Gionee begins ‘Make in India’ journey with F103 smartphone

Gionee at its event in the Indian port city of Vishakapatnam, unveiled the Gionee F103, its first 'Made in India' phone manufactured  by Foxconn in Siri City, Andhra Pradesh. The Gionee F103 was unveiled in the presence of AP Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu.

 The Gionee F103 features 5-inch 720p IPS display with Dragontrail glass proctection and is equipped with 1.3GHz quad-core processor with Mali-T720 GPU, 2GB RAM and 16GB inbuilt storage. There is an 8-megapixel camera at the back with LED flash and f/2.2 aperture. On the front there is a 5-megapixel shooter. The device runs Android 5.0 Lollipop, has dual-SIM slots, supports 4G LTE and is fueled by 2400mAh battery. Priced at Rs. 9,999, it comes in Pearl White, Dawn White and Black Colors

Gionee at the event said that it has sold over 7 Million devices in the country so far and is looking forward to double sales in 2015-2016, backed by the support of Indian manufacturing. The company will be investing $50 million over next three years for its Make in India plan.

“I am really happy to welcome Gionee in Andhra Pradesh. We will ensure that the company faces no hurdles in its Make in India initiative and will provide all the support,” said the Chief Minister. “By 2020, electronics and hardware demand will be worth $400 billion in the country. Mobile phones will account for 38 per cent of this hardware demand. With so many companies starting their manufacturing journey in Sri City within a year, going forward I can assure Andhra Pradesh will become the hardware manufacturing hub. We are aiming to create the best ecosystem for local manufacturing with special emphasis on the necessary skill development,” added Mr. Naidu.

Last month, Gionee announced its plans to manufacture their phones in India. The company partnered with Foxconn to manufacture its F and P series phones at the Siri City facility and F103 is the first from the stable. Gionee has also teamed up with Dixon to manufacture feature phones and other smartphones at its Delhi-NCR facility.
 
“Going forward we are looking at nurturing a local ecosystem for hardware manufacturing. We are helping several vendors to come to India. We have already invested Rs 300 crores in local manufacturing and will invest more in future to boost R&D for local software,” said Arvind Vohra, Country CEO & MD, Gionee India. 

“We would be working towards making India a manufacturing hub for not just local consumption but also for nearby countries. Also, with local manufacturing, we are now keen on making India centric products,” said William Lu, President, Gionee.