Gionee A1 Signature Edition

It offers a 5.5 inch full HD AMOLED panel, which definitely is one of the strengths of the device. The AMOLED panel with 1080p resolution produces punchy colors, strong contrast, and delivers a pleasant experience.Being a selfie-centric smartphone, I expected a lot from the Gionee A1 in terms of the camera; especially the front camera. It comes with a 13MP rear camera and a 16 MP front camera. The front camera looks solid on paper but I felt it was not as good as it should be. It is powered by a 4010mAh battery that is not just heavy on paper, but also in real life usage. During basic to moderate usage, the A1 easily delivers more than 42 hours of backup.

The fast charging support also ensures that the hefty battery gets fuelled under two hours.The Gionee A1 is powered by MediaTek Helio P10 octa-core SoC along with 4GB of RAM. The processor is certainly not the best one in its segment but Gone has done well by moving on from MT6750, which is available on most other offline phones under 20K.The A1 comes with Android 7.0 Nougat with Gionee’s custom Amigo 4.0 OS on top. It is a highly customized UI that offers tons of bloatware with revamped visual appeal.

Gionee has as added a new selfie-centric smartphone in its product line-up called as the Gionee A1.The Gionee A1 offers a 16MP front-facing camera which is the highlight of the device. The front camera features f/2.0 aperture, 5P lens, selfie flash, and 1/3.06-inch sensor. The selfie flash technology on the device is believed to offer enhanced facial aspects in selfies even in low light conditions. The company claims that it will spread the light onto user’s face consistently and softly. This helps for capturing improved facial complexion, blush, and natural glow.

In addition, Gionee is touting its own facial enhancement algorithm which is claimed to be competent for detection of user’s face and apply custom beauty settings in the images. Other selfie feature includes the bokeh-selfie mode which let users blur the background.