Gionee is all set to launch the world's slimmest smartphone, Gionee Elife S5.5 on March 31, in the Indian market. The company announced Gionee Elife S5.5 last month at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The company has sent invites to the media for an event that will take place in Goa.
Gionee Elife S5.5 sports a sleek metal frame with a thickness of 5.5mm and weighs 130gram . The phone features a 5-inch full-HD(1920 X 1080p) Super AMOLED Plus display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection.
Powered by a 1.7GHz MediaTek MT6592 octa-core processor and 2GB RAM, Gionee S5.5 comes with 16GB internal storage and doesn't include a microSD card slot. It sports a 13MP rear camera with LED flash and a 5MP 95 degree ultra-wide angle front-facing camera.
The single-sim phone runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean with Gionee's Amigo UI running on top. It has a 2,300mAh battery.
Connectivity options include 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS. Gionee Elife S5.5 comes in Black, White, Pink, Blue and Purple colour variants. The phone has been launched at 2,299RMB in China and we expect it to be priced around Rs 23,000 in India.
Prior to the launch of the Gionee Elife S5.5, Vivo X3 was the slimmest smartphone in the world, sporting a thickness of 5.75mm. Huawei Ascend P6 is also one of the slimmest smartphones with a thickness of 6.18mm. Sony Xperia Z Ultra is 6.5mm thick.