Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Gionee Elife S5.5: gets World thinnest title... for now

Haven't heard of Gionee? then you might get to know it for it now holds the world title for thinnest smartphone with its Elife S5.5. As its name suggest its only 5.5mm thin!!!

This anorexic monstrosity sports a 5 inch Display powered by 1.7GHz Octa-Core Processor (ehem Mediatek 6592 for 3G or 6595 for LTE variant me thinks) complimented with 2GB RAM. On the imaging side, it packs a 13MP rear camera with Flash and 5MP front. Skinny as it can be it is still powered with 2300mAh energy pack.

Oh by the way, it runs Gionee's own Amigo Android-based OS.

With the presence of the company here in the Philippines, it has a bigger possibility to arrive. Pre-Order in China has started for 3G version at $370 (17K-20K PHP?) and for lte is supposedly schedule on June!

So far the device is at par with its local competition bringing the Octa-Core processors, 2GB RAM and bigger MP in camera as well as decent battery life but my concern is pricing if this baby will be competitively priced for the Philippine Market. One more thing, hopefully it does well in managing heat that was a major complain in the Huawei Ascend P6. Then again with the Thinnest Smartphone in the World in your hands you do have bragging rights for owning one. haha

Lets see when it arrives... maybe...

Source
engadget.com