Gionee has unveiled its brand new flagship, the M6 / M6 plus at the launch event in Beijing today. As has always been the case with the Marathon ‘M’ series, the Gionee M6 has further solidified its product DNA – long-life battery. The M6 is packed with a 5000mAh battery and the M6 Plus has an amazing 6020 mAh battery capacity. The software and the hardware has been well meshed to ensure that the battery really lasts. Additionally, 9V2A dual charge chips allow for faster and cooler charging. The Gionee M6 can also be used as a power bank. With a 1.2A charge current, the charging speed is 20% faster than a normal power bank.
The smart power consumption involves a power-management system independently developed by Gionee’s R&D team. The system is composed of sensors and measurements which monitor and control the operations and power consumption. Several measures such as app freezing and background cleaning through force shutdown of unnecessary apps, are there to optimize the performance under the minimum power usage.
Specs and performance
The M6 gets an aerospace class unibody aluminum, superior-grade 2.5D glass and comfortable grip. Gionee claims that the phone has been built after 58 complex processing procedures such as shaping and polishing. Despite a 5000 mAh battery, the battery thickness is only 8.2mm.
The Gionee M6 also features a 5.5-inch fullHD AMOLED display, 4GB RAM and 64GB ROM which is able to enlarge to 128 ROM. A 13 MP rear camera from Sony IMX 258 and 8 MP front camera are are claimed to provide better images with great detail and clarity. Its operating system, Amigo 3.2 based on Android 6.0, will be pre-installed on the handset. CPU is the MT6755 chip.
Extra security
Specifically for the Chinese market Gionee will secure a consumer’s privacy with integrated security measures. The Chinese version will get an encrypted chip to secure a user’s personal data on the device. In the overseas version, M6 comes equipped with a front fingerprint scanner, privacy protection and malware destruction, although it lacks the hardware encryption feature.
The global pricing of the new M6 / M6 Plus range is provided below followed by tech specs and an image gallery
M6:
- 128 GB- 2899 RMB (About INR 29,000)
- 64 GB- 2699 RMB (About INR 27,000)
M6 Plus:
- 128 GB- 3199 RMB (About INR 32,200)
- 64 GB- 2999 RMB (About INR 30,200)
Product Specifications
- Color Gold & Latte Gold
- Dimensions 152.3 x 75.3 x 8.2mm
- Weight TBD
- CPU MT6755
- Battery Non-removable Li-ion battery Typical capacity 5000mAh
- SIM Dual micro SIM
- Display 5.5-inch FHD AMOLED • 1920 x 1080 pixels, 401PPI • NTSC 100% color gamut • 30000:1 contrast ratio OS •
- Android 6.0 Amigo 3.2
- Memory 4GB RAM •
- Internal 64GB ROM • Extend to 128 GB
- Camera Rear: Sony IMX258, 13MP, pixel size 1.12um, F2.0, 5P Lens,
- PDAF Front: OV8856, 8MP, pixel size 1.12um, F2.2, 4P Lens •
- Camera mode: Face Beauty, Panorama, HDR, PicNote, Professional, Night, Smart Scan, GIF, Smart Scene, Slow Motion, Time-lapse, Text Recognition, Mood Photo
- Sound 3.5mm audio jack
Mr. William Lu, Gionee President, said on the occasion “For 14 years, Gionee has been dedicated to smartphone manufacture. We value two things: technological innovation and consumer benefits. With these goals in mind, we were dedicating to transforming the smartphone into a ‘smile phone’ with our independent R&D capabilities. The Gionee M6 is the product of this goal and has outstanding performance via the breakthrough software and hardware which will make every consumer smile from their heart”
Wow! How much is the value of this phone? Is this available here in the Philippines?