LeEco Le 1S is a Feature Rich Smartphone from Letv, New Entrants in the Indian Market

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Leshi Internet Information & Technology popularly known as Letv is a Chinese technology major based in Beijing and founded in 2004. The company is involved in a range of diversified businesses including e-commerce, e-commerce agriculture, internet-oriented hybrid electric cars and of course, smartphones. LeEco in February 2016 launched two smartphones – the LeEco Le Max and LeEco Le 1S both of which were linked to the company’s proprietary online content services that were provided via Le Vision pictures.

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Compared to the high-end LeMax, the Le 1S is the smaller sibling with a price tag of Rs. 10,999. This smartphone was released with much fanfare as it is endowed with some powerful hardware, versatile features and smart apps. The question is whether the Le 1S will be able to make a dent in the already dog-eat-dog situation prevailing in the budget phone market?

Specifications – LeEco Le 1S

Despite its competitive price tag, the LeEco Le 1S appears to be glamorous and glossy chiefly because of its fully metallic body. The smartphone has a 5.5 inch screen that throws up full HD pictures by taking advantage of IPS display technology. A high screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels that packs in 403 pixels in every square inch of the display facilitates the formation of images and illustrations that are very bright, sharp, and colorful.

A screen casing made of Corning’s Gorilla Glass 3 safeguards the display from sudden and untoward bumps, grazes, and abrasions. The overall look is minimalist yet arrests your attention somehow. Atop the screen, you have the proximity sensor, receiver, front camera, ambient light sensor, and the LED notification. At the base, there are the back and home keys and the capacitive multi-touch icon that comes to light when the display is active.

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The mirrored fingerprint scanner at the backside that is instrumental in opening up the screen and also helps in clicking photos is one of the most noteworthy features of Le 1S. The gold-hued plasticized panels around the bezel at the bottom and top enable the phone’s antennas to tap signals more effectively as well as heighten the gadget’s look. The smartphone also doubles up as a remote and can be made to function like one using an IR blaster through the remote control app.

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Buzzing under the hood of the LeEco Le 1S is a 2.2 GHz octa-core processor (MediaTek Helio X10 {MT6795T}) whose efficiency is boosted up by the Android 5.1 Lollipop OS. This makes it easy for you to browse the net, open up URL links and webpages, shift from one app to another and stream HD videos comfortably and quickly. The interactive OS also allows you to customize the phone as per your convenience. The PowerVR G6200 GPU embedded in the device comes as a blessing for hardcore gamers. A 3GB LPDDR3 RAM ensures that you don’t experience any lag or glitch while multitasking or using the phone’s features.

32 GB eMMC 5.0 internal storage capacity ensures that you have sufficient room to archive all your important official/business and personal dossiers. Shutterbugs and ace photographers will surely warm up to the Le 1S’s cameras. The primary camera of 13 megapixels is fortified by the ISOCELL image sensor technology which hugely enhances light sensitivity thereby letting the user to capture picture-perfect shots.

The rear camera is also equipped with other stunning attributes like LED flash, f/2.0 aperture, PDAF, manual focus, autofocus, and close loop that allow the user to freeze realistic shots and shoot eye-catching videos. For selfies, you can fall back on the 5 megapixel front camera implanted with an 85˚ lens and Samsung S5K5E2 sensor.

There are numerous options when it comes to communicating and/or linking up with other digital gadgets. You get to connect with both 3G and 4G broadband and cellular networks. USB port, Bluetooth 4, and Wi-Fi connectivity alternatives mean you can set up the phone with other digitized devices for file transfers, uploads, music or video clip streaming. Full-fledged GPS support is provided through A-GPS and GLONASS.

The Le 1S comes with a Li-Po battery of 3000 mAh rating allowing you to talk, multitask, play games, and listen to songs without holdups.

Who is the Le 1s competing against?

Propositioning the Le 1S to consumers on the lookout for economically-priced smartphones might be a tall order especially when other brands with comparable features are available at lesser prices. But then it might be harder to offer enough reasons why one should not go for this phone. Nevertheless, the Le 1S will face stiff competition from the Huawei Honor 5X and the Huawei Honor Holly 2 Plus priced at Rs. 12,999 and Rs. 8,499 respectively.