What do you think about these brands?

[IImikCZ]

Hello, I wanted to ask you about this mobile brand: ELEPHONE U PRO.
I´m from Czech Republic and we don´t even have this phone to purchase from local shops or even the biggest mobile shops in our country.
What do you think generally about internet purchases and even what do you think about this brand?
Is this mobile worth purchasing?
Will this mobile be good even after some months in usage?
Thanks for your opinions.

 

[Rukbat]

From what I can find, Elephone is another Hong Kong company trying to produce cheap phones. (They may be a mainland Chinese company with an office in Hong Kong.) Are their phones known as good phones? It's too soon to tell. Will they still be in business in 2 years? Who knows?

I wouldn't buy one until they've been on the market for another 6 months, at least. But that's me. I don't want to have a phone go bad, then find out that the part needed to fix it isn't a standard part, the company went out of business, so I can't get the phone repaired. And for 330€ or more, it's not a cheap phone to throw out in a few months. (It has a curved display, so probably no glass protectors available, a Qualcom 660 chipset isn't the greatest, 64GB/4GB isn't particularly large today, the 8MP front camera is a bit old, no NFC [if that matters to you] and the radio coverage seems a bit thin [missing some bands].)

And if you can't purchase it locally, getting it repaired means paying for shipping and hoping that they don't make you wait for 6 months.

 

[IImikCZ]

Yeah, I see, thanks for your attention!
I was considering this fact too with the shipping and also with little bit old hardware. If this mobile has like 2,4 Ghz 4 threads and 1,8 Ghz 4 threads also with better GPU and better camera, that would be enough for me I think. I own now Honor 9, but I never used NFC. I kinda like OTG, beacouse i can play something from my flash disk on my phone. Also I never broke my screen so screen protection is fine there.