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Gionee () is a Chinese
smartphone
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manufacturer based in
Shenzhen
Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major sub-provincial city and one of the special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern province ...
,
Guangdong
Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...
. Founded in 2002,
it was one of China's largest mobile phone manufacturers. According to
Gartner
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, its market share in China was 4.7% in 2012, and it expanded into other markets, including
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
,
Taiwan
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,
Bangladesh
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,
Nigeria
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,
Vietnam
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,
Myanmar
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,
Nepal
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सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
,
Thailand
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, the
Philippines
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* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
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and
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History
In August 2016, Gionee India introduced their plans to build a manufacturing plant in India. At the same time, Gionee introduced its first Made in India smartphone with the introduction of the F103 model. The model was manufactured in a
Foxconn
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plant in
Sri City
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,
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...
. In November 2018, it was reported that chairman Liu Lirong lost over US$144 million to gambling in a casino. On 10 December 2018, the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court accepted the bankruptcy liquidation application filed by Huaxing Bank against Gionee.
On 01 March 2021, the company launched the Gionee Max Pro in India. The phone features a 6,000mAh battery, a 6.52-inch display, 3GB of RAM paired with 32GB inbuilt storage and can be expanded via microSD card.
Association with BLU Products
BLU Products
BLU Products (stylized as BLÜ) is an American company, headquartered in Miami. BLU rebrands low-cost mobile phones manufactured by ODMs such as Koobee (China), QiKU (China), Gionee (China), Doogee (China) and Tinno Mobile (China).
The name B ...
, a cell phone manufacturer based in
Miami
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,
Florida
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, sells many
rebadged
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Gionee phones under their brand name in the
United States
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and other North American markets, and engineers phones together with Gionee China and Gionee India.
Controversies
In 2014, it was shown by the German media that Gionee was delivering
smartphone
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s and
tablets with pre-installed
malware
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and viruses.
China-Phones mit Malware ab Werk
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References
External links
Gionee Global
Gionee China
Gionee India
Manufacturing companies based in Shenzhen
Electronics companies established in 2002
Chinese companies established in 2002
Mobile phone companies of China
Mobile phone manufacturers
Privately held companies of China
Chinese brands
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