If I were to give a phone the ‘Phone of the Year’ award for 2015 (among devices released so far), it would go to the LeTV S1 X600. That’s how well the phone was made; what made it sweeter was the fact that it came from a company that had ever in its existence made a smartphone before.
The S1 X600, or the LeTV Le 1, was launched alongside the Le 1 Pro and the Le Max. All three devices are fairly powerful, and affordable in the respective segments.
Naturally, people have started expecting big things of LeTV, which the company will try to deliver with the upcoming second-generation of phones.
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LeTV had teased a phone that should feature the Snapdragon 820, possibly to make it one of the first to have the Qualcomm SoC. The rear panel of the phone just leaked, giving a nice peek at what could come on the phone besides the powerful SoC.
Cut-outs can be seen clearly; three on top and another close to the center. The top ones should be for the secondary mic, LED flash and camera sensor respectively, while the one on the center is to make space for a fingerprint sensor.
The first generation of LeTV phones have been lauded for their design, despite a lot of it being ‘borrowed’ from existing ones. The rear panel that leaked looks like plastic, which comes as a bit of a surprise. LeTV will most certainly have to back it up with some shiny glass, or else die-hard fans of the company will have plenty to rant about.
Oh c’mon, why do they always place the fingerprint-scanner on the backside of the phone.. In front is much easier to use and access..
Design-wise I think it looks better on the back tbh. It might be more functional on the front but until they can hide it it ruins the design imo. If I had a choice I would even prefer having it on the side like Sony does with their new devices.
Having it on the front increases the length of the phone, which also increases costs.
Agreed, but comfort and ease of use is prio to that, no?
I disagree with the comfort and ease of use claim, try holding a phone in your palm and press it with your thumb from the same hand, not comfortable at all.
there is honor 7i which has a side sensor button for that
the SD820 bring in a new tech which can hide the fingerpring scanner anywhere below the glass and lcd panel of the phone.. it is already in texting and it will be just like before as there is no fingerprint scanner to see but in reality there is…
That would be the best thing! Just place your finger on the screen and let it scan. Hopefully this can be available with the same “scanning-speed” as we have now on current phones.
Omg, its so thin!
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Would be nice to have a chance to own one in Europe
these people from LeTV are on a roll.
they already passed Meizu in my personal list of Chinese manufacturers.
More likely an x500 http://weibo.com/2662447161/CAM31yFNk
Affordable?!.. You said affordable? 699$ for unknown brand is affordable? You are living in some your private world, young man. For 99.99% people on this planet it is called a ripoff.