The thin-phone-fad seems like its here to stay, especially as far as Chinese OEMs are concerned. Reason why I’m saying this is in front of you; Gionee (Elife S5.5, S5.1), OPPO (R5) and Vivo (X5Max), three of China’s biggest manufacturers have had a tough 2014 fighting against each other for the crown of the world’s thinnest phone makers.
Gionee seems to have prepped another contender for this battle, which we expect to see this MWC. Considering the rate at which companies are dishing out ‘the world’s thinnest phone’, one can only hope that no other manufacturer beats Gionee with still some time to go for the unveil.
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According to reports, the Gionee Elife S7 (or whatever it is called at launch) will be a mere 4.6mm thick; now that’s certainly thinner than most would feel comfortable holding. Nonetheless, images of the smartphone in the wild seem to have leaked, and are put right after this break for you to see.
Can’t say about the authenticity of these images, but there’s nothing saying that they’re fake. Furthermore, the phone is expected to pack 2GB of RAM and run Android v5.0 Lollipop out of the box, which is certainly something we’d love to see!
What section of the market do you think Gionee’s going to target with this one? Or will it need to create one altogether…
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One day we may just wake to hear a phone company decided to produce ‘no phone’ so it can beat the thinnest one. I wonder how far they will push this ‘thinnest phone’ battle
I think they will stop when their prototype actually slice their QA department’s hands…
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I wouldn’t count on it. Gionee has a history of offering great phones at budget friendly prices. From the mid range Elife series with their Super Model thinness to their flagship line, IUNI.
Gionee is more than just a phone company, they are also one of the largest OEMs in China. Meaning they don’t have a lot of the manufacturing costs that other brands do.
Another advantage Gionee has is these phones are all sold in about a dozen countries by various partners like Blu in the US. Those companies pool together their resources and split the costs of development and manufacturing which allows them to offer quality phones at good prices.