Gionee unveils six FullView smartphones, M7 Plus and S11S lead the charge

Himanshu, 27 November 2017

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Gionee unveiled six new smartphones at an event in its home country. The list includes S11S, S11, S11 lite, M7 Plus, M7 mini, and F205.

Gionee M7 Plus

The M7 Plus is the new Gionee flagship, coming with an ample 6.43 AMOLED screen and featuring the Snapdragon 660 chipset. Here's the list of its highlights:

  • 6.43-inch Samsung AMOLED 18:9 FullView display
  • Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 chipset with 6GB RAM
  • 128GB storage
  • Wireless charging support

Gionee S11

The S11 is Gionees's flagship product for overseas markets. It packs in a Mediatek Helio P23 SoC and a 5.99-inch, 18:9 FullView display with 2160x1080 pixel resolution.

Gionee provided much more details about this one:

  • 5.99-inch FHD+ in-cell 18:9 FullView Display
  • MediaTek Helio P23 chipset with 2.5 GHz octa-core Cortex A53 CPU and 4/6GB RAM
  • Dual front camera - 16MP+8MP
  • Dual rear camera - 16MP+5MP; LED flash
  • 64GB storage, expandable via microSD card slot
  • Gionee Amigo 5.0OS, based on Android 7.1
  • 3,410mAh Li-Po battery
  • Hybrid second slot - Dual Nano SIM or Nano SIM+microSD
  • microUSB and 3.5mm jack
  • Dimensions: 159.5mmx77.7mmx7.8mm,170.5g
  • Colors:Blue, Gold, Rose Gold

Gionee S11 lite

Next up is the S11 lite - a more affordable device that's also targeted at overseas markets.

  • 5.7" 18:9 FullView display with 1440x720 pixel resolution
  • Snapdragon SoC with 1.4GHz octa-core processor and 4GB of RAM
  • 32GB storage, expandable via microSD
  • Dual rear camera - 13MP+2MP
  • 16MP front camera
  • Amigo 5.0 OS, based on Android 7.1
  • Hybrid second slot - Dual Nano SIM or Nano SIM+microSD
  • microUSB and 3.5mm jack
  • Dimensions: 153.75x72.6x7.85 mm,141g
  • Colors: Gold, Dark Blue, Black

Gionee S11S

Gionee S11S is the most capable of the new S Series, but it's not leaving China. Full specs weren't detailed, but we still got the highlights.

  • 6.01-inch FullView AMOLED display of FHD+ (2160x1080 pixel) resolution
  • MediaTek Helio P30 chipset with 6GB RAM
  • Dual rear camera: 16MP+8MP, autofocus
  • Dual front camera: 20MP+8MP, fixed-focus
  • 64GB storage, expandable via a microSD card slot
  • 3,600mAh battery with Intelligent Power
  • NFC support

Gionee M7 mini and F205

Those last two are clearly entry-level devices as also clear from their price tags, but Gionee shared no details about their specifications. So except for the 18:9 screen aspect, there's nothing we know about them.

Pricing and availability

PhonePriceAvailability
Gionee S11SCNY3,299/$500December 2017
Gionee S11CNY1,799/$270December 2017
Gionee S11 liteCNY1,299/$200January 2018
Gionee M7 PlusCNY4,399/$665January 2018
Gionee M7CNY2,799/$425December 2017
Gionee M7 PowerCNY1,599/$240December 2017
Gionee M7 MiniCNY1,399/$210December 2017
Gionee F205CNY3,299/$150December 2017

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Reader comments

  • Samarth N8 808 user
  • 28 Nov 2017
  • Dkn

Too huge screens for my taste, but the other specs are good including the 3.5mm jack! Good that they use SD 660, which is barely an inch behind the SD820, showing how capable it is in performance, although not that great in energy consumption an...

$685 wtf and how much s8 cost?

  • Anonymous
  • 27 Nov 2017
  • rJB

Good post! Thanks!

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