review gionee s8

From the favorite Mobile World Congress pastime of mine to go to the stands of upstart Chinese language phones manufacturers wanting to be seen. That is why I cruised by Gionee's booth to see what the business had to provide. Though it lacks the international occurrence of Huawei or Xiaomi, Gionee is doing pretty much in China and India. And within Barcelona the bed linens were considered because of it off its new Gionee S8 mobile.

With a glistening but not uncommon metal-clad body, there's very little about the S8 that immediately attracts your eye. Somewhat, the history here's something a whole lot of Chinese language Google android devices have as a common factor -- a solid resemblance, either in features or in design, to Apple's iPhone. The S8 definitely gets the "iLooks" down, but more interesting is the fact that it has its version of 3D Touch.

In the iPhone 6S, 3D Touch is a pressure-sensitive screen that enables you to press down onto the display screen to connect to it, getting in touch with up quick selections or preview links. Completely motivate down on a web link and it starts up into a fresh normal window. Theoretically, it appears like a great feature, but of all iPhone things for the S8 to acquire, I wish Gionee got picked another thing.

Placing besides the actual fact which i ever before use 3D Touch even on my iPhone scarcely, on the S8 it's much too limited. There is no peeking to do, as it only starts quick selections on the default apps. In the event that you check it out with other apps, such as Google's or those downloaded from the Play Store, the feature simply just doesn't work.

Actually, the S8 would be better without it as the telephone sports activities some redeeming features that might be a lot more useful. It includes dual SIM support as well as support for dual WhatsApp accounts. The second option allows two circumstances to perform on two different statistics at exactly the same time, so messaging lovers will be in a position to meaning themselves. It's easily done by using 3D Touch on the WhatsApp iphone app and simply clicking the clone option.

If you are still interested, Gionee's retailing the S8 for EUR449, which changes to about $495, ?350 or AU$685. It'll be bought from China and India soon, and can make its way to European countries as well.

What you ought to know

Includes a feature just like Apple's 3D Touch, but limited by just menus

Slim steel body pulls the optical eyesight

Works with two WhatsApp accounts

Fingerprint sensor on the real home button

Hardware specs

1.9GHz MediaTek MT 6755 Helio P10 octa-core processor

5.5-inches AMOLED full-HD with 3D Touch

Google android 6.0.1 Marshmallow software

6.07 by 2.95 by 0.28 in . (154.3 by 74.9 by 7 mm)

5.19 ounces (147 grams)

4GB Memory, 32GB onboard storage

Dual SIM, 4G connectivity

16-megapixel back camera, 8-megapixel front