Phone Comparison - Gionee Elife S5.1 vs Gionee Marathon M3 vs Xiaomi Mi 4i

general General Info

Manufacturer Gionee Gionee Xiaomi
Announced August 2014 November 2014 April 2015
Status Available - September 2014 Available - November 2014 Available - April 2015
Price - Rs. 12,999 ($191.16) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 8,999 ($132.34) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White, Blue, Pink Black, White Black, White, Blue, Yellow, Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 139.8 x 67.4 x 5.15 mm
(5.5 x 2.65 x 0.2 in)
144.5 x 71.45 x 10.4 mm
(5.69 x 2.81 x 0.41 in)
138.1 x 69.6 x 7.8 mm
(5.44 x 2.74 x 0.31 in)
Weight 140 g (4.94 oz) - 130 g (4.59 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - D2403
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8926 Snapdragon 400 Quad-core 1.3 GHz, - Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
GPU Adreno 305 Mali-450MP2 Adreno 405
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 8 GB ROM 16/32 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, OGS IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16.7M colors 16M colors
Size 4.8 inches 5 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 67.39% 66.63% 71.57%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio FM radio with RDS FM Radio with Recording FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 5 MP [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 107 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Up to 296 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, apt-X, LE Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go, USB Host Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB No
USB OTG Supported Supported -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 2100 mAh 5000 mAh 3120 mAh
Stand by - Up to 787 h -
Talk Time - Up to 51 h (2G)
Up to 32 h 27 min (3G)
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