CES 2016 is almost upon us, which means we will get to see the greatest innovations from the industry all at one place. Every year, we see interesting gadgets including smartphones showcased at the event and this year too, we expect a lot many announcements at Las Vegas.

Since we are mainly focused on the Chinese smartphone industry, we have picked the top three manufacturers to look out for at CES 2016. I agree, there aren’t many Chinese smartphone makers at the event, but still, we have some major players out there ready to unveil their big guns.

So, let’s take a look at which Chinese smartphone makers are ready to impress us at Las Vegas this year.

1. LeTV

LeTV’s journey into the smartphone market is nothing less than extraordinary. The company which released its first smartphone last year has grown to compete with the likes of comparatively established players like Huawei and Xiaomi. And it looks like the company is beating them in their own game of low cost yet premium quality smartphones.

This will be the first time LeTV is participating at CES and it’s all set to unveil one of the most powerful smartphones from the company yet. Thanks to today’s teaser, it’s almost confirmed that the company will unveil a Snapdragon 820 smartphone tomorrow. The phone is most likely the Le Max Pro, about which we have been hearing for the past few weeks.

The recent AnTuTu benchmark listing of the device revealed that it posted more than 133,000 on AnTuTu app, thanks to its high-end specs powered by Snapdragon 820. Other specs like 4GB RAM, 64GB ROM, 21MP rear camera, 4MP ultra-pixel camera will probably make it one of the favorite smartphones at CES 2016.

So, it’s no surprise that LeTV stands right on top of the list this year. At last, we will see the Snapdragon 820 chip in action!

2. Huawei

As of late, when it comes to smartphones, no list is complete without Huawei. This Chinese tech company has established itself as a premium smartphone maker releasing so many devices in 2015 (and shipping more than 100 million). The company is expected to follow the trend in 2016 as well, and what better place to kick off things than CES 2016.

Well, Huawei has confirmed a new product launch at the event, but it’s yet to reveal the model name. But taking a look at the teaser, it’s probably going to be the next generation version of the Huawei Mediapad X2 tablet, namely the Honor X3. We already have the possible specs of the device, and it includes a 2K display. Not a flagship product, but it’s still worth checking out for phablet lovers. You can read more about it from our earlier coverage.

What’s kind of unconfirmed at the moment is the upcoming Huawei P9 flagship. If Huawei releases this new model, it will be the center of attraction for Huawei fans at the event. It is said that the phone will feature dual 13MP Sony cameras at the back, with a whopping 6GB RAM module. There’s a lot of other high-end tech that’s going to come with the device and you can read more about it from here. However, given that Huawei is yet to tease/ reveal anything about it’s ‘P’ series smartphone, we may have to wait a bit longer to meet this powerful flagship.

Finally, it’s confirmed that we will see the Huawei Mate 8 flagship at the event, with Kirin 950 on board.

3. ZTE

ZTE has slowly established its presence in the US market and hence it’s no surprise that we will see some exciting products from the company at the Las Vegas event. The company recently sent out a teaser for a event on January 5, which has a background of a silhouette of an unknown smartphone with the words, “Hello World, January 5 New Release”. This could either be for the launch of the Z11 flagship or the new website which the company purchased for a whopping $2 million or both.

We hope to see the Z11 flagship at CES 2016 since recent renders and rumors have shown the device as a pretty high-end smartphone. For specs, the phone is expected to feature Snapdragon 820 with 4GB RAM, 128GB storage, and 20.7MP camera. The renders reveal a bezelless design like its predecessor. So, the Z11 is a phone that we are all excited to meet. Unfortunately, the company hasn’t revealed any concrete details about the device or the launch period.

Still, even if ZTE doesn’t showcase the Nubia Z11 at CES 2016, we can expect to see some other product announcements at the event. So, we better keep an eye on this manufacturer.

There are other Chinese manufacturers like Lenovo and OPPO present at Las Vegas this week, so we can expect some great products in the coming days.

Let me know, which product are you most excited about this CES 2016.

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For the first time, LeTV will be present at CES, which is going to be held at Las Vegas, US. The event officially starts from January 6, but the company will be making a big announcement a day before. Now, LeTV’s Senior VP has just released a new teaser for tomorrow’s event which confirms a new smartphone launch.

The teaser, which was released late evening on Weibo reveals a new smartphone with thin bezels. We can see that on the dial pad, the numbers 820 are highlighted which clearly indicates that the new phone will come with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 under the hood. The teaser also confirms the launch tomorrow, i.e. January 5 at Las Vegas.

Our best guess would be the Le Max Pro. We have been hearing a lot about this flagship for the past few weeks. The rumored specs of the device till now have been pretty high-end. Apart from the powerful quad-core Snapdragon 820, the phone is expected to come with 4GB of RAM with 64GB of internal storage. At the back, there will be a 21MP camera while up front, a 4MP Ultrapixel shooter. The display will be of decent size, 5.5-inches with 2K resolution. We have already spotted the device on AnTuTu, and it managed to an amazing score of 133K.

Apart from the usual specs, the phone is also rumored to feature Qualcomm’s Ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. Also, you can expect it to come with the new Wi-Fi 802.11 ad standard which is much faster than the previous generations.

Unfortunately, apart from the Snapdragon 820 on board, we can’t be sure of anything at the moment. Even the model name is yet to be confirmed. But since the launch is just a day away, we will soon know all the features of the device.

Stay tuned for more updates.

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A couple of weeks back, we spotted a new smartphone from LeTV, the Max Pro (X910) on the benchmarking app, AnTuTu. At that time, we managed to get the full tech specs of the device, which revealed that the Max Pro was going to be a high-end device. However, the leak only revealed the specifications of the device and not the AnTuTu Benchmark scores. Now, we have that information as well.

According to the leaked benchmark scores of the LeTV Max Pro, the phone managed to score a whopping 133,357 points on the AnTuTu benchmarking website. This is one of the highest scores we have seen till date, even beating the score posted by the Snapdragon 820 powered Qualcomm Developer device.

This clearly shows the true power of the Snapdragon 820 chip that powers the Max Pro model. However, we also have to remember that the scores of most SoCs have increased after the AnTuTu update to v6.0. A few changes in the way the scores are calculated have led to this increase. But still, it shows that despite having just four cores, instead of the traditional eight-core design, Snapdragon 820 easily beats most chipsets.

As for the other specs of the LeTV Max Pro, they are the same as we saw early December. This means a 5.5-inch 2K display, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, 21MP rear camera, 4MP Ultrapixel front camera and Android 6.0 Marshmallow update.

An analyst recently said that LeTV could be the first smartphone manufacturer to showcase a Snapdragon 820 powered phone as early as CES 2016. However, when we consider the actual release of the first Snapdragon 820 powered smartphone, Xiaomi could be the first, thanks to its Xiaomi Mi 5 which is expected to be announced in January and released in February.

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LeTV has quickly established its presence in the market with its Le series of smartphones. The devices in the range feature amazing specs inside a beautiful metal body which has made them popular in the home country of China. It’s been more than six months since the launch of the series and naturally, details about its next generation version have already started to come out.

Earlier today, we came across an AnTuTu listing of an upcoming LeTV model, the LeTV Max Pro X910. According to the benchmark listing, the device will come with the latest Snapdragon 820 quad-core chipset, which is the same chip that’s expected to power the Xiaomi Mi 5 flagship.

LeTV Max is the company’s top-end lineup and hence, we can expect very high-end specs on the device. The listing reveals that the LeTV Max Pro comes with a 5.5-inch display with 2K resolution. There will be a 21MP rear camera along with a 4MP (mostly Ultra-pixel) front-facing one. As for memory, the phone comes with 4GB of RAM on board along with 64GB of internal storage. It will be running on the latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS.

As you can see, the specs are pretty high-end. Unfortunately, other than this leaked benchmark listing, we have no idea about how the phone looks or when it is going to be launched. However, since the phone is already on AnTuTu it could mean that the launch is nearby. Stay tuned for more details on the LeTV Max Pro in the coming days.

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