Gionee
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| Industry | Consumer electronics |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Founder | Liu Lirong (刘立荣) |
| Headquarters | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Liu Lirong (Chairman) |
| 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 | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 金立通信設備有限公司 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Gionee Communication Equipment Co. Ltd. | ||||||
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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 2012,[5] and it has expanded into other markets, including Taiwan, India, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, the Philippines and Algeria.[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, the Gionee Elife S5.1, which is only 5.15mm thick. [7]
Criticism and controversies
In 2014, Gionee was accused by German media of delivering smartphones and tablets with pre-installed malware.[8][9][10]
Gionee India
Gionee has recently introduced its first Made in India smartphone. The new Gionee lifestyle F Series F103 was launched as the first Made in India phone by Foxconn in SriCity, India.[11]
See also
References
- ↑ garg, yash (16 November 2013). "Gionee’s new sub-brand ‘IUNI’ to be launched 20th Nov". GizChina.
- ↑ "Contact Us". Gionee. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- ↑ "About Us". Gionee. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- ↑ Krishna, R. Jai (2014-08-08). "Arrival of Chinese Phone Brands Sets Stage for Price War in India". Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- ↑ Nandakumar, Indu; Valsan, Visy (2013-11-22). "Smartphone market: Can China's Gionee take on Apple, Samsung in India?". Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- ↑ "Select Country". Gionee. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
- ↑ "Gionee Elifee S5.1".
- ↑ Wenn der Spion in der Hosentasche steckt, Die Welt 2014/10/12
- ↑ Lookout meldet auf Smartphones vorinstallierten Android-Trojaner
- ↑ China-Phones mit Malware ab Werk
- ↑ http://indtoday.com/gionee-launches-its-1st-made-in-india-phone-in-vizag-indtoday-com/