Elephone have shot a short video comparing the differences between the Elephone P9000 and the P9000 Lite.
For those of you finding it hard to keep up with the Elephone P9000 range and their differences, Elephone have put together the above short video.
In the video we see the current P9000 vs the soon to be launched P9000 Lite which looks physically identical but features some important differences.
If you don’t have time to watch the entire video then not to worry as I have listed the differences below.
Differences between the Elephone P9000 and P9000 Lite
Elephone P9000 | Elephone P9000 Lite |
Metal CNC frame | Plastic Frame |
13 megapixel Sony rear camera | 13 mega-pixel OV rear camera Gizchina News of the week |
NFC | No NFC |
Laser auto focus | No laser auto focus |
Fingerprint scanner | No fingerprint scanner |
8 mega-pixel front camera | 5 mega-pixel front camera |
$269.99 | $219.99 |
Elephone have already confirmed that they are sending over the P9000 Lite for review.
It will be interesting to see if the lower end version of the phone offers a better experience and if they have done a better job with the rear camera optimisations.
Plastic frame for Lite? No extras, even worse camera for such a price? I doubt they are going to sell any. Maybe at $150 until more P10 phones become available. Or am I missing something here?
“worse camera” is yet to be seen: maybe this 13mpx shooter can be better than the 21mpx one! As they use little sensors (not talking about resolution, but how big the sensor itself if), a greater resolution can be a worse idea and produce worse results (think at the sensor size as a room, and mpx as people entering that room… If the room is small, it’s better having less people than having more).
However, camera will probably still sucks for this price range, and, as you already said, the lack of every possible plus makes it even more overpriced…
We can expect it to be ”lite” terrible??
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What to expect from whatever elephone? 😀
The only thing I pointed out is that the camera is not going to be worse because of the lower resolution, as 13mpx are easier to be handled than 21mpx… The camera is going to be worse because it’s elephone, that’s all, it’s not a matter of mpxs ?
Actually Elephone phones are probably great if you’re not planning using their camera. 6+ months going strong on a P8000. There’s even a working CM Rom that has been automated lately (may well get start getting automated CM nightlies), I think that’s a first for a budget Chinese phone: http://forum.xda-developers.com/elephone-p8000/orig-development/rom-cyanogenmod-12-1-p8000-t3259022
But yeah, they’re practically phones without camera. Paying anything more than $150 for an Elephone and you’re being duped. Never pay more than $150 for Elephones…
The P9000 Lite camera is actually better, but that’s not to say the sensor is better, just that it’s properly optimized.
I am not sure the camera can get any worse unless they fail to include one lo. Even at $150 who would buy this is over Redmi Note 3 or other similar priced phones?