Gionee just announced the successors to its successful S10 series of smartphones, the S11, and the S11S. These two new smartphones retain all the premium features offered by their predecessors while adding a plethora of new features.
Design
When it comes to design, Gionee went with a glass body, which seems to be the staple of premium design for smartphone manufacturers. The glass on the Gionee S11 and the S11s is curved on all four sides like some offerings from Xiaomi, however, it is finished in a mirror-like coating not very unlike the HTC U11. Both the S11 and the S11s are available in multiple colors as well.
Gionee S11s Specs
The Gionee S11s is the more powerful one of the two. Packing the MediaTek Helio P30 Processor coupled with 6-GB of RAM and 64-GB of inbuilt storage. The S11s also packs in a 6.01-Inch AMOLED display with FHD+ resolution. The S11s being the powerful one of the two, sports dual front cameras and dual rear cameras. The front shooters being a 20-MP sensor, and the other being an 8-MP sensor. The rear, however, are a combo of 16-MP and 8-MP sensors. The rear is also where the fingerprint sensor is placed.
In addition to all that the S11s also has NFC with support for mobile payments wherever available. Finally, all of this is powered by a 3600mAh battery which has 18W fast charging support.
Gionee S11 Specs
The Gionee S11 has the slightly less powerful, yet a completely capable MediaTek Helio P23 processor coupled with 4-GB of RAM and has 64-GB of onboard storage (same as the S11s). When it comes to the display the S11 opts for a slightly smaller 5.99-Inch display with the same aspect ratio and the same FHD+ resolution as the S11s. The S11 sports four cameras, just like the S11s, but in a slightly different configuration; The front-facing shooters are a combination of 16-MP and 8-MP, and the rear facing sensors are 16-MP and 5-MP. The battery is also slightly smaller at 3410mAh.
Both the Gionee S11s, and the S11 will be shipped with Android Noughat out of the box, with Gionee’s Amigo OS 5.0 on top.
Price and Availability
Both the Gionee S11s, and the S11, will go on sale on December 4th online, and select offline stores; With the Gionee S11s, priced at 3299 Yen (Approx $499), and the Gionee S11 priced at 1799 Yen (Approx $279). The Gionee S11s will be available in Silver and Gold, while the S11 will be available in Gold, Pink, and Blue.
