Phone Comparison - Gionee Elife E8 vs Samsung Galaxy A9 vs Gionee Elife S6

general General Info

Manufacturer Gionee Samsung Gionee
Announced June 2015 Expected Announcement - November 2015 November 2015
Status Available - July 2015 Rumored - December 2015 Available - November 2015
Price Rs. 34,999 ($514.69) [Similarly Priced] - Rs. 16,989 ($249.84) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Various Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 164.0 × 82.3 × 9.6 mm
(6.46 × 3.24 × 0.38 in)
- 151.9 x 74.6 x 6.9 mm
(5.98 x 2.94 x 0.27 in)
Weight 207 g (7.3 oz) - 147 g (5.19 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network LTE LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), planned upgrade to v6.0 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Octa-core 2 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6795 Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A72 & quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8976 Snapdragon 620 Octa-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6753
GPU PowerVR G6200 Adreno 510 Mali-T720MP3
RAM 3 GB 3 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 64 GB 32 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

display Display

Type AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 6.0 inches 5.5 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (490 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio - - 73.60%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio FM Radio with Recording FM radio with RDS; recording FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 24 MP, 5632 x 4224 pixels 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone) LED flash LED flash
Features Autofocus, OIS, 1/2.3' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 8 MP, AF [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0, USB Host microUSB v2.0 v2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant) Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 64 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
USB OTG Supported - -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3520 mAh 4000 mAh 3150 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -