Last week, Gionee F8 Neo was spotted on Google Play Console. The handset’s listing revealed some of its specifications. Now, this smartphone has launched officially in India for an affordable price tag of ₹5,499 ($75). 

The Gionee F8 Neo is an entry-level smartphone. This device is aimed at first-time smartphone buyers. It competes directly with Samsung’s cheapest 2020 smartphone – Galaxy M01 Core.

On the front, the phone features a 5.4-inch HD+ (720 x 1440 pixels) LCD panel without any notch or punch-hole. Therefore, the 5MP selfie camera resides in the bezel above the screen along with an LED flash and an earpiece for calls.

The back of the handset sports geometric patterns like certain realme devices and houses an 8MP main camera accompanied by an LED flash. Being a super cheap smartphone, it lacks a fingerprint sensor but does support the less secure face unlock via the front-facing camera.

Although the brand did not reveal it, as per the Google Play Console listing, it is powered by UNISOC (formerly Spreadtrum) SC9863A chipset paired with 2GB RAM and 32GB internal storage. If required, users can further expand the storage up to 256GB via microSD card.

Further, the phone runs Android 10 and is backed by a 3,000mAh battery with support for 10W charging. Lastly, it will be available in Black, Blue, and Red color options across 1.5 to 2 lakh offline stores in India ahead of Diwali festive season.

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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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