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Hi everyone. After long time I login again to rimweb. Yesterday during flipkart December offer Got this phone at rs18000-1000-1700-500=14800. Feeling like best deal crack. My previous HTC desire 700, started giving poor battery 🔋 backup on CDMA and some firmware issue. U ll find many review of this handset, but no one given this observation SIM 1. Airtel 4G, SIM 2. RCDMA. There is option to choose which SIM will be used for data service. Once I selected RCDMA, them other SIM change its network to EDGE MODE, SECONDLY POOR ****ING AIRTEL WONT ALLOWED ME CONNECT 4G network, then I changed SIM to 4G, and f*@ki#g airtel deactivated my sim, and got my mums activated on some unknown SIM. My observations says u can't use CDMA SIM and other SIM at 4G network standby mode. If R JIO launch pure 4G network with no fallback on, then this handset won't support. Regarding battery performance. With 100% to 15% with heavy usage on EVDO and 3G network data on after 16hrs. Charging with normal 1A charger it took 6hrs from 10% to 96%, although Gionee original charger is 2A , IR blaster working perfectly with my LCD and DTH STB. Day light and artificial light camera performance is very good. Selfie camera OK. Although it's quad core processor, but some times lack while switching between apps with Ram of 3GB. Sounds is loud, distortion at 100%volume level, Really missing HTC boom sound dual front speaker. Touch screen is not feeling like feather touch. Improvement expected 1)slightly faster processor 2)smooth touch panel 3) faster charging Good things 1) unique feature of using G+C, or c+g or G+G 2) support all current LTE bands. 3) highest battery 6020mAh 4) IR blaster 5) box is included all accessories ,headset(which generally missing in other Chinese brand like Xiaomi), flipcover, screenguard . I have fairly conclude that this handset won't support REV B, when using RCDMA it latch to only Rev A.

DoT approves RComm-RJio spectrum deal Economic Times, 24 Dec 2015, 12:24PM IST Sources in the Telecom Department say that the spectrum sharing and trading deal between Anil Ambani's Reliance Communications and Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio has been approved. RComm will be able to provide LTE service (after payment for spectrum liberalization for 19 circles) from January 22. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/et-now/corporate/dot-gives-nod-to-rcomm-rel-jio-spectrum-deal/videoshow/50308026.cms

Not many countries have VoLTE. as a consumer for most for it really does not matter if Voice call goes via 2/3/4G For countries where VoLTE is offered it is restricted to selected handsets only(Mostly iPhone/Samsung and few operator provided phones) Airtel/Idea/Voda are in no hurry to offer VoLTE

I was hesitant to buy this smartphone as the options from HTC viz., Desire 728 and 826X were tempting. The negative in HTC was second sim supporting only 2g and poor battery life. As a Reliance CDMA Zero plan user, my data usage and voice calls are pretty heavy. The ultimate choice remained Gionee Marathon M5 owing to its 6020 mAh battery and CDMA support (Box says CDMA+GSM, GSM+CDMA, GSM+GSM). I bought the phone which was delivered on 11th Dec. I went for the white colored model as it goes well with Formal image of mine. Coming to the one week review of this phone, I feel that the phone is decent to look at with average finishing. The chrome skirting is uneven at some locations. The screen is good and has deep blacks owing to AMOLED. The resolution is acceptable but would have been better if it was HD. Connectivity is good in both slots and is better than my earlier phone (LG G2) in terms of network lock. There is NO NFC but Gionee compensates this by bringing in HotKnot, which I haven't used yet. Infrared shortcut exists on Lock Screen, and the blaster works fine. I noticed a major glitch in terms of messaging. SMS which is longer than 160 characters is not received by the recepient when sent using this phone's sim1. I haven't tried SIM2 yet. SMS is classified into conversations, service and others. GPS performance is good. The major doubts which people may have on EVDO Rev B is not clear as the download speeds are not crossing 200kBps (roughly 2.3Mbps) which corresponds to under Rev A limits, even though I stay in Delhi. I doubt that Rev B is provided although Gionee claims. User Interface is without the App Drawer and has control drawer from below, which is not editable. The lock screen is customisable as per our choice according to genre. Feel and appearance is wonderful and without any hassle. The weather animations are very creative and rich, while the gesture support enables knock on feature you could find on LG phones (believe me it's a blessing). Video playing is not smooth maybe due to poor GPU. Audio playback is loud and is clear. Battery performance is great and is as per expectations. I use EVDO data 24x7, and yet I get 48 hrs+ on my phone on a single charge, which takes about 6 hours. There is not much heating even on playing games or using browser/internet. Camera quality is above average. It has a 13 MP rear cam and it could manage decent image quality. Video quality is good. Storage option of expanding upto 128GB exists but the 128 Gigs are expensive as of now, and cost upwards of 4k (unless you buy on ebay from HK/Singapore). Overall, I feel this is among the better available phones for a CDMA user. I rate this at 8.5/10. Other Alternatives: 1. Infocus M810 (Single Sim) 2. HTC Desire 828 (GSM/CDMA/4G+3G, battery is small) Improvements which will make this phone rock solid: 1. Better processor and GPU 2. At least an HD screen 3. A little lesser weight (maybe with some compromise on battery) 4. Regular updates.

Hi all, After using almost 1 year RCDMA in Bangalore, I am writing about rev.b 1. No fup limit for data. I have used 4999 plan, 949 plan and 71 plan(previous 41). I have downloaded around 800 gb in 4999 plan, 130 gb in 949 and 20 gb in 71 plan without any fup. 2. There is no any special plan for 1x, rev.A or rev.B..whatever amount you are recharging, you will get speed according to your area covered by 1x, rev.A and rev. B..suppose you have recharged with 94 (1gb), and you are in rev b area you will get rev b speed otherwise rev.A or 1x. 3. No special sim required for rev.b, whatever sim your handset supports for data is good enough for rev.b either it is rge or rec series.. Now rev.b Handsets:- 1. Now a days almost all foreign handset support rev.b..Just make it rev.b through dfs tool thats it..it start working if your area is covered under rev.b