Gionee is no longer a big name in the smartphone market but the brand under different ownership still continues to launch budget handsets in certain markets. The latest phone from the company is Gionee S12 Lite, which made its debut a few days back in Africa. At around the same time, a new device going by the name of Gionee F11VE was spotted on Google Play Console. Now, another smartphone called Gionee F8 Neo makes its appearance as well.
The newly spotted Gionee F8 Neo is nothing but another budget smartphone from the brand. In fact, it will be powered by the same UNISOC (formerly Spreadtrum) SC9863A chipset found inside the Gionee F11VE. This chip includes a 1.6GHz octa-core CPU consisting of 8 x ARM Cortex-A55 cores and 550MHz PowerVR GE8322 GPU.
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However, unlike the F11VE (720 x 1560), the F8 Neo will flaunt a 720 x 1440 (HD+) display. But it will come with the same amount of RAM (2GB) and Android 10 operating system. Anyway, the difference in screen resolution makes us believe that these two are different devices and not the same phone with two different names.
Having said that, the render of the device on Google Play Console listing could be a generic placeholder. That’s because the device in render has curved front glass, which is uncommon for a budget smartphone powered by a UNISOC chipset.
It is not sure when Gionee will be officially launching the F8 Neo or even the F11VE for that matter.
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