LeEco former known as LeTV has been teasing its entry in India for the past few weeks. Now the wait has almost come to an end for Indian fans as the company will officially unveil two new devices at tomorrow’s event in Gurgaon, India. One of them is the large screen phablet, namely the Le Max with a massive 6.33-inch display while the second one will be the Le 1S, catering to the budget segment.

Both the phones will most likely be sold exclusively via the retailer Flipkart. The e-commerce site recently released a teaser with the silhouette of the two phones, confirming their arrival on the website. Further, LeEco has revealed that the company will customize the new smartphones according to the needs of the Indian consumers. Unfortunately, we still don’t know what the company means by such customizations, but things will get clearer tomorrow.

Apart from announcing these two devices, LeEco will also reportedly reveal more details about its plans in the country including future partnerships. Also, it may showcase the other smartphones at the event that were launched in 2015.

As for the specs, the Le Max flagship comes with a 6.33-inch 2K display with Snapdragon 810 chipset under the hood and 4GB RAM. There will be ample storage on board, thanks to 64GB internal memory. At the back, you will find a 21MP shooter while, up front, there will be a 4MP Ultrapixel camera. As for the software, the phone comes with Android Lollipop onboard with the company’s own skin called EUI on top.

The mid-range Le 1S model,comes with Helio X10 inside with 3GB RAM and 32GB of non-expandable internal storage. There will be a large 5.5-inch display with FHD 1080p resolution and a 3000mah battery onboard. At the back, there is a 13MP camera while you will find a 5MP shooter up front.

Since we already know the specs of both the device, tomorrow’s event will be special in the sense that we will get to know both the device’s Indian pricing as well as what all customizations/ changes the company has made for the India-specific release.

As promised, LeEco will live stream the entire event tomorrow, and you can check that out directly from the youtube video down below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_k3H390nyM

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LeTV Senior VP Feng Xing has revealed an important sales milestone of the company. He announced via his Weibo account that LeTV has sold more than 3 million LeTV 1S units in more than two months after its release. For a company, that managed to sell about 4 million smartphones in all in 2015, this is actually a great achievement.

When the company had revealed the sales figure for the year 2015, we knew a majority of the units shipped would have been the budget LeTV 1S model. Now, looking at this 3 million figure, we are even more convinced that the LeTV 1S was actually the company’s best selling model. Feng Xing also praised Compal Electronics for helping them achieve this milestone. It was their production line that managed to churn out over 3 million units in a matter of two months.

For a well-established smartphone manufacturer, this figure is actually not that big. But for a company that started selling smartphone just seven to eight months back, reaching such a sales figure is commendable.

However, it also shows how much the company depends on the budget 1S for its sales. From what we can see, the rest of the models like the LeTV One, One Pro and One Max could only sell over a million units last year.

Moreover, LeTV had said that it is selling the 1S at a loss (ie. at $173 instead of the cost price of $206) which means for every unit sold, it would incur a loss of about $33. Given that the company sold over 3 million units till now, every day it could be making a loss close to a million. Let’s do the math here, the company could be selling more than 30,000 units a day (conservatively considering a 3 month period), which takes the loss to more than $990,000 a day!

It’s really interesting to see how the company is surviving with such loss!

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It seems that Letv has just announced their trio of “Le Superphones” but we already have the Letv Le 1s – the successor of the cheapest device from the company’s portfolio. A lot of things have change, some remained the same. Find out more in our unboxing and first impressions article.

Thanks to Giztop for sending Letv Le 1s for a review. 

Letv Le 1s: UNBOXING

Letv Le 1s comes in a box, which has some design inspirations from Apple. However, it does not look that premium as the first generation Letv phones.

Still, the contents are very well made and they include a fast charging brick (up to 2.7A), USB Type-C cable, documentation and a fancy SIM ejector pin.

Letv Le 1s: DESIGN

When it comes to the design, we are looking at all-metal phone, which is an upgrade over the previous generation Le 1 model. The device definitely looks and feels like a high-end phone due to a very good construction and some quality materials.

As the majority of the Letv smartphones, the Le 1s comes with a 5.5″ display, which has become a standard nowadays.

On the top we have a 5MP selfie snapper, earpiece and LED notification light. On the bottom, there are 3 nicely backlit capacitive buttons.

On the back there a 13MP main shooter with a single LED flash and right underneath it you can find a fingerprint scanner, which works very well and setting it up is a breeze.

USB Type-C port takes care of charging/syncing and it sits next to the speaker grill and the mic.

Letv Le 1s: FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Overall, Letv Le 1s is well built metal phone and it sits comfortable in the hand. As I just wrote in the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 first impressions article, I am very happy about the evolution of budget smartphones – premium looks and great specs for affordable price.

I am familiar with the LeUI, which comes with the Letv phones and the Le 1s is no exception. Everything is running smoothly, apps are opening/closing fast and there are no major hiccups during the daily use. However, I am keeping a final judgment for a full review.

All in all, my first impressions are only positive at this stage. Still, it’s been just a day I’ve been playing with the Le 1s (as well as the Redmi Note 3) and there are many aspects that require a thorough testing. Stay tuned to Gizmochina for upcoming full review.

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I wanted to share my thoughts about the just released Letv Le 1s, which is just an amazing smartphone for incredibly low price as it costs just $172 in China. I’m just amazed how much you get for such a low price. Naturally, the phone will cost a bit higher via the third-party resellers.

Letv Le 1s Preview VIDEO: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

It all start with a premium all-metal unibody symmetrical design and the Le 1s is just 7.5mm thick.

The new Le Superphone comes in gold and silver colour options and they both look stunning.

As far as the processing power, the Le 1s is powered by the octa-core Mediatek Helio X10 chip, which is clocked at 2.2Ghz and this chip has already proven to be quite a powerhouse. To make sure that the performance is buttery smooth there is 3GB of RAM on board and 32GB of storage for the base model.

Other key features include a high-end fingerprint scanner, 13MP camera on the back, which has a PDAF system, which helps achieving blazing fast auto-focus speeds of just 0.09s.

The Le 1s has a 5.5” 1080p panel which is said to be brighter than its predecessor. The display uses a floating glass technology and it has the bezel less design.

The phone also has the reversible USB Type-C port, which is slowly becoming a new standard but more importantly, Letv implemented a super fast charging speeds, which are said to give you 3 hours of talk time with just 5 minutes of charge the embedded 3000mAh battery.

All in all, the new Letv Le 1s shapes up to an amazing phone for the price and honestly, I can’t wait to make a full review of it.

It is just incredible what the Chinese companies are making at the moment and the Letv Le 1s is one of the best examples out there.

I hope to get the Le 1s for a review as quickly as possible but in the meantime you may want to check out the reviews of the previous generation Letv smartphones down below.

Please use the comment section below the video to tell me what you think.

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Letv Le 1s Preview Video: All you need to know:

Today Chinese Internet services giant Letv held an event in China where they released some great new products.

It comes with no surprise as the company introduced a successor to the Letv Le 1 – Le 1s.

The phone comes with a 5.5″ 1080P panel the same as the last-gen model.

As you may see from the design, we have a major change in terms of the materials used. The Le 1s is an all-metal phone that definitely adds a lot to the premium look and feel of it.

On the front we have a 5MP snapper, the same backlit capacitive keys on the bottom.

On the back we have a 13MP shooter, single LED flash and a fingerprint scanner, which is said to be super fast (it takes just 0.15 seconds to recognise your fingerprint).

On the right there is a volume rocker and the power button, which are also made of metal.

On the left there is a dual SIM card slot.

On the bottom part of the Letv Le 1s we have a speaker, mic and the USB type-C port.

The main specs of the Letv Le 1s include a MediaTek Helio X10 (MT6795T), which is clocked at 2.2GHz, 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage as a base model. The 3000mAh battery will keep the lights on.

Letv made a statement that the 13MP camera on the back of Le 1s is faster than the one found on the iPhone 6s as the embedded PDAF system is able to reach the capture speeds of 0.09 seconds.

Finally, the Letv Le 1s will cost just 1099 Yuan ($172) in China, which sounds like a great deal. Naturally, the reseller prices will be a bit higher for international buyers.

Besides the Le 1s, the company also announced other products, which include a smart TV, whcih carries a model the uMax120 model name. It is a 4K TV with the 3D technology and it is said to be the world’s largest 4K TV (although the screen size is not specified).Some notable features include 800nits of brightness output, 4000:1 contrast ratio, 120GHz refresh ratio.

Finally, the price of this “Super TV” will be…. 500.000 Yuan, which roughly translates to $78.000.

Last but not least, Letv announced the fast development of the LeUI’s ecosystem into car industry. The announcers were not very specific but they were pretty confident that the LeUI will be highly integrated in some high-end cars and one of them may be made by a respectable manufacturer Aston Martin.

We can’t get our hands on with the Letv Le 1s and, if possible, other products. In the mean time, please check out our reviews of the Letv Le 1, Le 1 Pro, Letv Le 1 vs Le 1 Pro comparison and Letv LeMe headphones.

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