Gionee Pioneer P4 Now Receiving Android 4.4 KitKat Update in India

By NDTV Correspondent | Updated: 19 August 2014 15:10 IST

Gionee, after rolling-out Android 4.4 KitKat updates for Elife S5.5 and Elife E7 Mini, has now announced the KitKat update for its budget Pioneer P4 smartphone in India.

The Android 4.4 KitKat update for the Gionee Pioneer P4 is now available over-the-air (OTA) and is about 808MB in size.

The company rolled-out the Android 4.4 KitKat updates for the Elife S5.5 (Review | Pictures) and the Elife E7 Mini last month. Interestingly enough, Gionee's flagship, the Elife E7, still runs the dated Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and there has been no word from the company about the Android KitKat update for the handset.

The company also revealed the changelog for the Android KitKat update for Pioneer P4 which brings a new desktop layout design; updated Amigo paper with redesigned user interface; new gaming user interface (Game Zone) giving a better grip over gaming applications, as well as a new TouchPal input method.

The Pioneer P4 also gets several changes to applications with the Android 4.4.2 KitKat update, including updates for GioneeXender for optimised performance and improved the linking success rate; UC Browser for optimised UI and better page-loading effects; NQ Mobile Security; Kingsoft Office, updated WeChat app with new interface, and an updated Map app for one-click access to the main menu, come as a part of the OS update.

Other changes in the Pioneer P4 with Android KitKat include the addition of two games - Hitout Heroes and TexasPoker, and the removal of two games - World Cricket Champion and Real Football.

The Gionee Pioneer P4 was launched at Rs. 9,500 in April this year. The smartphone, the successor to the Pioneer P3, initially came with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.

The Pioneer P4 offers dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) support, and features a 4.5-inch TFT display with FWVGA (480x854 pixels) resolution. A quad-core MediaTek (MT6582V) processor powers the smartphone, clocked at 1.3GHz, coupled with 1GB of RAM. It sports a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, while there is a 2-megapixel front-facing camera also onboard. Other specifications include 8GB of inbuilt storage; expandable up to 32GB via microSD card; Bluetooth; Wi-Fi; GPS/ AGPS; GPRS/ EDGE; 3G, and 1800mAh battery.