Gionee launched the much awaited Elife E8 smartphone in India today. The company also announced its “big entry into e-commerce” alongside the launch. From 12th October onward you would be able to buy Gionee Elife E8 online exclusively on Snapdeal for INR 34,999/-.
This is the company’s first and only smartphone till date to launch in partnership with an online e-commerce partner. It will be interesting to see if the company launches more models or makes previously launched model available online on e-commerce sites.
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After launching the World’s best android camera smartphone the Gionee Elife E7. The company was determined to make it big with its successor. Well literally, the Gionee Elife E8 has a huge 6″ display with a 24-megapixel rear camera that with software can stitch together and produce images up to 120 megapixels in resolution. The device also has a six-element lens with sapphire glass, optical image stabilisation, lossless zoom at up to 3x, 4K video recording, a dedicated camera button, dual-tone LED flash, and phase detection auto-focus for speeds up to 0.08 seconds. The smartphone also has a ‘biological’ fingerprint reader on the back panel. It has an 8-megapixel front-facing camera.
You can read the complete specs here –
| Release date | June 2015 |
| Form factor | Touchscreen |
| Dimensions (mm) | 164.00 x 82.28 x 9.60 |
| Weight (g) | 210.00 |
| Battery capacity (mAh) | 3500 |
| Removable battery | No |
| SAR value | 0.00 |
| Screen size (inches) | 6.00 |
| Touchscreen | Yes |
| Resolution | 1440×2560 pixels |
| Pixels per inch (PPI) | 490 |
| Processor | 2GHz octa-core |
| Processor make | MediaTek Helio X10 MT6795 |
| RAM | 3GB |
| Internal storage | 64GB |
| Expandable storage | Yes |
| Expandable storage type | microSD |
| Expandable storage up to (GB) | 128 |
| Rear camera | 24-megapixel |
| Flash | Yes |
| Front camera | 8-megapixel |
| Operating System | Android 5.1 |
| Skin | Amigo 3.1 |
| Wi-Fi | Yes |
| Wi-Fi standards supported | 802.11 b/ g/ n |
| GPS | Yes |
| Bluetooth | Yes |
| NFC | Yes |
| Infrared | No |
| Wi-Fi Direct | No |
| MHL Out | No |
| HDMI | No |
| Headphones | 3.5mm |
| FM | No |
| Number of SIMs | 2 |
| SIM 1 | |
| SIM Type | Micro-SIM |
| GSM/ CDMA | GSM |
| 3G | Yes |
| 4G/ LTE | Yes |
| Supports 4G in India (Band 40) | Yes |
| SIM 2 | |
| SIM Type | Micro-SIM |
| GSM/ CDMA | GSM |
| 3G | Yes |
| 4G/ LTE | No |
| Compass/ Magnetometer | Yes |
| Proximity sensor | Yes |
| Accelerometer | Yes |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes |
| Gyroscope | Yes |
| Barometer | No |
| Temperature sensor | No |
We will be receiving the Gionee Elife E8 smartphone next week so stay tuned for the unbiased review of the device.
