Exclusive: Elephone P8000 is expected to go on sale in India starting August 9th
One more Chinese manufacturer is entering India, this time a company called Elephone whose HQ is based in Shenzen is trying their luck in sub-continent. P8000 would be their first offering followed by P4000. The company has great presence in Mainland- China and most part of Europe.
The smartphone P8000 is backed by 5.5-inch 1080p screen. The functionality is delivered by Mediatek’s MT6753 chipset and 3 GB of RAM. P8000 comes with 16GB of internal storage, less impressive? a microSD slot would fill the gap supporting upto 128GB of storage.
A 13MP main camera, and a 5MP selfie shooter takes care of imaging hardware, and a fingerprint sensor on the back is an added advantage. The device runs on company brewed ELE-UI based on Android 5.1 Lollipop. The main USP is the company is working on to port popular Custom ROM’s to the phone, a welcome move. The phone has a textured back and will come in Black, Golden, and White colors.
An Ample 4,165 mAh battery is equipped for more than a better usage of phone on single charge which promises to offer 21 Hours of Talktime, to note the phone even supports fast-charge. Connectivity features include Rel. 9, Cat. 4 FDD and TDD LTE. The chipset also advertises support for 3GPP Rel. 8, DC-HSPA+, TD-SCDMA and EDGE for legacy 2G and 3G networks.
So, the phone will go on sale starting from 9th August on Amazon.in, Flipkart.com, ShopClues.com and PayTM.com. The company is offering door pick-up and drop service as well. The speculated price is somewhere between Rs. 11,000/- to 12,000/-.
pratyush giri`
July 27, 2015 at 8:25 pm
kaisa rupees hota hay?
Abhilash Atmaram
July 27, 2015 at 10:33 pm
Sir, as mentioned it will be priced between 11,000 to 12,000 Indian Rupees.
Vineet
July 28, 2015 at 12:45 pm
Sir yesterday the date mentioned in the article was 29th July, now suddenly it has changed to 9th Aug. Are you sure this is final?
Abhilash Atmaram
July 28, 2015 at 10:20 pm
I would apologize for that Vineet, we have now got an official confirmation from the company itself. It would go on sale starting from August 9th 2:00 PM. This would be an open sale, but you have to register before participating . Leaving a link below for registering, please fill the form. Hope you get the phone! Cheers!
Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12SvfdUfOwkMgNoOv11oOunNWStqitO5NEAjZxn1rCFw/viewform?c=0&w=1
vivek
July 29, 2015 at 9:40 pm
when i can purchase the phone in india?
Abhilash Atmaram
July 30, 2015 at 10:05 am
Hey Vivek, as mentioned you can purchase the phone on August 9th itself, you just have to fill the form (You can check the link in the above comment) once done registering, you can buy the phone from the above mentioned e-commerce sites. Feel free to ask any queries.
Manikandan
August 8, 2015 at 11:49 am
Hai, I would like to know about t SAR value of this phone…
Abhilash
August 9, 2015 at 10:58 am
Hey! We researched about it, but unfortunately we couldn’t find it on the box nor on the body of phone. We have contacted Elephone itself, so would come with an exact value soon. Stay tuned!
Hari
August 9, 2015 at 2:38 pm
Sir why it has not released on August 9th? Please mention us the exact date of release in India.
Deepak
August 9, 2015 at 11:17 pm
Its 9 aug still no sale of p8000 on any site,what’s the real release date of p8000
Abhilash Atmaram
August 10, 2015 at 5:04 pm
Guys! We posted what Elephone India’s official press release stated. And we don’t know when are they releasing it. But we are try our fullest to reach the concerned person and enquire about it.
Guess what’s the Elephone’s tagline?
Keep Expecting and be surprised 😛
But would promise all that would get with a clear confirmation soon.