Gionee Elife S6

Chinese smartphone vendor Gionee introduced its latest Elife smartphone. The new Elife S6 is the successor to the Elife S5.5 continues on the company's slim tradition as the latest offering is only 6.9 mm thick. The device is available in gold and platinum colour variants and falls under the mid-range price bracket.

The Gionee Elife S6 sports ultra-thin bezels and features a 5.5-inch HD AMOLED display. The phone is easy to grip courtesy its tapered edges. The colours look bright and real thanks to the AMOLED display. The big screen paired with a super display makes the device ideal for watching videos and playing games.

Under the hood, the smartphone is powered by a 1.3GHz octa-core MediaTek processor and 3GB of RAM to ensure that your device performs without any glitches. For installing apps and other data, there is 32GB of onboard storage. Also, the device sports a hybrid SIM slot which allow you to expand the storage via a microSD card up to 128GB.

For connectivity, there is an array of options including 4G, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS and a USB Type-C reversible 2.0 port. It is backed up by a Li-Ion 3,150mAh battery.

For imaging, the Elife S6 comes with a 13-megapixel autofocus primary camera that can record Full HD videos and click impressive images. Colours look natural and noise levels are quite low. Even with an LED flash, the device tends to produce a blurred image. Other modes like touch focus, HDR, panorama, face detection, etc. add more to your photographs. On its face, selfie lovers can use the 5-megapixel secondary shooter for selfies and video calling.

On the software front, it comes with the proprietary AMIGO OS 3.1 wrapped under Android 5.1 Lollipop. Unlike the glass back as seen on the previous S series smartphones the S6 ships with a metal unibody design.