After launching the Elife S7 at MWC 2015, Gionee is also set to take the wraps off its successor, the Elife S8 at MWC 2016,. The smartphone maker has an event lined up on February 22 in Barcelona, where the announcement is expected to take place. That being said, the smartphone was recently spotted on GeekBench, which reveals some of its specifications and features along with test results.
Gionee Elife S8 specifications and features: As per the GeekBench listing, the smartphone was spotted running on MediaTek’sMT6755 Helio P10 octa-core processor with ARM Cortex-A53 cores. Carrying a model number GN9011, the listing also reveals that the smartphone has 4GB of RAM and runs on Google’s Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS.
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After running through the benchmark, the smartphone has logged a score of 1,079 in single-core test and 4,511 points in multi-core test. While other details about camera and connectivity options are scarce at the moment, it is expected to employ a pressure sensitive display, the working of which is likely to be similar to the 3D Touch display on Apple’s iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus.
In comparison, last year’s Gionee Elife S7 sports a 5.2-inch full HD (1080p) AMOLED display and is powered by a 64-bit 1.7Ghz octa-core processor paired with 2GB RAM. It houses 16GB of internal storage, but there is no option to expand it further.
On the camera front, it sports a 13-megapixel rear snapper and an 8-megapixel selfie camera. Armed with a 2,750mAh battery and Android 5.0 Lollipop, connectivity options include 4G LTE, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.
We expect more details about the Elife S8 when Gionee officially announces the smartphone on February 22.
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