LeEco has been taking things slow in the last couple of months following its financial troubles. Its CEO, Jia Yueting has stepped down from one of his positions and the US branch has seen a massive cut in workforce. In spite of all the troubles, the Chinese company saw its revenue increase in Q1 2017. It also seems to be preparing to release a new phone under its Cool sub-brand.

The new phone with model number CVC-A0 was spotted on TENAA today. Apparently, the phone was issued its certification late last month.

The specs of the Cool CVC-A0 point to a mid-range phone. It has a 5.2-inch HD display and is powered by an octa-core processor clocked at 1.4GHz. This is probably the Snapdragon 430 or Snapdragon 435 system-on-chip. The phone is available in three RAM configurations: 2GB, 3GB and 4GB of RAM; and two storage options: 32GB and 64GB.

Where the Cool CVC-A0 stands out is in its rear camera design. The 13MP camera is positioned in the middle of the phone but inset in a black band that runs from side to side. The design reminds one of a belt-strap. Beside the camera is a LED flash, but it sits outside the silver chrome box that houses the sensor.

There is a 5MP camera up front and sitting on the chin is a physical home button. There is no mention of a fingerprint scanner so don’t get your hopes high. Since the display is small and the resolution doesn’t get past 720p, the phone gets a 2800mAh battery. It is exciting to see that the phone runs Android 7.1.1.

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The device measures 151 × 75.5 × 7.4 (mm) and weighs 163g. It has LTE and a microSD card slot that accepts up to 128GB cards. Available colors are white, black and yellow. There is a possibility that the phone may launch soon.

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Once we think of smartphones these days, we think of some big and bulky devices with huge displays. Some of those phones can’t even fit into the pocket. Meet the Vphone S8, the smallest smartphone in the world. Is this $28 little device worth your attention? Stay tuned to find out.

VIDEO REVIEW

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UNBOXING

The device ships with the USB cable, a strap and some paperwork.

DESIGN AND FEATURES

Honestly, this thing doesn’t even look like a smartphone and it reminds me of a smartwatch… without a strap.

We have a 1.54” display, which does not sport the highest resolution but it is pretty good for a $28 device.

The phone takes 1 SIM card and 1 microSD card for storage expansion as the internal storage is just 128MB.

We have just a power button and non-backlit capacitive keys to control the device.

On the back, there is a heart rate monitor, which measures your heart rate pretty accurately. Not sure why I thought I needed to put it on my wrist as it works with the fingertip too.

USER INTERFACE

As for user interface, you have your basic phone features. You can call someone, write messages and so on.

The call quality is not very impressive but you can definitely make a clear conversation.

There are also some basic apps like calculator, calendar, stopwatch etc. Besides the heart rate monitor, you can track your fitness routines using the built-in pedometer, which is pretty accurate or use sedentary reminder to reminds you to move a little.

You can also connect the Vphone S8 to your phone using the FundoWear app to track your fitness routines in detail, receive most of the notifications, use this little device as a remote dialer or as a remote controller for your main phone’s camera.

BATTERY LIFE

As for battery life, the Vphone S8 will get you through the day if you use it quite intensively. You may get a few days out of it if you are a light user.

CONCLUSIONS

So, there you have it, the smallest smartphone in the world, that costs just $28.

It’s definitely not the smartest smartphone out there but it’s definitely fun to use it. Also, it comes with all the basic phone and fitness tracker features, and a simple user interface that does not lag.

The phone may come handy if you just need to use another SIM card for calls.

At the end of the day, the Vphone S8 is not something I  really need for everyday use but it’s definitely a fun little device that works quite well and it is actually very cheap for what it has to offer.

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Coolpad and LeEco recently announced the Cool1 Dual smartphone aimed at the mid-range segment. Now, it looks like the collaboration is back with a new Cool device, as it recently passed through the network certification website TENAA.

From the design of this new smartphone, it looks like a variant of the Le Pro 3 that was announced by LeEco a while back. The back texture seems to be a bit different and the writing near the bottom now features Cool’s logo as well as ‘LeEco Inside’ tagline. Rest of the design is exactly the same as the Le Pro 3. The website reveals that there will be different color options like gold, white, silver, blue, black etc.

As for the specs, the new Cool smartphone will feature a 5.5-inch 1080p display with Snapdragon 821 (2.35GHz) inside and 4GB / 6GB RAM options. There will be three storage variants, namely 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB. Further, like the Le Pro 3, this new phone also features a large 4000mAh battery.

For camera, the phone will have a 16MP sensor at the back and an 8MP sensor up front. As for the software, it is running on Android 6.0.1.

There are no further details available about this device, but given that it has passed through TENAA, we can expect more info in the coming days. It will be interesting to see how different this Coolpad + LeEco flagship will turn out to be as compared to the Le Pro 3.

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