<div><em>The Gionee Elife E8 is really a rather likable phone as long as you are okay with the size, writes <strong>Mala Bhargava</strong></em></div><div> </div><div>Come with large and strong hands because the Gionee Elife E8 is a king-sized 6-inch almost-tablet. Better suited to male hands, it could give anyone with small hands carpal tunnel within the week. It's a heavy 210 gram chunk of phone, dressed here in a champagne gold, which seems to be the colour of the season. That back is plastic but doesn't look it.</div><div> </div><div><img alt="" src="http://bw-image.s3.amazonaws.com/GioneeElife2_0.jpg" style="width: 640px; height: 350px;"></div><div> </div><div>The display dazzles in a resolution of 1440 x 2660 with a pixel density of 490. Very vivid colours pop out at you especially with one of Gionee's wallpapers and themes. The preloaded Chameleon app will let fashion conscious use match the theme of the phone to what they're wearing - and it does a pretty accurate job at that. Chameleon is not the only preinstalled app. Several others take up a chunk of the generous 64GB of internal storage.</div><div> </div><div><img alt="" src="http://bw-image.s3.amazonaws.com/GioneeElife1.jpg" style="width: 640px; height: 350px;"></div><div> </div><div>Prising open the back panel takes some effort reviews very tidy interiors. the phone is a dual-SIM, has space for a memory card, and works with a 3,500mAh battery which really doesn't do too badly for itself. It's 2GHz octa-core Mediatek processor keeps it working fluidly with Android Lollipop. but the Chinese phone maker's own Amigo interface is an extreme annoyance rather than giving it uniqueness.</div><div> </div><div><img alt="" src="http://bw-image.s3.amazonaws.com/GioneeElife3.jpg" style="width: 640px; height: 350px;"></div><div> </div><div>The cameras are rather high spec with the primary being a 24MPH and the front camera being 8MP. They are a surprise. They fill an image with light. The shutter is fast and although there is some softness and noise in low light, using the night more seems to get rid of it. Daylight shots are great and pros have a professional mode to fine tune settings. Right under the camera on the back is a fingerprint sensor that works pretty well.</div><div> </div><div><img alt="" src="http://bw-image.s3.amazonaws.com/GioneeElife4.jpg" style="width: 640px; height: 350px;"></div><div> </div><div>The Elife E8 is really a rather likable phone as long as you are okay with the size and love a big screen and it's done everything it can to belong to the upper end of the mobile market. The only problem is that someone spending Rs.34,999 may want to go in for a better-known brand. But if Gionee wanted to start somewhere, it's done it.</div>
