Gionee Elife S7 Hands on

Gionee has launched their latest flagship device the Elife S7 in India today. The device was first announced at the MWC 2015 in Barcelona and comes with impressive specs. The phone comes with 5.2-inch AMOLED display with 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) resolution and is powered by 64 bit 1.7GHz octa-core Mediatek MT6752 processor with 2GB of RAM.

There is 16GB of storage, but no microSD card support. The phone runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop and the company’s first device with the latest Android version. There is also 2750mAh battery on the phone. Here is the hands on and first impressions of the device.

Design wise, the device has lot of similarities with the Elife S5.1 and is just 5.5mm thin (the same thickness as that of S5.5 launched last year). But unlike the S5.1, the sides of the frame are grooved and looks pretty good. The frame is made of high quality aluminium magnesium alloy with an unibody design. The power and volume keys are inside the groove preventing from accidental press. The front and rear panel have Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, but they are fingerprint magnet. Overall, the phone feels solid in hands.

The display on the phone is 5.2 inch AMOLED full HD panel and the display is great. The screen has great side viewing angles, contrast and legibility. The colors are a bit oversaturated though, which is kind of common on most AMOLED panels.

The phone is powered by 1.7GHz octa-core Cortex-A53 processor and the Mali-T760 GPU with 2GB RAM and the performance looked decent in our initial testing. The phone has Android 5.0 and Amigo OS 3.0 on top of it which is a custom UI from the company.

On the imaging front, the device has a 13-megapixel camera with LED flash and has the thinnest camera sensor from Sony and there is no protruding camera unit on the device. The phone also comes with a 8-megapixel front-facing camera for selfies and videos calls.