Gionee CTRL V5

The Gionee Ctrl V5 smartphone is not as weird as its name goes. The device has a very basic design with all black or all white paint scheme. The top and bottom of the device have a curved design for easy ingress and egress of the device from one’s pocket. Below the display, there are physical touch navigation keys, and at the rear, the device has a big circular camera hump. The Gionee Ctrl V5’s dimensions are 134.5 x 67.7 x 8.1mm, and the device weighs 103.5 grams with battery inserted.

The Gionee Ctrl V5 has an increased screen resolution of 960 x 540 pixels (qHD) when compared to the Gionee Pioneer P4’s FWVGA resolution (854 x 480). With the help of this increased resolution, the pixel density has also been increased to 234 PPI. The display has IPS LCD technology and a screen size of 4.7 inches. The Gionee Ctrl V5 has a high-resolution 8-megapixel primary camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. The rear camera comes with touch focus with the help of autofocus, face/smile detection, LED flash, and geo-tagging, while the front-facing camera comes only with geo-tagging.

The Gionee Ctrl V5 has a proximity sensor, accelerometer, and compass for day to day convenience. Under the hood, there is 1GB RAM, 8GB internal storage, and quad-core Mediatek MT6582V chipset. The Gionee Ctrl V5 is loaded with Android 4.2 JellyBean OS. There has been no update from the manufacturer about any further firmware updates. For the latest news on firmware updates visit Gear by MySmartPrice.

The Gionee Ctrl V5 has a removable battery of 1,800 mAh capacity that can withstand 14 hours of 2G talk time and 10 hours of 3G talk time. In terms of standby time, the device can stay up and running for 324 hours on 3G network. Cellular connectivity is enabled through two SIM card slots provided. For internet and file transferring the Gionee Ctrl V5 has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.