The Super Smartphone You've Never Heard Of...
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ต.ค. 2024
- The Elephone S8 is one of the coolest sub-$300 smartphones I've ever looked at. It features a super slim bezel and impressive 1440p display. Elephone also managed to pack in a fingerprint sensor and 21-megapixel camera into the package. The Elephone S8 is a very impressive Android smartphone for the price.
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Unbox Therapy Nice! 🙂
this is awesome
Yeah they are mind BLOWING
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Clearly evident how overpriced some devices are nowadays
Well this phone the elephone is not only a ripp off but is pretty poopy at least from my perspective
Tech Wave 300 dollars for this. It's pretty damn good.
Sly Paredes he is trying to stay family friendly, for the TH-cam money.😂
All phones usually cost less than 400 but the company spends money on ads on salary of employees and etc and of course the need PROFIT
Steve Epic Vernee Mix 2 also very good phone.
Unboxing’s style of reviewing devices is so refreshing. He does not bore with struggling through inboxing. He keeps everything at a nice pace.
Elephant - Elephone. I wonder where they got their name from?
Lol
Mind blown
ya know, maybe telephone xD
Elegant phone?
Unbox Therapy this bot has 1 mil subs
What doesn't get me is that people spend $1000 on a phone and then complain how phones are expensive these days. If your bothered to look online, you'll be able to find phones that don't have a well known brand like the Elephone in this video that has pretty well specs by today standed for 3 times less then a new known phone.
They are sheep who deep throat brands like Apple, and Samsung
Because phones like elephone don't have good track record in software updates. That being said, most mainstream OEMs do sell their phone that are priced to high. It's just that bringing phones from brands like this is not a good enough argument.
Because on paper specs and build materials don't mean a high build quality and a good experience. Despite the resolution of the rear camera it's clearly worse than my Galaxy S7's. I used to have a phone like this from Xiaomi, and despite also being made of glass and aluminum it felt like a cheap toy compared to the S7 I'm using now. This phone also has basically no features, it's just a phone, and that's great if you don't use any of the features that flagship phones have, but not everyone is like that. It's got a basic camera, basic finger print scanner, the display is nowhere near the brightness and contrast of a flagship device, it's not going to get security updates and the like for as long as a flagship device that costs twice as much. There's a lot more to the cost of a device than just the on paper specs.
The iPhone X only costs $350 to make I don’t k ow why they overpicred it that much
Gribgrab Apple Things
Had this phone for a year and it has lots of common problems that Elaphone have not addressed.
The GPS is drunk! It takes ages to find a signal and spins around like it's tripping when it does. Dangerous at times when you're driving.
The lip sync aps like IMDb is way way off and videos you've made yourself freeze and jutter all the time.
Battery life is poor.
It's just not usable and like I said Elaphone seem to be doing NOTHING to fix the issues.
Bye bye s8. Hate this phone and I wouldn't recommend to anyone.
Same situation as you. I was so glad to get rid of it
I had my fair share if elephones myself, and i didn't have a problem at all. And i think it's understandable, that they didn't really care about the s8 too much, because compared to their new phones they started to produce not too long ago, the s8 was just a try. I have a new PX, for my personal phone, and a Huawei mate 20 lite for work, and i have to say, that even my brothers Samsung galaxy s9+ can't really offer too much. The s8 is considered an "old" phone for elephone. The PX kills.
I can agree with these problems, even the fingerprint sensor/back button stops working as well
I bought this phone on Gearbest and wrote an honest review about with the exact issues you mentioned. Plus, it was horrible at calls and texts. Gearbest censored my review because it was negative.
baught one, then half of the screen just stopped working, so I baught another one thinking I fucked up by cracking the screen. The second one had the same fucking problem without any fucking cracks !
I just tried out iPhone X at an Apple store, thanks for lowering my expectations so much since it was so much better than I expected
Miles S. How did he lower your expectations?
Might Guy I am not sure but I think he is talking about the Apple haters...
How about a drop test?
modelllichtsysteme that would be great... I dont want to drop mine to find that out XD
modelllichtsysteme Blend tests are much better,
i bend my elephone s7 once, (because i was retarded and bored, and decided it was a good idea to bent it), once you apply enough force... the screen cracks....
fuck u
Well, the back glass breaks pretty easily (source: mine broke).
That picture in picture mode is pretty sweet for concerts and other cool activities
Awesome phone, but won’t work with LTE bands in the US
Paul Yeo Correct, only 3 G in US. I have one, it's a good backup phone and for using at home on wifi.
Paul Yeo that's the sad thing about these Chinese phones. Look amazing but won't work in the US LTE
why does the spec say it works with LTE?
Wireless Connectivity: 3G,4G,A-GPS,Bluetooth,GPS,GSM,WiFi
WIFI: 802.11a/b/g/n/ac wireless internet
Network type: FDD-LTE,GSM,TDD-LTE,WCDMA
2G: GSM 1800MHz,GSM 1900MHz,GSM 850MHz,GSM 900MHz
3G: WCDMA B1 2100MHz,WCDMA B8 900MHz
4G LTE: FDD B1 2100MHz,FDD B20 800MHz,FDD B3 1800MHz,FDD B7 2600MHz,TDD B38 2600MHz,TDD B40 2300MHz
Jet Yue yes in other countries (practical for the Chinese market). doesn’t have bands for the US
It will work in every country except the north American ones
Give me a fucking break. Everybody's removing to headphone jack??? It's not outdated technology for fucksake. This is a deal-breaker for me. I don't want to be fiddling around with extra fucking adapters charger cables and accessories and shit when I'm on the run. Apple does something stupid and everybody's gotta jump on the fucking wagon
Future is sadly wireless 🤐
Francesco Cesarotto but the wireless future still isn't here, when we can get good quality Bluetooth headphones (and also audiophile level Bluetooth headphones) at the same price as good quality wired headphones it will be a good time to remove headphone jacks, but until then its a Dumb move to remove the headphone jack
348frank348. Get over the headphone jack. No one even use that hole
Turns out Apple wasn’t lying when they gave their reasoning for it.. and they ended up being right yet again.. people want more and more in a smaller package and the headphone takes up too much space
KVN one of the dumbest comments ive seen this year, and ive seen plenty. Smh
Have you ever looked at a leeco. my leeco le max 2 is really good and i bought it for €200. Snapdragon 820, 6 gb ram, 64 gb, fingerprint, 22 mp 4k camera, 8 mp selfiecamera 1080p filming. No it's not bezelless, but still, truly amazing phone
You're lucky to have a phone like that.
Dude, Leeco is the best if you can also install the custom ROM after you bought it. Got Le Max 2 and Installed Lineage OS, replaced the camera to Pixel camera and the result it almost like you're using a Pixel XL phone lmao. And there's a patch for Google Lens too! It recognised my Le Max as Pixel XL!
Blimpy Blip yeah leeco is amazing, too bad the company is going down
Leeco is now a leak co, i.e, they went BANKRUPT in June 2017.
Keleb Gadol yeah it sucks. don't get why they don't shut their site down. but I heard leeco is working on a Android 7.0 update
Unbox therapy is the guy to make a call to one of his friends with all the phones he has
I've heard of this phone somewhere, but I don't know where....
Unbox Therapy
Fake
Dez 18 mrwhostheboss
Mine arrived last week... its great! battery is big enough, display is crisp, and no bloatware!!! will recommend it to friends and family.
Seems they are getting better when it comes to features. I got a P7000 from elephone over a year ago and barely got it to last 6 months before I had screen issues, stability problems, and eventually a bad battery. Had a nice camera and was super snappy. I wonder if the quality has improved here.
Thank you for sharing this! I want something that will last so If they did improve the quality I highly doubt its by a lot. I was close to buying this but after reading more comments on here I changed my mind.
Just in case you got a case
Something I was trying to find online was if/how well it works in the USA with no definitive results. The one I got (won't advertise the seller) works on AT&T in North Texas. It does not work with LTE but it's '4g' speeds are around 8-9Mbps. Hope this helps some - I took the chance and got it and so far love it.
I was surprised when hearing the price for such a great specs but.. the second he said there was no headphone jack I thought.. well fuck this phone xD
The specs are terrible. Look up ZTE Axon 7. Same price, at least twice better hardware on all fronts.
Wrathinside the specs are very decent for the price
You could always get a Bluetooth ear/headphone; works great with my cheapo phone. Less than $10 @ Fasttech. They have great choices, prices and customer service; I have purchased electronics from them several times, all good experiences so far.
Duncan Bass Boost that's why you upgrade to bluetooth headphones :)
Duncan Bass Boost Btw I brought this phone and it scores 4900 multicore on geekbench 4, battery life is excellant, its fast, the screen is beautiful and the home button works very well when you get used to it, its much better in every way to my lg g4 except for the camera (it takes longer to focus and although the pictures are high quality the colours are off, could be fixed with a software update im sure), which is decent but the most noticable difference to current flagships, as well as hard gaming, it handles almost every game perfectly but you may notice a difference of the heaviest of games, and the speaker really isn't that bad. All in its very impressive for the price, if it had a samsung badge it would sell for twice the price and people would be very happy with it.
Samsung: "For 250 Bucks we have a touchscreen!" This Phone: "2K screen, 21MP cam, Huge screen,..."
WOW
A 2k screen that seems to be overstock from an older device, as it has nowhere near the brightness and contrast of a flagship device. The camera's resolution means nothing if the actual sensor and image processing are sub-par, which they are on this device. And the size of a device's display means absolutely nothing about the quality, so I don't even know why you mentioned that.
TechnoBabble LOL some people are just bought by spec sheets man they don't see real life performance
Johannes Niemand even worse with Apple
Johannes Niemand ikr
you know what? let the money be worth its value. I know sometimes it doesn't follow the rule, but the more you pay, the more quality you get. How do they earn money in your mind? They do business and they need money to develop or at least maintain it. If they sell cheap phone, that mean it's also "cheap".
Purchased one and sold it on Ebay 3 weeks later. the display is mind blowing. It gets LTE in the US but not enough bands. It tends to revert back to 3g when traveling. The media tech processor also gets warm when pushing it. A snapdragon processor would have been better.
HOW IS THIS THING SO *CHEAP?!?!?!?!?!?*
Andre Boccaccio Made in China.
iphone made in china too
This is mi mix knockoff thats why its cheap
I'm using a Chinese brand phone. Can't complaint anything because at the price I bought, it worth it. However, please don't compare them with Samsung or Apple. They are not at that rank. I know Ss and Apple usually inflate their products and their prices but as I experienced, they are much better that those cheap phones out there!
All phone companies inflate the price drastically
He always wants his beard to look good.
Legendary Player his beard is bae
cos ther are the god pixels
lol
and he succeeds!
I have this phone it's one of the best phones i ever owned . You don't need to lift it high to use the front camera you can just flip it upside down the camera flips round and you can click away.
They have included a "case," just in "case" you have a "case" 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😁😁😁
Poor use of the bottom chin, they should've added capacitive navigation buttons.
The MalWare like many Chinese brand, they were probably trying to imitate apples home button
oh lol, i feel so sorry for Samsung, they imitating Apples home button, as before apple, win-phones soen't had that button xD again, those fanboys...
hapylestat atleast we have proper grammer. And btw apple did not invent the home button, and samsung took that thing out before crapple
it's spelled grammar lol fail
Juan Manuel D'Elía lol sry
I bought this phone cause it looked amazing for the price... not sure if I just got a shite model, but the battery sucks. It's either defective or just really bad cause it often dies on me at 20%, sometimes at 40%... The back cam is advertised at 21MP but it only gives you the option of 16MP... They boast 4GB of RAM, yet my phone sometimes gets stuck with a few apps open (Facebook, Insta, Messenger) and the signal is pretty bad in some parts of my city. Lucky for me, it works fine in the area I'm in.
I've tried reaching out to elephone's support team for a refund or maybe some answers for what to do if my device is defective, but they haven't replied to me on any of the contact links they have.
Phone's still pretty big and the display is awesome. When this phone works as intended, it's awesome and I love it. Plays games super well and the camera is great.
There's some performance bugs that could be fixed through system updates, but I don't think Elephone ever put out any updates for phones a few months after release, so keep that in mind.
Tbh I wouldn't buy this phone again.
That's what cheap phones r getting better and better.....also just see the new phone launch my Doogee mix 2..fab
Doogee its just fake nonqality mobile Doogee Mix 2 is just copying Xiaomi Mix 2.
Malá Jachta it!'s better and cheaper
The Dogee mix 2 is not better.The Elephone s8 have a much higher quality
Mi A1 too
But people will still buy the big brands such as huawei, samsung, LG etc.
I got on ebay a LG v35 in new condition, clean imei for $295 including shipping.
You do a good job with these videos and know wonder you have so many subscribers. I don't understand how this video can get a thumbs down. It literally makes no sense. What were they expecting? Amazing how many haters are out there.
Have this phone for One month so far and It works great.. Have to charge it once two days on moderate use.. The only three down sides it has :
No direct phone jack (adapters are annoying and ruining your Usb C connector long term)
NO fast charger included in the Box
Not the best GPU to drive a 2k display
There's a easy way to downgrade to 1080p and get your full FPS back in the most demanding games but other than that.... I clearly prefer looking at a 1440p display in most scenarios. Watching netflix 4k (even in 2k) definitley worths having to look for a 2k screen on any phone that has 5.5''+ display.
It's fast, battery life is great, idle battery consumption is surprising, good software integration (Night mode or floating windows of any app), very good screen quality.
For any MTK Haters id ask... What can you do more with a top of the line Snapdragon? You keep it for a longer time?(BS) Get a good PC or latest gen console to play your games and leave people that only want great specs for the price having their own opinions on what they should buy. (After all the smartphones are still getting faster and faster and I still see people playing the same two games for years)
hows the phones performance now bro trying to see if i should buy it or not. what do you recommend?
cristian gonzalez More than allright... The only thing I could warn anybody of is the video recording that isn't very good.. the fps varies a bit.. Still I couldnt care less about videos recording on a smart phone... Battery life is more than decent. I dont charge it everyday. Gpu performance is decent (even in 1440p) but cannot play asphalt 8 maxed out with smooth fps... have to dial back the settings or downgrade to 1080p.
Screen quality is very good too.
For that price (300can) i guess it was and is still the best way to go
cristian gonzalez I bought it and the itself is great BUT the signal is terrible. Worst phone I've ever had for signal. I have TMobile and I live in California and I just hate this phone because of it. So just beware of the risk.
Signal is always solid 4g here in canada
Tabasco Crimson what's the name of the phone
Congratulations......9M Subscribers.....
Aditya Dutta how come you have 5 and a half million subs
Ansh Gupta it's a new TH-cam Glitch.
I'm just so in love with my Elephone. 😘😚
When I was trying to find a new phone, I did a lot of research before even choosing.
Then I came across this guy showing off the phone.
As the S8's were being upgraded, I got my phone from the Elephone company for $199 USD. Although I live in Australia.
The delivery was fast and I'm super impressed by the phone. And it's even better at the price.
A big screen, almost to the edges. The colours and sound are fantastic. The battery lasts for quite a while, even longer now my battery saver turns it off during the night. So a full charge will last 2.5 days.
The weight makes it feel more expensive than it is and the camera takes beautiful pictures.
So thank you Unbox Therapy. You did me right. 😀
What's the current status of that phone?
Just like the Mi Mix !!!
Abdullah Sayem Nabil don't know why he's not unboxing that instead it's just a better made nicer version of this which is a bit of a knock off
and the doogee mix and the bluboo S1
STU-Christian Van Iten As far as I know it's base version was released for around 400$
STU-Christian Van Iten I have the mix pro and it's amazing definitely worth the price unlike most phones
Nice funko pop Lewis
When did you meet Andre?
Just got mine about a week ago, i thought i would really struggle with the lack of a headphone jack, but no. It really is an amazing purchase for what it is. Probably the best smartphone at the 200 Euro price point. Ordered mine from gearbest, took to months to ship to Estonia, but well worth the wait. I recommend it.
Omg i bought this smartphone ... And now this review :)))
Is it a good phone speed wise?
Gabriella j my brother has the phone. He had a nexus 6p before this one and he says it's faster than that one. Faster than the snapdragon 801 that is.
Same here!!
MMO-Grind3r Its not Here but when I have it im going to Tell u Guys
Gabriella j almost 100k antutu points ist fast XD
Bought this phone back in April last year already broke 😂
I'd prefer beefed up framing to support the screen and digitizer. There needs to be a phone marketed towards those looking for durability. I've had a Galaxy S6 crack from just being in a front pocket. I don't give a shit what the phone likes, I'd just be happy if they were as durable as the old school iPhones.
Hey! Love the sub 300 series, you should check out Wileyfox, another brand focused on affordable smartphones I've had 2 of their models (Swift an Swift2X+) deffo worth a mention! Priced 100-220 quid! Would be interesting to hear your thoughts!
SABABDUA
The thing about the lower camera placement.... Why not just turn the phone upside down? Lol
that's what I thought of! but seriously it's kind of awkward when you're using it for videochat. great specs but I'll probably wait for their next models.
The problem most apps dont support that
The Man or raise the phone up 6in higher
It turns the picture upside down well it does with my mi mix
The Man
Because then it would be weird.
esuaceB neht ti dluow eb driew.
PLEASE INCLUDE WHICH CARRIERS EACH PHONE WORKS WITH IN YOUR VIDEOS. Other than that, LOVE ur vids.
This is an amazing device! Quite a bang for the buck I’d say
Smartphone under $300 bucks yet has a lot of flagship features - VS - $1000 iphone xpensive
Isaiah Baptiste what flagship features? Old school Touch ID? That Apple first successful did on the iPhone 5s? Does it have Face ID? Or an A11 Bionic Chip?
A_Don786 ...so face ID and A11 biopic chip for you is worth to pay 700 more$? I think you didn't get his point.
Jing Yang and it doesnt run android thats another good feature
but android is better tho
it not have apple logo on it!!??? most wanted feature, just place fucking apple logo on the phone, it's all what ppl need.
Hey, I've been watching your videos for a long time and I think they're very expressive, honest and clarifying. Thanks so much for that!
I've got a question: I'm thinking about buying this one but the fact that there's no notification led is something I'm sure I'll miss. Can you set up something in the system to at least blink when you get an email or Whatsapp? I don't know, maybe blinking capacitive buttons, like other Elephone devices...
I've been researching but found no answer for this. Thanks so much in advance!
Hallo Leute, ich hoffe dass hier auch einge Deutsche sind. Wir haben das Elephone S8 schon einige Monate. Fazit, so schön es auch alles ist, ständig stützt die Systemübersicht ab und das Gerät kann nicht vernünftig navigieren. Ständig spring der Standort hin und her und ständig muss die Software die Route neu berechnet. Pokémon geht deshalb genau so bescheiden. Bring man Kritik an den Hersteller, bekommt man ein Screenshot mit 8 Satelliten drauf und " das Gerät Funktionen 100% mit GPS..." Die sollen mal selbst in ein Fahrzeug steigen und selbst testen. Vielleicht kann ja mal jemand meine Kritik ins englische übersetzen. Außerdem hat es einen hohen Standby Verbrauch und die gelobte Kamera aus den P8 kommt nicht an mein im ivargo heran. Schade sonst ein großes Monstergerät mit unausgereifter Software.
Do you speak English
Honor(back) + Xiaomi(looks) + Samsung(name) + Huawei(home button) = this thing...
JeZZGro the home button is form meizu lol
Maybe Xiaomi mi mix look but no like note or redmi
Love the detail in the Beard! Great find.
NO HEADPHONE JACK WTF
Spoiler
Now you have heard about it
I was using a Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) 4G and wanted to replace it with something with a bigger screen, and can't justify the prices of the likes of Apple or Samsung phones. I did quite a bit of research and finally decided on the Elephone S8, and ordered it through Aliexpress. That was in February, and for about four months, the phone worked as it should. Then it suddenly stopped picking up a 4G signal (my closest tower is less than half a mile away), but would not switch to 3G or even 2G. I even tried setting these as defaults and I couldn't make or receive calls. I initially put it down to the local tower as it was showing as being worked on around the same time. The only issue was that there are 30+ towers within a 5 mile radius of me (all for my provider), and it could not pick up any of them. What it would do however, if I left it alone, was that after about 30-40 seconds it would pick up a cell tower in Co. Donegal, Ireland, whereas I live in Northern Ireland, less than 10 miles from the border, but the reception was crap. I have tried multiple hard resets, have used three different providers, and have the same issues. The seller suggested taking it to a repair shop and they would offer me a partial refund, but neither of the two repair shops would even look at it. I contacted the seller multiple times, both in English and in Chinese, and they just palmed me off. I went through the Aliexpress Buyer Protection process, giving them all the details, and after the initial contact, they have gone silent. I've posted on the manufacturers forum as well, with no outcome, and there hasn't been any firmware updates since I got it in February. Don't buy it!
Damn for that price it's an awesome phone!
I'm watching this video in 2019 and can't help laughing :))))
Anyone watching this video in 2020 ???
I'd already watch elephone before when I started watching other your unboxing video sir.... I'm doing my best to watch all your video sir one by one because its found out on me... all your videos unboxing is so awesome incredible gadget /tech unboxing cool
where's the best place to buy this phone when you live in The Netherlands?
Heb hem 2 maanden geleden besteld op Gear best, 14 dagen later in huis. Helemaal tevreden met het toestel.
thanks man
Menno vd Water hey dude, If you buy one please let me know and I'll contact you, I'm from Germany and I Don't know how to get it Here...I would pay you to add one to your order for me 😂
675triumph Ik had hem ook besteld via gearbest, twee maanden later had ik hem nog steeds niet.
Gearbest voor goedkopere telefoons, Banggood met Priority Direct Mail als je de inklaarkosten vergoed wilt hebben.
Got mine 3 days ago, really nice device.
Did it take a while for them to do anything when you ordered it? I ordered on Sunday express shipping etc but no email confirmation (only the paypal one) and their support emails and stuff aren't working... I'm pretty worried..
Shujaat Esufali It took 7 business days, really quick. Don't worry, you gonna have it sooner or later.
Cheers ArcadianCY! Gave your channel a cheeky follow. Love me some games so I'll watch some tonight after work :)
Shujaat Esufali thank you, I appreciate!
ArcadianCY where did you buy it?
Ive had one for about 6 months now and am preparing to replace it. The framerate on the camera and screen is terrible, while admittedly high resolution. The main issue is that on T-mobile, I often don't receive calls, while still being able to make calls and text. I would recommend spending a little more.
problem is you never get any software updates with this random brands and cheap phones. Be ready to have the same OS from day 1 to end of life.
DanTheManMillan they update regularly the last was about a week ago which fixed camera software issues
DanTheManMillan this is the only reason I stick with Google phones. If other oems got updates like the pixel...I would quickly say f Google phones.
sickandloose while this phone won't be getting Android based updates regularly, Elephone is committed to improving the software on their end.
ok so lets say you buy a new model every year in 2 years you are still cheaper than a flagship in 3 years you are still cheaper than a flagship. who has the same phone for 3 years
Could just flash a new rom on it.. I haven’t used android in awhile but doesn’t the rom community still put out updates?
Where can I get that parrot wallpaper?
Krabbel8beiner just buy the Phone
Lmao
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jst download 'blacker' wallpaper app in play store.
Krabbel8beiner don’t pay elephone
Very bad
auto car for that its to late
The camera sounds unbelievable! Although you only mentioned it once, and didn't demonstrate at all.
BEFORE YOU BUY!!!!! READ THIS!!!!
I bought this phone because everyone was talking great.. WAIT!!! Some didn't really talk about the signal/reception.. I live in CALIFORNIA, I have TMobile and the phone SUCKS!!!!! my calls don't go through, you can't hear the person right.. you gotta send the message 5 times so it can actually send because it keeps saying "message failed to send" the signal just just GARBAGE! I feel like throwing this phone against the wall sometimes. Everything else is great. But I can't believe a $30 backup phone that I use has way better signal than this "Smart Phone". Anything from calls to text to internet sucks really bad. But the device itself is good. So I use it more as a tablet than as a phone sadly :/
I have the same problem. I think the built in antenna is garbage. I have to go outside my apt. to be able to send text messages and I have trouble hearing the person's voice when getting calls. The camera is good by takes too long to focus. Wish I could return to China and get my money back but no such luck!
Jim R. Moore yeah it does take forever to focus! And yeah that sucks that we can't return the phone. I knew I wasn't gonna be able to return it but I decided to take the risk because people were talking so great about it. Now I'm questioning if they were being honest or they didn't entirely tried the phone or if they just got paid to say that.
I am not sure who gets paid to promote these items that are presented but I know I had a Google Moto G phone that worked great before this Elephone. I got this phone because it had a larger screen and more memory. Now I am thinking I should have just bought the Moto G5 that has more memory. At least I knew what I was getting. About $100 more but at least I could use it inside my house and get a signal. Good Luck!
Vic 07 Switch to Verizon .
Tried another carrier? Always try another before shitting on a device! :3
watching this from my The Super Smartphone You've Never Heard Of... ha
I bought this phone because of your review.
I'm saying this so that you can prove to manufacturers that your reviews are good marketing.
No headphone jack, deal killer.
Hello from 2020
I would never buy anything from Elephone. They have terrible customer support since they're overseas, have terrible quality control, never deliver on updates or advertised features. I'm sure most people who ever bought a product from Elephone can tell you the same. The phone I bought btw was the Elephone G2.
adamcdx I can agree with you there. I had an elephone m2 which was great value but was falling to bits within the year
The quality of cheap Chinese phones have definitely skyrocketed.
Well you get what you pay for.. in this case you get quite a lot but not everything
dan428 You do get what you pay for, unlike with "established" companies. A galaxy S8 would cost below 500 dollars, but companies from anywhere but China add a massive amount to the price for profit...
Protip: they don't have terrible customer support. You are not their customer. The company that sold you their phone is their customer.
That's how these phones are so cheap. An individual or company buys a crate load or a container and then they deal with the warranty and after sales care etc.
You need to buy it from a reputable official reseller to get adequate support.
Regarding OS updates you can thank media tech for being shitty with sources for that.
Google have actually made a deal with media Tek to try and alleviate this issue though.
I am curently using elephone P5000. It also has amazing specs and about a year ago it costed around 200€. It serves me good after a year, it has some software bugs and overheats a lot but compared to the price and the specs it is good.
Does it work on AT&T's LTE in the USA?
J. Ward It works over a few bands of LTE and 3G
Yes I have one
@@johncarleton2324 How well does it perform?
P8000 for life
Divine Melody p9000 herr
glass breaks too easily tho ive had 3
impressive review and channel...obviously subscribed
Xiaomi mi mix 2🔝
But no headphone jack.
we got handsome jack
Saving hundreds of dollars might alleviate that problem
Daniel Lee definitely not for most people, there are cheap asf phones that even got a headphone jack so, yeah, it isn't a valid tradeoff for cheap price and no bezels
BH4x0r Fair enough. I'm on to talk, it's an important feature for me too lol
There is feature called "bluetooth" nowdays..
Thanks for a constant stream of good videos with information and entertainment. A happy subscriber.
Now that is my type of phone right there. Though, RIP headphone Jack.
Omega Fire prob cause most use Bluetooth headphones
How much they paid you for the praise
I dont know this is even a joke , sarcasm or truth . But he will not accept any money from company for prasing their product . Becauae he is genuinely honest .
I bought this phone after my HTC one M8 started dying based on this video. I love this phone it's the biggest phone I've ever had but it's quick has great storage and the screen is great for movies. The Speakers aren't great but it works well with my blue tooth head phones. The phone came with screen protector pre-installed so no bubbles! and the case keeps it from being slippy in your hand. Over all I would buy another one of these to replace the old one or simply stay in the Elephone brand. Thanks for the advice!
If you watch these type of videos, most likely you heard of it...
Wish it had 18:9 wide aspect display for my next device as I was going to upgrade from my current battle scarred device of 3 years. Pre-Ordered it , but cancelled 2 days later as I want to be caught in this latest fad. A shame really, but i guess the x25 chipset does not support that ratio.p25 is a underspecced for me so will be waiting till 2018 to see what new offerings unleashed.
Great video dude, I immediately subscribed and liked!
Looks like a copy of the doogee mix
Dogge which is a copy of mi mix, get yo facts straight
This is a samsung galaxy Mi Mix
Yea.. Right.... One drop everything shatters.
Does anyone know if this phone will work on straight talk?
Troy Jones just got it today and it shows that it has signal but wont allow callout or data access. this device doesnt work do not buy it. i too have straight talk
Angel Hernandez thank you!
SNIPER-GHOST- GAMER88 US Verizon CDMA net via Straight Talk? Would you PLEASE be so kind as to point me to a "how-to" for semi-noobs such as myself? All the info I've found says it won't work...
I'm not an average idiot, (above-average idiot LOL) but if you're sure I'd really be grateful for some help! - ST Support has - in my experience - been worse than useless, in the case of my current (bought from ST) phone, blaming me for VM indicator not working & pretending they have never heard of the problem when a simple G-search shows EVERYONE WITH THE PHONE HAS THE SAME d@mn PROBLEM!
SERIOUSLY, HELP (kindness of a stranger) WOULD BE APPRECIATED (& paid forward!)
Yeah, I use ST as well and would like to know how I could get it to work if I bought it.
nalasandemi I've got an Elephone S7 before that I almost throw in the garbage can because the DATA does not work. Then i realize that maybe the APN was not automatically configured. Because on other everytime i put the SIM for the first time i will receive configurations that i need to install.
So back to where ur problem is, what i did is manually configure the Access point,
First, use a phone that ur SIM works on DATA then go to the settings Network and Mobile network (i dont knw what will ur names it) but just go there where you can find your Mobile "Access Point Names" or if your phone has a search built in their setting just search for the Access Point names,
After that go click the ur network provider or ur GPRS and MMS there will appear an edit access point, you dont need to edit this just write all that stuffs or just screenshots all the configurations there.
Now, this will get tricky because some of the things or maybe only couple of things are different when it comes to ur Elephone S8,
Ok now put the SIM into your ELEphone S8 and go again to the Network and Mobile Network or Internet something in ur S8
Go to the Access Point Names this is where you will manually edit your Access Point Name or APN and put all the information all in all as in copy paste from the ones you write or screenshots from the configurations of your GPRS MMS, like i said some of it might named or titled different. It's a matter of trial and error but in my case i only tried it once so hopefully for you as well and save it.
Hopefully you'll get you DATA or LTE going
Isn't this just a copy of the dougee phone which is a copy of the xiaomi mi mix?
Doogee announced its phone later then elephone did!
Its still the same thing though.
Pure copy of Xiaomi Mi Mix 2(not Mix 1).
SABABDUA
I wonder why lew never made a review about xiaomi phones..
Man as much as I love my galaxy s9. I feel like I couldn't gotten so much for less lol. Great device!!!!!
Wow
Doogee Mix 2 please
Yes
My sister got this phone recently based on your video and she hasn't had it a full day before someone noticed it and asked her what kind of phone it is.
From where I can buy this phone pls tell me soon
Gearbest
geekbuying as well
O2
I saw one on eBay for 290. The only difference between that one and the one on gearbest is that the one of ebay ships from within the U.S three day delivery. As for gearbest. I’ve heard Stories of people who waited months to get there’s. But hey your money your choice
AliExpress is cheaper then gearbest
No LTE on this phone ?
Of course
Alphaziege Of course yes or of course no ?
Yea it has. and no, i dont get any money, just talking out of experiences with my elephone s7
And the S7 has LTE aswell as the S8
My Elephone S8 has 4G LTE.
I'm probably the 0nly one to ask but can you please...Please review the Akyumen Holofone?
anyone know where I can get this in Ireland, even if I ship it to Ireland
Google "gearbest elephone s8" I got a Mi Max 2 from there shipped to Northern Ireland. Took about 3-4 weeks to arrive.
Yeah gearbest is the place for sure
Didn't you have to pay customs charges?
Skjdi Zijsi thanks
Skjdi Zijsi your only video has 1 like and 9 dislikes.
DECA CORE MWA HAH HAH
GorillaTech Mediatek decacore don't worth a dual core Nvidia or a quad-core Qualcomm soc
It looks like a copy of Mi Mix
Hi there.... I m an elephone s8 user.
Though these deca cores work good , u can literally cook an omelet over it while playin games.
Also.... I have amd in my laptop...
So , if anyone wants to have electronic barbeque..... Come to my house !
manmik address please
nilesh ghadigaonkar check isothermal map and find the hottest house.... That's it !
I bought this phone for almost $200 last February and it literally just broke in my hand when half the screen died and went black permanently. It was good while it lasted but I had it for less than a year and its broken already.
It's honor 8!!!
Wasssaaaapppp
So I've been using the S8 for a few months now. The specs are great, the display is very good and big enough to replace my tablet throughout the day. On the downside the touch responsiveness is sometimes not the best in some screen areas, and what really is a game killer is that I am not able to receive Calls.... no joke. 95% of all callers get that I am out of reach. In addition to that I have to restart the phone every few hours because I lose my 4g connection. I hope this is a Software issue that gets fixed soon because I really like the phone, but not being able to receive calls is kinda throwing me back into the stone age. On the upside, it has been pleasantly quiet lately ;)
1 year in and I learned that calls don't get through when using 4G in Japan. Reason seems to be the limited support of frequencies. 4G works, but phone calls seem to want to use other frequencies? idk. Only solution is 3G usage only. Screen is great, battery good... but really thats it. GPS sucks, touch screen has ghosting, wired things happen if you don't reboot every 2nd day, camera is average. Worst thing is the support, as Elephone doesnt give a shit about your issues.
Had the S8 for around two months now. It's been a great phone so far and outstanding value for money. Don't be put off by the haters.
All of that sounds good and all. But why didn't you put a link to where we could purchase the phone? Under the video description?
Wow! Sounds like a great phone.
Sadly I'll never buy it for myself tho.
On the other hand, here's who I would buy it for:
- Any kids from 7-18
(then they can buy their own phone)
- First phone for anyone regardless of age
- Any adult that's a low frequency user, can't keep up with cell phones and/or is not tech savvy
i just noticed i have exactly the same jacket you were wearing in the video