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Elephone S8 Mobile Phone
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The Elephone S8 has a Quad HD display in a bezel-less form factor. Only the Essential Phone offers that for now.Read more
This page shows a complete overview and review of the Elephone S8. I compare it to the Samsung Galaxy S8 and tell you if you should buy it.Read more
It really can’t be stressed enough how good the screen is, especially at the cost Elephone is charging. Elephone is a company that like many other ChineseRead more
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 7.1Android 10Android 10
CPU clock speed2.5 GHz2.73 GHz2.73 GHz
CPU cores10-core8-core8-core
CPU modelMediaTek MT6797TSamsung Exynos 990Samsung Exynos 990
GPU modelARM Mali-T880 MP4
N/A
N/A
RAM memory4 GB12 GB12 GB

Display

Screen size6.0 in6.2 in6.7 in
Touchscreenyes
N/A
N/A
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCD
N/A
OLED
Resolution1440 x 2560 px3200 x 1440 px3200 x 1440 px
TechnologyIPS TFTInfinity-O Dynamic AMOLED 2XInfinity-O Dynamic AMOLED 2X
Pixel density490.0 ppi563.0 ppi525.0 ppi
Dual screen supportno
N/A
N/A
Scratch resistant displayyes
N/A
N/A
HDRnoyesyes
Screen material
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 6.0
N/A

Rear camera

Primary sensor size1/2.3"
N/A
N/A
Primary sensor resolution21.0 Mpx64.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx
Video recordingyes
N/A
N/A
Highest video resolution3840 x 2160 px
N/A
N/A
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps
N/A
N/A
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)30.0 fps
N/A
N/A
Max resolution (highest frame rate)3840 x 2160 px
N/A
N/A
Autofocusyes
N/A
N/A
Geo-taggingyes
N/A
N/A
LED Flashyes
N/A
N/A
Touch focusyes
N/A
N/A
Sensor size (second camera)
N/A
1/1.76"1/1.76"
Resolution (second camera)
N/A
12.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx
Resolution (third camera)
N/A
12.0 Mpx64.0 Mpx
Lens aperture (second camera)
N/A
F/2.2F/1.8
Lens aperture (third camera)
N/A
F/1.8F/2.0
Primary Field of View (FoV)
N/A
76.0 °120.0 °
Field of View (FoV) (second camera)
N/A
120.0 °79.0 °
Field of View (FoV) (third camera)
N/A
79.0 °76.0 °
Focus adjustment
N/A
  • Automatic
  • Manual
Automatic
Optical zoom
N/A
3x3x
Resolution (fourth camera)
N/A
N/A
0.3 Mpx
Lens aperture (fourth camera)
N/A
N/A
F/1.0

Front camera

Primary resolution8.0 Mpx10.0 Mpx10.0 Mpx
Primary Field of View (FoV)
N/A
76.0 °120.0 °
Focus adjustment
N/A
  • Automatic
  • Manual
Automatic
Lens aperture
N/A
F/2.2F/2.2

Storage

Internal storage64 GB128 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 512 GB
Memory card readerno
N/A
N/A

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Cosmic grey
  • Pink cloud
  • Black
  • Cloud blue
  • Cosmic black
  • Cosmic grey
Material
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
N/A
N/A
Water resistantno
N/A
N/A
Shock resistantno
N/A
N/A

Dimensions

Height5.98 in5.97 in6.37 in
Width3.18 in2.72 in2.9 in
Depth0.34 in0.31 in0.31 in
Weight6.88 oz5.75 oz6.63 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyes
Fingerprintyes
N/A
N/A
Gyroscopeyesyesyes
Barometer
N/A
yesyes

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyesyesyes
Sim card sizeNano-SIM
  • e-SIM
  • Nano-SIM
  • Electronic SIM card
  • Nano SIM
  • Nano-SIM
  • e-SIM
DLNA certifiedno
N/A
N/A
Bluetoothyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.15.05.0
Bluetooth profileA2DP
  • HFP
  • HSP
  • OPP
  • PAN
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • HID
  • SAP
  • PBAP
  • MAP
  • HOGP
N/A
NFCnoyesyes
Charging connectionUSBUSBUSB
Headphone connection3.5 mm
N/A
N/A
USB version2.0
N/A
N/A
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yes
N/A
N/A
Video outputNo
N/A
N/A
Type of USB connector
N/A
USB Type-CUSB Type-C

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yes
N/A
N/A
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
N/A
N/A
Data transmissionHSPA+
  • 5G NR FR1
  • EDGE
  • FDD-LTE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • LAA
  • TDD-LTE
  • VoLTE
  • VoWiFi
  • GPRS
  • EDGE
  • HSDPA
  • HSUPA
  • HSPA+
  • FDD-LTE
  • TDD-LTE
  • 5G NR FR1
Navigation systemGLONASS
  • A-GPS
  • BeiDou
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
  • Galileo
  • GPS
  • GLONASS
  • BeiDou
  • Galileo
2G GSMyes
N/A
N/A
3G UMTSyes
N/A
N/A
4G LTEyes
N/A
N/A
GSM frequencies
N/A
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
UMTS frequences
N/A
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz

Battery

Replaceable batteryno
N/A
N/A
Battery capacity4000.0 mAh4000.0 mAh4500.0 mAh
Fast chargingyes
N/A
N/A
Wireless charging noyesyes
Battery type
N/A
Lithium ion
N/A
Talk time
N/A
20.0 h23.0 h
Wireless charging standard
N/A
  • WPC
  • PMA
  • Qi
  • Fast Wireless Charging 2.0
  • Wireless PowerShare
  • WPC
  • Qi
  • Fast Wireless Charging 2.0
  • Wireless PowerShare

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