After several teasers, Gionee has finally taken the wraps off the Gionee Max in India. The smartphone is a budget phone which carries a retail price of Rs. 5999 (~$80). This is coming just as the brand equally unveiled the M30 in China.

Gone are the days when budget smartphones are identified with small screen size and uninspiring specs lineup. The Gionee Max features a 6.1-inch Dewdrop notch bearing display with an HD+ resolution of 1560 × 720 pixels. The display is covered with a 2.5D curved glass which protects it from scratches.

The Max is powered by an octa-core UNISOC SC9863A chipset with a clock speed of  1.6GHz. The processor is paired with 2GB RAM while there is 32GB of eMMC 5.1 flash storage with expandable memory up to 256GB via microSD. Providing the interface is an Android 10 operating system.

The Gionee Max packs a dual-camera setup at the rear made up of a 13-megapixel main camera and a secondary Bokeh lens for depth sensing. There is also an LED flash at the rear. The device equally packs a 5-megapixel front camera.

The Gionee Max gets its power from a mammoth 5,000mAh battery and support for reverse charging that lets you charge other phones. It equally comes with support for face unlock but lacks a fingerprint scanner.  For connectivity, the phone comes with 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, and GPS + GLONASS. There is also a 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio and micro USB port onboard.

Talking about the pricing and availability, the Gionee Max carries a decent Rs. 5,999 (~$80) price tag and is available in Black, Red and Royal Blue colours. The phone is billed to go on sale on August 31 on Flipkart.

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Indian e-tail giant Flipkart recently teased the launch of a new Gionee smartphone product for the massive Indian market. The device will is shown to bear the moniker Gionee Max is being promoted to pack a large battery. More details of the Gionee Max has appeared online.

A promotional post by Gionee on Twitter has revealed that the phone will pack a 5000mAH battery just like we predicted. It will likely be a budget phone despite the big battery capacity. The phone is also shown to come with a 6.1-inch HD screen covered by 2.5D Curved glass to prevent the display panel from scratches. The phone will also have a waterdrop notch while at the back, there will be a dual-camera setup aligned vertically in the top-left corner.

Flipkart’s product page for the Max shows the device will have 2GB of RAM as well as 32GB of storage onboard. The earlier teaser by the e-commerce giant shows the will be priced under INR6,000 (around $80).

The rest of the specs like the chipset and cameras are currently unknown. So, we’ll have to wait until the company officially unveils the product on August 25 which is just two days away.

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