This year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) is going to
feature quite a few new smartphone introductions, and from this point on you
can add Gionee to the (growing) list of companies presenting new products. The Gionee A1 and A1 Plus are to become official on that occasion.
The Gionee A1 is supposedly going to feature a
5.5-inch 1080p touchscreen with 2.5D Gorilla Glass on top, a 1.8 GHz octa-core
MediaTek processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of expandable storage, dual-SIM support, a
13 MP rear camera with LED flash, a 16 MP selfie snapper possibly with a LED
flash of its own, an IR blaster, a fingerprint sensor on the back, and a 4,010
mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging.
The A1 runs Android 7.0 Nougat underneath Gionee's
own Amigo OS 4.0. The handset is expected to land in Nepal on March 15 and be
priced over there at NPR 35,999, which is around US$ 336 or € 316 at the current
exchange rates. Prices in other markets may vary, of course. As for the A1
Plus, the only hint that the official invite from Gionee provides is that this
will be bigger than the A1 - so perhaps we should expect a 6-incher.
