Chinese OEM, Elephone has announced the Elephone Q – an ultra-compact smartphone which is sharp contrast to most devices (phablets) announced these days. There is no word on the pricing and availability but a possible $50 (or downwards) is expected.
Moving to the specs, the Elephone Q has a 2.54-inch TFT LCD display with a resolution of (240 x 432 pixels) FWQVGA and is powered by a quad-core Mediatek MT6752 processor clocked at 1.0GHz. Information on RAM and storage is not available but there is a microSD card slot for storage expansion up to 64GB.
On the back, there is a 3MP camera which can take 5MP photos and the front camera is a VGA (0.3MP) one. It measures 90 x 43 x 11.5mm in dimensions, runs Android 4.4 Kitkat OS, supports Wi-Fi and 3G WCDMA connectivity options.
A 550mAh battery is in charge of operation and is expected to provide up to 110 hours of standby time and 4 hours of talk time which is very commendable. The Elephone Q has a pedometer which makes usable as a fitness tracking tool and the plastic made back cover can be swapped for others.
Overall, the Elephone Q is not your dream smartphone and would end up in the list of the smallest sized Android smartphones, however, it not has the potential to rule the entry-level segment but could also encourage more OEMs to release similar sized smartphones in the future.
