Gionee, the smartphone brand from China has launched a new smartphone in the Indian market. The phone, Gionee X1 has a 5-inch display which has screen resolution of 720x1280, thus making it a HD display.

The phone comes with a quad-core CPU, the MediaTek 6737 offering a clocking speed of 1.3GHz with the GPU being the Mali-T720 MP2. The smartphone’s dimensions are 144.3mmx72.2mmx8.8mm and the phone weighs 145 grams. Quite the normal specifications one would expect in this segment.  

The Gionee X1 will have 2GB RAM and 16GB internal memory storage. However, this can become 256GB through a microSD card.

The operating system is the Android Nougat version 7.0 and Gionee’s Amigo 4.0 UI skin rides over it. The phone has an adequately sized 3000mAh battery. The back panel houses the fingerprint sensor.

The Gionee X1 smartphone will feature identical 8MP cameras in the front and the rear and both will have LED flash support. Other features in the camera section include Digital Zoom, Auto Flash, Face detection and Touch to focus. This is a dual SIM phone with all the connectivity options including 4G VoLTE and the physical 3.5mm audio jack is also present. One can count on the accelerometer, light sensor, gyroscope, gravity and proximity sensor as the sensors fitted on the new Gionee X1.

Gionee is offering the phone in two color options, Gold and Black. The Gionee X1 is priced at Rs 8, 999 and is already available for purchase in the country. The phone is being sold through select offline retail outlets.