Gionee M2

Overview

A Good Smartphone To Buy

By Sukhleen

Gionee M2 is a smartphone with massive power bank and amazing design that got released in 2014. Its box contents include a handset, battery, charger, earphone, USB cable, user manual and warranty card.

Design and Display

The phone is designed using a bar format. It comes with a height of 144 mm, a width of 72 mm and a thickness of 10.5 mm as its dimensions. Its front is dominated by a 5.0 inches, TFT capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 480x854 pixels.

Hardware and Software

Gionee M2 is powered by 1.3 GHz Quad Core Cortex A7 processor and 1 GB RAM. Presence of Mali 400 GPU ensures good graphics quality. On the storage part, it has 4 GB of internal memory and it can be expanded up to 32 GB with a microSD slot. The phone operates on Android v4.2 Jelly Bean Operating System. It also avails accelerometer, proximity, ambient light and compass sensors to have effective operations.

Telephony and Messaging

M2 operates on 2G ( GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz ) and 3G ( HSDPA 900 / 2100 MHz )frequencies. It features dual SIM ( GSM + GSM ) facility with dual stand-by support that lets you to stay connected with two networks at the same time. For messaging, it supports SMS, MMS, Email and IM. It also has the T9 dictionary and predictive text input that helps in typing.

Camera

The device has a rear camera of 8 MP with features like zoom, flash, touch focus, face detection, panorama, Geo- tagging, 99 continuous shots, face beauty, eraser, smile shot, gesture shot and HD video recording. It also has a 2 MP front camera that provide a resolution of 1600x1200 pixels.

Entertainment

For entertainment, it features music player, image viewer, video recorder, video player, games, FM radio, ringtones and Java support. It has inbuilt Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail and YouTube applications. Plus availability of 3.5 mm jack and loudspeaker further increases its capabilities.

Connectivity and Battery

The device has connectivity options for GPRS, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Hotspot, EDGE, bluetooth, USB and handsfree. It also features GPS with A-GPS support to help in navigation. The phone packs a long lasting Li-ion battery of 4200 mAh. It also has the OTG cable support with which you can charge any other device.

Shades

The phone is available in Black and White colors at a price of Rs. 10,999 approximately.

Verdict

Gionee M2 offers good connectivity options, quad core processing power and amazing imaging capabilities along with an elegant design. So, it is truly a good smartphone to buy.