Gionee has announced its first “Made in India” smartphone, announcing the company’s support for the Make in India campaign, and the first device that gets made in India for the company is at the Foxconn plant in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. It was the Gionee F103 announced at the event. Gionee Gionee F103 feature a 5-inch HD Display powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735 64-bit processor with Mali-T720 GPU and 2GB of RAM. on storage it comes with 16GB of internal storage which is expandale up to 32GB via microSD card.
On camera it comes with 8 Mega Pixel Camera with LED flash and 5 MP front facing camer . dual SIM device runs on Android OS, V5.0 Lollipop ( amigo 3.0) . On connectivity include 4G,3G,GPS, Bluetooth,Wifi. It has dual SIM support and 4G LTE connectivity, including support for 4G LTE bands (TDD B40 2300MHz and FDD B3 1800MHz) for India. Device is packed by a 2400mAh battery.
Gionee having sold over 7 Million devices in India already will look to double sales in 2015-2016, backed by the support provided through its India manufacturing.
Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh who was the chief guest at the occasion said, “I am extremely happy that Andhra Pradesh has become home to a leading mobile brand like Gionee. I am keen on developing country’s largest Mobile Manufacturing hub in Andhra Pradesh. With the current interest levels, I am hopeful that Andhra Pradesh will be producing 6-7 million phones per month by the end of next year. With our strategic location, best-in-class policies, conducive business environment and robust skill base, my Government is committed to building a robust electronic manufacturing ecosystem in Andhra Pradesh.”
Arvind Vohra, Country CEO & MD, Gionee India said, “It gives us immense pleasure to announce our India manufacturing. The Make in India is yet another step towards showcasing our commitment to India. It was an honor to have Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh joining us on this momentous occasion. We are very excited to have received unprecedented support from our consumers in last two years and we hope to deliver better and better everytime”
Commenting on the occasion Mr. William Lu, President Gionee said, “We are very excited to have begun our India manufacturing. We would be working towards making India manufacturing a hub for not only India, but nearly countries too”
- 5-inch (1280 × 720 pixels) HD IPS display with Dragontrail glass protection
- 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735 64-bit processor with Mali-T720 GPU
- 2GB RAM, 16GB Internal memory
- Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Amigo UI 3.1
- Dual SIM with Dual Standby
- 8MP Auto Focus Camera with LED flash, f/2.2 aperture
- 5MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture
- Dimensions: 146×70.3×7.95mm
- 4G LTE / 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
- 2400mAh battery
Gionee F103 comes in Pearl White, Dawn White and Black colors and is priced at Rs. 10,399 in India.