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Design

The Elife has a slim design measuring 139.80 x 67.40 x 5.50 mm, and weighing 127g. It has a U-shape microgroove design made with the aircraft grade Al-Mg alloy used for middle-frame, a U-shape framework of S7 made of a piece of Al-Mg alloy steel plate is designed to fit the natural curve of human finger perfectly to create an excellent grip experience. At the same time, function keys and peripheral interface are enclosed in the microgroove perfectly to make it integral and as if naturally made.

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Camera

The S7 is equipped with a 13-Megapixels rear camera with Auto-focus and an LED flash. On the front, there is an 8-Megapixel front-facing shooter. The camera comes with different modes such as, Magic Focus, Chameleon and Take Anytime.

Magic Focus: Focus in the picture can be defined arbitrarily after shooting through the technology of whole focal length framing and picture postprocessing. The photographing followed by focusing definitely brings different prospects and feelings. You are privileged to determine the focus in life.

Chameleon: Not satisfied with change the theme or wallpaper? S7 allows you to capture any color you see through the camera and apply it to the theme and system interface. Change color, change mood.

Take Anytime: The most beautiful moment becomes eternal by pressing the “Take anytime”. S7 does support intelligent continuous shooting and is provided with five image post processing technologies such as optimum shooting, tracks, eraser, best face, and motion blur. It’s possible to identify scene automatically to capture the beautiful moment at will.

Battery

Despite the phone’s slim profile, it still packed with a good size a 2750mAh non-removable battery. And with the Battery Saver mode the mobile will turn to dark-colored theme automatically, all system menus will become black & white, and the light-emitting unit in dark zone of screen is almost off after enabling this mode, thus saving power to the maximum and only access to the Phone, Contacts, Message and Clock apps. And 10% battery can support the whole day. The super power saving mode can make you enjoy the super long standby experience.

Display

There is a 5.2″ Super AMOLED Full-HD (1920×1080) 424 PPI display which allows the complete representation of every detail, giving you an incomparable and exquisite image, and clear pictures. Generation III Corning Gorilla Glass adopted makes the screen lighter, thinner and tougher.

Processor

The Elife S7 is powered by an 1.7GHz MT6752 Octa-cores 64-bit processor with a Mali-T760 GPU, it offers superior performances, which make you no longer believe it is just a cell phone rather than a computer. There is also a 2GB of RAM for fast and smooth operating experience.

Audio

The device comes with built-in DTS audio system. The DTS audio is the most professional audio system and is equipped with the top music processing chip that boasts the highest sampling rate of 192k and the maximum data processing capacity of 24bit. Along with the custom-made HI-FI professional in-ear earpieces, it presents you an unparalleled audio-visual feast and a perfect enjoyment.

Storage

The device comes with a 16GB of internal storage, however, there is no room for storage expansion, there is no microSD port which is the downfall of this device, having said that, you can always use the cloud or delete unwanted files to free some space.

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Connectivity & OS

The Elife S7 supports LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS/ A-GPS, USB OTG and FM radio. There is a dual-SIM slot at the left hand-side, On/Off & volume buttons at the right hand-side, and a micro-USB port, a 3.5mm headphone port, a speaker and a mic positioned at the bottom of the device. The Elife S7 runs Amigo 3.0 which is based on Android 5.0 Lollipop.

Price & Availability

The Gionee Elife S7 is set to cost €399 approx $445 – £290 – ¥2799 and will be available in EU and Globally via Gionee’s own website.

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