The race for subtlety is definitely not ready to stop. In any case, not among Chinese manufacturers. Awaited for at MWC 2015, Gionee is about to introduce a new smartphone still visibly thinner than its predecessors, the Gionee Elife S7. And what at first was only a rumor was confirmed recently by an invitation sent to the press for a presentation to be held on 2 March.
After managing to enter the Guinness Book of Records with the Gionee Elife S5.1, the Chinese manufacturer had then rapidly overtaken by the Oppo R5 (4,85mm), the Vivo X5 Max (4.75mm) and the Coolpad IVVI K1 Mini (4.7 mm). When the press invitation has surfaced, there a few hours, while some have associated the name of the device to its presumed thickness, and relying on something like 7 mm.
This was to ignore the first pictures of the stolen device with a statement indicating a thickness of 4.6 mm. If the information is impossible to verify from a photo, it is in any case the claims of the Chinese site Anzuho, originally of publication. Moreover, given that currently offer Oppo and Vivo that sounds plausible.
Strangely enough, Gionee had announced some time ago, no longer in the running of the thinnest smartphone in the world, preferring to focus the user experience and performance. The Coolpad IVVI K1 Mini and 1800 mAh battery only leave also think that the limit seems to have been reached.
Statements that appear to be inconsistent with Gionee Elife S7 4.6 millimeters. However, if this rumor were to clarify, needless to say that this would, again, the thinnest smartphone in the market to the next, or until the technological barriers do not prevent the builders drop below a certain thickness.