The Chinese mobile phone manufacturer, Gionee, has launched its next flagship smartphone Marathon M5 Plus at an event held in China. According to the company, Plus will be an upgradation over the Marathon M5, which was launched in June this year. Marathon M5 Plus will carry a price tag of CNY 2,499 (approx Rs. 24,990) and will start its inception from 25th of December in China. Prices for Marathon M5 have also been cut down by the company. It will be available at CNY 1,999 (approx Rs. 19,990). As of now, no words about the availability and pricing in India has been said by the company. For the readers, we can say that the Indian variant of the smartphone may take some software and hardware modifications.
Gazing over the specifications, the Marathon M5 Plus is featured with a 6-inch AMOLED Display having 1080x1920 pixel resolution and 368ppi of pixel density. Powering the device is a MediaTek MT6753 octa-core 64-bit CPU, clubbed with 3GB of RAM. 64GB of in-built storage is there, which can be expanded upto 128GB via MicroSD card. The smartphone runs Gionee's Amigo 3.1 OS based on Android 5.1 Lollipop.
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William Lu, CEO Gionee, conveyed, "M5 Plus is the new generation business from Gionee. Only large display makes a premium phone." That's why the M5 Plus has a 6-inch screen. Gionee said the smartphone features an Amoled screen that will continue to respond fast, even at -35 degrees Celsius. Lu claimed that LCD displays have a delayed response from -20 degrees Celsius, with a dig at the iPhone which features an LCD display.
Marathon M5 Plus has got a fingerprint scanner on the home button on which the company claims that it will unlock the phone within 0.38 seconds. Lu said, "The other day I asked on Weibo whether users would like a fingerprint identifier at the back or front. Nearly 80 percent users voted for a front fingerprint identifier". According to him, a front sensor allows much faster unlocking.
When it comes to the software specs, Gionee has incorporated various new features, including Ami clone. So whenever the user restores, they can backup all the data on their smartphone. Minor detailings are also there, such as arrangement of icons on the home screen.