Elephone P7000

[AskingAlex]

So I've gone ahead and pre-ordered the Elephone P7000. I've read various reviews about past Elephone models, and they seem to all have their small faults (but let's face it, all phones do). The P5000 gets a little hot under load (due to a huge battery and an 8 core CPU), the P6000 had a scrolling bug (which is now fixed), and their G7 had a few issues with quality assurance (again, now fixed with their latest models).

When I receive my P7000 (which comes pre-rooted, I'll add), I'm going to flash TWRP recovery, install Xposed Framework, then I'll play with the phone for a few days and do a mini review. I've already had the chance to have a small play with a preproduction model (it had a .2" smaller screen and a smaller battery) and it seemed pretty great, so here's hoping for a great budged device, that's upper mid range in performance.

But until then, here's the important specs. Anyone considering a new semi-budget phone should definitely be considering the P7000 (or their P3000s - a bit slower, but costs a bit less). Anyways, the specs:

MTK 6752 CPU (8xCortex A53 cores at 1.7GHz)

Mali T760-MP GPU at 700MHz

13 MP rear, 5MP front cameras

5.5" 1080P display

3450mah battery (replaceable)

16GB storage and 3GB LP DDR3 ram

Support for 64GB microsd card

4G Enabled (however some bands missing)

Metal composite exterior supports

Android 5.0 installed as default, with other options also available (with an unlocked bootloader for easy ROM swapping)

Oh... And did I mention it's only $220 (sometimes as low as 200, depending on the retailer)

[applesuxD]

So I've gone ahead and pre-ordered the Elephone P7000. I've read various reviews about past Elephone models, and they seem to all have their small faults (but let's face it, all phones do). The P5000 gets a little hot under load (due to a huge battery and an 8 core CPU), the P6000 had a scrolling bug (which is now fixed), and their G7 had a few issues with quality assurance (again, now fixed with their latest models).

When I receive my P7000 (which comes pre-rooted, I'll add), I'm going to flash TWRP recovery, install Xposed Framework, then I'll play with the phone for a few days and do a mini review. I've already had the chance to have a small play with a preproduction model (it had a .2" smaller screen and a smaller battery) and it seemed pretty great, so here's hoping for a great budged device, that's upper mid range in performance.

But until then, here's the important specs. Anyone considering a new semi-budget phone should definitely be considering the P7000 (or their P3000s - a bit slower, but costs a bit less). Anyways, the specs:

MTK 6752 CPU (8xCortex A53 cores at 1.7GHz)

Mali T760-MP GPU at 700MHz

13 MP rear, 5MP front cameras

5.5" 1080P display

3450mah battery (replaceable)

16GB storage and 3GB LP DDR3 ram

Support for 64GB microsd card

4G Enabled (however some bands missing)

Metal composite exterior supports

Android 5.0 installed as default, with other options also available (with an unlocked bootloader for easy ROM swapping)

Oh... And did I mention it's only $220 (sometimes as low as 200, depending on the retailer)

the 5000 seems sick cos of the batt life

[AskingAlex]

the 5000 seems sick cos of the batt life

 

The P5000 can get 10 hours of screen-on time while running a PCMark battery benchmark. I know someone with the P5000, and they regularly scrape 12 hours of screen on time over two days, although I'm not sure at what screen brightness (I've seen the screen and I know the brightness isn't at a low setting, I'd have to make an educated guess it's somewhere from 50 - 70%).

 

The P7000, with a battery 70% of the size of the P5000's, should easily last all but the most demanding users a day at the least. True, it has a bigger screen with a higher pixel count, and the CPU does actually use slightly more power. I'd still expect a minimum of 8 hours screen on time doing something like watching a video, especially if the Jiayu S3 is anything to go by (very similar specs as the P7000, minus a fingerprint scanner and a smaller battery).

 

The days of >1 day of battery life in "affordable flagship" devices appears to be all but gone, now just to find another use for my 12,000 mah battery bank..... 

[Giganizer300PRO]

Congratulations, you just bought a shitphone.

It's going to overheat like hell, the screen is going to break in a month or less and it's all going to be made out of bad quality materials.

Oh and did I mention dead pixels, specs lower than what says on the box (the battery for example is probably just going to be 1000 or maybe 2000 mah) and absolutely no compatibility with any computer at all, since it's and MTK based platform.

Trust me, I have one too.

Different brand, same shit.

But at least now, I'm not the only one.

Trust me, there's a catch, you'll find it eventually if you stick with it that long anyways.

[AskingAlex]

Congratulations, you just bought a shitphone.

It's going to overheat like hell, the screen is going to break in a month or less and it's all going to be made out of bad quality materials.

Oh and did I mention dead pixels, specs lower than what says on the box (the battery for example is probably just going to be 1000 or maybe 2000 mah) and absolutely no compatibility with any computer at all, since it's and MTK based platform.

Trust me, I have one too.

Different brand, same shit.

But at least now, I'm not the only one.

Trust me, there's a catch, you'll find it eventually if you stick with it that long anyways.

 

Look up the Jiayu S3 Advance. The Elephone supposedly uses the same LCD screen as that (which if you look around, doesn't seem to have any major issues). The battery is a true 3450mah lithium-polymer battery. They changed battery manufacturers at the last minute, which is what caused the final delay, to ensure the batteries were actually a really high quality. And bad quality materials is a bit of a so-so argument, considering the metal bezel and Gorilla Glass 3 screen 

 

 

I don't know exactly why you have an issue with Elephones, but I know someone with a P5000 and there appears to be no issues whatsoever (apart from heating up during intensive games - something which is still blown way out of proportion as it barely gets that warm in all fairness). Sounds like you've had one bad experience and are out to tar them all with the same bush... if they were really that bad, the company would not still be in business, with so many different models available

[Giganizer300PRO]

Look up the Jiayu S3 Advance. The Elephone supposedly uses the same LCD screen as that (which if you look around, doesn't seem to have any major issues). The battery is a true 3450mah lithium-polymer battery. They changed battery manufacturers at the last minute, which is what caused the final delay, to ensure the batteries were actually a really high quality. And bad quality materials is a bit of a so-so argument, considering the metal bezel and Gorilla Glass 3 screen 

 

 

I don't know exactly why you have an issue with Elephones, but I know someone with a P5000 and there appears to be no issues whatsoever (apart from heating up during intensive games - something which is still blown way out of proportion as it barely gets that warm in all fairness). Sounds like you've had one bad experience and are out to tar them all with the same bush... if they were really that bad, the company would not still be in business, with so many different models available

They could still be in business, as they make so much per a device sold, because it takes them so little to produce them, and you wouldn't know if it's bad/scam or not untill you already bought it.

But yeah I head 1 terrible experience so...

[AskingAlex]

They could still be in business, as they make so much per a device sold, because it takes them so little to produce them, and you wouldn't know if it's bad/scam or not untill you already bought it.

But yeah I head 1 terrible experience so...

 

If I went by single bad experiences, I'd have to bad mouth Motorola, Google, and Samsung. Every manufacturer has bad devices that slip through, it's inevitable

 

 

Also, Elephone must make very little per device. Companies such as THL, OnePlus and Jiayu don't make much profits from their devices. You can mock up how much a 1080p screen, ram, rom, battery and CPU costs. For perspective, an iPhone 6 costs $200 to manufacture. The P7000 costs $220. Although the P7000 (obviously) has lower specs than the iPhone, they physically aren't able to make masses of profits, so cannot afford just to make bad products then have to deal with potential recalls / replacements

 

 

Elephones are budget devices, but they don't use cheap components. Even their lower end phones use reasonable quality parts, you must've just gotten very unlucky with your device  :mellow:

[Giganizer300PRO]

If I went by single bad experiences, I'd have to bad mouth Motorola, Google, and Samsung. Every manufacturer has bad devices that slip through, it's inevitable

 

 

Also, Elephone must make very little per device. Companies such as THL, OnePlus and Jiayu don't make much profits from their devices. You can mock up how much a 1080p screen, ram, rom, battery and CPU costs. For perspective, an iPhone 6 costs $200 to manufacture. The P7000 costs $220. Although the P7000 (obviously) has lower specs than the iPhone, they physically aren't able to make masses of profits, so cannot afford just to make bad products then have to deal with potential recalls / replacements

 

 

Elephones are budget devices, but they don't use cheap components. Even their lower end phones use reasonable quality parts, you must've just gotten very unlucky with your device  :mellow:

My experience is different.

The screen broke (no, I didn't break it, neither dropped it) after only a month of use, the battery is 1000mah and not 2300mah that says on the box.

When playing a game, CoC for example, for longer than 5 min, the CPU gets to over 60 degrees C average and when I plug my phone in to a PC, it just says unknown device and the phone doesn't even know it's connected, it just charges.

Oh and did I mention there are no spare parts at all!!

We had to call the shop where we bought it and threaten them with reporting them to the authorities if they didn't call the official repair company and tell them to put one device a part and give me the new screen, which cost half of the phone's price!

 

That's different than "a bad model from Samsung" or that kind of stuff.

If I could, I would throw the phone in to the head of whoever is responsible for this. Then we would see if it would crack.

[AskingAlex]

My experience is different.

The screen broke (no, I didn't break it, neither dropped it) after only a month of use, the battery is 1000mah and not 2300mah that says on the box.

When playing a game, CoC for example, for longer than 5 min, the CPU gets to over 60 degrees C average and when I plug my phone in to a PC, it just says unknown device and the phone doesn't even know it's connected, it just charges.

Oh and did I mention there are no spare parts at all!!

We had to call the shop where we bought it and threaten them with reporting them to the authorities if they didn't call the official repair company and tell them to put one device a part and give me the new screen, which cost half of the phone's price!

 

That's different than "a bad model from Samsung" or that kind of stuff.

If I could, I would throw the phone in to the head of whoever is responsible for this. Then we would see if it would crack.

 

It sounds as if your device was tampered somehow and wasn't fully legit. Was the shop you bought it from reputable? Cause those sound like similar issues to ones I had when I bought a "genuine" and "new" "Samsung" Galaxy S2. It looked like an S2, had the same interface, but didn't connect with my PC, had abysmal battery life (not like the S2 was ever a battery king, mind you), and the full thing died very quickly... just a couple of days after the "limited 2 week warranty" ran out, mysteriously (I bought it from ebay... bad move, evidently)

 

Genuinely sounds as if you had a not-so-legit phone, sorry dude 

[Giganizer300PRO]

It sounds as if your device was tampered somehow and wasn't fully legit. Was the shop you bought it from reputable? Cause those sound like similar issues to ones I had when I bought a "genuine" and "new" "Samsung" Galaxy S2. It looked like an S2, had the same interface, but didn't connect with my PC, had abysmal battery life (not like the S2 was ever a battery king, mind you), and the full thing died very quickly... just a couple of days after the "limited 2 week warranty" ran out, mysteriously (I bought it from ebay... bad move, evidently)

 

Genuinely sounds as if you had a not-so-legit phone, sorry dude 

I bought it from one of the biggest stores in my country if not the biggest one.

It was brand new, wrapped in foil, bla bla bla all that stuff.

I did take it to the repair shop to replace the screen, but I don't think they would have tampered with the battery...

 

Thanks for listening to my bs.

I am planning to get a new device in a 6 - 12 months or so.

You know, they say 3rd is a lucky charm so maybe I will finally get a good device then.

[AskingAlex]

I bought it from one of the biggest stores in my country if not the biggest one.

It was brand new, wrapped in foil, bla bla bla all that stuff.

I did take it to the repair shop to replace the screen, but I don't think they would have tampered with the battery...

 

Thanks for listening to my bs.

I am planning to get a new device in a 6 - 12 months or so.

You know, they say 3rd is a lucky charm so maybe I will finally get a good device then.

 

Here's hoping your next device is reliable and pleases you! And hopefully your misfortune with the Elephone doesn't end up affecting myself