Gionee Elife E8 gets a video hands-on treatment

Gionee is expected to launch its next flagshipm Elife E8 in the second week of June. Meanwhile rumors about it are going strong. Recently, we also shared an exclusive live image of the Elife E8.

Now Elife E8 was spotted in a video hands-on, showing the design and confirming the hardware it will pack. The handset was running Google Now Launcher and not the native Amigo 3.0 UI. Even the settings app does resemble the AOSP version.

The Gionee Elife E8 is a 9.6mm thick E-series smartphone with 6” display with 1440x2560 pixel resolution. It has a MediaTek MT6795 SoC with 2GHz octa-core CPU and PowerVR G6200 GPU alongside 3GB of RAM. Sporting 32GB storage, the phone comes with a microSD card slot for further expansion. By default, it will run Android 5.0 Lollipop-based Amigo 3.0 UI.

The rear 23MP snapper can combine several shots and produce images up to 100MP resolution. The smartphone will also offer dual Tone LED flash, lossless zoom, and 4K video recording. Under this camera is a fingerprint sensor, while at the front is a 8MP camera to shoot wide angle selfies. Gionee has packed a 3250 mAh non-removable battery inside.