Le 1S by Le Eco – A Superphone at a Super Price?

Posted on the 21 January 2016 by Jyoti Arora @Jy0tiAr0ra

LeEco (formerly knows as Letv) recently launched two smartphones in India. One is that costs 32,999 Rs. The second smartphone is Le 1S which targets the consumers who are looking for something at lower price range but with great specifications and features. LeEcho (Letv) is calling 1S as 'the flagship killer' and Super Model phone. 1S offers such an impressive sounding package that within a day of its launch, it is reported to have received 100,000 pre-sale registration. 1S was also released in China in November and within two months sold 3 million devices.

Let's see why.

The impressiveness of this budget-priced smartphone can be gauged from the fact that the LeEco is comparing it to iPhone 6s Plus. And as per LeEco, 1S has the same size display as iPhone 6s Plus, but in a smaller and leaner body. It is 7.1mm and 3.7mm smaller than iPhone 6s Plus in length and width respectively. Weighing at 169g, it is 23g lighter than iPhone 6s Plus.

Le 1S has the processing power of MediaTek Helio X10, 2.2 GHz 64-bit processor. The RAM is 3 GB and internal storage is 32GB. It has 5.5 inches FHD 1920 x 1080, 403 ppi IPS display. The battery is 3000 mAh and is capable of giving more than 3 hours of battery backup with just five minutes of charging. It has type-C charging technology.

Le 1S is equipped with 13-megapixel rear and 5 MP front camera. It has blue glass infrared filter and ISOCELL for clearer photos. The phone's camera is also supported by focusing technologies like PDAF, ball bearing VCM which helps it to focus within 0.09 second.

The fingerprint sensor of this devices claims to be supported by world's fastest fingerprint recognition technology and world's first mirror-surfaced scanner. The scanner looks pleasing and can scan fingerprints with 99.3% in just 0.15 seconds.It can recognize upto five fingerprints.

The device is stylish and sturdy with its full-metal aircraft grade aluminum scratchproof unibody. The highlight of the design is that it is screwless.

The Le 1S is to be available exclusively on Flipkart starting from 2nd February. On this date, Flipkart will host a flash sale for 1S starting from 12 noon. The registration for this flash sale has already started and as previously mentioned, have gone beyond 100,000 within a day. Le 1S's smartphone by LeEco is very competitively priced at only 10,999 Rupees.

To know more about LeEco, check out this post Key Specifications of Le 1S:
  • Display: 5.5 inch, Full HD, 1920 x 1080 Pixels, 403 PPI, IPS Display, Multi-touch
  • OS: Android v5 (Lollipop)
  • Processor: 2.2 GHz + Helio X10 Turbo MTK 6795T, Octa Core
  • RAM: 3 GB RAM
  • Storage: 32 GB
  • Rear Camera: Yes, 13 MP
  • Front Camera: Yes, 5 MP
  • Battery: Li-Polymer, 3000 mAh
  • Network: 4G, 3G
  • Sensors: Compass, Magnetometer, Gravity Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Light Sensor, Infrared Sensor, Fingerprint Sensor
  • SIM: Dual Sim, LTE + LTE
  • Dimensions: 74.2×151.1×7.6 mm
  • Weight: 169 g
  • Colour: Silver, Gold, Grey
  • Price: 10,999
  • Availability: Flipkart