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Kennyinusa:
in 2015 i use Android Studio 2.0 Preview for Android
Xcode 7.2 for iOS and
IntelJ IDEA 14(Ultimate) for almost every other stuff

Hotdiamond:
The gionee m5 sees gionee launch the marathon series of smartphones in the lower mid range category. This sees improvement in the build quality, display quality/size and the camera department. I'll dive in to these in detail as we go further. The marathon m5 stands out from the older generations of marathons.
I got my unit for ₦42k

Whats awesome
-5.5 inch 720p AMOLED screen with gorilla glass 3 protection
-6000mAh li-polymer battery with fast charging
-13 MP camera rear camera with FHD video recording 5MP selfie camera.
- amigo 3.1 UI (Lolipop 5.1)
-2GB
-IR blaster
-amigo 3.1. smoothest amigo UI yet.

Whats not great
The weight (for me this is absolutely no issue. Except you have very small hands.)



Hardware and design
It comes in black(ink blue back), white or gold . For some reason Nigeria isn't getting the gold version.

The m5 weighs 211g and  measures at 8.5 mm in thickness, which is surprising for a 6000 mAh battery smartphone in 2015.
The 4.7mm edges compensates for the weight giving it a somewhat slim profile.

The device has  a very solid case and we'll built (like a tank) and it feels strong .it features a non removable metal back cover. It has a metal frame and it's quite comfortable to use with one hand.

-There is a 5mp front camera
status LED
At the back there's a main camera s5k3m2 sensor found on the galaxy s4,
- secondary noise cancellation microphone which some OEMs leave out.
- At the top there’s the audio port, infrared emitter
- while at the bottom there's the microUSB port and primary  microphone.
-It comes with a non removable battery. The back cover is non removable too. Everything is sealed in.
-The dual micro Sim tray is in the left while the memory card expansion slot is on the right. Both accessible using a sim ejector tool provided in the box.

Again the marathon m5 is very slim for its BATTERY.
It's a well built and  once it's in the  hand it doesn't feel cheap at all.

Display
The generations of  marathon series has seen a gradual increase in the size Of its displays. With the release of the marathon m5 Plus,it's going to get bigger.

The m5 features a 5.5 inch AMOLED OGS panel, with a 1280 x 720 pixel resolution

The display is protected with corning gorilla glass 3 which is less prone to scratches (I personally removed the screen protector for this reason, I don't use cases too.)

It's also very bright which makes it VERY legible under direct sunlight. You don't have to squint to see what's on the screen when you are outdoors.
**this is a very big plus for this device.
 Overall, it's  very good display. AMOLED  is the way to go. I hope all OEMs adopt this too in their mid range devices.

audio quality
The hardware dts and smart audio amp  speakers  offers very loud and  clean sound output  and no muffled, distorted or  tiny sounds. Headphones bundled here have a long and anti tangle wire.
- They’re elegant, comfortable and offer great noise canceling and bass.
You don't need to be a audiophile to know how good the in-ear headphones are.

Battery and power consumption
As far as battery life goes. This device is a power bank. (literally).
After My normally daily moderate routine ;unplug at 7am. 3G on all day,surfing the web, auto brightness on, youtube, a few phone calls and a lot of texting (whatsapp and the rest)
I get average of 9-11 hours of screen on time.
I don't really game with my phone but for testing sake I tried out asphalt 8 for a few hours. The battery drop was very minimal. The same goes for other light games like candy crush and subway surf. You get the drift.

As for heating up.
From my observation The m5 only heats up (not burning heat) when I'm streaming videos for hours via mobile data while on WiFi the heat is almost non existent.
Let me announce that it heats up during the rapid charge stage 0-80%. But cools down when it is in the trickle charge stage 80-100%

It uses fast charge .
I got it from 0-100% in about 130-140 mins.
I wouldn't advice you charge it while using as the charging time will increase.
Just have patience. It'll fill up in no time then you can go back to whatever you were doing.
- standby time is also impressive. I go to bed , wake up in the morning. It looses just 1%.so if you are the busy type. you'll not have a any issue going with this phone for three days+ on a single charge.

performance
There's nothing much to say here.
The allocated  two 2GB of RAM holds up its own end .
Multitasking is seamless
no stutter when transitioning between home screens and the app drawer . You'll feel much at home with the stock launcher but I had to revert to my trusted nova launcher.

***The power saving modes do hinder the performance.

MilesLamar:
Mehn then come maraba o.. Dts where I got mine

MilesLamar:
Mehn then come maraba o.. Dts where I got mine

MilesLamar:
Mehn then come maraba o.. Dts where I got mine

MilesLamar:
You can check banez plaza for wuse 2 or heart plaza in maraba

MilesLamar:
Tecno fan boy


Gionee m3 mini is better.

Donpre:
I don't own the gionee M3... but if you mean the M3 mini then the price range is 16.3k - 17k

Baadal:
I doubt this phone can really compete with Gionee M3 MINI

xck123:
After Gionee launched the durable phone M2mini(3000mAh battery and Lollipop) a month ago, which with premium design and affordable price success in the entry lever smartphone market.

Antutu benchmark leaks out the spec of it’s new phone named M3mini. Gionee Marathon series mainly famous for it’s durable phone in Nigeria, from the name, we believed that this phone should be also packed with the monster battery. Here is the spec showed in Antutu as below,

Brief spec as blow:
Model:M3mini
Display:4.5”, FWVGA(854*480), IPS
CPU:MT6735M 64-bit Quad Core 1.0GHz
Camera: 5M+ 2M
Memory: 8GB ROM+ 1GB RAM expandable to 32GB
Latest android 5.1 lollipop

Battery: 4000mAh(confirmed from of the gionee engineer)

From MT6735 CPU information, we checked the MediaTek official website, and showed most probably M3mini support 4G LTE network.
Here is the introduction of MT6735:
MediaTek MT6735 is a 64-bit quad-core World Mode 4G LTE platform based on the ARM® Cortex®-A53 64-bit processor with ARM Mali™-T720 graphics. Designed for the ‘super-mid’ market, MT6735 delivers a premium mobile experience and gives consumers a wider choice of smart devices at more affordable prices.

Source from link: http://www.mediatek.com/en/products/mobile-communications/smartphone1/mt6735/

After we found the leaks out of Antutu benchmark, we browse the GSM arena and searched from google, even we visit the China and India website. But failed to find out any information from Gionee M3mini, so we try to contact Gionee marketing team, and they confirmed that M3mini
is customize for Nigeria, which means that phone won’t launch in China and India. I think from my personal opinion, Gionee is becoming more and more valuable to Nigeria market.

As we know, the power supply is the most headache problem in Nigeria, and their success of Marathon M2/M3/M2mini, and unveiled flagship M5(coming in 15th, Sep.), they try to make famous for its durable phone here.

Under our once again requirement, gionee marketing team released a few of M3mini pic as below.

Also gionee marketing people said M3mini will be launched in Nigeria in late of Sep. Till now, they didn’t release the price yet.

ochuski:
Av contacted gionee nd inquired about its availability. The reply i got shows that M5 mini may be d name of d 1 dat would be released in Nigeria

ElPhoche:
I signed up with PayPal over the weekend, hoping to make a purchase this week. I was charged $1.99 for the bank verification. I was expecting that I would be charged the CBN official rate of 199 per dollar, making it about 400 Naira, however I was charged 468 naira by my bank. Does it mean that my bank does not use that rate (234 naira per dollar) or did I incur extra cost from d bank?
Please I need your candid advice and help. The 68 naira might not mean much but when you want to make a purchase of about 70-80k, it does count.

Losky4sure:
thank you. have download like 3 ipws bro but i don't no how to use it to restore ?

Losky4sure:
thank you. have download like 3 ipws bro but i don't no how to use it to restore ?

xck123:
GIONEE Launched the new S series smartphone Splus in Nigeria as the successor of GIONEE S5.5 and S5.1 at 12th, Dec.

Here are the main spec of the most sexy,stylish and slim phone from GIONEE 'S' family.

5.5 HD Super AMOLED with Gorilla glass 3
13MP+5MP camera
2GB RAM+16GB internal memory
3150mAh battery capacity and support Fast charge
very slim body and blue and gold color
support face recognition technology to unlock the phone
spot the latest Android Type C port, which can support you insert the USB upside down

At last price is 39k

In the first day of they launched it, some of the customer can't wait to get it in the first time.
What are you waiting for?
If you want to check the sexy slim Splus, go to the market and check it out.


Here is the reason why you must have a S plus from Lindaikeji blog
http://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2015/12/gionee-s-plus-mobile-phone-must-have.html

Archangels1:
hehehe sign of despiration....... i too fear their data zapping rate maybe the 1gig fit b 250mb who knows..... the fear of airtel....

Losky4sure:
anybody should help me ... my iPhone 4 show iTunes and cable on screen please anybody to help thanks?

tmamuda:
Airtel and their wahala.

Imagine l subscribe 3gb for 1500 nearly finished it within a week without any download

Lawalmd:
Guy don't bad mouth airtel if your location is not allowing you to utilize the plan, same plan that I use on weekends to stream without buffering

Kamaye:
Why not N100 for 1GB like Airtel? 3GB in just 2 days is a waste.

Naijakick:
Today we are taking a look at the two new data plans
introduced by both mtn and glo. I have to say the plans are
awesome.
Let’s start with MTN

MTN
after doing us strong thing by giving simple server a hard
tone to connect at least they compensated us with a plan
that makes sense at least.
MTN has now released a new weekend plan. Just dial
*131*1*5# to get 3GB for just #300 or dial *131# then
press 1 (my data plans) and now press 5 (night plan), then
press 2 to activate the weekend plan.

GLO

Looks like is attracting their customers back with
tantalizing plans since they had really poor network a
while ago.
Here’s The new plan from glo.
Get 1.5 GB Data for Just N1000.
Valid for 30 Days
To subscribe dial*777# .
If you have any difficulty while subscribing, you can dial
*777#, enter 1, after that choose 1 again, then press 2,
and lastly, choose 1.

www.naijakick.com/a-look-at-the-new-data-plans-introduced-by-both-glo-and-mtn/

ollah1:
Apple's case is different. They have one advantage which is iOS. First a customer selects the platform he wants then the OEM. If you want Android, there are gazillion phones you can select from but if you want iOS then its iPhone. If iOS was cross platform then Apple wouldn't be milking its customers

kevoh:
Oga, there's nothing overboard here.I'm not looking down on anyone.Some products are of premium price and made for a specific target market. It's called BUSINESS. There's a diamond encrusted Iphone at about $15million targeted at the big boys e.g Saudi princes. I can't afford that Iphone at the same time I'm not complaining either, there are other Iphones I can afford if I must buy one. It's simple logic really! Just plain and simple! If you can't afford it move over to something you can afford, all the noise complaining about the price being equivalent to your house rent is just petty. You were not forced with a gun to your head to buy. I'm done with this argument!

Jidibia:
No wonder, this op is an importer of some chines crap phones….. with inflated prices thats why he is hating on infijix. When I went through ur thread, I saw that u are the one ripping people off and not infinix…

Jidibia:
No wonder, this op is an importer of some chines crap phones….. with inflated prices thats why he is hating on infijix. When I went through ur thread, I saw that u are the one ripping people off and not infinix…

Teedeechian:
The 2&3 gig ram are both 2.0ghz.

HeavenlyBang:
I've been meaning to do this, but I got sidetracked. This may be coming in pretty late, but I think it'll still be helpful to people out there.

So, let's start off with official specifications

Also known as Gionee Marathon M3 mini
General Information
2G
Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G
Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G
Network LTE
SIM Dual mini SIM
Status Available October 2015
Body
Dimensions
Keyboard Touchscreen
Colors White, Gold, Red, Gray
Cover Plastic
Display
Type TFT, capacitive touchscreen
with 16,000,000 colors
Size 4.5 inches, 480 x 800 pixels, 218
pixels per inch (PPI)
Memory And OS
Card slot MicroSD, up to 32GB
Internal 8GB
OS Android 5.1 Lollipop; Amigo 3.1
UI
Processors
1GHz quad-core Cortex-A53
CPU, MediaTek MT6736M
chipset, Mali-T760 GPU
RAM 1GB
Audio
Alert types Vibration, MP3 ringtones
LoudspeakerYes
Audio port 3.5mm jack
Connectivity
2G GPRS – up to 85.6 kbps;
EDGE – up to 236.8 kbps
3G Up to 42 mbps downlink; Up to
5.76 mbps uplink
4G Up to 150 mbps downlink; Up to
50 mbps uplink
WIFI Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, WIFI
hotspot
Bluetooth Version 4.0
GPS A-GPS
NFC No
USB MicroUSB v2.0
Camera
Primary
5MP, up to 2592 x 1944-pixel
pictures, autofocus, Geo-tagging,
touch focus, face detection
camera
Video Yes
Secondary 2MP, up to 1600 x 1200 pixel
pictures
Battery
Capacity 4000mAh Li-Ion battery
Stand-by
Talk time
Music play
Other Features
Sensors Accelerometer, Proximity
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Push
Mail, IM
Browser HTML
Java No
– SNS integration
– MP4/MPEG4/H.263/
H.264 player
– MP3/WAV/eAAC+/
AC3/FLAC player
– Document viewer
– FM radio
– Image viewer
– Voice memo/dial/command
– Predictive text input
– Google Search, Whatsapp,
Gmail, YouTube, Calendar,
Google Talk, UC Browser
Price
Price level About 85 USD


There you go. Nothing really groundbreaking.

Here are some pictures of the device. Pardon the crappy quality.

initialize:
I have it in stock 3GB RAM/32GB ROM @ #55,000

Comes with tempered glass, earphone, usb cable and charger.

08069321572 on whatsapp or call

joey150:
wasn't what the message implied. But thanks though

joey150:
Who else got this message? The last message in the attached screenshot