Gionee Claims To Have Crossed Rs 500 Crores Revenue In the FY 2013-14, Eyes The Top Smartphone Spot In India

Gionee is the number 3 GSM brand in China and they started operations last year in India. They launched a flurry of phones here, which included the Elife E6 and E7. They recently launched the Elife S 5.5, the worlds slimmest phone measuring 5.55 mm, that will hit the stores by end of Arpil. At the launch Arvind Vohra, Indian Operations Head from Gionee announced that the company has crossed Rs 500 Crores in revenues in the financial year ending 2014.

These are great numbers for the new entrant and the final report will be up soon. William Lu, Gionee President was also present at the gala event, where personalities from Bollywood and also Gionee India’s dealers gathered. William had an aggressive, yet confident, stance as always. And when asked, he told the media along with his Indian dealers that he is eying to be the top smartphone brand in India, in the next 5 years. Infact one of his dealers from Rajasthan was asked the same question and he said that Gionee phones will beat Samsung and become number one in the state by end of June.

Well, we cannot go by the dealer’s word here, but Gionee does seem to be on the path to bring more innovative products to India soon. They are bringing a better version of the Android user interface called Amigo 2, which will be available on their smartphones soon. This Chinese company is not the only one that has entered India in recent times. Oppo has also launched couple of good smartphone models in India. By the looks of it the top 5 mobile players in China are looking at India as a large market where they can sell their smartphone in big quantities.