Yesterday, we told you about the upcoming Gionee M5 which was said to pack dual batteries into it’s body. Now, the device has been confirmed on a listing on TENAA and packs two batteries with a total capacity of 6000 mAH and also reveals other specifications of the device.
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A few days ago, we posted the announcement of the Innos D6000 smartphone which is equipped with two batteries giving a total of 6000 mAH. Now, it seems that the upcoming Gionee M5 smartphone will also have a similar dual-battery setup that will provide users upto 4 days of battery life.
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Gionee launched the Elife S7 smartphone in the S series yesterday at MWC 2015. We went hands on with the phone at the event so lets take a look at specs and hardware of the phone. Continue reading “Gionee Elife S7 hands on”
Gionee earned the tag of making the world’s slimmest phone with Elife 5.5. Now, the company has promised that its next smartphone will be even thinner. The Gionee GN9005 which is probably the name of the next smartphone will be just 5mm in thickness, meaning it will half a millimeter less than its predecessor Elife S 5.5.
Over the past few months, we’ve been consistently impressed by the offerings brought forth by Gionee. With a focus on bringing high end specifications at a mainstream price point, the company has mostly succeeded with the likes of the Elife E6 and E7. The China based smartphone manufacturer recently announced its launch of what it calls the world’s slimmest phone. Dubbed the Elife S5.5, the USP of the phone is most definitely the aesthetics. But great looks do not make a great phone, are the internals and software up to the task of keeping up with the stellar design? Read on to find out. Continue reading “Gionee Elife S5.5 Review”
Since its entry into the Indian market, Gionee has faced an uphill struggle against established competition and market preconceptions. Through effective marketing campaigns and quality products, the brand is seeing itself in an ever improving position. With the Gionee Elife E7 Mini, it tries to bring some of the learnings from the flagship E7 to a more affordable price point while also adding yet another twist to the smartphone. Continue reading “Gionee Elife E7 Mini Review”
The Gionee Elife E7 Mini was unveiled alongside the flagship device, the Elife E7 at an event a few months back from where we’d brought you our first hands on. Powered by a 1.7 Ghz Mediatek MT6492 processor and paired with 1GB of RAM, the Elife E7 Mini is a decidedly less powerful device than the flagship. The phone has a 4.7 inch 720p display and is running on Android 4.2.2 with Gionee’s custom Amigo OS 2.0 UI layer thrown on top for good measure. We put the device through a range of synthetic benchmarks to get some comparative scores. Let’s check them out below. Continue reading “Gionee Elife E7 Mini Benchmarks”
At the launch of the Gionee Elife S5.5, Gionee President, William Lu and Head of Operations, Arvind Vohra, were quick to point out that the company wants to create two distinct lines of flagship level devices. While the earlier launched E series is for the camera centric, performance focussed devices. The S series is aimed at the fashion conscious and imbibes smart capabilities with stylish sensibilities. This is very evident from the outset and here we list out some of the differentiating criteria between the two devices. Continue reading “Gionee Elife S5.5 vs Elife E7 Comparison”
Gionee had introduced the world’s slimmest Smartphone, the Elife S5.5, to India, at a huge event in Goa today. Powered by a MediaTek Octa Core processor, the Elife S5.5 will sell for a price of Rs. 22,999, but that tiny detail aside, the device is all about design and engineering. The svelte frame, machined at a stunningly thin 5.55 mm of thickness makes the device look really appealing to see as well as touch. Sporting a 5 inch 1080p screen, the device looks like a sleek slab from the front as well as the sides. It’s styled well, with a minimalistic approach to design, and evidences of it being too thin show up, especially with the camera module. The frame itself is an engineering marvel, as we had seen when we went hands on with the phone at the Mobile World Congress event, where it was introduced to the world. Today, we had our chance to have a look at it again, but this time, without the intrusive cables. Skip past the break for some photos of this gorgeous device.
One of the main reasons that Windows Phones haven’t sold as much as Android smartphones is because of the lack of manufacturers. At launch, Microsoft had only a handful of manufacturers and as Windows Phone grew, the number of manufacturers shrunk and at one point, Microsoft bought out Nokia, which was probably the only company making Windows Phones.
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Amongst the many upstarts in the indigenous smartphone scene in India, one specific brand has caught our eye. Gionee has differentiated itself with its refreshing focus on design and hardware quality. Handsets like Elife E3 stood out from the competition being a device that both looked and also offered a very unique experience to the user. With the Elife E6, Gionee is kicking this up a notch. We’d previously done a preview of the device and here’s our review of the Gionee Elife E6. Continue reading “Gionee Elife E6 Review”
The trend in today’s Indian market is cheap Android Smartphones. Many companies like Micromax and Karbonn have successfully built huge businesses over this specific concept, however there are always compromises to be made. Most devices that land in the Indian market are re branded low cost Smartphones from across the border in China. Shenzen is a hub of countless number of companies that are mainly contract manufacturers and often end up offering really low cost, and thereby low quality phones. But some of them really stand out, like Meizu, Xiaomi, Oppo and the new entrant in our list of impressive Chinese companies – Gionee. The Elife E5 has inspired us to think beyond and acknowledge the fact that excellent phone makers exist, irrespective of the market they are from.
We unboxed the Elife E5, one of the company’s recent releases in the Elife range, and found it really nice. Here is a video of us talking about the box contents and the device itself, go past the break for our complete impressions.
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As Gionee enters the Indian smartphone market, the only thought that crosses everyone’s mind is that here is yet another ‘Chinese’ smartphone maker here to peddle mediocre products with negligible after sales support. When the company invited us to visit its manufacturing facilities, we jumped on the opportunity to see what actually goes on behind the scenes. However that is a story for another day as today we’ll check out Gionee’s upcoming flagship product. Continue reading “Gionee Elife E6 Hands On”
Indian smartphone manufacturers have improved their game significantly over the past few months. On the forefront alongside its contemporaries is Gionee that has been introducing some truly compelling hardware. We were quite pleasantly surprised by the Gionee Dream D1 that we reviewed some time back and were hence quite excited when the company passed us the Elife E3 to check out. What do we think about the handset ? Read on to find out more. Continue reading “Gionee Elife E3 Review”
Indian Android smartphone manufacturer, Gionee recently unveiled its new device called the Elife E3. The USP of the phone is its slim shell while still packing in a significant amount of features. The phone is powered by a 1.2Ghz quad-core Cortex A7 processor and runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.
