Letv, a Chinese handset player, will enter the Indian handset market in January 2016. Earlier, the company was expected to commence its operation in India from this month itself but due to some logistic issue the launch has been deferred to next month.
“Letv is expected to launch two handset – Le 1s and Le Max, in India next month when it enters the Indian market,” sources familiar with the development said to The Mobile Indian.
The Le 1s, which was unveiled in China earlier in October at 1099 RMB (approx Rs 11,247), is said to be priced lower than its production cost. It comes with an all-metal unibody, along with mirror fingerprint sensor “Le Touch” and fast-charging technology.
It features a 5.5-inch full-HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS display. The smartphone is powered by Mediatek flagship Helio X10 Turbo 2.2GHz octa-core Processor which is paired with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage.
The Le 1s runs on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop operating system with the EUI 5.5 custom user interface on top of it. The smartphone comes with a reversible USB Type-C with fast-charging SpeedVolt technology and gets the power from 3000 mAh battery. On the camera from, the smartphone offers 13-megapixel rear auto-focus camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front camera for selfies and video calling. The company claims that the camera lock focusses in just 0.09 seconds. The Dual-SIM handset measures 151.1 x 74.2 x 7.5 mm and weighs 169 grams.
On the other hand, The Le Max has a 6.3 inch QHD (1440×2560 pixels) Resolution display with a Pixel density of 464ppi and 0.8mm bezel. It runs on Android 5. 1 and is powered by a 64-bit 2GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 SoC coupled with 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM. It has a fingerprint scanner as well.
Le Max features a 21-megapixel rear camera with optical image stabilisation, Sony IMX230 sensor, dual-LED flash, and an f/2.0 Aperture lens, alongside a 4-UltraPixel front-facing camera with an f/2.0 aperture. It may come in two variants – 64GB and 128GB internal memory. It will come with a 3400mAh battery along with support for 4G connectivity.