The Gionee Elife E8 has been on sale in China for months, but it isnβt an affordable phone at 3999 Yuan yet BLU have managed to rebrand the 2K flagship and offer it for just $350!
BLU have a long on going relationship with Gionee. Itβs quite common to see Gionee phones show up with BLU branding and sold in the U.S, but this time I think customers States side really have a bargain.
While I was in Shenzhen I saw the Gionee Elife E8 selling for around 3999 Yuan which is about $630, while the exact same phone with BLU Pure XL written on it costs only $350 in the U.S.
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At $350, the BLU Pure XL is one of the most affordable 2K phones on the market today, it also boasts a 24 mega-pixel main camera with Sapphire protection, 3GB RAM, 64GB memory plus room for a Micro SD card, DAC audio and a Mediatek Helio X10 chipset!
A 3500Ah battery seems a little on the small side, but with the latest Helio chips being quite efficient it might not spell the end of a long battery life. Being a true flagship there is also a fingerprint scanner on the rear of the 6-incher.
BLU are offering the Pure XL via Amazon from the 29th September, both gold and grey colour options will be on offer.
Wow, another X10 phone at 2k resolution. What are those manufacturers thinking? Selling a device like that for over 600$ in China must be quite the suicide.
Hi Andi, have you tried the E8? Haven’t been able to find a single review for it. If this is available to ship to the uk I would be interested if it’s any good that is!!
Probably the last to know, but I just saw BLU phones at Walmart here in the U.S. Based on specs over at Device Specifications, should have no problem with 4G in the U.S.
Yea all of their LTE phones support ATT and Tmobile, but not all their phones have LTE.
So the Chinese should import their mobile from USA to get it cheaper?! Crazy world!
hmmm TEMPTED. Sorry Elephone taking too long on Vowney.
Does it have NFC? Anyone find an international sale’s site as opposed to Amazon?
Yea but no international sales as of now
vowney is just around the corner …
I hope this is sold by resellers to Europe at around the same price.
http://allview.ro/x2-xtreme.html
Found it: http://allviewmobile.com/x2-xtreme.html
It is rebranded as the Allview X2 Extreme for β¬439.00, which is not far off this price if you include 20% import duty (VAT) and delivery.
Very interesting device. Any good reviews that I could check out?
This is the correct pricing for this phone.
Gionee had completely lost its mind with a 650$+ Pricing. (GNEE Tax i guess).
If Blu or Gionee keeps this phone Under 400$, This will be great against OP2, Honor 7, Xiaomi Mi4c, MX5 etc.
Waiting for launch in India. Both gionee and Blu is present in india so o guess gionee will launch this whenever they do. Hope for a good pricing.
Nothing is gonna touch the mi4c at its 250 dollars price point
True.
My bad. Mi4c is not really a competition for this phone.
250$ for 16gb non expandable, no fingerprint, 2gb ram im guessing. Also It must be same 13mp cam from Mi4i i guess.
This phone will be a competition to the Mi Note i think.
its already in Europe gionee its call allview romania (gionee) and the same phone its . X2 Soul Xtreme http://allview.ro/ http://www.emag.ro/telefon-mobil-allview-dual-sim-16-gb-4g-black-x2-soul-pro/pd/DV4XLMBBM/ almost the same price like usa
Considering your entusiasm and “greameerr” you must be romanian (also the fact that you have a romanian name-cola as your pic)
I think he is italian by his name .Marcel is a romanian name -Marcello (like Mastroianni is an italian one) .Capisci?
no ..im not romanian.. im hispanic who lives in USA
No – allwinner is for the romanio-hunagario-polonian zone – gioner has other brands for other european zones
Many companies rebrand Gionee phones and sell them to europe .Allview ,Prestigio ,Kazam and some russian one i think.
Allview x2 Soul pro it is a different phone.Your link is to an older phone not the one in the article. Gionee E8 is Allview X2 soul xtreme and Blu pure xl. Allview only rabrands gionee phones for years .You can buy older phones like x2 soul pro from emag if you re in Bulgaria ,romania or hungary but gionee e8 not yet.
this is europe
http://allview.ro/x2-xtreme.html
http://allviewmobile.com/index.php/products/smartphones/soul/x2-xtreme.html
439 euros the price but out of stock. I see they ship in many european countries.
Back in stock.
What’s up with the new site. User experience is awful.
These parts of “trending now”, “latest news” and “more news” are really annoying for now. It is really difficult to follow all new articles. I hope they will fix it in a while. But let us wait, improvements need time.
I understand.
But if that’s not the “finished” product, then it is not professional at all to push into production (live) mode. Should be developed separately on a test server and applied to main site only when ready.
There are some big blocks on top, then some smaller blocks in Latest News. Normal paging is gone. It is just next/previous.
Then another block for Chinese cars.
Next are big blocks for what it seems to be articles in Review category.
More news. Wait, I completely lost the logic. Where is the paging on that more news block?
Then again big blocks.
At the footer: “EVEN MORE NEWS”. And the best thing is many of the news/articles are duplicate, so it gets even harder for the user to understand what is the logical order.
Aa an UX/UI developer, I’d say the UX is completely messed up. Sorry for the long post.
I agree with all things you said. For me it is big problem, since I need an fast overview about new articles and number of comments and both are not working atm. But it has already happen, I am to tired today to complain about it. maybe tomorrow. π
i love chinese cars but they never come to Pakistan !
I thought it was just me, but new site layout is annoying as hell to me. Give us back the old version! Why change something if no one complains? Everything was simple and clean before, but now it’s all messed up.
agreed!
Wow, another X10 phone at 2k resolution. What are those manufacturers thinking? Selling a device like that for over 600$ in China must be quite the suicide.
Hi Andi, have you tried the E8? Haven’t been able to find a single review for it. If this is available to ship to the uk I would be interested if it’s any good that is!!
Probably the last to know, but I just saw BLU phones at Walmart here in the U.S. Based on specs over at Device Specifications, should have no problem with 4G in the U.S.
Yea all of their LTE phones support ATT and Tmobile, but not all their phones have LTE.
So the Chinese should import their mobile from USA to get it cheaper?! Crazy world!
hmmm TEMPTED. Sorry Elephone taking too long on Vowney.
Does it have NFC? Anyone find an international sale’s site as opposed to Amazon?
Yea but no international sales as of now
vowney is just around the corner …
I hope this is sold by resellers to Europe at around the same price.
This is the correct pricing for this phone.
Gionee had completely lost its mind with a 650$+ Pricing. (GNEE Tax i guess).
If Blu or Gionee keeps this phone Under 400$, This will be great against OP2, Honor 7, Xiaomi Mi4c, MX5 etc.
Waiting for launch in India. Both gionee and Blu is present in india so o guess gionee will launch this whenever they do. Hope for a good pricing.
Nothing is gonna touch the mi4c at its 250 dollars price point
True.
My bad. Mi4c is not really a competition for this phone.
250$ for 16gb non expandable, no fingerprint, 2gb ram im guessing. Also It must be same 13mp cam from Mi4i i guess.
This phone will be a competition to the Mi Note i think.
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Considering your entusiasm and “greameerr” you must be romanian (also the fact that you have a romanian name-cola as your pic)
No – allwinner is for the romanio-hunagario-polonian zone – gioner has other brands for other european zones
Allview x2 Soul pro it is a different phone.Your link is to an older phone not the one in the article. Gionee E8 is Allview X2 soul xtreme and Blu pure xl. Allview only rabrands gionee phones for years .You can buy older phones like x2 soul pro from emag if you re in Bulgaria ,romania or hungary but gionee e8 not yet.
Many companies rebrand Gionee phones and sell them to europe .Allview ,Prestigio ,Kazam and some russian one i think.
I think he is italian by his name .Marcel is a romanian name -Marcello (like Mastroianni is an italian one) .Capisci?
http://allviewmobile.com/index.php/products/smartphones/soul/x2-xtreme.html
439 euros the price but out of stock. I see they ship in many european countries.
Back in stock.
What’s up with the new site. User experience is awful.
These parts of “trending now”, “latest news” and “more news” are really annoying for now. It is really difficult to follow all new articles. I hope they will fix it in a while. But let us wait, improvements need time.
I understand.
But if that’s not the “finished” product, then it is not professional at all to push into production (live) mode. Should be developed separately on a test server and applied to main site only when ready.
There are some big blocks on top, then some smaller blocks in Latest News. Normal paging is gone. It is just next/previous.
Then another block for Chinese cars.
Next are big blocks for what it seems to be articles in Review category.
More news. Wait, I completely lost the logic. Where is the paging on that more news block?
Then again big blocks.
At the footer: “EVEN MORE NEWS”. And the best thing is many of the news/articles are duplicate, so it gets even harder for the user to understand what is the logical order.
Aa an UX/UI developer, I’d say the UX is completely messed up. Sorry for the long post.
I agree with all things you said. For me it is big problem, since I need an fast overview about new articles and number of comments and both are not working atm. But it has already happen, I am to tired today to complain about it. maybe tomorrow. π
I thought it was just me, but new site layout is annoying as hell to me. Give us back the old version! Why change something if no one complains? Everything was simple and clean before, but now it’s all messed up.
agreed!
i love chinese cars but they never come to Pakistan !
Looks and sounds nice. Which 4G bands does it have? Can’t find it anywhere. The Gionee does not have 800/900. I hope this one does.
Also: What’s the weight?
Blu is a US company, so I would be surprised if it had 800 as that is not used in the US. Most likely it has 700/1700/1900 and maybe 1800/2600.
Chances are you’re right. However, I owned a Blu once (BLU Vivo 4.3), and that one came in two versions, one being the “international” version (but that applied to 3g, it didn’t have 4g). So who knows. In the meantime, I found out that it’s 200+ grams (that is: the Gionee is, I’m guessing the Blu is the same), so no thanx, I’ll pass.
Blu sells phones in South America and a few Asian countries as well which is usually why they have an international version. It is the same thing as the E8 just different branding and different bands. 200 grams is about right for a 6 inch phone. The Note series is around 180.
“different bands”: exactly. That’s why I said: “So who knows”
Saw this the other day, found my next phone!
u live in the States ?
Yea i moved back to the states from Thailand.
ohk
6″ is what kills it for me. If it was 5″, I wouldn’t have second thoughts about it at all.
games look good on 6″ … take it !
Nah… 5-5,2inch max for me. Games look even better on my 48″ TV π
u lucky
For me 5.5 inch is the sweet spot it’s perfect for Videos and Gaming on the go, kind of hard to lug around a 50″ TV on the go.
AMAZING !
Looks and sounds nice. Which 4G bands does it have? Can’t find it anywhere. The Gionee does not have 800/900. I hope this one does.
Also: What’s the weight?
Blu is a US company, so I would be surprised if it had 800 as that is not used in the US. Most likely it has 700/1700/1900 and maybe 1800/2600.
Chances are you’re right. However, I owned a Blu once (BLU Vivo 4.3), and that one came in two versions, one being the “international” version (but that applied to 3g, it didn’t have 4g). So who knows. In the meantime, I found out that it’s 200+ grams (that is: the Gionee is, I’m guessing the Blu is the same), so no thanx, I’ll pass.
Blu sells phones in South America and a few Asian countries as well which is usually why they have an international version. It is the same thing as the E8 just different branding and different bands. 200 grams is about right for a 6 inch phone. The Note series is around 180.
“different bands”: exactly. That’s why I said: “So who knows”
Saw this the other day, found my next phone!
u live in the States ?
Yea i moved back to the states from Thailand.
ohk
6″ is what kills it for me. If it was 5″, I wouldn’t have second thoughts about it at all.
games look good on 6″ … take it !
Nah… 5-5,2inch max for me. Games look even better on my 48″ TV π
u lucky
For me 5.5 inch is the sweet spot it’s perfect for Videos and Gaming on the go, kind of hard to lug around a 50″ TV on the go.
AMAZING !
How would someone get one of these in the UK..?
How would someone get one of these in the UK..?