LeEco details expansion plans, ambitious goals, deeming Apple ‘outdated’

Posted on by Adrian Diaconescu

A key player in its domestic entertainment industry for several years now, China-based LeEco, formerly known as LeTV, recently captured its first international headlines by following in the footsteps of Huawei or Xiaomi with unusually powerful low-cost smartphones.Those managed to post pretty remarkable combined sales numbers for their first seven months in local stores, warranting

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

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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

Posted on by Jules Wang

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

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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

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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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LeTV Max Pro passes through China’s TENAA

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The prime-profile smartphone of the year so far is the LeTV Max Pro. Qualcomm had it on-stage at its CES 2016 event when introducing the Snapdragon 820 chipset. But it’s been a few games of chess since we last brought the device up in terms of talking about sales. As we enter the month when competitors will try and steal the

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LeTV morphs into LeEco for Indian commercial debut of Le 1s and Le Max phones

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If you thought LeTV was somewhat of an awkward and improper name for a smartphone manufacturer, the Chinese entertainment company that’s rising in the Android décor like no other is going through a quick rebranding process for its invasion of India.Unfortunately, LeEco sounds just as weird as LeTV, and LeEco Le 1s and LeEco Le Max can be mouthfuls for folks unacquainted with the tech outfit’s naming tactics. At the end of the day though, ...

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3 million LeTV Le 1s sold in under 3 months

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LeTV made quick cash on 4 million smartphones last year and it’s continuing to sell more. It isn’t just doing so loosely with unlocked sales as the company snagged orders from China Unicom and a Thai network late last year. Thanks to those big crates, the company can now boast 3 million Le 1s units sold in just under 3 months.LeTV senior vice president Feng Xing celebrated on Weibo by giving the ...

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LeTV looking to Le Future in India on January 20

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LeTV has been driving high-gear growth of its mobile phones over the past year across Asia and has just made landfall in the US. Qualcomm essentially boasted on behalf of the Chinese manufacturer that the Le Max Pro would be the first to run the Snapdragon 820 chipset. We didn’t get to test final products at CES, but ...

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LeTV Max Pro has a price in China

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We got a peak sneak peek at the LeTV Max Pro yesterday. It’s the world’s first phone — at least Qualcomm’s betting on it to be — that will sport the Snapdragon 820 chipset. It also has the uncommon flight path of coming from China straight to the United States.Don’t be mistaken, though. ...

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Upcoming LeTV Max Pro breaks AnTuTu records, racy renders also crop up

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Have you decided which of the oft-rumored H1 2016 Android heavyweights are you most excited about? The Galaxy S7 is probably at the top of many wish lists already, likely followed by the HTC “Perfume”, LG G5, Sony Xperia Z6, and

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LeTV Le 1s pre-orders reportedly cross 11 million mark already, yielding $1.9 billion

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Chinese entertainment veteran turned smartphone rookie LeTV made a grandiose (and impossible to verify) statement back in August, as its trio of first-gen Androids purportedly reached the 1 million unit sales milestone faster than anyone else in the industry. Yes, including OnePlus.Now, Leshi Internet Information & Technology returns to the spotlight with a box-office feat at a whole new level, reportedly receiving no less than 11 million pre-orders ...

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LeTV Le 1s goes official with stunning metal build, impressive specs, crazy low price

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The second flagship smartphone from Chinese entertainment giant LeTV may or may not break cover later today with a rotating camera, Snapdragon 820 SoC and 4 or 6GB RAM, but first things first, the up-and-coming OEM has to take care of its most cash-strapped fans.The “mid-range” LeTV Le 1s is reportedly ...

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