Gionee has officially launched the Elife E7, the company’s latest flagship smartphone at an event in Shanghai, China. It has a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD IPS touch screen display based on One Glass Solution from JDI with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection and a 2.33mm ultra-narrow frame, powered by a 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 processor for the 3G version and the LTE version has a 2.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon MSM8974AC processor It runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) with Amigo 2.0 UI.
It packs a 16-megapixel auto focus rear camera with 1/2.3″ 1.34 µm Largan M8 sensor, 5 element Sapphire Lens and a 8-megapixel auto focus front-facing camera. It comes in two variants, 2GB RAM with 16GB internal memory and 3GB RAM with 32GB internal memory. It has new ways to wakeup the screen such as Double Tap, Black Screen Gesture that lets you draw the gestures on the black screen to go to customized apps and Voice Control.
Gionee Elife E7 specifications
- 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD IPS touch screen OGS display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
- 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 processor / 2.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon MSM8974AC (LTE) with Adreno 330 GPU
- Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) with Amigo 2.0 UI
- 16MP auto focus camera, LED flash, 1/2.3″ 1.34 µm sensor, Sapphire lens, 1080p video recording
- 8MP auto focus front-facing camera
- Dimensions – 150.6 x 75.0 x 9.5mm-6.2mm; Weight: 150 grams
- 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
- 3 microphones for noise cancellation
- 2GB RAM with 16GB internal memory / 3 GB RAM with 32GB internal memory
- LTE/3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi Direct, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, USB,OTG, NFC
- 2500 mAh built-in battery
The Elife E7 comes in Meteor Black, Ceramic White, Blue, Green, Orange and Red colors and is priced at 2,699 Chinese Yuan (~Rs.27665) for the 16GB variant and the 32GB variant is priced at 3,199 Chinese Yuan (~Rs. 32790). It would be available for pre-order in China later this month and would go on sale on December 12th. The Gionee Elife E7L with LTE support would be available in the first quarter of 2014 priced at 3,499 Chinese Yuan (~Rs. 35800).
The Elife E7 would launch globally in the early 2014. Gionne has also announced that the company would launch the E7 mini with a Mediatek octa-core chipset that leaked earlier today.