Review: My Experience Using Gionee M5 So Far
The Gionee M5 sees gionee launch the marathon series of smart-phones in the lower mid range category. This sees improvement in the build quality, display quality/size and the camera department. I'll dive into these in detail as we go further. The marathon m5 stands out from the older generations of marathons.
What’s awesome?
-5.5 inch 720p AMOLED screen with gorilla glass 3 protection
-6020mAh 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.
What’s not great
-The weight (for me this is absolutely no issue. Except you have very small hands.)
Hardware …show more content…
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 …show more content…
The battery drop was very minimal. The same goes for other light games like candy crush and subway surf. You get the drift.
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.
The Gionee M5 sees gionee launch the marathon series of smart-phones in the lower mid range category. This sees improvement in the build quality, display quality/size and the camera department. I'll dive into these in detail as we go further. The marathon m5 stands out from the older generations of marathons.
What’s awesome?
-5.5 inch 720p AMOLED screen with gorilla glass 3 protection
-6020mAh 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.
What’s not great
-The weight (for me this is absolutely no issue. Except you have very small hands.)
Hardware …show more content…
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 …show more content…
The battery drop was very minimal. The same goes for other light games like candy crush and subway surf. You get the drift.
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.