Elephone P9000 4G Phablet

Delivery was 11 days to the UK, and this is with a few days back and forth with customer services, making sure I didn't pay charges on import (if you use DHL Priority this will happen - apparently) As it turns out, it appears to have shipped from London? Not sure how this works, but I dont care, I've got my P9000!!!
Build quality appears to be great, feels solid like any big name brands (I am replacing a Sony Xperia, and I have an iPhone 6 for work). The phone is quick, with loads of free space, as the Android 6.0 Marshmallow is standard version, so its not filled up with loads of apps you don't want and cannot remove, I even had to choose and install a weather app.
There is over 25GB of storage left on the phone, and my 32GB memory card went straight in no problems.
Nice touches, comes with a flexible plastic case, which clips onto the back, similar to the type many people use on an iPhone, it feels like PVC, but I can't be sure, its transparent, no colour at all, all cut outs on the back are there, and it helps to protect the back camera lens, which is now flush to the case, rather than protruding as little. The front edge of this case protrudes slightly, so placing it screen down with the case on, means the screen is not touching the surface. You'll need to completely empty the box to find this case, glad I did!

Suggestion

None yet, only just got it...

Jul 05,2016

The product comes in a metal box wrapped with plastic only
Maybe he should add a few layers of paper and then wrap in plastic packaging.
The phone looks impressive with excellent build quality it comes only with a C-type cable.
The screen of YouTube videos look good and who loves vibrant color screen would impress him.
Superior handsfree sound and strong, but surprisingly the sound of the headphones just bomb
I took the headphones NIS 20 super simple and sounds just wow
I can not believe I got more iPhone 5s
Fall comes from the camera, the images appear dark and not enough high-quality camera relatively slow
I hope that the updates coming improves camera, Sony camera I expected more.
Who is it essential thing for him not to buy this phone, take a more familiar name who have experienced so.
Again I repeat I came to the iPhone and Android 6 marshmallow use easy and intuitive it was really fun
Some device developed serious games easily and not get stuck in them, even here the picture again stunning
This 5.5-inch screen experience.
Total Product Quality

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Total Product Quality

Jul 18,2016

thin bezels ( so the phone is not much bigger than it's screen, perfect )
the one button on the bottom is if you are used to it, really great, so great i ordered again a elephone at Gearbest :)
lightweigt... it's really not heavy which is also great
really thin, it fits just PERFECT in your hand
has fingerprint sensor but i don't use that, i don't want to share my fingerprint with google :)
i don't know if this phone was pre-rooted or not, if not, it was easy to root :p
nice camera, pretty fast
very decent GPS ( not all chinese smartphones have good working gps antenna's )

i installed apex launcher and HD widgets so the pictures of the phone don't look like the out of the box phone ;) ( HD widgets is the clock and weatherforcast ) menu en buttons are FILA theme from apex launcher and the Agenda app, is the simple calendar app

Suggestion

maybe the batterylife ? but i'm not a gamer or a smartphone addict, so for me the battery lasts 3 days :)
bigger battery would also be bigger weight.. and this one has perfect balance of both ( so it's again a pro instead of a con :p )

Jun 02,2017

The P9000 came with quite good hardware for its time:
- HelioP10 (now outdated)
- 4GB RAM
- 32GB ROM
- (pure) Android 6,
- 13MP Sony-camera with PDAF and Laser-Autofokus
- 8MP front-camera,
- USB-C-3.0
- NFC
- QI-charging
- Fingerprint-sensor
- excellent display.

The built-quality is very good and the phone looks terrific (without a case).
The main-camera is quite good (now), and the laser-autofocus is working well (now).
QI-charging is a very nice feature.
On MY phone, the NFC was fully functional, but...
Elephone's choice to go with a pure Android was good, but...
Battery-life is excellent (now), but...

Suggestion

- lately the "launcher3" has been abused as adware by elephone
- fingerprint-scanner is usable only after reboot, degrades with sleep-mode
- performance of the P10/4GB/32GB is quite bad
- batterylife is excellent only because performance is so bad
- NFC is usually not usable for mobile-payment
- P9000 is not approved for safety-net -> no android-pay

Aug 14,2017

The best and most specs for any smartphone in this price range
its fast, very fast!
after some app changes its pretty damn near perfect
beautiful display
battery life
customization out of the box
comes with a clean install of android 6.0
atleast one major update every month, means Elephone really does support this phone well
light, not very large, and stylish looking, the phone looks far more expensive than it is
NO fake sensors on this phone! its loaded with them!
wireless charging, even tho some sites say it doesn't support it, it DOES
very good and accurate NFC coil build in

Suggestion

the camera app, fixed that by installing open camera, now i can film in 4K!
the light sensor doesn't know what to do half of the time
4G antenna could be a little stronger, will probably be fixed soon with an update
fingerprint scan only works on a dry, clean finger, and i mean -clean- finger
speakers could be a bit more higher fidelity

optional flip case doesn't hold very well, despite looking pretty smart

Jul 19,2016

Build quality is good. Screen is clear and bright, colours are vibrant. Phone seems very fast at all tasks although I'm not gaming on it so it's not pushed too much for normal operation. Fingerprint scanner has been an issue for some but I am not having any problems, works just fine. Camera was also an issue for some, likewise I am not having any problems.

Software on the phone is quite basic, just a vanilla Android install. Adding a custom launcher and a few other apps makes it a lot better. But I prefer this to having bloatware so that's a plus for me.

A lot of phone for the price, quite happy so far.

Suggestion

None at this stage, been using it a week and quite happy with it.

Nov 04,2016

Stunningly beautiful and good phone.
All information is correct at the Gearbest site; bright screen, fast processor, good camera and so on. Super fast delivery (10 days) .
Ordered many things from GB and everything was delivered without complaints.

Fantastisch mooie en goede telefoon.
Alle informatie op de GB site klopt; helder scherm, snelle processor, prima camera, enzovoort.
Supersnelle aflevering(10 dagen) en zonder bijbetaling.
Al veel besteld bij GB en alles zonder klachten.

Suggestion

no cons yet.

Jan 09,2017

Given that I have upgraded from a pretty crap phone, this phone is absolutely the bomb. It is quick, has an awesome display and for a non-techie dude like me, it didn't take long to get it going and have fun with it. Excellent value for money.
If you wanna follow the jones then go get a Samsung or IPhone and pay for the name. If you wanna upgrade to something better than what you got without getting ripped for the price then look at the specs of the Elephone P9000. It does what it says.

Suggestion

None. Like most other reviews.

Jul 03,2016

This is not my first Elephone P9000. What can I say, very nice design, with fantastic performance.
- Screen: Full HD screen with very good light
- 1.6 mm bezel
- Ram: 4GB
- Rom: 32GB
- Sony 130mp camera with laser auto focus
- Wireless Charging
- NFC technology
- Fast Helio P10 processor
- Fast fingerprint sensor

What more to tell, excellent phone. I recommend.

Suggestion

This is not my first Elephone P9000. What can I say, very nice design, with fantastic performance.
- Screen: Full HD screen with very good light
- 1.6 mm bezel
- Ram: 4GB
- Rom: 32GB
- Sony 130mp camera with laser auto focus
- Wireless Charging
- NFC technology
- Fast Helio P10 processor
- Fast fingerprint sensor

What more to tell, excellent phone. I recommend.

Excellent job GearBest

Dec 10,2016

Very good phone for this price, no lag at all,very fast (4gb ram),battery can last for a hole day(fast chargin from 15% to 100% in 1h) very good display (colors are amazing,u can twick in display options for batter and more sharp colors),hole pakecing is good,no scratches on the phone and the box.

Suggestion

Fingerprint needs a little bit of twiking by the elephone, i hope they will fix with next software update.

Aug 29,2016