Elephone update the P3000 to MT6752 and 3GB RAM


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Elephone’s long running Elephone P3000s has been updated once again! This latest model is shipping with a 64bit MT6752 chipset at the same $200 price tag.

The Elephone P3000 has been available in one guise or another for a very long time now, and it continues to get hardware updates. Elephone have released the latest (greatest?) version of the Elephone P3000S for pre-order and while it retains the same fingerprint scanner and design as the original, the new model also boasts a more powerful MT6752 processor, 3GB RAM and LTE support. The display has also been updated from a standard HD panel to a FHD 1920 x 1080 unit.

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Elephone are also offering a $5 discount to anyone who plans to pre-order the updated phone, reducing the cost to $194.99.  The large battery P5000 has also been reduced to $199.99 with free DHL international shipping taking around 5 days to get to the EU.

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53 Comments

  1. karl
    March 30, 2015

    “MT6752 processor, 3GB RAM” is nice to hear about, but if they didn’t exchanged the poor camera quality into a better one although this version of an Elephone is still not the right one for me.

    • Muhammad Yasir
      March 30, 2015

      THATS what also suck for ME!
      Camera is absolute SHAT !
      ALSO , they claim the OLDER version had OV sensor and THIS one has SONY sensor.. well , we’ll have to wait and see how the improvments emerge…
      I HOPE ANDI reviews this FFS !

      • Rob
        March 30, 2015

        From my experience with Chinese phones, the OV cameras seem to outperform their Sony counterparts. Whether this is down to the sensors not being as good or poor software (in which case it would affect the OV sensor?) I don’t know but having a Sony camera means bugger all when it comes to camera quality.

        • Muhammad Yasir
          March 30, 2015

          so ure saying your experience with OV cameras has been better in chinese phones ?

          • Rob
            March 30, 2015

            Yes, got a pipo t8 which I believe has an ov sensor and have to say it had the best camera I’ve used on a phone. Even in a completely black room it takes crystal clear images with virtually no noise, am supremely impressed and much better than any Sony equipped device I’ve used.

        • balcobomber25
          March 30, 2015

          One of the best camera’s offered on a phone was the one in the Gionee E7, that was an OV sensor. In fact most Gionee units take excellent pictures with OV sensors.

          • Rob
            March 30, 2015

            Unfortunately Chinese manufacturers seem obsessed with the phrase ‘Sony camera’, if it doesn’t use one then generally nothing is mentioned and the only way to know which sensor is being used is to strip the phone down.

      • Steven Fox
        March 30, 2015

        Most Chinese phones have awful cameras, what do you expect a 99$ phone with a 50$ camera sensor? Phones over 150$ get usable cameras, but you have to search for a review before buying any phones in general. IF you want a great camera on a phone go buy a 1020 Lumia, or a Samsung Zoom.

        • Muhammad Yasir
          March 30, 2015

          budget constraints :'(
          thats why im ALWAYS searching for GREAT cam phone below $200 !

          • Steven Fox
            March 30, 2015

            Look no further than the Jiayu G4s then, it’s still on sale. Under 200 are also the Meizu Note and Xiaomi Redmi 2(not great, but really usable camera and only 135 USD). Lenovo Vibe X2 is on sale at 200. There’s plenty of phones with great cameras under 200$.

            • Oz
              April 1, 2015

              Gionee E7 can be bought from Gearbest special for $160. Phone still very good (no LTE),

            • Steven Fox
              April 3, 2015

              LTE is just a hype, 3G internet is plenty fast for a laptop even. With 16GB of storage on most devices you can`t download anything huge with that fast internet, even if you wanted to.

        • balcobomber25
          March 30, 2015

          I disagree with that statement. I have used plenty of Chinese phones and can only think of a few which had anything close to an awful camera. In fact most Chinese phones today use the same exact cameras that are found in every other phone from other countries. If you want a great camera on a phone go buy a Vivo Xshot or Meizu Mx4.

  2. Xalis
    March 30, 2015

    I’m still shocked of how much the price has drooped on phones in just few months, 4 months ago you needed to pay $350+ for a phone with such specs, and now the price is nearly half.

  3. March 30, 2015

    OV or SONY, doesn’t matter. What’s important is optimization ie software side of things

  4. Manish
    March 30, 2015

    Please remind me which company has the slogan “never settle”, Elephone or OnePlus?

    • jjur
      March 31, 2015

      OnePlus

  5. Guest
    March 30, 2015

    “MT6752 processor, 3GB RAM” is nice to hear about, but if they didn’t exchanged the poor camera quality into a better one although this version of an Elephone is still not the right one for me.

    • Guest
      March 30, 2015

      THATS what also suck for ME!
      Camera is absolute SHAT !
      ALSO , they claim the OLDER version had OV sensor and THIS one has SONY sensor.. well , we’ll have to wait and see how the improvments emerge…
      I HOPE ANDI reviews this FFS !

    • Rob
      March 30, 2015

      From my experience with Chinese phones, the OV cameras seem to outperform their Sony counterparts. Whether this is down to the sensors not being as good or poor software (in which case it would affect the OV sensor?) I don’t know but having a Sony camera means bugger all when it comes to camera quality.

    • Guest
      March 30, 2015

      so ure saying your experience with OV cameras has been better in chinese phones ?

    • Rob
      March 30, 2015

      Yes, got a pipo t8 which I believe has an ov sensor and have to say it had the best camera I’ve used on a phone. Even in a completely black room it takes crystal clear images with virtually no noise, am supremely impressed and much better than any Sony equipped device I’ve used.

    • Steven Fox
      March 30, 2015

      Most Chinese phones have awful cameras, what do you expect a 99$ phone with a 50$ camera sensor? Phones over 150$ get usable cameras, but you have to search for a review before buying any phones in general. IF you want a great camera on a phone go buy a 1020 Lumia, or a Samsung Zoom.

    • Guest
      March 30, 2015

      budget constraints :'(
      thats why im ALWAYS searching for GREAT cam phone below $200 !

    • Steven Fox
      March 30, 2015

      Look no further than the Jiayu G4s then, it’s still on sale. Under 200 are also the Meizu Note and Xiaomi Redmi 2(not great, but really usable camera and only 135 USD). Lenovo Vibe X2 is on sale at 200. There’s plenty of phones with great cameras under 200$.

    • balcobomber25
      March 30, 2015

      One of the best camera’s offered on a phone was the one in the Gionee E7, that was an OV sensor. In fact most Gionee units take excellent pictures with OV sensors.

    • balcobomber25
      March 30, 2015

      I disagree with that statement. I have used plenty of Chinese phones and can only think of a few which had anything close to an awful camera. In fact most Chinese phones today use the same exact cameras that are found in every other phone from other countries. If you want a great camera on a phone go buy a Vivo Xshot or Meizu Mx4.

    • Rob
      March 30, 2015

      Unfortunately Chinese manufacturers seem obsessed with the phrase ‘Sony camera’, if it doesn’t use one then generally nothing is mentioned and the only way to know which sensor is being used is to strip the phone down.

    • Guest
      April 1, 2015

      Gionee E7 can be bought from Gearbest special for $160. Phone still very good (no LTE),

    • Steven Fox
      April 3, 2015

      LTE is just a hype, 3G internet is plenty fast for a laptop even. With 16GB of storage on most devices you can`t download anything huge with that fast internet, even if you wanted to.

  6. Mike
    March 30, 2015

    Unfortunately it is not the P5000 which will get the specs update, I would probably buy!

  7. Riccardo Benzoni
    March 30, 2015

    why they are so fond with p3000? it’s the second revisitation and that metallic circle in the back is ugly as hell!

    • Airyl
      March 31, 2015

      Actually, it’s the fourth revision.

      • Riccardo Benzoni
        March 31, 2015

        Am I missing some models? the original, the mt6592 one and now this… what’s the other one?

        • Joseph
          May 14, 2015

          b4 this was the 2gb ram model,now it has 3gb ram.I think thats the difference…?

  8. Guest
    March 30, 2015

    I’m still shocked of how much the price has drooped on phones in just few months, 4 months ago you needed to pay $350+ for a phone with such specs, and now the price is nearly half.

  9. +1876™ plus1876.net
    March 30, 2015

    OV or SONY, doesn’t matter. What’s important is optimization ie software side of things

  10. Michael
    March 30, 2015

    I bought the P6000 and sold it a week later. Elephone is nice hardware but horrible software, stay away from this brand.

    • balcobomber25
      March 30, 2015

      If you buy a phone like this you almost have to root it and use a custom ROM. The good thing is as these phone become more popular more custom ROM’s are being ported to them.

  11. Manish
    March 30, 2015

    Please remind me which company has the slogan “never settle”, Elephone or OnePlus?

    • Guest
      March 31, 2015

      OnePlus

  12. Guest
    March 30, 2015

    Unfortunately it is not the P5000 which will get the specs update, I would probably buy!

  13. Riccardo Benzoni
    March 30, 2015

    why they are so fond with p3000? it’s the second revisitation and that metallic circle in the back is ugly as hell!

    • Airyl
      March 31, 2015

      Actually, it’s the fourth revision.

    • Riccardo Benzoni
      March 31, 2015

      Am I missing some models? the original, the mt6592 one and now this… what’s the other one?

    • Joseph
      May 14, 2015

      b4 this was the 2gb ram model,now it has 3gb ram.I think thats the difference…?

  14. Guest
    March 30, 2015

    I bought the P6000 and sold it a week later. Elephone is nice hardware but horrible software, stay away from this brand.

    • balcobomber25
      March 30, 2015

      If you buy a phone like this you almost have to root it and use a custom ROM. The good thing is as these phone become more popular more custom ROM’s are being ported to them.

  15. elmoel
    March 30, 2015

    finally mtk 6752 5inch under 200 usd 😀 must have this phone

  16. Guest
    March 31, 2015

    finally mtk 6752 5inch under 200 usd 😀 must have this phone

  17. aaa
    April 1, 2015

    Real 13mpix or interpolated 8mpix?

  18. Guest
    April 1, 2015

    Real 13mpix or interpolated 8mpix?

  19. Noname1919
    May 19, 2015

    My 3gb version takes blurry pictures. No details. Sony camera? Well it sucks. Ov os better. The old p3000s 2gb takes good pictures……………… . . . .. . . . . . …