LeEco Le Max 2, Le 2 leaked as smartphones launching in US October 19

We know that LeEco will finally introduce itself to the US on October 19 and we know that the Chinese company will have an ecosystem of lifestyle technologies it has to build out. But we now are told that at two of the six products it will launch that Wednesday will be smartphones.The LeMall US site had apparently published the pages of six products before they were to be ...

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LeEco Le 2S gets benchmarked, no 8GB RAM or Snapdragon 821 in sight

Honestly, it was too good to be true. Too much, even, with future-proofing always feeling like a solid path to pursue for ambitious Chinese Android device manufacturers, but 8GB RAM smartphones extremely unlikely to become practical workhorses in the next year or two.Still, we shouldn’t completely rule out the possibility of a top-shelf, overkill LeEco Le 2S configuration accommodating a mobile record-breaking memory count. The “entry-level” X720 is merely “confirmed” to pack 4 gigs of the good stuff following a ...

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OPPO just won its first ever month in China smartphone sales, Huawei settled for silver

If you’re still wondering how it might be possible for an Android handheld manufacturer to realistically predict 100 million unit global shipments without much of a presence in many key European markets or the US, Counterpoint Research should give you a solid clue.According to the firm’s latest “Monthly Market Pulse”, OPPO claimed a big domestic win for the month of June not only in offline sales, but overall ...

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Another Le 2 passes through TENAA as LeEco’s first Exynos phone

As LeEco continues to evolve and expand its mobile presence globally, it’s also tweaked around its phones a whole bunch. But we haven’t seen a shift in its silicon like this one from the artist formerly known as “LeTV“.A phone similar to

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LeEco puts money where mouth is with Silicon Valley North American HQ

Talk might be cheap, and insulting Apple for its recent lack of innovation, product lineup rigidity and datedness seems to have become a rite of passage of sorts for China-based tech companies aspiring to global relevance.Then again, actually pursuing one’s American dream can sure be costly and perilous for one’s comfortable domestic financial stature, so believe in LeEco or not, you have to admire the Chinese entertainment giant’s foreign risks and investments.After announcing they’ll ...

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LeEco Le Max 2, Le 2 and Le 2 Pro go official with up to 6GB RAM, no headphone jacks

The age of 6GB RAM monster phones is already upon us, ladies and gentlemen, and oddly enough, one of China’s most rapidly rising mobile hardware makers also rushes to beat Apple to the no-headphone jack punch.Pretty controversial moves from LeEco, previously known as LeTV, especially since its latest trio of relatively inexpensive high-end handhelds probably had plenty of room ...

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GFXBench may have captured the LeEco Le 2 Pro with 6GB RAM

If you’re still wondering where your Le Max is, don’t worry. We are, too. But if you’re looking forward to LeEco’s forward-facing products like the Le X621, — we’re calling it the Le 2 — you might be happy to know that there’s more on the pipeline, including a device purporting to be the LeEco Le X820.GFXBench is listing ...

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LeEco Le 2 gets certified in China with 10-core Helio X20 SoC, 16MP rear camera

We don’t know if it’s because the brand remains largely unknown outside of China or if the company simply did a better job than market veterans covering up its tracks, but following LeEco’s vague preview of an April 20 Beijing event and subsequent “grand” US product launch, we heard nothing about exactly what was coming.Until just now, when all-revealing Tenaa documents surfaced. The ...

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LeEco schedules April 20 Beijing event ahead of ‘grand’ US product launch

If there was a rookie of the year trophy awarded for smartphone manufacturers, LeEco, also known as LeTV or Leshi Internet Information & Technology, would comfortably take home the 2015 crown.The China-based OEM made waves chiefly in its domestic market by unveiling ridiculously affordable products like the Le 1, Le 1 Pro, Le Max and Le 1s, ...

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