Gionee has launched the Marathon M5 at an event in Bengaluru. The device is priced at Rs. 17,999 and will be available exclusively on Flipkart. The Gionee Marathon M5 comes with a huge 6020mAh battery which Gionee claims is enough for a talktime of 65 hours and is capable of charging two other phones through reverse charging
The device is powered by a 1.3GHz MediaTek MT6735 SoC with 3GB of RAM
At the rear of the phone is a 13MP camera and at the front is a 5MP camera.
The top of the smartphone has the headphones jack
The phone runs Gionee’s Amigo 3.1 layered over Android Lollipop v5.1 and has an IR blaster as well
The Marathon M5 has 32GB of built-in storage, which can be expanded to 128GB via a microSD card
The rear of the smartphone houses the speaker grill
The bottom of the device has the microUSB port
The volume rocker, SIM card tray and power button rest on the right side of the smartphone
A look at the Gionee Marathon M5 alongside a OnePlus One