Gionee, which entered the Indian smartphone market in 2013 with the Dream D1, has made quite a good impression about itself in Indian consumers’ mind due to its value for money devices. Its first well sold smartphone was the Gionee Elife E3. It looked nice, performed well and had an attractive price tag. The Gionee Elife E7 is its flagship smartphone. But it is still the lowest priced smartphone in the country with Snapdragon 800 processor.

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Gionee launched the Elife S5.5 which is targeted towards fashion conscious crowd. But will people buy a smartphone from Gionee when there are dual SIM alternatives from big brands at the same price? Here are our impressions about the Gionee Elife S5.5.

Design and Build Quality

The Gionee Elife S5.5 is the slimmest smartphone in the world with a 5.5 mm slim waistline. The front features a aluminium shell with the front and back of the device is covered by scratch resistant glass. The power button and volume rockers are made of aluminium as well and are placed on the left side of the device. Its placement felt quite awkward to me at first but they are nice to press. The camera unit is raised a bit from the back surface. If you keep it on the table, the device rests in such a way that neither the camera lens gets scratched nor the back surface.

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It feels solid when held in the hand and isn’t as slippery as some other devices with aluminium build. This might be due to its large size. Although its edges are quite sharp, its build quality and looks are really worth praising.

Display and Audio Performance

The 5 inch Super AMOLED screen has a resolution of full HD 1920 x 1080 pixels. The screen is protected by Gorilla Glass 3 so the surface felt super smooth to slide the finger upon. The multitouch accuracy is very good too. The screen is bright and viewing angles are very wide, a phenomenon of Super AMOLED panels. Its auto-brightness has some issues as the screen doesn’t feel as bright as it should. But the colours feel overly saturated, which is my only real concern about the screen. However, I think most of the consumers do like over saturated colourful screens, which are pleasing to the eye.