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Gionee S8 Mobile Phone
Gionee S8
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Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 Mobile Phone
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Gionee's newly unveiled S8 makes an appearance at Mobile World Congress touting a feature that previously belonged only to Apple's phones.Read more
Smartphone company Gionee says it knows the secret to making you want to buy its phones -- making you smile, and that's the aim behind the new S8, an all-metal Android phone with a 3D Touch screen.Read more
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 6.0Android 7.0Android 5.0
CPU clock speed1.95 GHz1.9 GHz2.1 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-core8-core
CPU modelMediaTek Helio P MT6755Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880Samsung Exynos Octa 7420
GPU modelARM Mali-T860 MP2ARM Mali-T830 MP2ARM Mali-T760
RAM memory4 GB3 GB3 GB

Display

Screen size5.5 in5.2 in5.1 in
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeOLEDOLEDOLED
Resolution1920 x 1080 px1080 x 1920 px2560 x 1440 px
TechnologyAMOLED
  • AMOLED
  • Full HD Super AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
  • Quad HD Super AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
Pixel density401.0 ppi424.0 ppi576.0 ppi
Screen materialCorning Gorilla Glass 4.0
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0
Multi touchyes
N/A
yes
Touchscreen
N/A
N/A
yes
Dual screen support
N/A
N/A
no
Scratch resistant display
N/A
N/A
yes
HDR
N/A
N/A
no

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution16.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx
Primary lens aperture1.8 f
N/A
1.9 f
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px4096 x 2160 px
Autofocusyes
N/A
yes
Burst Modeyes
N/A
yes
Digital Image Stabilizationyes
N/A
N/A
Digital zoomyes
N/A
yes
Face detectionyes
N/A
yes
Geo-taggingyes
N/A
yes
Gesture Shotyes
N/A
yes
HDR Captureyes
N/A
yes
LED Flashyes
N/A
yes
Panoramayes
N/A
yes
Smile detectionyes
N/A
yes
Touch focusyes
N/A
yes
Focus adjustment
N/A
AutomaticAutomatic
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution
N/A
30.0 fps30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)
N/A
30.0 fps60.0 fps
Max resolution (highest frame rate)
N/A
1920 x 1080 px1280 x 720 px
Primary sensor size
N/A
N/A
1/2.6"
Video recording
N/A
N/A
yes
Optical image stabilization
N/A
N/A
yes
Slow-Mo
N/A
N/A
yes

Front camera

Primary resolution8.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx
Lens aperture
N/A
F/1.9
N/A
Light source
N/A
Display flash
N/A

Storage

Internal storage
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
32 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
Memory card readeryes
N/A
no
Maximum card storage200GB256GB
N/A
Types of memory card supportedmicroSD
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
No memory slot

Design

Colour of product
  • Grey
  • Gold
N/A
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Black
  • White
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Green
  • Blue
MaterialMetal
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Metal
Aluminum
Shock resistant
N/A
yesno
Water resistant
N/A
N/A
no

Dimensions

Height6.07 in5.75 in5.59 in
Width2.95 in2.81 in2.76 in
Depth0.28 in0.31 in0.28 in
Weight5.19 oz5.61 oz4.66 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyes
Digital compassyes
N/A
yes
Ambient light sensoryes
N/A
yes
Fingerprintyes
N/A
yes
Gyroscopeyesyesyes
Barometer
N/A
yesyes
Hearth rate monitor
N/A
N/A
yes
ANT+
N/A
N/A
yes

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyesyesno
Sim card sizeMicro-SIM
  • Nano SIM
  • Nano-SIM
Nano-SIM
Bluetoothyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.04.24.1
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
Type of USB connectorMicro-USBUSB Type-CMicro-USB
Bluetooth profile
N/A
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • DIP
  • HFP
  • HID
  • HOGP
  • HSP
  • MAP
  • OPP
  • PAN
  • PBAP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
Bluetooth codec
N/A
SBC
  • aptX
  • SBC
NFC
N/A
yesyes
Charging connection
N/A
USB
  • USB
  • Wireless
USB version
N/A
2.02.0
USB On-The-Go (OTG)
N/A
noyes
Video output
N/A
NoMHL
DLNA certified
N/A
N/A
yes

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yes
N/A
yes
Data transmissionHSPA+
  • GPRS
  • EDGE
  • HSDPA
  • HSUPA
  • HSPA+
  • FDD-LTE
  • TDD-LTE
  • EDGE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • LTE
  • LTE Advanced
Navigation systemGPS
  • GPS
  • GLONASS
  • BeiDou
  • A-GPS
  • BeiDou
  • GLONASS
2G GSMyes
N/A
yes
GSM frequencies
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
UMTS frequences
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
4G LTEyes
N/A
yes
LTE frequencies
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 2300 MHz
  • 2500 MHz
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
Mobile hotspotyes
N/A
yes
Wireless networking standard
N/A
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Streaming standards
N/A
Google CastGoogle Cast
3G UMTS
N/A
N/A
yes

Battery

Battery typeLithium ion
N/A
Lithium ion
Battery capacity3000.0 mAh3000.0 mAh2600.0 mAh
Standby time350.0 h
N/A
302.0 h
Talk time18.0 h16.0 h18.0 h
Replaceable battery
N/A
N/A
no
Fast charging
N/A
N/A
yes
Wireless charging
N/A
N/A
yes
Wireless charging standard
N/A
N/A
  • PMA
  • QI

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