Gionee Elife S5.5 Vs Huawei Honor 3X: When Form Factor Meets Build

By Prarthito

| Published: Saturday, June 21, 2014, 13:28 [IST]

Smartphones have come a long way from the previous age of feature phones. They have currently come a long way from just being devices to conduct calls and occassional music listening, to devices that actually provide access to everything in the world.

While there are a number of smartphones that are currently available in the market, companies such as Apple, Samsung and Sony have gained the most popularity over others with their feature-rich devices and brilliant performances.

Gionee Elife S5.5 Vs Huawei Honor 3X: Specs Comparison

As the market gets bigger and bigger with each passing day, more and more new device manufacturers are entering the race. Even with the big names aroud the corner, the smaller and new ones are also making their marks. And two such devices are the new Huawei Honor 3X and the other Gionee Elife S5.5.

While Huawei's new device looks enter the smartphone race as one of the better smartphones you will see in the market, Gionee has already made quite the name for itself and a big example of that can be derived via the Elife S5.5 handset with its 5.5mm thickness.

So if we were to derive a comparison between both, where do you think both the Huawei Honor 3X and ther Gionee Elife S5.5 will stand? We take a closer look at the specs of both.

Huawei Honor 3X Vs Gionee Elife S5.5 : Operating System
Since both the devices are basically Android devices, so it's no surprise that both of them come running the Google-based Android Jelly Bean operating system. Although we are not sure if any of these devices will ever receive the KitKat update.

Huawei Honor 3X Vs Gionee Elife S5.5: Display and Dimensions
The Huawei Honor 3X sports a 5.5-inch IPS LCD capacitive touch screen, while rendering 720 x 1280 pixels resolution. Also, the device's overall dimensions measure up to 149.5 x 77.4 x 8.9 mm.

The Gionee Elife S5.5, comparatively, comes with a slightly smaller 5-inch super AMOLED capacitive touch screen, while also rendering 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution.

Huawei Honor 3X Vs Gionee Elife S5.5: Camera
The Huawei Honor 3X, in terms of camera, offers a 13-megapixel primary camera, sporting a pixel resolution of 4128 x 3096 pixels, with autofocus and LED flash. The device also has a secondary 5-megapixel camera on board that's more than enough for conducting video chats.

The Gionee Elife S5.5, on the other hand, sports a similar 13-megapixel primary camera, sporting a pixel resolution of 4160 x 3120 pixels, with autofocus and LED flash. The device also has a greater secondary 5-megapixel camera on board that will be more than just a camera that sits in the front of the phone.

Huawei Honor 3X Vs Gionee Elife S5.5: Processor
While the Huawei Honor 3X is equipped with a octa core 1.7 GHz processor, its Gionee counterpart powers up the Elife S5.5 via a greater 1,7 GHz octa core Cortex A7 processor and Mali 450MP4 chipset.

Huawei Honor 3X Vs Gionee Elife S5.5: Storage and RAM
The Huawei Honor 3X offers 2GB of RAM to users while offering the device in a 8GB internal memory variant. However, there's the option to expand the device's memory up to 64GB as an external microSD slot for additional memory is provided.

The Gionee Elife S5.5, on the other hand, offers the same 2GB of RAM while offering the device in a much greater 16GB internal memory variant. But there's no option to expand the device's memory since Gionee decided against offering any external microSD slot.

Huawei Honor 3X Vs Gionee Elife S5.5: Battery
While the Huawei Honor 3X juices up the Jelly Bean-powered device via a powerful 3000 mAh battery, the Gionee Elife S5.5 comes sporting a somewhat decent yet non-removable slightly lesser 2300 mAh battery.

Huawei Honor 3X Vs Gionee Elife S5.5: Price
While the Huawei Honor 3X comes with a price tag of Rs. 21,399, the Gionee Elife S5.5 has a price tag of Rs. 21,100.

Huawei Honor 3X Vs Gionee Elife S5.5: Verdict
Both the devices are somewhat similar to each other in almost all terms of specs. But when the form factor and price are concerned, the Gionee device, as it seems, boasts the bigger hand.

While the Honor 3X is actually a good phone with good specs and features, going by market standards, a phone that will offer you both the price advantage and a sleek look is the order of the day. And hence the Gionee Elife S5.5 gets the advantage.