Chinese Mobile Manufacturer Gionee has launched the Elife E7 Android smartphone at an event in Shanghai, China. The Elife E7 will be available in two variants, 16GB ROM + 2GB RAM and 32GB ROM + 3GB RAM. The smartphone will be released in seven color options – Black, White, Blue, Green, Orange, yellow and Red.
Gionee’s latest flagship smartphone Elife E7 features a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD IPS touch screen display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. It packs a 16-megapixel auto focus rear camera with 1/2.3″ 1.34 µm Largan M8 sensor and a 8-megapixel auto focus front-facing camera. The Elife E7 comes in both LTE and 3G variant. The 3G variant is powered by a 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 processor and the 4G/LTE variant is powered by a 2.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon MSM8974AC processor. It is fitted with Adreno 330 graphics processor for 3D gaming. The Elife E7 runs on Android 4.2 with Amigo 2.0 User Interface.
The phone’s dimensions are 150.6 x 75.0 x 9.7 mm, it measures just 6.2 mm at its thinnest end and weighs 150 grams. In Gionee Elife E7 the touch is quite responsive and works with wet hands and gloves. It has new ways to wakeup the screen such as double tapping and even with voice, by calling out “Hey Amigo”. The phone also features some basic features like Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS, NFC and will support OTG.
Gionee Elife E7 key specifications
- Display: 5.5-inch full HD display (1920x1080p) with Gorilla Glass 3
- Processor: 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 processor (3G variant) / 2.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon MSM8974AC (LTE) with Adreno 330 GPU (4G variant)
- Memory: 2GB RAM with 16GB internal memory / 3 GB RAM with 32GB internal memory
- Camera: 16MP auto focus camera rear camera with 1080p video recording and 8MP auto focus front-facing camera
- OS: Android 4.2 with Amigo 2.0 UI
- Dimensions: 150.6 x 75.0 x 9.5mm-6.2mm
- Weight: 150 grams
- Battery: 2500 mAh battery
- Other features: LTE/3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi Direct, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, USB,OTG, NFC, DTS Audio, FM Radio
You can choose 2G RAM with 16GB Storage or 3GB RAM with 32GB Storage with seven available color options. The Elife E7 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). The phone will launch in China on December 5, 2013 and would go on sale on December 12th. The Elife E7 would launch globally in the early 2014. The smartphone is expected to arrive in India in January 2014.