Elephone P6000 Pro: The second smartphone with Android 5.0 preinstalled Lollipop

We know that some things are different in China already sufficiently so that it not too surprising that there is now the featured Elephone P6000 Pro another budget smartphone from the Middle Kingdom. While shopping for a nearly 139.99 dollars expensive smartphone looks pretty neat, it is the operating system which draws attention to itself.

At Google I / O 2014 Android was 5.0 Lollipop - then known as Android still L and all kinds of guesses at the official nickname - officially presented and approved in the form of the AOSP source code on 3 November. In mid-November were finally with the Letv Le 1 Pro and the ZTE Star 1, the first two devices with the new and already preinstalled OS presented what already more than a month ago, now. Now enters the Elephone P6000 Pro the market and this little smartphone is something really special in many respects the same.

Elephone P6000 Pro with good technique

For what it leaves a little protrude from the mass of smartphones in China is the fact that on the Elephone P6000 Pro the first non-Nexus smartphone that comes with Android 5.0 Lollipop. As well, however, the operating system has been optimized to the hardware, is a totally different question. Here, the Elephone P6000 Pro provides no times as bad hardware.

5 inch IPS display with 1280 x 720 pixel resolution
MediaTek MT6732 quad-core 1.5 GHz and 64-bit
2 GB RAM
16 GB of internal memory (expandable via microSD)
Wi-Fi b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, LTE, dual SIM
13 megapixel camera, 2 megapixel front camera
165 grams
144.5 x 71.6 x 8.9 mm
2,700 mAh battery

For a mid-range smartphone not too bad equipment that can be had for just nearly 170 US dollars. And this is where the second feature of the Elephone P6000 Pro comes into play: The Android 5.0 smartphone Lollipop is available on the company's website and internationally for sale. Alone the price is for a 64-bit smartphone with LTE already an attractive offer, but the Android 5.0 Lollipop is already installed, make the Elephone P6000 Pro same again a bit far more interesting. Rumour has it to be sold as early as December 27 in China.

Or how do you think? A good catch or rather wait for other models?

Update

Well, since we were probably a little too fast. How Elephone now notifies and on the product side makes it clear once again that Elephone P6000 Pro does not come with Android 5.0 Lollipop, but with Android 4.4.4 KitKat. The latest version of Google's operating system is to be submitted only via OTA update. The corresponding statement the company has now added on the product page.