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today I will share my review on this mobile
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DESIGN
The phone definitely feels sturdy, and the polished back is quite good-looking. The front is dominated by glass which comes right up to the corners of the phone and meets the curve of the metal rim. It fit very well in our hands.
There is a fingerprint scanner embedded in the home button, with capacitive Back and Recents buttons on either side of it. The volume and power buttons are on the right. Gionee has given the power button a reddish tone which is a unique touch. The front camera is placed right above the screen, and there’s also an LED flash which Gionee calls "Selfie flash".
The rear of the Gionee A1 looks familiar, with many current smartphones following the same design. We have antenna lines running across the top and bottom, like we’ve seen on many other phones such as the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4, which is priced lower than the Gionee A1.
Specificatons
The handset is backed by a 4010mAh battery which the company claims can last for up to two days with mixed usage. The Gionee A1 supports fast charging which is a nice feature to have. This is a hybrid dual-SIM phone, and 4G is supported on both SIMs, but only one at a time. You also get VoLTE(voice over LTE), Wi-Fi n, Bluetooth 4.0, and USB-OTG.
The Gionee A1 has a 5.5-inch full-HD(1080x1920 pixels) display, and in My opinion it is one of the best we have seen in this price range. It is bright enough, and sunlight legibility is also decent. Blacks are rich, and colours are reproduced well. Text and images look crisp. Viewing angles were also not a problem while watching videos. However, the front of this phone is a fingerprint magnet, and I had to wipe the screen from time to time during the review period.
The handset runs Amigo 4.0 OS based on Android 7.0 Nougat, and is among few handsets in its price segment that offers the latest version of Android out-of-the-box.
Gionee has added few features like Smart Gestures that let you do things like answers calls automatically when you pick the phone up, or pause alarms when you flip it over. Smart vibration reminders can notify you about missed calls and messages while the phone is in standby, and a double-tap can wake the phone so you don’t have to reach for the power button. There’s an Edge Bar feature that offers shortcuts to your favourite apps when you swipe left or right on the home button. The A1 also lets you operate the screen while wearing gloves in winter.
Camera
It Has 13-megapixel rear camera on the Gionee A1 has a dual-LED flash and f2.0 aperture. It uses a Sony IMX258 sensor. The camera app offers plenty of modes to choose from including night, professional, time-lapse, slow-motion, smart scene, and GIF. The Gionee A1’s camera app also offers a translation feature that lets you photograph words or even few lines and translate them to another language. Only a few languages are supported, and the default is English to Simplified Chinese. The rear camera can record 1080p and 720p videos, and the quality was decent.
The rear camera managed to take shots with accurate colours, but they tended to look oversaturated and lose texture quality at times. The camera also took some time to lock focus which can be annoying. Shots taken at night were also good, though we noticed some noise and motion blur on checking them at full size. Overall, the Gionee A1 offers decent cameras both in front and at the back, though we feel it needs further polish since photography is one of its main highlights.
Performance
The Gionee A1 definitely won’t disappoint you in terms of performance, and the octa-core processor feels adequate for most jobs. The handset packs 4GB of RAM, and during our review, we found that there was around 1.8GB of RAM free at any moment. The fingerprint scanner on the Gionee A1 is really quick and we like the fact that the phone can be unlocked with just a touch, without us needing to press the home button.
Games like Asphalt 8: Airborne and Dead Effect 2 ran without frame rate drops, and we could flip between games and other apps without any lag. The 5.5-inch screen is good for movies and videos, and we had a good time streaming shows on our test unit.
We were however disappointed that the Gionee A1 got hot quite often. After just 30 minutes of gaming, it was uncomfortable to hold. This also happened when we used GPS for navigation and when using the camera app or even talking on the phone for a long time. It even restarted itself a few times after getting warm, which isn’t something we expect from a phone no matter its price. This issue ruined the overall usage experience for us.
The Gionee A1 definitely won’t disappoint you in terms of performance, and the octa-core processor feels adequate for most jobs. The handset packs 4GB of RAM, and during our review, we found that there was around 1.8GB of RAM free at any moment. The fingerprint scanner on the Gionee A1 is really quick and we like the fact that the phone can be unlocked with just a touch, without us needing to press the home button.
Games like Asphalt 8: Airborne and Dead Effect 2 ran without frame rate drops, and we could flip between games and other apps without any lag. The 5.5-inch screen is good for movies and videos, and we had a good time streaming shows on our test unit.
We were however disappointed that the Gionee A1 got hot quite often. After just 30 minutes of gaming, it was uncomfortable to hold. This also happened when we used GPS for navigation and when using the camera app or even talking on the phone for a long time. My Phone even restarted itself a few times after getting warm, which isn’t something we expect from a phone no matter its price. This issue ruined the overall usage experience for me.
The Gionee A1 doesn’t disappoint when it comes to battery performance especially considering that this is the phone’s other big highlight. The handset packs a non-removable 4010mAh battery and supports fast charging, which came in handy. Twenty minutes gave us a decent 40 percent charge, and the phone reached 100 percent in less than two hours. We logged an impressive 14 hours and 45 minutes of runtime in our HD video loop test. We also liked the regular and extreme power saving modes on the Gionee A1 which extended usage time for several hours.
Conclusion
The Gionee A1 is a solid option in its price segment, and will definitely make heads turn with its good looks. Battery performance is impressive, and the cameras fare well enough. The heating issue however is this phone’s biggest problem, and you will have to deal with the rear constantly getting warm with even day-to-day usage, which will get uncomfortable. The fact that this phone runs Android 7.0 Nougat gets extra points from me, though the software bloat is disappointing.