Gionee Elife E7 Hands-on and First Impressions

The Gionee Elife E7 will come in two variants — LTE version and HSPA+ only version however, all of the Gionee Elife E7 that would arrive in the Philippines will have a 3 GB of RAM with 32 GB of storage. Like what I’ve said earlier, Gionee emphasized the device as “made for shooting”. It’s because the 16-Megapixel camera with a 1/2.3” sensor in it will have a 1.34 µm pixel sensor size which is one of the best that we can on an Android smartphone. Oh, and there’s an 8.0 MP Front camera too.

The Gionee Elife E7 resembles its look from the Nokia Lumia 1520 but this one has a much smaller display which is a 5.5” Full HD LTPS display. The first thing I notice from it is that the display wasn’t that good under sunlight unlike other flagship phones.

The unibody design is one thing that I love in this phone. The design looks great however I felt that holding the phone that long would not be that comfortable because the sides are flat. Again, I like the design of the phone but I would prefer a matte texture over a glossy one. But hey, this phone is really solid!

The Amigo UI is an eyecandy. The transitions and the UI looks really nice but it is missing a lot features including widgets. You can’t put any widgets on the phone unless you installed a launcher such as Nova.

Gionee Elife E7 Specifications

• 5.5″ FHD LTPS Display
•  Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
• 8974 version: Quad-Core 2.2 GHz
• 8974AC version: Quad-Core 2.5 GHz
• 32 GB Internal Storage
• 3 GB RAM
• 16 MP Rear Camera
• 8 MP Front Camera
• WiFi
• Bluetooth
• HSPA+/LTE (depending on variant
• 2500mAh
• Android 4.2