Do you remember the news that Chinese manufacturer Elephone develops the clone of flagship smartphone Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, the price of which will be in the range of $200?

It seems that Elephone S7 will not be the only device of this type. Today, the company Elephone announced another smartphone Elephone R9. In general, according to the mobile market analysts, creators Elephone R9 copied not even Galaxy S7, but another Chinese smartphone from China – Oppo R9.

Photos Elephone R9

Today Elephone released the first pictures of the new smartphone, thanks to which we have an idea how it will look. Photos are in the beginning of this article.

Specifications Elephone R9

Elephone R9 will have almost flagship features: 10-cores processor MediaTek Helio X20, 3Gb of RAM, 32Gb of internal flash memory with expandable MicroSD memory cards.

Elephone R9 cameras will have a resolution of 16-MP (basic) and 8-MP (front). The location of main camera module will be the same as iPhone 6s.

As for the screen, new smartphone has a “standard” package: a diagonal of 5.5 inches, resolution Full HD and, of course, minimum frames around the screen.

Unlike many other Chinese smartphones, Elephone R9 will have a fingerprint reader that is located under the “Home” button.  Smartphone Elephone R9 is running on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. At the same time, the manufacturer promises update to Android 7.0 Nougat.

Also worth noting is that the smartphone body is made of metal.

Release date and price Elephone R9

Elephone R9 release date is scheduled for the second half of this year, closer to the fall. The price Elephone R9 is not disclosed, but it is expected, that the cost will be around $250. If this happens, then smartphone will be very competitive.

Alternatives

The main competitors Elephone R9 are Apollo Lite and LeEco Le2Pro.

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Elephone decided to finally put an end to the myth that Chinese phones have poor quality. This time the company released Elephone M3, which has a metallic design, like samurai.

No wonder that smartphone is equipped with processor MediaTek Helio P10, because modern Chinese smartphones have become more powerful. Other characteristics are equally impressive, such as the 21-megapixel main camera and 8-megapixel front. Also smartphone has fingerprint reader, which has become a new trend in the smartphone market. In addition, Elephone M3 offers USB Type-C port. We feel that standards USB 2.0 and USB 2.1 are gradually dying. We recommend you to buy cable and adapter USB Type-C, because soon they would be used everywhere.

Smartphone looks very good, but the main question: will Elephone M3 be sold outside China?

Specifications Elephone M3

Elephone M3 has an all-aluminum body, while the front panel is covered with 2.5D glass. The screen has 5.5 inches and resolution Full HD. As we have said, Elephone chosen processor MediaTek Helio P10 MT6755, which has 8 cores and 64-bit architecture. The smartphone is available in two models: the first version has 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal memory, and the second – 2GB and 16GB respectively.

On the back of the Elephone M3 is located sensor Sony IMX230, which is able to take pictures in the resolution of 21 megapixels. The front camera will be a pleasant surprise for fans of self-pictures because it offers 8-megapixel sensor.

Other features Elephone M3 include fingerprint reader and USB Type-C port. The smartphone runs on the latest version of the software Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

Oh, I almost forgot: The battery has a capacity of 3000mAh.

Alternatives Elephone M3

A listing of alternate devices for Elephone M3 begins with not less powerful and interesting smartphone Xiaomi Note 3 Pro which also has 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal memory. Also, we cannot keep silent about Meizu Metal. And the third device, which creates competition in the market, is another new smartphone BLU Vivo XL.

Conclusions

Unfortunately, we do not know the price Elephone M3, but we know that manufacturer has genus from China, so we can assume that the cost of smartphone will be about 200-230$. It is good smartphone for a price. What do you think?

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The Chinese company Elephone has a lot of different products in its catalog, including smartphones, cameras, power banks or even electric cigarettes. The market of wearable devices has become especially popular in the last year, and Chinese manufacturer plans to unveil its own smartwatch Elephone W2.

As you remember, at the beginning of this year, the French company Withings has released a stylish classic watch Activité Pop with smart features. Elephone develops similar smartwatch with a classic design.

Despite the fact that the external Elephone W2 looks like the most ordinary, in fact, it has a lot of useful features. The round dial is made of metal. As we mentioned, the main feature of the watch will be a classic style.

Another important feature of the watch is the heart rate sensor. Other functions of Elephone W2 are a standard set of other smartwatches, for example, features a fitness tracker, alarm, receive notification, monitor sleep and much more.

The watch Elephone W2 has a classic dial and additional scale to display the percentage of the daily result, for example, the distance traveled, the quality of sleep or changes in heart rate. Elephone W2 will work together with the smartphone app. The user will be able to control the watch by three mechanical buttons.

At the moment, it is all known information about Elephone W2. The price is unknown, but it is definitely lower than Apple Watch and Activité Pop.

We should note that earlier the company has already released its first smart watch Ele Watch. It has a screen with diameter of 1.5 inches (38 mm) and resolution of 320×320 pixels, 512 MB of RAM, internal memory of 4 GB, as well as the receiver of satellite navigation system GPS. The main feature of watch is that it works on Android Wear.

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Chinese manufacturer Elephone announced its new smartphone named Elephone Ivory. Today it is one of the cheapest smartphone in Chinese market. Besides that, Elephone Ivory is one of the most attractive mobile devices thanks to its attractive technical specifications and low price. The company Elephone is known for its cheap smartphones but with quality materials.

The Elephone Ivory is a good option not only for its technical specifications, but for its really low price. Smartphone costs less than $100 USD.

Despite the fact that the company Elephone is not as well known as Meizu or Xiaomi, however smartphones have the features to compete with other manufacturers in the market. Interesting features of the new Elephone Ivory is gray rear panel and 5-inch screen with protected curved panel 2.5D.

The company tried to make a smartphone which will be available to all customers. Elephone Ivory provides 5-inch screen with 720p HD resolution. Smartphone powered by a MediaTek MT6753 chipset with eight-core processor 64-bit 1.3 GHz, supported by 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage.

In addition, the phone also features a main camera with 13 megapixel sensor and LED flash, while the front camera is 2 megapixels. Also Elephone Ivory supports dual SIM cards, 4G LTE and FM Radio. The battery capacity is 2800 mAh and manufacturer promises full day of battery life.

Another interesting thing is the latest version of Google’s mobile operating system Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

The Ivory Elephone is already in pre-sale at an attractive price of only $99.99. A good choice if you plan this holiday season to buy the phone for personal use or for gift.

Do you think that phone Elephone Ivory is expensive? Share your opinion in the comments.

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Elephone until recently was an unknown manufacturer for many among the multitude of Chinese companies that invest in the smartphone market.

The Vowney smartphone was the last bet of the company to bring 5.5 inch screen with resolution Quad HD, two versions (one with 3 GB and one with 4GB of RAM), and chipset MediaTek Helio X10 consists of a CPU octa core 64-bit with maximum speed of 2.2 GHz and GPU GX6650. How could not miss, the company invests in metal body with good construction and polished design as well as biometric reader and current technologies.

 Now we have more information of the new flagship of the Chinese manufacturer, Elephone P9000. The image above shows that it will bring a compact body without edges on the sides. Below the 5.5-inch screen with full HD resolution, we see a home button, but the biometric reader has been integrated on the side of the model. How could not miss the big release of the company, the  Elephone P9000 carries a USB 3.0 connection Type-C, in addition to Helio X10 chipset used by the company in other releases.

 In terms of memory we have 4 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal storage. Regarding the photographic capabilities of the device, the Elephone P9000 will bring a major of 21 megapixels and another front sensor with 8 megapixels capacity. The most interesting part is that the source claims that this should be the first non-Nexus smartphone to hit the market with Android Marshmallow. The same thing happened last year when the company unveiled the first to arrive with Android Lollipop.

 Unfortunately, the company has not yet given a product release date, but the source believes that he will hit the market in the coming weeks, before another manufacturer announce any news with the latest version of Google’s mobile system. Of course, Elephone does not offer a pure experience with Android, it is expected seeing some changes in the interface and native system applications. The price was also not revealed, but we’ll see news soon.

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The Elephone Chinese Company recently announced the Vowney, its newest smartphone focused on high-performance niche. The device has two versions, one with screens MediaTek Helio X10 chipset and running the Android operating system while the other has a quad-core SoC Intel has not specified and has the Windows 10 Mobile. As Microsoft’s platform has not been announced public way, the Elephone resolved first available in the market at issue with the system of green little robot, and decided to publish an interesting video talking about its features.

 The video has just over two minutes long, which means you will not lose much time of your life watching it. In addition, the cheerful music and the dynamics chosen make it be nice to watch, which should help spread the machine’s technical specifications for those interested.

 Something very focused by the company was the presence of a Quad HD screen in Vowney, something that has been discussed for some time regarding their pros and cons, but it certainly serves to “add value” to the product, since virtually all of its rivals rely on this resolution.

 Also, another point that should not fall short is performance, since in addition to Helio X10 chipset with eight processing cores it also has incredible 4GB of RAM, which should ensure plenty of power for those who like to take the smartphone to limit. It is worth noting, however, that the device will also be available at a slightly more modest version, which has the same SoC but with “only” 3GB of RAM, plus a Full HD resolution screen.

 Last but not least, we have the main camera with 21MP sensor made by Sony IMX230, which is the same present in the Moto X Style and it has been doing quite successfully in the critics. On the front, the Elephone also included an 8MP module to capture selfies, which should appeal to fans of this trend. It is also worth noting the presence of a fingerprint reader on the back of Vowney, letting users protect their information in a practical and very safe way.

 No information about the sale of the new smartphone in our country, but the Elephone often partner with retailers around the world to distribute their products, which means that we may soon see him around here officially, even must appeal to import media. Outside, the device will sell for only $ 299, which is a very attractive value for its features.

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The Elephone announced some time ago that was preparing to launch a fairly stocky smartphone that would be released in versions with Android Lollipop and Windows 10 Mobile, something that pleased enough that it hopes to have the option to choose based on the operating system that suits you . Recently, we saw that it was the Vowney “Version A”, a model that was initially released with the Google platform and chipset MediaTek Helio X10, and other top technical specifications. Now the manufacturer has finally released details on the Elephone Vowney that will feature a version for Microsoft fans, revealing that he actually will be an extremely powerful model and with some very interesting differences, being called “Version B”.

 As can be seen, the Elephone Vowney has an elegant and refined look, being found in white, gold and black colors and possessing the body entirely made of aluminum alloy. In addition, the presence of a biometric reader on your back and the absence of physical buttons on the front panel make it win a minimalist design that should please those looking for something more discreet.

 In terms of technical specifications, we have basically the same as has already been seen in the Android ecosystem, but with some subtle differences that can weigh in your favor, especially if confirmed support for Continuum mode Windows 10 Mobile. Among its features, we can highlight:

•  Quad HD screen resolution (1440 x 2560 pixels)
• Chipset Intel Quad-Core3GB RAM
• 64GB of internal storage
• Main camera of 20MP Sony IMX230 with dual-LED flash in two shades
• 3.800mAh battery
• Fingerprint reader
• Windows 10 Mobile or Android Lollipop

 Unfortunately, we have no details on its specifications such as screen size and front camera, but we can see that it can easily fight with the model previously announced as “Version A”.

 Yet there is no information about the availability of Vowney “Version B”, but according to the official company website Elephone Vowney will cost exactly the same $ 299 charged by its “big brother”, which is a really interesting value for everything it offers. According to the rumors, it should hit the market at the end of the year as well as other models with Windows 10 Mobile, leaving we wait for something official is said so that we can know for sure if this will be confirmed or not.

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The Elephone is one of those companies that does not live with media target, but who always has something interesting to show the market. The company recently appeared in the smartphone segment, being one more of the many Chinese manufacturers who began to emerge in recent months.

 His last major release was the M1, a new smartphone announced by the company in his homeland, one facing unit for the mid-market, bringing some advantages aimed at calling the attention of the general public.

 But the news does not stop there. The company had revealed some details of another smartphone, the Vowney in July. Last month, the news came for pre-order on the company website, but there were not many details about its specifications or when the news would reach the market. It was only speculated that the launch would come with two versions, one with 3 GB and one with 4GB of RAM.

 Now the company has just released the news by revealing that the Vowney has a 5.5 inch screen with resolution Quad HD (resulting in 535 pixels per inch). The most interesting part is that the company claims that the device can produce 95% of the NTSC color standard, being close to the maximum that a screen of this size can achieve. In terms of the chipset MediaTek Helio X10 consists of a 64-bit octa-core CPU with a maximum speed of 2.2 GHz and GPU GX6650.

 In terms of camera we have the Sony IMX230 sensor with 21 megapixel maximum capacity on the back dual LED flash next to it, along with another front sensor of 8 megapixels for selfies. How could not miss in the recent releases of the company, we also find a biometric reader in Elephone Vowney, with a generous 4,000 mAh battery to close the package.

 Rumors about the amount of memory actually were right where the model will come with two RAM options: 2 and 3 GB. Since the internal memory is 32 GB, but with the possibility of expansion using microSD cards. The novelty also has connection 4G LTE FDD and TDD also, in addition to support dual-SIM. Finally, the release will hit the market with version 5.1 of Android Lollipop.

 Elephone reports that the Vowney with 4 GB of RAM will have an attractive price of $ 299 and is commercially available from October 25.

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The Elephone recently emerged on the international market, being one more of the many Chinese manufacturers who began to emerge in recent months. In addition to presenting beautiful and powerful smartphone with a cost-effective, the company also seems to be interested in the smart watch market, as we have seen recently.

 Now a new smartphone was announced by the company in his homeland, being a model aimed at the middle market with some differentials that should draw the attention of the general public. It is the Elephone M1, a device with premium design and body made of aluminum alloy that has a fingerprint reader on your back, thus ensuring greater safety and convenience when it comes to unlock the screen and perform logging in certain applications.

 Unfortunately, some information is still hazy on the price and availability of the equipment, causing us to have to wait for the Elephone M1 release more details about it. According to the rumors, however, Elephone M1 will reach the Asian market as early as next month for around $ 180, which would be a really interesting case confirmed value. In addition, the company has invested in ways to sell their products worldwide, which means that we have specialized retailers import resources to purchase the M1 in our country some time from now.

 In terms of software, we have the Android 5.1 Lollipop with a custom interface Chinese, which should provide a more complete experience for users, but decrease at certain times the fluidity and agility of the overall platform. Other technical specifications include:

•  5.5-inch screen with HD resolution (720 x 1280 pixels)
• MediaTek MT6735 chipset 64-bit Quad-Core clocked at 1,3GHz
• 2GB RAM
• 16GB of internal storage, expandable via microSD
• Main camera of 13MP
• Front camera 5MP

 We were not disclosed details about the battery that was used in the device, and said only that Elephone M1 will be able to endure a day of use quietly, something that companies typically promise.

Below can be seen a video with the “first impressions” of the device where you can follow some more details about your looks and features.

Source: http: android.hdblog.it

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Many foreign sites received a new visual smartwatch designed by the Chinese brand Elephone. It would please its round shapes and all-metal design. If the brand is pursuing its strategy, the base price will be also needed.

 The watch is rounding, elegant and striking for its all-metal design. According to several sources, the dial would be 1.5 inches and will be available in three colors: silver, black, and gold. At the rear, it will have a heart rate sensor. One can also see a physical button present on the side of the dial.

 No information, by cons, pure level specifications. Rumors suggest a SoC Mediatek Aster MT2502A or a more efficient and MT2601 for rotating Android Wear. Good news, because Android Wear watches are still often quite expensive, though.

 But as usual, Elephone promises to be a reasonable price. This may also require review of competition sometimes quite staggering price. With the return of Google in China following the adaptation of its Play Store and low price of Elephone, one might expect an android wear breakthrough in this country very fond of new technologies. Then it would put the OS in a more comfortable position.

 We do know as yet neither the release date nor the contracts envisaged by Elephone for the release of his watch. Probably the brand she will test the waters on the side of China before eventually to propose it in the West.

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