For The Love Of Battery
GIONEE M7 POWER
There’s a simple reason why the
Gionee M7 Power has ‘power’ in its name — the massive 5,000mAh battery! This is
also the main reason for the phone’s substantial 199 gram weight. Overall, the
phone feels sturdy in terms of build quality — it has a textured finish on the
back to make it stand out and provide additional grip. Even with this large a
battery, the phone doesn’t feel or look like a fat brick. Battery life is great
— we regularly got a full 2-days battery life plus it has fast charging support
— we were able to charge the phone from 10% to 80% in two and half hours. It
also supports reverse charge. This means that with a USB OTG adapter, you can
use the M7 Power to charge another smartphone.
This is Gionee’s first phone in
India with a FullView 18:9 aspect ratio display — you get a 6-inch screen but
with a resolution of 1440 x 720 pixels. This is the first slip up because there
are competing devices in the same price range that offer a higher resolution
screen (Honor 9i). Apart from this, there are no issues with the display — it
has slim bezels, excellent brightness, rich colour and wide viewing angles.
Hardware includes an octa core
Snapdragon 435 processor, 4GB RAM and 64GB storage. For most basic tasks, the
phone zips along smoothly but the entry-level Snapdragon processor will be a bottleneck
for gaming and multi-tasking. The performance also takes a hit because of the
extra bloatware and heavy Amigo skin by Gionee.
Gionee offers a 13MP rear camera
with f2.0 aperture on the M7 Power. The autofocus and shutter speed is great
and it impresses with its image quality in daytime as well as lowlight. There
are a number of modes available for shooting including a manual mode, beauty
mode, card scanner, panorama and 3D photo mode for the rear camera. Up front is
an 8MP camera which also works well (it includes a bokeh mode for selfies which
works well in good light).
If you want to join the trend of
having phone with 18:9 aspect display without worrying about battery life, the
Gionee M7 Power is for you. You can also consider the Honor 9i, Oppo F5 or the
Vivo V7 in this price segment though they don’t offer the same kind of battery
life.
Hitesh.Bhagat@timesgroup.com
ET 8DEC17
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