Elephone P8 Mini Specs and Price

Elephone might not be an household name when it come to smartphones and consumer electronics in general. It is no new comer to the mid-range smartphone scene and has a range of smartphones to prove that. The Elephone P8 Mini is one of its budget mid-range smartphones over the years. As the name suggests, it is quite portable sporting only a 5-inch screen but it packs a variety of nice features we will be reviewing as you move along.

Elephone P8 Mini Key Specs and Features

• 5.0-inch, IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 1920 X 1080 pixels (441 ppi)
• Android 7.0 (Nougat)
• Octa-core MediaTek MT6750T CPU with 4GB RAM
• 64GB built-in storage, up to 128Gb with a memory card
• Dual 13MP + 2MP rear camera and a 16MP front camera
• 4G LTE
• Fingerprint sensor (rear)
• 2, 860 mAh non removable Li-ion battery

Design and Display

The Elephone P8 Mini is a compact modern day looking smartphone with a pretty solid build. Besides the compactness, it is also quite light weighing just 133g. It also happens to be built from aluminium alloy which in a way accounts for the light weight. Although not bezel-less, the Elephone P8 Mini has reduced bezels with its fingerprint sensor located top-centrally at the back panel.

As mentioned earlier, the Elephone P8 Mini features a somewhat small 5-inch full HD display. The sort of arrangement is not common, however, it appears colourful with impressive vividness and sharp colour representation. Not to mention the 2.5D curved display as a pixel density of about 441 ppi.

Battery and Camera

Considering its small size it is understandable that the battery capacity featured here is not really on a high side. This does not man the it is low either, however, it bothers along the average capacity line. That being said, the Elephone P8 Mini cones with a 2, 860 mAh Li-ion battery. This is still sufficient to go a day on full charge without charging.

The camera featured here is not bad either had it has a nice dual camera arrangement on the rear with equally impressive front shooter. This results in clear colourful images for a mid-range offering. At the rear side of the Elephone P8 Mini, there is a combination of a 13MP and 2MP camera while for selfies, you’ve got a 16MP front shooter.

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Hardware and Software

The engine keeping things up here comprises of an Octa-core MT6750T chipset from MediaTek and an ARM Mali-860 MP2 GPU for graphics rendering. The processor clocks at a maximum of 1.5GHz which is alright for a mid-range smartphone.

Also included in the Elephone P8 Mini is a 4GB internal memory for efficient app multi-tasking and installation accompanied by a 64GB built in storage. You can decide to increase the storage space up to 128GB if you deem fit. You also get to experience the Android 7.1 Nougat straight from the box.

Elephone P8 Mini Price and Availability

The Elephone P8 Mini is available for sale in several online stores and smartphone retail outlets for about 51, 000 Naira to 58, 000 Naira depending on your location and the deal.