Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2020
Subsidiary implanted malware on a large number of phones to boost app activity; related units and personnel sentenced
A 2020 public judgment showed that Gionee subsidiary Shenzhen Zhipu and others secretly implanted programs to control phones and generate activity for advertising apps. Zhipu was fined 400,000 yuan, and several defendants received sentences of 3 to 3 years and 6 months. This entry concerns the specific programs and operational conduct established by the courts, and is distinct from the earlier record of a 2014 report on preinstalled software.
2018
Chairman gambling-loss reports and corporate financial crisis
Reports in November 2018 said chairman Liu Lirong had lost more than US$144 million gambling in a casino. The reports appeared amid Gionee's financial problems, followed by the acceptance of a bankruptcy-liquidation application by the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court in December.
2014
Reports of pre-installed malware
German media reported that Gionee smartphones and tablets had been distributed with pre-installed malware. The supplied reference does not document the precise scope, affected models, technical attribution or the company's response.