This guide will help you install TWRP and root Ulefone Metal, the first step is to install TWRP custom recovery on the Ulefone Metal. The process contains quite a few steps, but most of them take just a few seconds. (more…)
They successfully released the Elephone Trunk, and then Elephone Ivory. The latter we declined to review due to the controversial nature of the naming scheme; if you search ‘Ivory’ on Google images, the first images that come up won’t be huge, beautiful mammals, but piles of Elephant tusks.
We reached out to Elephone marketing lead, Jiao Longwei, and let him know about the poor choice of ‘Ivory’ for a model name. Jiao Longwei eventually agreed, but the boxes and marketing materials had already been printed. He stated, “In the future, we will make this up to our fans.”.
Now two months later we had another chance to chat with Jiao Longwei over Skype:
Jiao said (edited for grammar), “This is our way of making up for our previous insensitive mistake. To our fans, please try to not look at the model name, but at the quality we bring to our fans. We are now donating 10% of all net from our new models: Elephone Poo and Elephone Dung to elephant conservation in India and Thailand. We hope you will support us and buy Elephone Poo, and don’t forget Elephone Dung, the Lite version of Elephone Poo.”
Elephone Poo and Elephone Dung specifications:
The phone looks great stylewise and we hope the final product can match the style of the prototype shown here.
As we see there are two different versions: Elephone Poo and Elephone Dung. Elephone Poo looks very strong, and Elephone Dung is quite powerful as well. According to Jiao Longwei, the two different models are identical in terms of style and only differ by some specs.
The Elephone Poo will be released in May at retail of $179.99, with the lite version: Dung, to follow Poo in June at $159.99.
let’s hope Poo and Dung are solid releases
If you’re looking for a stylish, bio-degradable mobile, there’s no better time than now to snatch one up.
We’re impressed with how Elephone turned themselves around and released Elephone P8000; let’s hope Poo and Dung are solid releases as well.
Ulefone got their start mostly making Samsung clones, but as of a year or so back they began developing their own styles. The Ulefone Be Pro, while looking very much like the OnePlus One, wasn’t really a clone. They then went on to develop the popular Ulefone Be Touch, one of the slicker phones I’ve had a chance to review. (more…)
Up for preview today is the Elephone P8000 American version. When I say American, I mean North America, Central America and South America. (more…)
Bluboo disappeared for awhile, but came fully back into the limelight with their megabattery Bluboo X550. They’ve released several interesting mobiles since then, such as the Xfire and Xtouch (more…)
At this point, Doogee has been around long enough to be called a seasoned China brand. We don’t hear nearly as much about them as we used to, but this is mostly due to Doogee concentrating their efforts at the retail level in Europe and the UK. (more…)
Pricing on China smart phones are dropping fast, but we are also seeing incredible performance gains and quality for these prices. Ecoo is a relatively new player in the China phone game, having been producing phones since MT6592, but are giving us a very powerful mobile at a great price point.
Ulefone has been around for awhile, but didn’t come to prominence until their release of the very popular Ulefone Be 1. Within a few weeks of its release, the Ulefone Be 1 became very difficult to get and the Ulefone Be Touch 2 was announced. (more…)
Bluboo is a brand who had been around for quite awhile, then disappeared off the map for about half a year. They came back with one of the first mega-battery mobiles, the Bluboo X550. This model was generally well received, providing great battery life and minimal reported issues. (more…)
I recently reviewed the very good Elephone P8000. It lacked a couple of components that you’d expect at the price they’re selling it, but otherwise was one of the better phones I’ve reviewed over the years. It looks great, has great battery life and solid build, along with a stable Android 5.1.
Elephone, well known for putting out one phone after another, already has the next set planned — Elephone Trunk, Elephone M1, and Elephone M2. When I see a mobile dubbed Elephone Trunk, I lower and shake my inner mind in disbelief, but there it is.
Elephone rampaged onto the scene about a year back and in that short time have already become one of the better known China brands. This is largely due to heavy hype marketing. Let’s not surround “hype” with negative connotation, as that’s what marketing generally is — hype. But, there is still some responsibility to produce a modicum of what’s been promised. (more…)
