Gionee S8 with 3D Touch support and Full Metal Body revealed at MWC


Gionee has announced its latest Flagship smartphone in ‘S” series, the Gionee Elife S8 at MWC 2016 event in Barcelona. It comes with 3D touch display that can distinguish between three levels of Force just like Apple 3D Touch and users can also use multiple Whatsapp and WeChat accounts on one device.


It boasts a Full-metal body with 5.5-inch full HD 1080p AMOLED display with pressure sensitive 3D touch and is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 4. It runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow with heavily customised Amigo UI 3.2 on top of it and comes with fingerprint sensor.

It is powered by Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P10 (MT6755) 64-bit processor clocked at 1.95GHz with Mali-T860 GPU, coupled with 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage, that can be expanded up to 128GB with microSD. On the camera front it has a 16MP rear camera with f/1.8 aperture, PDAF, Laser auto focus and LED Flash and a 8MP front-facing camera. This is a dual SIM handset with Voice-Over LTE (VoLTE), and 4G LTE support.


Other connectivity features includes 3G HSPA+, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac/a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1 and GPS support. It is powered by 3000 mAh battery with fast charging support. Handset is 7mm thick and weight is 147grams.

The Gionee Elife S8 comes in Gold, Rose Gold and Grey colors and is priced at €449 ($495). It is expected to be available from the end of March 2016.


Gionee S8 with 3D Touch support and Full Metal Body revealed at MWC