Gionee S8 Review
Score: 67.5 / 100Gionee S8 is a high-end cellphone launched in June 2016, provisioned with an exceptional 2 gigahertz Octa-Core processing unit, a huge 5.5 inches screen, a 16 mega-pixels back camera and an 8 megapixels front-facing camera. Let's take a closer look at what this phone offers to us.
This cellphone is offerred in 3 color options, gold, gray and pink. This cellphone is much lighter than what one would expect from a device of this size. The Gionee S8 is just 0.28 inches thick, making its way into the thinnest phones podium. This phone is a very compact cellphone, taking into consideration it presents a 5.5 inches display and it's just 6.07 inches long. Regarding its body materials, this cellphone is mainly built with Metal .
This cellphone is powered by a MediaTek Helio P10 MT6755 chip, which holds a great Octa-Core CPU speeding at 2 GHz with a big 4 GB of RAM. The Gionee S8 has a 64 GB huge internal storage memory and a slot for an SD memory card, allowing you to install tons of apps, games, songs, pictures and videos without having to worry about how much storage is left.
This device features two cameras, a 16 MP back side camera and an 8 megapixels front facing camera. It can also capture videos in 1920x1080 (Full HD) at 30 fps.
This cellphone has a spectacular 5.5 inches screen with a 1080 x 1920 (Full HD) resolution, giving this cellphone a perfect image quality.
This phone counts with an incredible 3000 mAh Li - Ion non-removable battery, enough to provide this cellphone with a great battery life. An issue to evaluate is that this device's battery is not replaceable so you can't throw it away and buy a new one when it starts to get older, although with this big battery you will probably buy a new phone before it happens.
This phone has wifi connection (which it can share with other devices around, acting as a modem), LTE-A (4G) ultra fast internet connection and 3G fast connection type, using HSPA technologies. This phone uses a Micro SIM card to use GSM services.
This cellphone also features a great numbre of useful characteristics like Fingerprint ID, Bluetooth, GPS Navigation and FM Radio, and plenty of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer and Compass.
This cellphone is probably the right choice for you no matter whether you are looking for a work phone, want this device to play games, are looking for a cellphone mostly for internet broswing and social networks or you love taking photographs.
Specifications
| Device Type: | Phone |
| Brand: | Gionee |
| Operating System (OS): | Android 6.0 Marshmallow |
| Dimensions: | 6.07 x 2.95 x 0.28 inchesMetric15.42 x 7.49 x 0.71 cmImperial |
| Weight: | 5.19 ouncesMetric147.13 gImperial |
| Colors: | Gold, Gray and Pink |
| Materials: | Metal |
| Scratch Resistant Glass: | Yes |
| Release date: | 2016-06-01 |
Display | |
| Screen Type: | AMOLED |
| Size: | 5.5 inchesMetric14 cmImperial |
| Resolution: | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| Pixel density: | 401 pixels per inchMetric157.87 pixels per cmImperial |
| Touch screen: | No |
Hardware | |
| Chipset: | MediaTek Helio P10 MT6755 |
| Processor: | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) |
| RAM Memory: | 4 GB |
| Graphics Processor: | Mali-T860 MP2 |
| Internal Memory: | 64 GB |
| SD Card Slot: | microSDXC (up to 200 GB) |
Battery | |
| Battery type: | Li - Ion |
| Removable: | No |
| Capacity: | 3000 mAh |
Camera | |
| Back camera: | 16 megapixels |
| Aperture: | f/1.80 |
| Front camera: | 8 megapixels |
| Max video resolution: | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) |
Networks | |
| Wi-Fi: | Yes |
| Mobile Hotspot: | Yes |
| SIM Card Type: | Micro SIM |
| Technologies: | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA |
Other Features | |
| Bluetooth: | Version 4.0 |
| GPS: | Yes |
| Fingerprint ID: | Yes |
| Radio: | FM Radio |
| Sensors: | Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |