LeTV S1 unboxing and hands on, a super sexy device!

Earlier today we finally received the much-anticipated Elephone P7000, now it’s time for another much talked about device, the simply sexy LeTV S1!

After seeing the LeTV S1 launched, checking out those killer specifications and seeing it sell out in a matter of seconds I’ve not really given the phone much thought. I had heard that the build and OS were good, but I didn’t realise it would all be THIS good!

Just to recap. The LeTV S1 is the entry-level LeTV phone of the 3 which were launched in April. The S1 boasts a 5.5-inch Sharp FHD display, Mediatek Helio X10 chipset, 3GB RAM, 5 mega-pixel front camera, 13 mega-pixel Sony IMX214 rear camera, 3000mAh battery and Android 5.0 Lollipop! All that amazing hardware sits in a glass, metal and plastic body with dual SIM tray, IR remote, USB type C, dual speakers, metal power and volume buttons and a switch for putting the phone in to silent mode.

Oh, but that isn’t all! There is also MHL support, LTE, DTS HD and Dolby sound. Believe it or not all of this fits in a phone measuring 147.8 x 74.2 x 9.5mm and costs an incredible 1499 Yuan ($242)!

Not only is the hardware amazing, the build way above rival device, but the presentation of the phone is excellent too. See for yourself in the video below.

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LeTV S1 first impressions

The LeTV has really shocked me, I was not expecting a phone this good from a company who have never made a phone before. Compare the 1499 Yuan LeTV S1 to the flagship Meizu MX4 Pro and the newcomer blows the Meizu away. There are very few phones that can touch the S1 on build, only perhaps the LeTV S1 Pro and the Mi Note.

As you saw in the video the LeTV EUI is simple and uncluttered. It also lacks Gapps out of the box, but fortunately it is super easy to install Google service (although YouTube isn’t working yet) and I will post instructions how to do this soon.

This is only a first hands on and I might find issues with the phone as time goes by, but judging by what I have seen so far LeTV have the potential to make some serious waves! OnePlus and Meizu (in China at least) better watch out.

Thanks to HonorBuy for shipping the LeTV S1 out to us for review.

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Andi

- Chandra Mohan
  May 31, 2015
  Even in china, you can buy from taobao only through resellers, Letv 1 16GB available with lot of resellers—> you need to pay 1799 RMB for the 16GB model–>300 RMB reseller price!!!!, Software wise it is deeply modified version, so never expect letv will realease source code—> Therefore no custom rom
Aa
May 29, 2015
First look: ah, small bezels – excelent!
Second look: LoL, there are giant black bars around display when turned on.
- Manniefred86
  May 29, 2015
  Well “Giant” might be exaggerating a bit but I see your point (especially on a white phone). I personally think though that people care way too much about the size of bezels these days.
  - Stef
    May 29, 2015
    Well try to use an iphone plus and then this phone. While they have the same screen size they’re night and day in terms of handling merely due to Apple’s giant bezels. While looks can be an acquired taste -I think- there’s no question in ragards the gain in ergonomics.
    - Manos
      May 30, 2015
      - Stef
        May 30, 2015
        Yeah, but my point is that it would had been easier to handle if it was smaller. That may not be an issue to you personally, but it’s still a well known finding ( smaller sizes collerate with ease of use).
        Manos
        May 30, 2015
        Sure smaller it will better ease to use At the end they will make them small.
Sere83
May 29, 2015
ahh so the OIS they said it would have was just a lie then, knew it. Looks amazing though still
- Rob
  May 29, 2015

mf1gt3r
May 29, 2015
Seriously? No OIS? It’s a shame.
Tizz
May 29, 2015
This phone looks fucking amazing, i’m waiting for the review!
SnowyCat
May 29, 2015
Does it have OIS like on all specsites and resellers listed?
doest it have a notification led?
how muchs torage is free after a fresh install?
and if i marry you will i get the phone? just kidding 🙂
meini
May 29, 2015
does anyone know when it will be able to purchase? and the price (242$) seems to be pretty low. unlike elephone (:P) letv was a bit hard to follow these past weeks so im not up to date… 🙂
- Jason45
  May 29, 2015
  The price is as always only in China. You pay 40-50 USD Dollar more on international reseller websites.

Stef
May 29, 2015
Veeery similar size to IUNI/LG phones. IMO the only size 5.5 inchers should come (everything else gets way too unruly, i.e. iphone plus).
realjjj
May 29, 2015
Nice , too bad it doesn’t have microSD, it just makes it unusable.
Wish they would make some tabs too, would be interesting to see what they can come up with.
bojan radovanovic
May 29, 2015
almost 1 cm, 5,5′ screen and still small battery!?
why Letv, why?

Parmenion
May 29, 2015
This phone looks really awesome but unfortunately it does not have the LTE 800 🙁
yutu
May 29, 2015
what i read from a seller on aliexpress: original rom is chinese but sellers made a custom english rom if updated will lose english
- david
  May 29, 2015
  Dream on… Noone wants to work on chinese closed source crappy software with 0 (zero) support. I’m dev and I prefer focusing on devices like OPO that opensource kernel and userspace
  - Manu
    May 30, 2015
    they might release the source code if the community asks enough for it or ppl like cyanogenmod write a custom kernel^^ but that´ll take a while
    - Mario
      May 30, 2015
      Yes i hope for that….. i posted on the letv fb site but no reaction yet 🙁

Denny Meinel
May 29, 2015
- No only English and Chinese
- Claymore
  May 29, 2015
  No need for an even worse german translation… Plus sometimes it really looks odd, i.e. “Einstellungen” in the App Drawer where it is like “Einstellung” new line “en”. This happens all the time with various App names and really annoys me. English names do always fit one line 😉

EvolvedApe
May 29, 2015
This looks really nice.
The one thing that bugs a bit is the lack of symmetry in the placement of some of the ports and sensors. I guess it’s to cut manufacturing costs, but it mars an otherwise great design.
Also, the screen colors look way off.
Really curious how the camera performs.
- May 29, 2015
  Camera is performing pretty well. Just posted some HDR shots taken in the rain and slow mo video on the GizChina Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gizchinatechfans/
  - amirexpressir
    May 29, 2015
    In chinese reviews,I saw lots of people were admiring the sound quality of the device which is really sth Letv must have had its attention on.
    Please, if you are able, having a comparison between letv phones in Screen quality&color production/camera/heat handling/battery with nubia z9 or the same SD810 phones are really appreciated
    I think one thing which gizchina is really unattended to,is shortcoming of comparison of real usage(not just specs) of phones….with these hands-on comparisons, it makes the best impact on customers choice.
  - G'n'T
    May 29, 2015
    Hi Andi
    Will you be posting these pictures elsewhere as well? I don’t have a facebook account. Cheers.

Tyerlo
May 29, 2015
Can you do an unboxing video and review of the letv max? I’m interested if the fingerprint sensor work as in the huawei ascend mate 7.
Edit: Where do you find that price for the phone, do you live in China or do you import the phones? Which sites offer that low price tag?
Dr Solom
May 29, 2015
- Chandra Mohan
  May 31, 2015
  Even in china, you can buy from taobao only through resellers, Letv 1 16GB available with lot of resellers—> you need to pay 1799 RMB for the 16GB model–>300 RMB reseller price!!!!, Software wise it is deeply modified version, so never expect letv will realease source code—> Therefore no custom rom

Aa
May 29, 2015
First look: ah, small bezels – excelent!
Second look: LoL, there are giant black bars around display when turned on.
- Manniefred86
  May 29, 2015
  Well “Giant” might be exaggerating a bit but I see your point (especially on a white phone). I personally think though that people care way too much about the size of bezels these days.
- Stef
  May 29, 2015
  Well try to use an iphone plus and then this phone. While they have the same screen size they’re night and day in terms of handling merely due to Apple’s giant bezels. While looks can be an acquired taste -I think- there’s no question in ragards the gain in ergonomics.
- Manos
  May 30, 2015
  I don’t care I have a ZenFone 2 with big bezels….
- Stef
  May 30, 2015
  Yeah, but my point is that it would had been easier to handle if it was smaller. That may not be an issue to you personally, but it’s still a well known finding ( smaller sizes collerate with ease of use).
- Manos
  May 30, 2015
  Sure smaller it will better ease to use At the end they will make them small.

Manu
May 29, 2015
hey andy, where did you order your s1 from if i might ask? also can you share a link/method on how you installed google apps? Thanks 😉
- MaxPower
  May 29, 2015
  It’s written at the end of the article. Honorbuy.com (former xiaomishop)
  It’s also written in the article that Google apps can be installed in the same way we do with xiaomi phones
kiki
May 29, 2015
I order this phone. It was one of the best for me. but, I read on they offical forum a big problem with battery, wifi, gsm… :((( im quit this order and i will see for the elephone p7000 or Elephone Vowney.

Sere83
May 29, 2015
ahh so the OIS they said it would have was just a lie then, knew it. Looks amazing though still
- Rob
  May 29, 2015
mf1gt3r
May 29, 2015
Seriously? No OIS? It’s a shame.
Tizz
May 29, 2015
This phone looks fucking amazing, i’m waiting for the review!

justarandomperson
May 29, 2015
That looks actually quite promising except of course the lack of FDD 20. Hmm. I’m currently trying to decide between this and the Xiaomi Mi Note (I know weird choices …)
@Gizchina:disqus Off topic, do you have plans to publish a full review of the Mi note?
SnowyCat
May 29, 2015
Does it have OIS like on all specsites and resellers listed?
doest it have a notification led?
how muchs torage is free after a fresh install?
and if i marry you will i get the phone? just kidding 🙂
Guest
May 29, 2015
does anyone know when it will be able to purchase? and the price (242$) seems to be pretty low. unlike elephone (:P) letv was a bit hard to follow these past weeks so im not up to date… 🙂
- Jason45
  May 29, 2015
  The price is as always only in China. You pay 40-50 USD Dollar more on international reseller websites.
- - - - Yeti hand
        July 15, 2015
        Nope not subjective at all!!! it means there are others products that blow your phone out the windows without having to sell an organ to get it!!
        Now if you’re satisfied with your old phone it’s up to you. last time I checked obsolete products are stil usable!!! They just can’ compete with the current generation.
        
        August 5, 2015
        The want or need to replace something that is “obsolete” yet still usable is particular to an individual – that is the very definition of the word “subjective”.
        You want to play the game of competition, fine it’s your money and the electronic companies love that you are so easily manipulated. Do you also upgrade your car every 2 years to “compete” with the cars everyone else has? And your house? And everything else you own? Why are phones any different? To me they are not.
        
        Yeti hand
        August 5, 2015
        Are you comparing cars and always evolving products with a short lifespan?
        Bad example. A car is made to last WAYYY longer than any smartphone and the evolution of the engine is not significative. A car from the 2000s which has been well maintained still holds its value cars from the 2010s have NOTHING on it, what about a smartphone from the 2000s now?? hu??
        Every 2 years the hardware and software take a huge leap that makes the old generation looks like bad cartoon.
        Stop that!! A non removable battery is NOT a bad thing!! in 2017 cheap phones that make this look like shit will be ALL OVER THE PLACE.
        Who would decide to keep its old product when the new one will be head and shoulder above this for like 150 dollars ? Beside people with emotional attachement of course!!!
        
        August 6, 2015
        If that were true, no phones would have removable batteries yet some of the best selling phones do-have… LG G4, Samsung Galaxy Alpha, Galaxy Note 4, as well as many models from Xiaomi, Huawei, and tons of other cheap Chinese brands. You are clearly wrong.
        
        Yeti hand
        August 6, 2015
        oh come on, aren’t you tired? Get your removable battery phone and leave me alone. Btw what you said is just as silly as your whole justification. So why are there non removable phone out there then?
        pffff stop that I’m starting to wonder if you even think before you speak
        August 7, 2015
        How old are you, like 15? You really are not very bright if you cannot think of why they would make phones with fixed batteries. Because they want to make SURE your phone cannot be used more than 2-3 years. This is probably because most of the phones are bought in tandem with a contract from a carrier (AT&T, Verizon, etc.) who have 2 year contracts. There is a reason, whatever it is, you can be sure it’s purpose is to extract MORE MONEY from consumers. Please go read a book on logic and then come back and tell me what a phone USER gains by gluing a battery into a phone versus not using the glue. Then think about what the phone companies gain by using the glue. doh!
        
        Yeti hand
        August 7, 2015
        29 here not sure if you’re serious about asking my age cuz I don’t think you realize how silly and childish your arguments sounded!
        Seriously you bring the ‘a lot mean right’?? Ok how about this brad, a lot of people eat at mc donald that must mean mc donald food is the way to go right?? Catch my drift here??
        To answer your SILLY question a lot of brands use removable AND not removabe batteries to give us CHOICE, I actually can’t believe I answered you on more time…
        You don’t want a non removable battery cool!! In 3 years YOU WON’t be using the smartphone with that so precious “removable battery” nor would someone using a non removable battery
        btw the more I read what you say the more I realize how useless it is to talk with you. DID YOU SERIOUSLY bring “contract” on gizchina?? The website about chinese cheap phones for people who don’t want contract??
        MY GOD THINK before you speak it’s getting ANNOYING!!
        
        August 8, 2015
        If you knew that CHOICE was the reason, then you should have not asked “Why?” that started this useless thread. My CHOICE… and millions of other people… is to have a removable battery. And my OPINION is that any phone which does not, is a bad design for the user. That’s was MY opinion I expressed at the start, and none of your illogical and misdirection blather is going to change that. So go TROLL somewhere else you dolt! I’m done with you.
        Yeti hand
        August 8, 2015
        hey hey did I ever question your choice? Maybe you missed the part where I said “GET YOUR REMOVABLE BATTERY AND LEAVE ME ALONE” You said a non removable battery was bad for wrong reasons like you were the center of the universe and every words you said were to applied to everybody, I proved you wrong now suddenly it’s a question of choice and NOW those reasons only work for you?? Why did you involve others people mentioning cars,contrats and all then hu?….. Can’t even make sense but try to act smart…
        BUZZ OFF
        Next time try using the “troll” expression against someone with a lesser iq than you but IMO it’s going to be hard….

SPLEND1D
May 29, 2015
I am going for this one!
Uzeir Mansuri
May 29, 2015
- jalebi Singh
  May 29, 2015
- Jay
  June 2, 2015
  +1
  $299 is the lowest one can find.
  @Gizchina:disqus, could you help us with a store that offers the phone at $242?
Stef
May 29, 2015
Veeery similar size to IUNI/LG phones. IMO the only size 5.5 inchers should come (everything else gets way too unruly, i.e. iphone plus).

realjjj
May 29, 2015
Nice , too bad it doesn’t have microSD, it just makes it unusable.
Wish they would make some tabs too, would be interesting to see what they can come up with.
Kristián Hrušovský
May 29, 2015
- Andi Sykes
  May 29, 2015
bojan radovanovic
May 29, 2015
almost 1 cm, 5,5′ screen and still small battery!?
why Letv, why?
Parmenion
May 29, 2015
This phone looks really awesome but unfortunately it does not have the LTE 800 🙁

Guest
May 29, 2015
what i read from a seller on aliexpress: original rom is chinese but sellers made a custom english rom if updated will lose english
- Andi Sykes
  May 29, 2015
  Not true. English and Chinese are default. I have updated too and no issues
- Guest
  May 31, 2015
  Please do not update the Android system of the phone,because after the system updated,the multi language will be erased,this is very important,please pay attention.
  http://www.aliexpress.com/item/In-Stock-Original-Letv-One-Le-1-Phone-MTK6795-Helio-X10-Octa-Core-Android-5-0/32335133822.html
- Guest
  May 29, 2015
  Dream on… Noone wants to work on chinese closed source crappy software with 0 (zero) support. I’m dev and I prefer focusing on devices like OPO that opensource kernel and userspace
- Frozzem
  May 30, 2015
  they might release the source code if the community asks enough for it or ppl like cyanogenmod write a custom kernel^^ but that´ll take a while
- Mario
  May 30, 2015
  Yes i hope for that….. i posted on the letv fb site but no reaction yet 🙁
Denny Meinel
May 29, 2015
- Andi Sykes
  May 29, 2015
  No only English and Chinese
- Guest
  May 29, 2015
  No need for an even worse german translation… Plus sometimes it really looks odd, i.e. “Einstellungen” in the App Drawer where it is like “Einstellung” new line “en”. This happens all the time with various App names and really annoys me. English names do always fit one line 😉

EvolvedApe
May 29, 2015
This looks really nice.
The one thing that bugs a bit is the lack of symmetry in the placement of some of the ports and sensors. I guess it’s to cut manufacturing costs, but it mars an otherwise great design.
Also, the screen colors look way off.
Really curious how the camera performs.
- Andi Sykes
  May 29, 2015
  Camera is performing pretty well. Just posted some HDR shots taken in the rain and slow mo video on the GizChina Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gizchinatechfans/
- amirexpressir
  May 29, 2015
  In chinese reviews,I saw lots of people were admiring the sound quality of the device which is really sth Letv must have had its attention on.
  Please, if you are able, having a comparison between letv phones in Screen quality&color production/camera/heat handling/battery with nubia z9 or the same SD810 phones are really appreciated
  I think one thing which gizchina is really unattended to,is shortcoming of comparison of real usage(not just specs) of phones….with these hands-on comparisons, it makes the best impact on customers choice.
- G'n'T
  May 30, 2015
  Hi Andi
  Will you be posting these pictures elsewhere as well? I don’t have a facebook account. Cheers.

Tyerlo
May 29, 2015
Can you do an unboxing video and review of the letv max? I’m interested if the fingerprint sensor work as in the huawei ascend mate 7.
Edit: Where do you find that price for the phone, do you live in China or do you import the phones? Which sites offer that low price tag?
- Andi Sykes
  May 29, 2015
Frozzem
May 29, 2015
hey andy, where did you order your s1 from if i might ask? also can you share a link/method on how you installed google apps? Thanks 😉
- MaxPower
  May 29, 2015
  It’s written at the end of the article. Honorbuy.com (former xiaomishop)
  It’s also written in the article that Google apps can be installed in the same way we do with xiaomi phones

Guest
May 29, 2015
I order this phone. It was one of the best for me. but, I read on they offical forum a big problem with battery, wifi, gsm… :((( im quit this order and i will see for the elephone p7000 or Elephone Vowney.

justarandomperson
May 29, 2015
That looks actually quite promising except of course the lack of FDD 20. Hmm. I’m currently trying to decide between this and the Xiaomi Mi Note (I know weird choices …)
@Gizchina:disqus Off topic, do you have plans to publish a full review of the Mi note?
Adam Irvine
May 29, 2015
Shame that it is ‘soo chinese’ I mean I know you pointed out that the English translation is all there and seems good, but when there’s features like that ‘Siri’ thing that you can’t use unless you speak Chinese or all those LeTV videos/movies, then I find that hard to ignore…
- Riccardo Benzoni
  May 31, 2015
  a chinese phone designed for chinese market only has to be “so chinese” 😀 It will have planty of third-party ROM development I believe (and hope), but forget to use it “as it comes”
- pedro
  June 6, 2015
  man your avatar is SO CHINESE :DDDD
  - Adam Irvine
    June 6, 2015
    Ye its not though… Note the Cyanogen icon that I added into it, they’re American ye… So I’ve got a blend. Yours on the other hand, Huawei is it? That’s Chinese 😉
    - pedro
      June 7, 2015
      All phones are made in china man don’t see your point..
      usa does pretty shit stuff .. nobody is interested bout shitagoenmod..
Brad
May 29, 2015
- Yeti hand
  June 2, 2015
  why?
- Brad
  June 2, 2015
  wow, seriously?… you cannot think of any reasons???
  1) Batter goes bad and you need to replace it. Ie, fixed batter could shorten device lifespan.
  2) You want to bring an extra battery or two on a trip for extended use
  3) after market has higher capacity battery that you want to use instead of the factory one.
- Yeti hand
  June 2, 2015
  You serious? By the time the battery goes bad your phone is obsolete and you’re going to buy another one.
  a fixed battery lifespan is 2 year at least!!
- Brad
  July 15, 2015
  I had my last phone for 7 years! Obsolete is subjective.
- Yeti hand
  July 15, 2015
  Nope not subjective at all!!! it means there are others products that blow your phone out the windows without having to sell an organ to get it!!
  Now if you’re satisfied with your old phone it’s up to you. last time I checked obsolete products are stil usable!!! They just can’ compete with the current generation.
- Brad
  August 5, 2015
  The want or need to replace something that is “obsolete” yet still usable is particular to an individual – that is the very definition of the word “subjective”.
  You want to play the game of competition, fine it’s your money and the electronic companies love that you are so easily manipulated. Do you also upgrade your car every 2 years to “compete” with the cars everyone else has? And your house? And everything else you own? Why are phones any different? To me they are not.
- Yeti hand
  August 5, 2015
  Are you comparing cars and always evolving products with a short lifespan?
  Bad example. A car is made to last WAYYY longer than any smartphone and the evolution of the engine is not significative. A car from the 2000s which has been well maintained still holds its value cars from the 2010s have NOTHING on it, what about a smartphone from the 2000s now?? hu??
  Every 2 years the hardware and software take a huge leap that makes the old generation looks like bad cartoon.
  Stop that!! A non removable battery is NOT a bad thing!! in 2017 cheap phones that make this look like shit will be ALL OVER THE PLACE.
  Who would decide to keep its old product when the new one will be head and shoulder above this for like 150 dollars ? Beside people with emotional attachement of course!!!
- Brad
  August 6, 2015
  If that were true, no phones would have removable batteries yet some of the best selling phones do-have… LG G4, Samsung Galaxy Alpha, Galaxy Note 4, as well as many models from Xiaomi, Huawei, and tons of other cheap Chinese brands. You are clearly wrong.
- Yeti hand
  August 7, 2015
  oh come on, aren’t you tired? Get your removable battery phone and leave me alone. Btw what you said is just as silly as your whole justification. So why are there non removable phone out there then?
  pffff stop that I’m starting to wonder if you even think before you speak
- Brad
  August 7, 2015
  How old are you, like 15? You really are not very bright if you cannot think of why they would make phones with fixed batteries. Because they want to make SURE your phone cannot be used more than 2-3 years. This is probably because most of the phones are bought in tandem with a contract from a carrier (AT&T, Verizon, etc.) who have 2 year contracts. There is a reason, whatever it is, you can be sure it’s purpose is to extract MORE MONEY from consumers. Please go read a book on logic and then come back and tell me what a phone USER gains by gluing a battery into a phone versus not using the glue. Then think about what the phone companies gain by using the glue. doh!
- Yeti hand
  August 8, 2015
  29 here not sure if you’re serious about asking my age cuz I don’t think you realize how silly and childish your arguments sounded!
  Seriously you bring the ‘a lot mean right’?? Ok how about this brad, a lot of people eat at mc donald that must mean mc donald food is the way to go right?? Catch my drift here??
  To answer your SILLY question a lot of brands use removable AND not removabe batteries to give us CHOICE, I actually can’t believe I answered you on more time…
  You don’t want a non removable battery cool!! In 3 years YOU WON’t be using the smartphone with that so precious “removable battery” nor would someone using a non removable battery
  btw the more I read what you say the more I realize how useless it is to talk with you. DID YOU SERIOUSLY bring “contract” on gizchina?? The website about chinese cheap phones for people who don’t want contract??
  MY GOD THINK before you speak it’s getting ANNOYING!!
- Brad
  August 8, 2015
  If you knew that CHOICE was the reason, then you should have not asked “Why?” that started this useless thread. My CHOICE… and millions of other people… is to have a removable battery. And my OPINION is that any phone which does not, is a bad design for the user. That’s was MY opinion I expressed at the start, and none of your illogical and misdirection blather is going to change that. So go TROLL somewhere else you dolt! I’m done with you.
- Yeti hand
  August 9, 2015
  hey hey did I ever question your choice? Maybe you missed the part where I said “GET YOUR REMOVABLE BATTERY AND LEAVE ME ALONE” You said a non removable battery was bad for wrong reasons like you were the center of the universe and every words you said were to applied to everybody, I proved you wrong now suddenly it’s a question of choice and NOW those reasons only work for you?? Why did you involve others people mentioning cars,contrats and all then hu?….. Can’t even make sense but try to act smart…
  BUZZ OFF
  Next time try using the “troll” expression against someone with a lesser iq than you but IMO it’s going to be hard….

SPLEND1D
May 29, 2015
I am going for this one!
Some person
May 29, 2015
- jalebi Singh
  May 29, 2015
- Oppomart is selling it at $299!
- Jay
  June 2, 2015
  +1
  $299 is the lowest one can find.
  @Gizchina:disqus, could you help us with a store that offers the phone at $242?
William Coertez
May 29, 2015
- hans
  May 30, 2015
  - Steve B
    May 30, 2015
    Didn’t that just duplicate frames though, most comments I saw wrote it off as a gimic.
  - William Coertez
    May 30, 2015
    I say this because among the features offered by the mtk helio x10 This native support and processing for recording 480 fps slow motion.

MaxPower
May 29, 2015
It would be nice to see a head to head review of this phone with the Zenfone 2 since they fall into the same price range and they are two different alternatives to Qualcomm or MT6752.
Not that I care much of the SoC, but it would be nice to see how they perform on daily usage, which software gives a better user experience and last but not least the quality of GSM,GPS,WiFi and camera.

Adam Irvine
May 29, 2015
Shame that it is ‘soo chinese’ I mean I know you pointed out that the English translation is all there and seems good, but when there’s features like that ‘Siri’ thing that you can’t use unless you speak Chinese or all those LeTV videos/movies, then I find that hard to ignore…
- Riccardo Benzoni
  May 31, 2015
  a chinese phone designed for chinese market only has to be “so chinese” 😀 It will have planty of third-party ROM development I believe (and hope), but forget to use it “as it comes”
- Guest
  June 6, 2015
  This comment was deleted.
- Adam Irvine
  June 6, 2015
  Ye its not though… Note the Cyanogen icon that I added into it, they’re American ye… So I’ve got a blend. Yours on the other hand, Huawei is it? That’s Chinese 😉

G'n'T
May 30, 2015
As there is no SD slot, Andi would you recommend the 32Gb model as a minimum? How much space is taken up by the Android OS on the phone in the 16Gb model?
- Jean Carlo Palmisano Rademaker
  June 1, 2015
  Some sites says there is an sd card slot. Not sure a what to believe now
William Coertez
May 30, 2015
- Guest
  May 30, 2015
  sharp showed one with 2100 fps
- Steve B
  May 30, 2015
  Didn’t that just duplicate frames though, most comments I saw wrote it off as a gimic.
- William Coertez
  May 30, 2015
  I say this because among the features offered by the mtk helio x10 This native support and processing for recording 480 fps slow motion.

realjjj
May 30, 2015
Design wise the front looks more like Coolpad than Meizu , a bunch of Coolpad models are similar.
MaxPower
May 30, 2015
It would be nice to see a head to head review of this phone with the Zenfone 2 since they fall into the same price range and they are two different alternatives to Qualcomm or MT6752.
Not that I care much of the SoC, but it would be nice to see how they perform on daily usage, which software gives a better user experience and last but not least the quality of GSM,GPS,WiFi and camera.

Xalis
May 30, 2015
Here is a word of advice never buy a phone mean for the Chinese market only, you will only face problems and 0 solutions.
G'n'T
May 30, 2015
As there is no SD slot, Andi would you recommend the 32Gb model as a minimum? How much space is taken up by the Android OS on the phone in the 16Gb model?
- Jean Carlo Palmisano Rademaker
  June 1, 2015
  Some sites says there is an sd card slot. Not sure a what to believe now

realjjj
May 30, 2015
Design wise the front looks more like Coolpad than Meizu , a bunch of Coolpad models are similar.
Guest
May 30, 2015
Here is a word of advice never buy a phone mean for the Chinese market only, you will only face problems and 0 solutions.
vittorio
May 30, 2015
soft touch buttons are not back lighted?
did4skalia
May 30, 2015
More! More about tis phone, pls!
Screen quality, audio quality & how about heating after gaming.
vittorio
May 30, 2015
soft touch buttons are not back lighted?
Guest
May 30, 2015
More! More about tis phone, pls!
Screen quality, audio quality & how about heating after gaming.
Sansa
May 31, 2015
Any shop in Europe selling this phone?
Sansa
June 1, 2015
Any shop in Europe selling this phone?

Jean Carlo Palmisano Rademaker
June 1, 2015
Is there or isnt an sd card slot on this phobe? Really loving this design and your review made me want it even more but sd card is a must with only 16gb memory
- June 1, 2015
  No SD card. There are options for more memory, but not sure when those 32GB versions will launch
- Thang Cheong Pin
  June 5, 2015
  No Sdcard slot. I’ve noticed ed there are choices of 16, 32 or 64gb version. I’m targeting at the 32gb version.
Jean Carlo Palmisano Rademaker
June 1, 2015
Is there or isnt an sd card slot on this phobe? Really loving this design and your review made me want it even more but sd card is a must with only 16gb memory
- Andi Sykes
  June 1, 2015
  No SD card. There are options for more memory, but not sure when those 32GB versions will launch
- Thang Cheong Pin
  June 5, 2015
  No Sdcard slot. I’ve noticed ed there are choices of 16, 32 or 64gb version. I’m targeting at the 32gb version.

Elégedetlen Állampolgár
June 1, 2015
Please smbdy explain one thing, if LeTV is a subsidiary of Lenovo, then LeTV phones, are Lenovo phones a bit? Now for real, it is ok that LeTV is a newcomer in smartphone market, but they have Feng Xing as leader of smartphone section of the firm, so he bring some knowledge, and maybe some other heads from lenovo, whhere he was vice president for a long time…

Elégedetlen_Állampolgár@SZBKTY
June 1, 2015
Please smbdy explain one thing, if LeTV is a subsidiary of Lenovo, then LeTV phones, are Lenovo phones a bit? Now for real, it is ok that LeTV is a newcomer in smartphone market, but they have Feng Xing as leader of smartphone section of the firm, so he bring some knowledge, and maybe some other heads from lenovo, whhere he was vice president for a long time…
Enzo Francescoli
June 1, 2015
Well well well… So this is the bezel-less phone that you were writing about every single day for few months period? It seems they “forgot” to mention that awful black square on the screen ) Chinese marketing…. Me I lost FULLY any interest on these.

Enzo Francescoli
June 2, 2015
Well well well… So this is the bezel-less phone that you were writing about every single day for few months period? It seems they “forgot” to mention that awful black square on the screen ) Chinese marketing…. Me I lost FULLY any interest on these.
Mr.Flying Zoom3rz
June 2, 2015
Why no black version, why….
Mr.Flying Zoom3rz
June 2, 2015
Why no black version, why….

Oil
June 4, 2015
help ANDY!!!! :O
I waith too long to see LeTV 240 and 480fps slow motion and Iphone 6 slow motion commparison. Can you please do this??? There is no video of Letv slow motion and super slow motion on internet.
Andy do this!!! 🙂
June 4, 2015
help ANDY!!!! :O
I waith too long to see LeTV 240 and 480fps slow motion and Iphone 6 slow motion commparison. Can you please do this??? There is no video of Letv slow motion and super slow motion on internet.
Andy do this!!! 🙂

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