A few days ago we talked about Elephone, a Chinese firm that despite not being known in Europe, has managed to position itself as a benchmark within the mid-range terminals in the Asian country and in its environment thanks to a strategy based on launching models cheap but good performance.
On many occasions, the large firms do not have much to offer and it is the small companies that give us the odd pleasant surprise. This is the case of M2, One phablets star of this Chinese brand and of which we detail some of its most outstanding characteristics below.
Integrated
As we have mentioned on other occasions, metal is becoming more and more prevalent among all the models available on the market, regardless of its brand and its cost and despite the fact that there are still firms that use plastic as the main element of their housings in a eagerness to reduce costs. Nevertheless, Elephone keep betting on him metal to equip its models with great resistance and this is the case of the M2, composed in a 85% of this element that, in addition to strength, offers an elegant finish and is available in three colors: Pink, black and gray.
Screen
In this aspect we must highlight a deficiency that this firm has yet to correct and it is the fact that a large number of users complain that after a few months of use, the screens of the terminals of this firm they come off or they split. Apart from this circumstance, we find a phablet of 5,5 inches and a not inconsiderable resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels.
Cameras
El Elephone M2 It is a mid-range terminal in terms of image capture devices. It has 2, manufactured by Sony, one of 13 Mpx and another front of 5 and that shows that this company has not yet made the leap towards the 20 Mpx that most of its competitors have already made.
Processor and memory
In these aspects we find that the M2 it is a device of extremes. On the one hand, it has a 8-core Mediatek processor and a frequency of only 1,3 GHz which can compromise the performance of the device against a the memory typical of the highest phablets composed of 3 GB of RAM or with a 32 internal storage expandable to 128 by Micro SD cards.
Operating System
The M2 has Android 5.1 since it is a terminal launched on the market in October. Among the functions of this new operating system are a greater customization capacity and improvements in security and privacy aspects.
Price and launch
El Elephone M2 began to be marketed in October. Although it is currently available in China and its satellite markets, it is not yet present in Europe on conventional chains. However, it can be purchased for an approximate price of $214 in portals like igogo although it is currently reduced to about 150.
A good option?
Elephone has shown that it is possible to create devices with some high-end features at very affordable prices more typical of the low cost phablets. However, everything has a cost and in this case, there are two factors that work against this company and that can cloud its rise as a company capable of creating good devices worthy of the high-end. On the one hand, the criticism of thousands of users derived from the poor quality of the terminals it manufactures, on the other, the existence of other rival brands within China itself that are proving to be capable of expanding to the whole world although on the way launch devices of questionable quality.
Do you think that Elephone will be able to impose itself as a good alternative Made in China and that combines quality and price or on the contrary do you think that it is one more brand from that country that is still stagnant in the manufacture of devices and not in the improvement and creation of innovative terminals ? You have more information available about other devices of this firm such as the Elephone Vowney so that you can judge for yourself.