Gionee

Gionee Communication Equipment Co. Ltd.
Private
Industry Consumer electronics
Founded 2002
Headquarters Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Area served
 World-wide
Key people
 Liu Lirong (Chairman)
Dr. Gio Sandher (Chariman)
Products Mobile phones
Number of employees
 8000
Subsidiaries IUNI[1]
Website global.gionee.com
Gionee
Simplified Chinese 金立通信设备有限公司
Traditional Chinese 金立通信設備有限公司
Literal meaning Gionee Communication Equipment Co. Ltd.

Gionee (Gionee Communication Equipment Co. Ltd.) is a Chinese mobile phone manufacturer based in Shenzhen, Guangdong province.[2] Founded in 2002,[3] it is one of China’s largest mobile phone manufacturers.[4] According to Gartner, its market share in China was 4.7% in 2003,[5] and it has expanded into other markets, including India, Nigeria, Vietnam, Taiwan, Myanmar, Thailand, Philippines and so on.[6]

Gionee Communication has two processing plants, Dongguan Jinming Electronics and Dongguan Jinzhong Electronics, with a total investment of more than RMB 80 million, a factory floor area of more than 20,000 square meters and the number of staff of beyond 1000 people. After 2010, Gionee started focusing on slimmer smartphone designs, and by 2014, Gionee held the title of the slimmest smartphone in the world with the Gionee Elife S5.5 whose body is only 5.5mm thick. Gionee launched an even thinner smartphone Gionee Elife S5.1 with only 5.15mm in thickness.[7]

Criticism and controversies

In 2014 Gionee was one of a couple of telecommunications companies who were accused of delivering smartphones and tablets with pre-installed Malware.[8][9][10]

References

  1. ↑ garg, yash (16 November 2013). "Gionee’s new sub-brand ‘IUNI’ to be launched 20th Nov". GizChina.
  2. ↑ "Contact Us". Gionee. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
  3. ↑ "About Us". Gionee. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
  4. ↑ Krishna, R. Jai (2014-08-08). "Arrival of Chinese Phone Brands Sets Stage for Price War in India". Retrieved 2014-08-12.
  5. ↑ Nandakumar, Indu; Valsan, Visy (2013-11-22). "Smartphone market: Can China's Gionee take on Apple, Samsung in India?". Retrieved 2014-08-12.
  6. ↑ "Select Country". Gionee. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
  7. ↑ "Gionee Elifee S5.1".
  8. ↑ Wenn der Spion in der Hosentasche steckt, Die Welt 2014/10/12
  9. ↑ Lookout meldet auf Smartphones vorinstallierten Android-Trojaner
  10. ↑ China-Phones mit Malware ab Werk

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