Gionee Elife S5.5, the 'world's slimmest smartphone', goes on sale in India at Rs 22,999

New Delhi: Gionee Elife S5.5, which is believed to be the world's slimmest smartphone, is now available in India at Rs 22,999. The phone has a thickness of 5.5mm and weighs 130g. The phone is listed on the Gionee India online store.

According to the company, the Elife S5.5 is crafted with a metallic frame and Corning Gorillas Glass Uni-Body. "It uses the world's thinnest AMOLED Screen, thinnest PCB board with a 0.6MM and 0.4mm glass rear cover," said William Lu, President of Gionee.

The ELife S5.5 is equipped with a 5-inch Full HD Super AMOLED plus screen, a true octa-core 1.7GHz processor, a 13 megapixel rear camera and a 5 megapixel 95 degree ultra-wide angle front-facing camera.

The phone is currently available in White; it will soon be available in Black, Blue, Pink, and Purple colours too. The Gionee Elife S5.5 runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean with Gionee's Amigo UI.

The Elife S5.5 was unveiled during the 2014 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Gionee Elife S5.5: Full specs

- 5-inch Super AMOLED Plus display

- Octa- Core 1.7GHz CPU

- Single SIM

- 13.0MP AF +5.0MP AF Camera 95 Degree Ultra-Wide Angle

- AMIGO OS 2.0 (based on Android OS, V4.2)

- Memory: 16GB+2GB

- Ultra slim 145.1 x 70.2 x 5.55mm

- GSM-850/900/1800/1900MHz

- WCDMA-850/1900/2100MHz or 900/1900/2100MHz

- 3.5 mm Earphone Jack

- WIFI/GPS/BT4.0/FM/G-sensor

- Non-removable 2300mAh Battery

- OTG

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