LeEco may not have been as successful this time round with their hype as they were the first time. That said, there’s still a huge section of the globe that remains uncovered for LeEco.
According to reports, LeEco are in the process of covering more turf — the US, especially. Reports have emerged that suggest a LeEco smartphone launch in the US within the next 3 months.
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Company honcho Jia Yueting apparently revealed this to LeEco employees. Unfortunately, this is all the info that we have on LeEco’s US plans this season.
Chinese phone makers, especially smaller ones, tend to find it a little difficult breaking into the US. LeEco are a known giant, and the path should be much less steeper for them.
We shall know in the coming months! Meanwhile, if you’re from the US, let us know what LeEco phone you would like to see launched first.
So are they gonna give stock android on Le phones in US? Because if they provide their copycat UI they may get sued there.
Let me point out something obvious: the whole point of them launching phones into USA is to spread their rom along with their contents and streaming services… Do you really think they’ll ditch their rom “just because”?
Yes they would just like zte
What specific patents have they violated in their ROM? Please point them all out seeing as you are in expert in copyright law.
You are joking right, you don’t see er’ similarities in their designs/skins with a certain couple of phone companies. And considering that getting sued in US is much easier than in any other country, why do you think most of the chinese companies including Mi don’t launch their products in the US Market.
So basically you don’t know of any specific patents violated?
In 3 months? I’ll wait for the next round of phones then
Hopefully next time they will be smart enough to include the headphone jack.
I don’t mind the lack of the headphone jack. A small adapter and you’re done. I won’t be able to charge the phone while listening to music, but that doesn’t happen anyway.
I don’t like the UI and the fingerprint scanner on the back.
Not in a rush for now, I’ll be waiting
I don’t like the adapter because if you lose it you are SOL till you can order a new one. Until Apple or Samsung adopt it, it won’t be widely available.
itching to replace my LG G2 and i was waiting on the new nexus phones, but this is interesting. i’ll definitely wait for this as well
Believe it when I see it.
Makes sense they opened a US headquarters a few months ago in San Jose.
Xiaomi has a retail presence, but they aren’t selling smartphones.
Xiaomi has a website which is still based in China. LeEcco actually opened an office here. They bought land from Yahoo and paid millions for it.
They should have spent those millions on licenses of they want to sell phones here.
What license do they need?
Broadcomm, Ericsson, Microsoft all get paid.
And you know for certain they are violating any of their patents? Show some proof of this.
So are they gonna give stock android on Le phones in US? Because if they provide their copycat UI they may get sued there.
Let me point out something obvious: the whole point of them launching phones into USA is to spread their rom along with their contents and streaming services… Do you really think they’ll ditch their rom “just because”?
What specific patents have they violated in their ROM? Please point them all out seeing as you are in expert in copyright law.
You are joking right, you don’t see er’ similarities in their designs/skins with a certain couple of phone companies. And considering that getting sued in US is much easier than in any other country, why do you think most of the chinese companies including Mi don’t launch their products in the US Market.
So basically you don’t know of any specific patents violated? Simply looking like something else isn’t a copyright violation. Patents themselves are very specific. So again if you know of a specific patent they violated pleased share it with us.
Most Chinese phones don’t sell here because it is very expensive to enter the US market from both a logistical and operational point. Most Xiaomi phones are FCC certified, so thereotically they could be sold here. FCC is very strict with their certifications. Getting sued is easy in several countries especially India and Singapore where most Chinese phones compete head to head with Samsung,Apple and every other big company. Apple files lawsuits all the time in those countries, if Xiaomi or LeTV was violating a specific pattern they would be in court already. Apple would file an injunction preventing sales in several countries. They Haven’t.
In 3 months? I’ll wait for the next round of phones then
Hopefully next time they will be smart enough to include the headphone jack.
I don’t mind the lack of the headphone jack. A small adapter and you’re done. I won’t be able to charge the phone while listening to music, but that doesn’t happen anyway.
I don’t like the UI and the fingerprint scanner on the back.
Not in a rush for now, I’ll be waiting
I don’t like the adapter because if you lose it you are SOL till you can order a new one. Until Apple or Samsung adopt it, it won’t be widely available.
itching to replace my LG G2 and i was waiting on the new nexus phones, but this is interesting. i’ll definitely wait for this as well
Believe it when I see it.
Makes sense they opened a US headquarters a few months ago in San Jose.
Xiaomi has a retail presence, but they aren’t selling smartphones.
Xiaomi has a website which is still based in China. LeEcco actually opened an office here. They bought land from Yahoo and paid millions for it.
They should have spent those millions on licenses if they want to sell phones here.
What license do they need?
Broadcomm, Ericsson, Microsoft all get paid.
And you know for certain they are violating any of their patents? Show some proof of this.
Just be warned, EUI, even the global version of the ROM, is absolute crap. I own the original Letv Max 6.33″, it came with the official international ROM. Had to flash it with Evolution ROM for it to even be comparable to the features of MIUI which I came from.
Where did you get your max from
What features do you mean? I own 1s and everything that is needed is in there. BTW, there’s no “official international ROM”, there’s a chinese and indian version
Just be warned, EUI, even the global version of the ROM, is absolute crap. I own the original Letv Max 6.33″, it came with the official international ROM. Had to flash it with Evolution ROM for it to even be comparable to the features of MIUI which I came from.
Where did you get your max from
What features do you mean? I own 1s and everything that is needed is in there. BTW, there’s no “official international ROM”, there’s a chinese and indian version
They will release the letv pro 1 because it’s cheaper and it has us version already.
they prepared letv x800 for us market, should have been the first device to enter the US.
Then something happened (maybe proper timing was missed, or some agreement fell) and you have seen those devices, which were already produced and ready to be shipped, selling instead at the mere price of 170$ on resellers.
Now you get why the “us” 64gb costed way less than “chinese” 32gb, that hardware is insane for the price.
Where?
Look for good prices on LeTV X800 Pro – it will be the US version. Even tho LeTV claims they never released it.
They will release the letv pro 1 because it’s cheaper and it has us version already.
they prepared letv x800 for us market, should have been the first device to enter the US.
Then something happened (maybe proper timing was missed, or some agreement fell) and you have seen those devices, which were already produced and ready to be shipped, selling instead at the mere price of 170$ on resellers.
Now you get why the “us” 64gb costed way less than “chinese” 32gb, that hardware is insane for the price.
Where?
Look for good prices on LeTV X800 Pro – it will be the US version. Even tho LeTV claims they never released it.
Original ROM is shite. There is no perfect one just now, but due to so many being avaialble at excellent price, they get developed quickly.
I have the LE1 X600 that I bought last december because it had good specs and because of the camera wth OIS and this site gave it an excelent review.
It has developed battery problems and I am in the market for a new phone. The camera was really good imo and another plus from Leeco are the firmware upgrades. The phone just got marshmallow which is nice to know that the company provides upgrades past the three month mark like other chinese companies. So with the latest crop what phones offer a camera as good or better than the X600 and regular updates?
I have the LE1 X600 that I bought last december because it had good specs and because of the camera wth OIS and this site gave it an excelent review.
It has developed battery problems and I am in the market for a new phone. The camera was really good imo and another plus from Leeco are the firmware upgrades. The phone just got marshmallow which is nice to know that the company provides upgrades past the three month mark like other chinese companies. So with the latest crop what phones offer a camera as good or better than the X600 and regular updates?