Smartphones offer a lot these days – a big display which lets you watch movies, superior cameras, great designs and much more. But a majority of these smartphones fail to offer a good battery life to support all these features. While there are quite a few options that you can choose from, the Gionee Marathon M5 Plus is definitely among the best. Offering a large 5020 mAh battery, accompanied by an evenly matched AMOLED display, Gionee’s Marathon M5 Plus is one of the best phones to watch movies on the go.
Let’s start with the super bright display of the phone. The Gionee Marathon M5 Plus uses an AMOLED panel which means super deep blacks and vibrant colours.
The 6-inch 1080p display is the ideal size to watch movies or play games. To make things even more interesting for movie buffs, Gionee has kept the side bezels on the display quite slim.
Did you know that AMOLED displays use less power than standard IPS LCD panels? The Marathon M5 Plus also features such a display. To save battery further, Gionee has integrated features like economical backlight right into the UI.
Above the display, the phone has a 5MP front facing camera which takes amazing selfies.
Another remarkable aspect about the Gionee Marathon M5 Plus is its slim design. At just 8.4mm, it is one of the slimmest smartphones to offer a 5000+ mAh battery.
The Gionee Marathon M5 Plus uses the new USB Type-C standard to both charge and connect with a PC. The 3.5mm headphone jack also resides at the bottom.
The Gionee Marathon M5 Plus has a metal build, which makes the phone quite sturdy. The back is also slightly curved at the edges, giving the large phone a better grip.
There is a large speaker grill right at the bottom, behind which lies the single speaker. The phone is adequately loud and offers good sound quality.
While the phone has a large battery pack aided by an AMOLED display, Gionee has further tweaked its Amigo UI to get the most out of the 5020 mAh battery. So, with just 19% battery, the phone can last for around 3 hours & 16 minutes. Also, there are two more power modes.
The Power Saving mode reduces the power consumption of the screen and various apps, as well as functions such as Bluetooth and GPS, which consume more battery. As a result, this mode can prolong the battery life by up to 8 hours.
Then there is the Extreme mode, which cuts off power to all background applications, turns off Wi-Fi and data and lets only the essential applications run, such as Phone, Contacts, Messaging and Clock. Hence, in the Extreme mode, the Gionee Marathon M5 Plus can last for more than 135 hours with just 19% battery left.