LeEco unveiled its new flagship smartphone at its ‘Big Bang’ event in San Francisco in October 2016. We at News18 Tech got our hands on the Le Pro 3, which might soon come to India and replace its current flagship smartphone, the Le Max 2.
Design
For Indian audiences familiar with the Le Max 2, the Le Pro 3 feels quite familiar. It is more rounded as a device now than a big block. The design improvements have been subtle, and the home button now has an illuminated ‘Le’ logo. Adding texture to the metal back adds more grip to the Le Pro 3. Like the Le 2 and the Le Max 2, the Le Pro 3 lacks a 3.5 mm audio jack. The company provides the Le Pro 3 with its CDLA audio technology, Sky Birds.
Hardware
The Le Pro 3 sports a 5.5-inch display that looks bright and offers vivid colors. The phone is powered by Qualcomm’s latest SoC, the Snapdragon 821 SoC, which is backed by 4GB RAM and 64GB onboard storage. The device is quite powerful, and in our brief usage, it did not show any lags or app crashes. Gaming also seemed pretty smooth on the Le Pro 3.
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The Le Pro 3 ships with EUI 5.8, which is based on Android Marshmallow, and the company has not announced the device will get an Android Nougat update. Like any other Le Eco smartphone, the Le Pro 3 also offers functions like Le Live and Le View for online TV Channels and video and music streaming. The phone also packs a 16-megapixel primary camera and an 8-megapixel selfie camera. The device is capable of clicking some good-quality images with an ample amount of detailing. It is also capable of shooting videos in 4K and slow motion.
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Verdict
LeEco’s Le Pro 3 will be on sale in the US on November 2 and available only on their e-commerce marketplace, LeMall. The device is priced at $399 (approx Rs 26,000). The company is also offering a discount of $100 for US customers under their UP2U program. With the Le Max 2 getting a price drop in India, the Le Pro 3 is expensive. And whether it will come to India in this financial year is still a mystery. We must watch whether LeEco will launch the Pro 3 in India.
For the US market, Le Pro 3 is just a device that will enable the US consumer to enter the LeEco ecosystem. The phone is just a tool to drive consumers to LeEco’s content and Live TV. This smartphone marks the beginning of LeEco’s big American dream. The Le Pro 3 is a potent device for the US consumer to embrace a new entertainment ecosystem. However, whether Americans will warm up to this new Chinese dragon remains.
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