Gionee has launched the company’s latest smartphone in the S-series – Gionee S6s in India at a price tag of Rs. 17,999. It comes in Latte Gold & Mocha Gold ciolour and will be exclusively available through Amazon.in online & also through retail stores offline. Gionee also announced that it has signed Alia Bhatt as its brand ambassador. At such a price tag, it will compete with OPPO F1S selfie smartphone.
Commenting on the launch, Arvind R.Vohra, MD & Country CEO, Gionee India said:
“Earlier this year, we announced our mission to “Make Smiles”, by launching products that are intuitive, future ready, stylish and high on performance. The S6s delivers on each of these parameters and will change the way India clicks selfies. We have an ambitious 3-fold target this year, and the flagship S6s will go a long way in helping us achieve those figures.”
On the specifications front, it features 5.5-inch Full HD 2.5D curved glass display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and it is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. It is powered by 1.3GHz Octa-Core Mediatek MT6753 Processor which is paired with Mali T-720 GPU & 3GB RAM. It runs on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow operating system with Amigo UI 3.2 UI on top of it and it has 32GB in-built memory which can be expanded further up to 128GB via microSD card.
On the photography front, it features 13MP camera with LED Flash, 1080p video recording, f/2.0 aperture, PDAF, Sony IMX258 sensor and 8MP front camera with LED flash, f/2.2 aperture, 5P lens for selfie & video-calling. The camera comes with slew of modes like Panorama, HDR, Professional, Magic Focus, Face Beauty, Pic Note and Ultra Pixel. The rear camera is capable of shooting full HD (1080p) videos.
It has Hybrid Dual SIM card slot and connectivity features like 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, OTG support.
There is a fingerprint sensor at the back and it supports up to five different fingerprints. The smartphone bundled with display protector film & transparent case.
It packs 3150mAh non-removable battery.