Elephone’s march overseas takes another step today with the company releasing their budget Elephone S1 in 3 new markets.
The Elephone S1 might have snuck under your radar, so for those of you not familiar with the phone here are the main hardware points.
Build-wise the S1 boasts glass panels front and rear with a one touch fingerprint scanner on the rear, and narrow bezels up front. The panel itself is a 5-inch HD 1280 x 720 model with Corning Gorilla Glass.
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There is no LTE support on the phone as it runs the entry-level Mediatek MT6580, but for anyone wanting a smart looking phone at a good price, and can live with 3G it might be worth a look.
Elephone have teamed up with distributors in Poland, Malaysia and Iraq where the S1 is on sale now for just $100. At this point we don’t know if Elephone have plans to launch the phone elsewhere, but we will let you know once we find out.
The”6580 is a terrible SoC for 2016. Better phones in this price range most with LTE.
I’m pretty sure taxes have something to do as well as in the other 2 countries mentioned.
I think its more of Elephone being cheap. Import taxes are no excuse for horrible hardware, it’s something every company which does business there must deal with.
Being free, after 20 years of embargo, to import elephones? Not best luck ever iraq, i must say…
It’s like being released from prison and told you have to go live in the middle of Antartica. At least in prison you had a warm blanket.
What???!! , $100 ? , with those specs this MUST be an under $100 phone, there are many other models about to be realesed with similar specs with a better price tag , so please Elephone think twice, and of course we are still waiting for the affordable version of the M3
phones are pretty expensive there , in those countries ( at least in malaysia and poland cuz ive been there ) t
Last time I was in Malaysia you could get the Meizu M2 or Xiaomi Redmi 2 for around $110-120. Both are much better than this.
lol , i wonder why elephone are still alive
Amazingly they have these fans who see no wrong with the company, like the ones we have here that post just pure nonsense. I work with a guy who loves Elephone, everyone of his phones fails after about 7 months but he still won’t admit it’s Elephone’s fault. It’s crazy how much this brand has been able to brainwash people.
woah thats real sad to hear there are elephone fans , its ok when you dont know a fck about an android phone but putting it like this…
We have one here, he comments on every Elephone article like they are the greatest company.
Yeah, I wanna see their sales with these prices. In Poland you can get Meizu M2, from Polish distribution (not Meizu themselves, but official reseller) for around 120-150$. Only two days ago my frineds in the old country reported a sale on white M2 for 499PLN (123.5$).
Why would anyone even bother with a phone like S1.
their funny they launched 4 products without showing specification either relaese date and prices
Hey, i just checked how much cost this phone in my Tax country…
http://emantic.pl/sklep/telefony/elephone-s1/
699 PLN sugest price for elephone from Polish dystrybution
170 USD – 23% Tax = 131 USD
i dont see 100$ price from here
Which makes it even more of a joke …