Recension: Elephone S3 (Unboxing+Review) Bezel-less & Metal Unibody Design

Video Unboxing (in English)


Video Full Review (in English)

(Videos are in Full HD 1080p@60fps)

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PS. I still currently have a bad cold, so sorry if my voice is a bit groggy or unclear. But hope you still get the message.

Hi guys, this is my full in-depth review of the Elephone S3, a phone with a nearly bezelless design/screen. The phone has a high quality made unibody, fingerprint scanner on the rearside and Android 6.0.

Camera samples:
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/a3e5po4tp3qx7/Elephone_S3_Camera_Samples

Gyroscope und Compass?
No & no, the phone only has 3 sensors

AnTuTu 6 score:
37.500 points and the screen is 5 point multitouch

So what about the battery life?
About 4 hours on screen time, I ran a battery test here also with Geekbench 3 http://browser.primatelabs.com/battery3/313176 you come though the day with it if you are not a heavy power user, but if you use it heavy, you unfortunately will need to charge it halfway they day.

The phone can be charged pretty fast, here the times:
Minutes / Percentage:
00 min - 00%
26 min - 33%
39 min - 51%
50 min - 66%
62 min - 80%
71 min - 88%
93 min - 100%

PS. The game in the end of the video was run with "Medium" graphic settings, with "High" it will have visible fps drops.

PROS / GOOD
+ Bezel-less front glass design
+ Good display & vivid colors
+ Unibody metal backside
+ microSD card support & Android 6
+ Fingerprint control, Offscreen Gestures, Answer control
+ Fingerprint unlock works very well
+ On Screen Buttons can be hidden

CONS / BAD
- Built-in bottom speakers not the best
- WiFi range could be stronger (but it is stable!)
- Camera has blurry edges, focus seems to be in the center
- No Gyroscope or Compass
- GPS a bit weak in the signals
- Small battery, not for heavy users or hardcore gamers
- Notification LED doesnt activate at missed calls/sms

Specifications:
- 5.2 inch bezel-less 2.5D Arc FHD 3D curved glass
- Incell screen, 1920x1080 pixels, 424 PPI
- MTK6753 octa-core, 1.3GHz, GPU: Mali-T720
- Android 6.0 OS
- 3GB RAM + 16GB Storage, can extend to 128GB
- Dual sim card dual standby, Micro + Nano sim card
- 13.0MP Sony IMX135 - 5.0MP OV5670 front camera
- Off-screen wake up, full metal body
- Fingerprint scanner/Touch ID
- 2100mAh battery with fast charge support
- GPS/Wifi/Bluetooth
- Networking: 2G/3G/4G
- 2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
- 3GWCDMA 900/1900/2100MHz
- 4G: FDD LTE: 800/1800/2100/2600MHz
- TDD-LTE:B38/B39/B40/B41MHz

 

@chraist you're welcome :-)