Gionee CTRL V4S with Android 4.4 KitKat Launched at Rs. 9,999

Gionee on Monday launched the new smartphone in its CTRL V-series in India, called the Gionee CTRL V4S, which is priced at Rs. 9,999. Last month, the smartphone was listed on company's website with no pricing or availability information.

The dual-SIM Gionee CTRL V4S runs Android 4.4 KitKat out-of-the-box and features a 4.5-inch FWVGA (480x854 pixels) IPS display. It is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core Cortex-A7 processor coupled with an ARM Mali 400 GPU and 1GB of RAM.

The smartphone comes with 8GB of inbuilt storage, which is further expandable via microSD (up to 32GB). The CTRL V4S sports an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, while there is a secondary 2-megapixel front-facing camera also onboard.

On the connectivity front, the Gionee CTRL V4S includes 3G, Wi-Fi, Micro-USB, GPRS/ EDGE, GPS/A-GPS, FM radio and Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP. The smartphone packs a 1800mAh battery, which according to the company delivers up to 10 hours of talk time on 3G and up to 16 hours of talk time on 2G networks.

The CTRL V4S measures 131x65x7.8mm and weighs 85 grams (without battery). It will be available in Black and White colour options.

(Also see: Gionee CTRL V4S and CTRL V4 in comparison)

Gionee had launched the CTRL V4 last year in June at the same price of Rs.9,999. Gionee CTRL V4 comes with a 4.5-inch FWVGA (480x854 pixels) display and is powered by a 1.2GHz Cortex A7 quad-core processor alongside 512MB RAM. It packs a 5-megapixel rear camera and 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front facing camera. The CTRL V4 includes 4GB of internal storage expandable by another 32GB via microSD card. It is powered by a similar 1,800mAh battery as on the Gionee CTRL V4S.