Gionee Marathon M5 Plus
The Gionee Marathon M5 Plus was launched
in China back in December, and will be finally hitting the Indian shores on
Thursday at Rs. 26,999. The launch was tipped by an established retailer in
Mumbai. Upon requesting clarification from Gionee, Gadgets 360 was informed the
smartphone would indeed be officially launched in India on Thursday at that
price.
One of the key highlights of the Gionee
Marathon M5 Plus touted by the company back in December was the smartphone's
long battery life. Gionee said that while the Marathon M5 Plus features a
smaller 5,020 mAh battery when compared to the Marathon M5, it now comes with an
optimised battery that led to the drop in its capacity over time. The company
claimed that the Marathon M5 Plus' battery retains 90 percent (4,500 mAh) of its
original capacity after 600 charging cycles. Gionee says this translates to
roughly 2 years of use.
Some improvements in the handset's
software has also been made. The Marathon M5 Plus will alert users about apps
that drain the smartphone's battery. Fast charging technology is also supported
by the handset. It is rated to charge from zero to 100 percent in 117 minutes (1
hour 57 minutes).
The metal-clad dual-SIM supporting
Marathon M5 Plus ships with Gionee's Amigo 3.1 OS based on Android 5.1
Lollipop. It sports a 6-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) resolution Amoled
display with a pixel density of 368ppi. It is powered by an octa-core MediaTek
MT6753 CPU clocked at 1.3 GHz, coupled with 3 GB of RAM. 64 GB of inbuilt storage
of the handset can be expanded via a microSD card (up to 128 GB).
On the camera front, the Gionee Marathon
M5 Plus houses a 13-megapixel autofocus rear camera along with a 5-megapixel
fixed focus front-facing camera. It measures 160.9x81.2x8.4 mm, weighs 211.5
grams, and will be available in Polar Gold and Champagne Gold colour variants.
As for the connectivity, the smartphone supports 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v4.0,
GPS, and USB Type-C. It also has a fingerprint sensor at the back for enhanced
security.
