Making its way to Chinese markets since June, Gionee has finally released its energiser bunny smartphone to markets outside its domestic boundaries (India only, for now). Featuring twin batteries of the same capacity – 3,010 mAh, it also supports reverse through charging, so if your friend or family member is in a fix, just use the Marathon M5 to give their devices a quick charge up.
The manufacturer claims that with the total 6,020 mAh of battery capacity, the device will get you up to 4 days of regular usage – roughly translating to a claimed 62 hours of talk time and 682 hours of standby time.
And if that isn’t enough for you power hungry users, its extreme mode will give you another 62 hours of standby time at 5% battery; typically stripping you of everything except the bare essentials for the smartphone to receive calls and texts, probably.
Other internals include a lowly 1.5GHz Quad-core MediaTek MT6735 processor, a HD (1280 x 720) AMOLED screen and 3GB of RAM with 32GB of internal memory to go along with it. You’ll also find Gionee’s Amigo 3.1 skin over Android 5.1 Lollipop on this device, that’s capable of 4G LTE through its dual-SIM slots. An IR blaster also makes an appearance on this 5.5-inch device.
Talking about its camera, there will be a 13-megapixel rear shutter, followed by a 5-megapixel front camera and it’ll measure in these dimensions 152 x 76 x 8.55mm; it’s quite amazing to think that a 6,020 mAh battery can fit within an 8.55mm thick smartphone that weighs 215 grams.
Those in India can pick it up for Rs. 17,999 (RM 1,137) on Flipkart in these colours; white, black and gold. We’re unsure how far Gionee will continue to reach out in the market space, maybe it might make an appearance in Malaysian markets soon.
