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.

Aight. Moving on.
This baby comes with the Amigo 3.1 Ui which is ram heavy but also pretty sweet.
Comes with apps like Chameleon that allows you to change the background color scheme to the color being viewed by your camera. Sweet.

Here's the quick settings panel.

Looking at Gallery, Music and Dialer here. Don't look half bad, I think.

CPU-Z specs here.

Launcher, settings.

Tested games like Backstab HD, FTS15, bladeslinger on it. Ran perfectly.

Battery backup is excellent. In fact, it's the selling point of the device. You can get 13hrs of heavy usage out of this beast. 17hrs of movies on it.
Here's the Extreme Mode which turns your phone into a glorified Nokia 3310, in exchange for amazing time.

How much can i get it at computer village now?

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.

What is the price in naira since it is our legal tender here

And finally, what people have been waiting for. Camera quality.
It comes with a 5mp primary camera, and 2mp secondary camera, but boy-oh-boy do they overperform.
Stock cameras seem to have quite a bit of background noise, but Camera 360 app fixes that.

1. Plant (Taken by 6:30am ,with primary camera. No flash. )
2. Curtains (Taken at night, with primary camera. Flash)
3. Picture of me in my private jet (Taken at noon, inside the jet, with secondary camera. No flash)

Benchmark scores.

Conclusion.

Here are the pros of the device
-Camera quality: Under decent lighting conditions, this phone's camera will outperform that of any other phone in the same price range.
-Sound quality: As a music lover myself, this phone is great. The earpiece sound quality is simply orgasm-inducing. This phone wouldn't lose to some highend devices in this aspect. I mean it, my sound system at home trips off when I increase the phone volume to the highest.
-Display is also very good.
-Android v5.1, sweet.
-Excellent battery backup.
-4G LTE
Cons of the device
-1gb of ram and 1ghz processor, and it shows. It can be optimized though.
-Device is a little bit bulky. About 11mm thick, but it has pretty good ergonomics.

The Gionee M3mini is, after all is said and done, a budget device. It's sold at 16k5-17k here in Nigeria, depending on your location. Don't come in expecting too much.
What it gives you, however, is value for your money. This phone is easily worth 21k or so.

Should you buy it?
If you have 18k and need a phone that will give you bang for your buck, here's what my negro Crypt has to say.

Yours amazingly,
-Rox

PS: Have an image of an ugly frog being naughty, because why not?

#Following.
Very objective review. No hype. No pretense. A No Nonsense Review.
Coming up with my own battery usage SS after OP's review.

#TeamM3Mini

BrightEye:
How much can i get it at computer village now?

In what city, Sir?

asuustrike2009:

What is the price in naira since it is our legal tender here

16k5-17k

cool review, this phone ain't escaping my grip

HeavenlyBang:

In what city, Sir?


16k5-17k

What differentiate it from the Gionnee M3

asuustrike2009:

What differentiate it from the Gionnee M3

Never owned an M3, but coming from people who have

-Better battery backup

-Better camera

-4G LTE

Nice review Rox..... Love That

HeavenlyBang:


Never owned an M3, but coming from people who have

-Better battery backup

-Better camera

-4G LTE

so the picture quality is good right that's m3 mini

Hello. Pls what the name of your font. I love it

HeavenlyBang:


Never owned an M3, but coming from people who have

-Better battery backup

-Better camera

-4G LTE

asuustrike2009:

so the picture quality is good right that's m3 mini

Yeah.

bestdeals0:
Hello. Pls what the name of your font. I love it

Roboto light.

olayinkajnr:
Nice review Rox..... Love That

Thanks, boss.

Nice review

Team dont make noise

Enjoy your phone

You can worship with us here https://www.nairaland.com/2575877/gionee-m3mini-discussion-thread-hot

Very good and nice review

@op, was it king root you used in rooting your device?

Gamers wouldn't like this phone cos of the meagre 8gb Rom.

HeavenlyBang:


Yeah.



Roboto light.

please;
1.Can the quick options access (like the data connecton, bt, wifi etc) only be dragged from downwards??
2. Can yu share a ss of you using the otg option??
3. The bulky you are talking about, is it very bulky and very heavy??
4. I heard it lags a lil bit, how true is it...

Thanks in anticipation...

carbonmonoxide:
please;
1.Can the quick options access (like the data connecton, bt, wifi etc) only be dragged from downwards??
2. Can yu share a ss of you using the otg option??
3. The bulky you are talking about, is it very bulky and very heavy??
4. I heard it lags a lil bit, how true is it...

Thanks in anticipation...

-Yes, it's pretty cool. Better than the kitkat quick settings panel. Can be accessed from anywhere in the phone, even lockscreen.

-I don't have an otg cable, but I'll share ss of otg in a bit.

-It weighs 155g, not really heavy, and it's 11mm thick. Considering my last phone was 120g and 9mm thick, I consider it a bit bulky, but it really isn't.

-Well, multitasking isn't so good on power saving, but you can add your important apps to your whitelist so they wouldn't be closed in background. When using Psiphon, UC, Whatsapp, Messaging, at the same time, I experienced some lag. But Psiphon siphons power from your processor, I suppose.
Like I said, it's a 1ghz device, and it shows.

Hope I helped.

Ccanyanwu:
@op, was it king root you used in rooting your device?

My device isn't rooted for now. No firmware is available as of yet.
The phone comes with an inbuilt font changer. Just download a ttf and the phone installs, so you can use it without root.

parrotibaba:
Gamers wouldn't like this phone cos of the meagre 8gb Rom.

That's what Sdcards are for, bro. You can get an original 16gb sd for 2k.

solar007:
Very good and nice review

Thank you.

HeavenlyBang:


My device isn't rooted for now. No firmware is available as of yet.
The phone comes with an inbuilt font changer. Just download a ttf and the phone installs, so you can use it without root.



That's what Sdcards are for, bro. You can get an original 16gb sd for 2k.



Thank you.

This phone is really great o

HeavenlyBang:


-Yes, it's pretty cool. Better than the kitkat quick settings panel. Can be accessed from anywhere in the phone, even lockscreen.

-I don't have an otg cable, but I'll share ss of otg in a bit.

-It weighs 155g, not really heavy, and it's 11mm thick. Considering my last phone was 120g and 9mm thick, I consider it a bit bulky, but it really isn't.

-Well, multitasking isn't so good on power saving, but you can add your important apps to your whitelist so they wouldn't be closed in background. When using Psiphon, UC, Whatsapp, Messaging, at the same time, I experienced some lag. But Psiphon siphons power from your processor, I suppose.
Like I said, it's a 1ghz device, and it shows.

Hope I helped.

Yhh you helped, I've still got questions ooo.. I jst can't remember now (cos I really want to get the phone)

And I kinda prefer my notification from the top...

HeavenlyBang:


-Yes, it's pretty cool. Better than the kitkat quick settings panel. Can be accessed from anywhere in the phone, even lockscreen.

-I don't have an otg cable, but I'll share ss of otg in a bit.

-It weighs 155g, not really heavy, and it's 11mm thick. Considering my last phone was 120g and 9mm thick, I consider it a bit bulky, but it really isn't.

-Well, multitasking isn't so good on power saving, but you can add your important apps to your whitelist so they wouldn't be closed in background. When using Psiphon, UC, Whatsapp, Messaging, at the same time, I experienced some lag. But Psiphon siphons power from your processor, I suppose.
Like I said, it's a 1ghz device, and it shows.

Hope I helped.

does it come with flip case?