Gionee has launched its M2017 premium smartphone in China and the smartphone has been made available with a hefty base price of CNY 6,999 (roughly Rs. 68,400) in the country. As of now, the company has not disclosed whether the new Gionee M2017 will be made available in other regions or just stay exclusive to China. Another version with an Italian custom alligator leather back panel costs CNY 16,999 (roughly Rs. 1,66,000) The Gionee M2017 smartphone is up for pre-orders in China, but Gionee's website is already showing the phone as "Fully Booked".
Gionee M2017 specifications and features
Coming back to the new smartphone, and the Gionee M2017 flaunts a 5.7-inch QHD (2560×1440 pixels) AMOLED display, and is powered by a 1.9GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 octa-core SoC paired with 6GB of RAM. Storage options include 128GB and 256GB options, but there is no microSD card slot to expand the internal memory.
For photography, there is a dual-camera setup at the back, which includes a 12-megapixel sensor and a 13-megapixel sensor. The rear camera comes with LED flash, 10x zoom, and 4K video recording capabilities. For selfies, there is an 8-megapixel shooter up front.
In line with the leaks, the talking point of the new smartphone is its mammoth 7,000mAh battery capacity. Gionee claims that the battery is good enough to offer up to 31.7 hours of talktime, nearly 26 hours of video playback, and up to 915 hours on standby mode. The battery also comes with support for Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 3.0. With battery life being one of the major concerns of smartphone users these days, these numbers will be music to one’s ears. In order to achieve such numbers, Gionee hasn’t quite fit in a massive battery, but instead has simply fit in two 3,500mAh battery units underneath.
When you think about it, Gionee’s idea to add two batteries in its smartphone seems like quite a simple, yet smart, solution. With support for Quick Charge 3.0, Gionee is also ensuring users don’t have to wait ages for both sets of batteries to fully charge. It’s not just Gionee either, most companies and universities alike are working towards finding a way to overcome the apparent limitations of lithium-ion batteries. We have seen researchers using materials like magnesium, gold nanowires, while companies like Huawei are experimenting with graphene-assisted Li-ion batteries that can not only withstand high temperatures, but also have twice the lifespan as that of usual batteries.
The M2017 smartphone also features a fingerprint sensor embedded into the home button up front, and connectivity options like dual-SIM card slots, 4G LTE support, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, and USB Type-C port. As is quickly becoming a trend, Gionee’s smartphone ditches the 3.5mm audio jack. On the software front, the smartphone runs on Android Marshmallow-based Amigo 3.5 UI.
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