
Mobile phone users in China interested in the purchase of a very slim smartphone before the end of this month are in luck, as Gionee has officially confirmed plans to make its 5.5mm-thin Gionee Elife S5.5 available for purchase in the country starting March 18.
The smartphone, announced with the thinnest body in the world, will be put up for sale in over 40 countries around the world after the initial release in China, the company has also announced. Moreover, the Chinese mobile phone maker has confirmed that a 4G LTE-enabled variant of the device will hit shelves sometime in June. As GizChina notes, users interested in buying the 3G variant of the device will have to pay 2299 Yuan ($374 / €269) for it, which seems more than affordable,...