I almost forgot about this, but the smartphone brand Elephone based in Hong Kong and mainland china just launched a couple of days ago in Shangrila Fort. They also forged a partnership with Lazada which in turn will be exclusively selling the product online in the Philippines together with existing ones in Europe and Southeast Asia. I haven't really experienced using one but during the launch, they let us handle the Elephone S1, Elephone P9000 and Elephone P8000. They also had the W2 which is a modern smartwatch accessory that's quite elegant looking and none of those modernly designed ones in the market.
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This is the P8000 which boasts of Android OS, 4165 mAh battery that gives it longer hours of use, 4G LTE connection capable and has it's own fingerprint scanner. This retails for only Php 7,799. |
This would be welcome news to the shoppers of Lazada and the arrival of Elephone will make the saturated Android phone market a little challenging. Their pricepoint is quite different, they have every right to challenge the ones selling quite good with the similar specs giving Filipinos more selections. The battery life on the the Elephone P8000 impressed me most and perhaps that will entail having other brands make better battery life a priority too. It's value for money but I might hold back on that Elephone P9000 as I find it a bit too expensive. They have different markets anyway, hopefully they'll sell quite well online. If you were to buy something for Php 4000 though, this might be a good idea. Search well in Lazada and you may get a deal today.
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