You read it right, Gionee is back and in some style! After launching the now-former thinnest smartphone in the world, the Elife S5.5, the fast rising Chinese OEM has now pulled off something even more exciting – a 5.1mm phone!
Following the same nomenclature, this 5.1mm phone is dubbed ‘Elife S5.1’. While the cosmetics on the Elife S5.1 shout high-end, the device is more of a mid-range phone on the inside. Which is understandable, given the restrictions caused by the extremely slender body that Gionee would’ve had to face.
Specifications
- 4.8-inch 1280 x 720p AMOLED display
- 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 40o (MSM8926) CPU
- 1GB RAM
- 16GB non-expandable storage
- Dimensions: 139.8×67.4×5.15mm
- 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash
- 5-megapixel front camera
- 4G LTE
- 2100mAh battery
- Amigo 2.0 (based on Android v4.3)
There’s no word on pricing as yet, but we know that the device will start selling in China starting this month itself. Gionee has been actively marketing itself in India, where it also launched the Elife S5.5, a device that received rave reviews, for 22,999 INR earlier this year.
While the Elife S5.5 was more of an all-rounder, the Elife S5.1 is completely a looker, but isn’t as capable under the hood as the former.