Over the weekend iOcean held a low-key launch for their latest flagship phone, the octaocre iOcean X7S Elite.

iOcean’s first octacore of the year is an updated version of the the iOcean X7, a phone which made the company many new fans when it launched at the start of last year. Being an update rather than a whole new phone means the X7S Elite is visually identical to the original phone with the updates taking place on the hardware level.

The processor in the iOcean X7S Elite is the same 1.7Ghz octacore Mediatek unit we have seen in the Zopo ZP998 and THL T100S. This processor along with 2GB RAM should be more than enough for every app you can throw at the new phone.

Updates continue in the way of a new 5-inch LTPS 1080 display, 13 mega-pixel main camera with anti-fingerprint protection, and the new phone also boasts the ability to run either a 2000mAh or 3000mAh battery.

The iOcean X7S Elite will go on pre-sale from 21st Jan in China for just 1399 Yuan ($230), making it slightly more affordable than the Zopo ZP998.