Gionee M2017 Unveiled in China with 6GB RAM and 7000mAh Battery

[Dipika Menon]

Officially, GIONEE has launched its premium smartphone Gionee M2017 in China. The handset sports a massive 7000mAh battery and comes in Gold and Black colour options. The company has got two premium designs for the handset; one in a metal frame and the other Italian leather rear. Price wise, the metallic frame handset costs 6999 Yuan (₹68K) and the leather back comes with an expensive price tag of 16999 Yuan (₹1.66L).

GIONEE M2017 Specifications:

Regarding specs, the Gionee M2017 features a 5.7-inch Quad HD AMOLED curved display (1440x2560 pixels) with sapphire glass protection. Powered by 1.44 GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 chipset and 6GB RAM, the handset packs 128GB/256GB internal storage space. With no microSD card slot, it can be easily understood that the two variants cannot be further expanded.

Camera wise, the Gionee M2017 supports dual rear cameras with 12-megapixel and 13-megapixel lenses and 8-megapixel front shooter. It is also equipped with a fingerprint sensor in the Home button for quick and secured access. As specified earlier, Gionee M2017 is backed by a massive 7000mAh battery capacity and the company claims to deliver 916 hours on standby. One can expect two 3,500mAh batteries inside the pack supporting 24W Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0.

What’s Your Opinion?

The new Gionee M2017 runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow with Amigo OS 3.5 skin on top. And for connectivity, the smartphone supports dual-SIM, 4G LTE, GPS, USB 2.0 Type-C, Bluetooth etc. By going with the specs, the price quoted by GIONEE is steep and is not expected.