here.

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Elephone P9000 and Xiaomi Mi 5 may be two different smartphones targeted at slightly different markets, but that didn’t stop the local Chinese company from releasing a video comparing the two smartphones. The latest video released by Elephone pits the 9000 flagship against the Xiaomi Mi 5 and shows us where the former wins over the latter.

The video starts off with showing the superior packaging on the P9000 and then moves to highlight some of the key features of the device like Laser Autofocs which is absent on the Mi 5. These two are not really in the same price category since Elephone P9000 is much cheaper at $269.99 while the Mi 5 retails for a costlier price tag, somewhere around $400 via third party retailers.

You can check out the video down below for more details.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uR7katTpew

To recap, the Xiaomi Mi 5 comes with the powerful Snapdragon 820 chip under the hood while the Elephone P9000 comes with a capable Helio P10 octa-core chip. The base variant of the former features 3GB of RAM, while the P9000 comes with 4GB of RAM as standard. There will be 32GB storage on both the models.

Up front, the P9000 comes with a 5.5-inch FHD display while the Mi 5 sports a 5.15-inch FHD display. They both have Corning Gorilla Glass protection. Both are thin phones, featuring a 7.3mm body with a 3000mAh battery. At the back, the Mi 5 features a 16MP shooter with dual LED flash and OIS, while the P9000 comes with a decent 13MP camera with Laser Autofocus. The front camera on the Mi 5 is a 4MP Ultrapixel sensor, while on the P9000 it is an 8MP OV shooter.

So, what do you think? Considering their retail pricing, which one would you pick?

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A few months back, Elephone unveiled a brand new series of high-end smartphones powered by Mediatek’s MT6755 Helio P10 processors. One of the highlights of the lineup was the Elephone P9000 flagship featuring pretty powerful specifications. Now, there’s another Helio P10 powered flagship in town, namely the OPPO R9, so it’s time for a Elephone P9000 vs OPPO R9 specs comparison. Both are similar in many ways, but differ in terms of some specification. Pricing will be it’s biggest difference, which we will elaborate more in the later sections.

Design & Build:

OPPO R9 comes with an all metal design, while the P9000 features a plastic body. Looks wise, we would have to say that the R9 is much better than the Elephone model. In fact, OPPO boasts that the R9’s body features up to 98% metal. Even the build seems to be better on the R9, but it’s going to be a personal choice. So, we better leave that for you guys to decide.

Now let’s look at what we can actually compare between the two devices i.e. specs.

Elephone P9000 vs OPPO R9: Specs

So, in this department, both feature pretty similar hardware. Both the models are powered by the new Helio P10 MT6755 octa-core chip with Mali-T860 GPU. Both come with 4GB of RAM on board, but the OPPO has an edge when it comes to storage, because it features 64GB internal memory rather than 32GB on the P9000.

Both models come with a 5.5-inch FHD 1080p display with narrow borders. In fact, according to official specs, the OPPO R9 comes with 1.66mm border while the Elephone P9000 features a 1.6mm border around the screen. In terms of battery as well, P9000 has an edge, thanks to its 3080mAh capacity battery instead of 2850mAh on the R9. But the R9 does have the super fast VOOC charging. The P9000 can boast of wireless charging.

Coming to the camera department, both models have 13MP rear cameras, but P9000 adds Laser Autofocus. But we can’t really judge the camera performance of both the devices without an official review.

The front camera is definitely going to be the deciding factor. The OPPO R9 comes with a powerful 16MP sensor with the company’s self perfection technology as well as beauty 4.0 software. On the other hand, the P9000 features a decent 8MP shooter.

Other features common in both include 4G LTE support and fingerprint sensor. However, you get NFC on the P9000 model which is absent on the R9.

PRICE:

Finally, coming on the price, the OPPO R9 is officially priced at around $420, while the Elephone P9000 currently retails for around $269. Considering the specs on board, the P9000 is not a bad deal.

So, which one would you pick?

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Along with the P9000 Edge, the company announced two more devices in the P9000 series with toned down specs, namely the Elephone P9000 and the P9000 Lite. However, both the phones still feature powerful hardware.

ELEPHONE P9000

Looks wise, the phone is pretty well built, with super thin bezels and an overall thin body. The phone features 1.6mm thin bezels which is pretty impressive, taking the screen to body ratio to 82%. The overall body is made out of good quality plastic with a matte finish at the back. A metal frame goes around the body. Unlike the Edge model, the fingerprint sensor is located at the back of the device, below the camera sensor.

Inside, it comes with the same MT6755 Helio P10 octa-core processor with 4GB RAM. But the storage is reduced to 32GB, which is still quite generous. You have a 5.5-inch display up front with 1920 x 1080p pixel resolution. With thin bezels, the display of the phone looks quite vibrant. The overall thickness of the body is 8mm.

At the back, you get a 13MP camera (as opposed to 21MP on the Edge variant) but you have the same Laser Autofocus present on the device. Up front, you get an 8MP shooter. The battery remains the same as the Edge, i.e. 3000mAh with support for 9V 2.5A Quick Charge, which can charge the phone to 100% in just 70 minutes. For software, you get the latest Android 6.0 version with the company’s customized UI on top.

Like the Elephone P9000 Edge, this version also comes with a number of connectivity features such as NFC, Wireless Charging, and USB Type-C apart from the standard options like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. It comes with dual SIM dual standby with 4G LTE support. The bands supported are as follows: FDD-LTE: Band 1/3/7/20 (800/1800/2100/2600MHz).

The company will announce the pricing of the Elephone P9000 on Monday and it will be available by the end of the month. But according to the company’s official store, the P9000 is listed as out of stock for $329.99 $269.99 (updated). So, this could be the official price tag of the device.

ELEPHONE P9000 Lite

Along with the flagship P9000, the company also announced the Elephone P9000 Lite version which will retail for a cheaper price tag. The phone also comes with Helio P10 octa-core chip with 4GB RAM and 32GB ROM, but there are a few areas, where the company has sacrificed in terms of features.

For example, the camera at the back is still 13MP but with an OV3850 sensor and the front camera downgrades to 5MP. Also, you don’t have the usual connectivity features of the P9000 like Wireless Charging, Fingerprint Sensor, or NFC. But the phone has the USB Type-C port and comes with the latest Android 6.0 build with the company’s skin on top.

Pricing and availability details are unknown at the moment, but more details coming soon.

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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.

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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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In the past few months, Elephone has stepped up its game with its Elephone P8000 and all metal M2 smartphones. The company is also expected to unveil the P9000 flagship with killer specs pretty soon. Now the company has just revealed to us that it plans to extend support for North American LTE networks on both the Elephone P8000 and upcoming Elephone 9000 flagships.

This is welcome news for North American fans since the phone is slowly becoming popular in the region. Up till now, Chinese phones usually worked only in Europe, Australia and Asian LTE networks which made the phone practically useless in case they wanted to take advantage of high-speed LTE connectivity. But it looks like there will be a specific North American LTE supported model that will be announced soon, which will work there as well.

The upcoming Elephone P9000 will come with pretty great specs, all for under $300. The phone will be bezelless and will come with Android 6.0 on board right out of the box. There are other high-end specs as well like 4GB of RAM, USB Type-C and side mounted fingerprint sensor.

Overall, the P9000 looks like a great package and with added North American LTE support, the phone will definitely have more fans in the coming months.

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The company also confirms that its upcoming flagship, Elephone P9000 along with its variants like the Elephone P9000 Lite and P9000C will come with Android M 6.0 pre-installed. This is definitely good news for those who were planning to purchase this upcoming device from the company.

As for the P8000 users who are running Android 5.10 at the moment, the company has released a new update for fixing a few bugs like “screen flashing” and “no gallery response” while using front camera. If you had these problems, just head over to their forums, where there’s the download link to the ROM and flash it on to your device. There will be an OTA update too, so if you can wait for a few days, then go for the second option.

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A few months back, we came to know that Elephone was working on a MT6797 Helio X20 powered Elephone P9000 flagship. The specialty of the device is going to be the chipset under the hood, which is the first deca-core smartphone SoC in the market. It is said that the chip’s Tri-Cluster design will improve battery life up to 40% as compared to rivals and offers better heat dissipation. From the specifications listed on the Elephone website, we can see that this is going to the be the most powerful smartphone from the company till date.

While there’s still time for the official launch of the Elephone P9000, the device was spotted in hands on pictures recently. A Portuguese website managed to get hold of a couple of pictures which shows us the overall design of the device. From the images, the device does look well built with a rough texture at the back. You will even find a round fingerprint sensor on the rear shell.

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Apart from the powerful deca-core Helio X20, the Elephone P9000 is said to come with 4GB of RAM and 32GB of storage on board. The phone will feature a 5.5-inch FHD 1080p resolution display. At the back, there will be a 20.7MP Sony IMX230 sensor and an 8MP front facing camera. You will also find a 3100mAh battery on board. The phone runs on Android 5.1 out of the box.

As you can see, these specs are pretty high-end. While Elephone has listed the P9000 for $499 on the website, third party retailers have started listing the phone too. However, the price tag is much lower and only around $329.99. Still, that’s much higher than any of the products Elephone has released till date. So, it will be interesting to see whether customers are willing to pay a premium price for a premium handset like the Elephone P9000.

Elephone P9000 Listed By Geekbuying

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If you look at the leaked hands on pictures and the ones listed by the retailer Geekbuying, they are two different designs. We are not sure which one of these could turn out to be the real one, but we expect it to be the leaked hands on images which look quite premium. The phone is expected to be announced on October 20. But expect more details in the coming days.

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Elephone has established itself as a global smartphone maker with its numerous value for money offerings. We have already seen a lot of great devices from this Chinese maker such as the P7000 and now, it looks like the company is taking things to a whole new level.

Elephone has updated on its official website some details and specifications of the upcoming Elephone P9000 handset. It will be one of the most powerful offerings from the company till date. One of the biggest highlights of the device is the new 10-core Helio X20 MT6797 chipset inside, which will probably make it one of the first handsets to feature the chip.

Mediatek had earlier revealed that the chip will go into mass production by Q3 2015. And Elephone P9000 will go on sale around October this year, which seems to be the right time for the chip to hit the market.

As for the other specs, the Elephone P9000 is said to come with a 5.5-inch full HD 1080p display with 4GB RAM and 32GB of expandable storage. At the back, it will feature a powerful 20.7MP camera while up front, there’s a 5MP shooter.

The phone comes with a 3100mAh battery and support duals SIM dual standby. Given the flagship status, the P9000 will come with FDD-LTE 4G networks. As for software, the phone runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop version.

The listing also revealed the pricing of the handset, which is not very cheap according to Elephone standards. The phone is expected to retail for $500, which makes it the costliest handset from the company.

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