Troubled Chinese smartphone manufacturer Gionee seems to have made a comeback in the Indian market. The company has launched a new smartphone — Gionee F205 Pro, which seems to be an upgraded model of the Gionee F205 launched in India last year.
The smartphone, which is priced at Rs. 6,990 (approximately $98), comes in three color options — Black, Blue, and Champagne Gold. However, Flipkart is currently offering a discount of Rs. 1,100, bringing the phone’s effective pricing to Rs. 5,890 (roughly $83).
The Gionee F205 Pro comes with a 5.45-inch HD+ display with 1440 x 720 pixels screen resolution, 18:9 aspect ratio and a 2.5D curved glass. Under the hood, the device is powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6739WW processor, coupled with 2GB of RAM.
It packs 16GB of internal storage, along with a microSD card slot that enables users to further expand the phone’s storage capacity up to 256GB. In the camera department, the handset features a 13-megapixel rear camera with an f/2.0 aperture. Gionee is touting features like Portrait Mode, beautification, HDR, scene detection, and more.
On the front side, the device comes equipped with a 5-megapixel front camera, with an f/2.2 aperture. The phone also supports Face Unlock feature and there’s also a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor for added protection.
Connectivity options include 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.1, GPS, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a Micro-USB port. Running on Android 8.1 Oreo operating system out-of-the-box with a custom interface on top, the phone is powered by a 3,000mAh battery.
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The launch of the Gionee F205 Pro in India takes place a couple of months after the company teased the launch of new devices in India through online marketplace Flipkart. The company is also set to launch another smartphone with 4GB RAM but the launch date is not yet known.
