Chinese smartphone maker Gionee has announced that its device - the Gionee P5w - is now available in Kenya. The P5w smartphone is currently on sale in the Kenyan market for only KES 9,000 (approximately $89.1).

According to Telecompaper, Eric Ai, the general manager of Gionee Kenya, said that during the launch of the smartphone, he was informed that there was a huge demand for the device. Ai anticipated that by the end of this year, more than 100,000 units of Gionee smartphones would be sold out.

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The Gionee P5w smartphone features a 5-inch IPS HD display screen with a 1280 x 720 pixels resolution. The device is powered by a quad-core Cortex-A53 MediaTek 6580 processor clocked at a speed of 1.3 GHz. The device is equipped with Mali-T720MP2 GPU, and it runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop operating system out of the box, TechWeez reported.

The Gionee Pw5 comes with a 1 GB of RAM onboard and 16 GB of internal memory storage, which can be expanded up to 128GB via a microSD card. It is packed with a removable Li-Ion 2000 mAh capacity battery inside.

The P5w smartphone sports a 5-megapixel main camera with autofocus and LED flash. It has a 2-megapixel front-facing shooter capable of taking images up to 1080p at 30 frames per second.

Other features the Gionee P5w offers include 3G Network support, dual-SIM slots, USB OTG support, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS/A-GPS, and microUSB v2.0. It measures a body dimension of 143.3 x 72 x 8.9 mm (5.64 x 2.83 x 0.35 in) and weighs 153 grams.

The Gionee P5w smartphone is currently on sale in Kenya with a 20 percent discount. It is available in white, black, yellow, blue, and red color.

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