The Coolpad/LeEco collaboration bore fruit in the form of the Cool1 a few months back. The very dual rear camera phone is now official in India with what I feel is a rather lucrative price tag.
The Cool1 will go against the likes of the Redmi Note 3, which despite their age on the market, continue to sell in big numbers. The Coolpad Cool1 is priced at 13,999 INR or $205.
The Cool1 comes with a glossy metal body and a dual camera module that is in stark contrast to the rest of the body, and thus accentuated. Let’s have a quick look at the specs.
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Coolpad Cool1 Specifications India
- Display: 5.5-inch 1920 x 1080p
- Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 652
- RAM: 3GB/4GB
- ROM: 32GB
- Cameras: 13 mega-pixel dual rear, 8 mega-pixel front
- Battery: 4060mAh
- Other: Fingerprint ID, 4G, VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac/a/b/g/n (2.4/5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.1, USB Type C
- Software: EUI 5.6 based on Android 6.0
- Dimensions: 152 × 74.8 × 8.2mm
- Weight: 167g
The aforementioned price of 13,999 INR is for the 4GB RAM version, which will go on sale starting the 5th of January via Amazon. The 3GB RAM version, on the other hand, will sell offline at a later point.
is leeco in trouble? in therms of money and updates (android n and so)
i havent seen much new about them
Have you had your head buried in the sand for the last month? There’s articles plastered over many sites about their financial troubles/redundancies etc..
The electric car business in China is a bigy one for them & culd really burry them.
Not really. They’re slowing down on expansion. But with media being what it is they made it into a huge deal
but leeco is great but scary
they lauched a lot of phones in 2016, the le max pro, le max 2 ara snapdragon 820, and le pro 3 is a 821….
do they update their OS?
Every other week on the dev version. Eui 20s stable was just released. Previous models has been updated from Lollipop to MM
Hopefully someone can upload the official Indian ROM ; would be great to get rid of the Chinese apps on my current Chinese Cool1.
Try grossoshop rom if it works with the bands in your area, it’s great because it’s done by one of the best modders for leeco devices, BB72… It’s a modded eui without bloatware and with many fix here and there, everyone say it’s very good!
Anyway, can I ask you an opinion about the phone? I’m on the verge of buying it, so a report from a user would be great!
The AliExpress vendor had preinstalled BB72’s ROM (removing the GrossShop logo ofc). I ended up installing the stock LeEco ROM on it, as I had no use for multi-language support and rather wanted to be able to get OTA updates. (Also, I never can get around to trust vendor ROMs.)
Camera: Dual camera setup is mostly a gimmick. Only time both of them are simultaneously active is when using the DSLR/bokeh-mode. Normal pictures in decent lighting look good. Even pictures in poor lighting conditions are somewhat satisfying. Video is good. It seems like they fixed some of the focus issues in a recent update.
Screen: Good colors. Gets pretty dim as well as pretty bright. There’s a visible bezel around the screen ; doesn’t bother me.
Battery: Impressive. Lasts ME three days. (Have not installed Google Play Services [personally no need for it], which I think helps the battery life)
Audio: Speaker is loud and produces no distortion on loud volumes. Microphone quality is good.
Build: Metal build with plastic top and bottom for signal reception. Buttons don’t wobble. Feels great in the hand. Weight is fine (not too heavy, I guess).
OTA: Got an update two weeks ago. Have not heard if they are going to release an Android N update (to be honest, I don’t really care).
Fingerprint: Fast. Accurate.
Overall: Phone wakes up quickly. Screen is responsive. I hit something and it detects it instantly. Apps launch fast. There seems to be no RAM management issues. GPS works great.
do you have problem in when updating to 5.8.017S, your google play services stopped?
Never installed GPlayS on my device. Prefer to install APKs directly from a reliable source.
Take a look at the actual rom, maybe you were running the (bad) multilinguage rom that was spread at the beginning with the phone… BB72’s true rom does have the grossoshop logo inside the phone information and supports OTAs!
However, thanks for your report, I’m more and more intrigued by this phone!
Lack of Sd Card expansion will play against this phone. Further the uncertainty regarding LeEco is another matter to make lots of Indians hesitate. Perhaps better to let the dust settle for a month before a buy decision. By then even Honor 6X and Redmi Note 4 will be in this arena.
is leeco in trouble? in therms of money and updates (android n and so)
i havent seen much new about them
Have you had your head buried in the sand for the last month? There’s articles plastered over many sites about their financial troubles/redundancies etc..
The electric car business in China is a bigy one for them & culd really burry them.
Not really. They’re slowing down on expansion. But with media being what it is they made it into a huge deal
but leeco is great but scary
they lauched a lot of phones in 2016, the le max pro, le max 2 ara snapdragon 820, and le pro 3 is a 821….
do they update their OS?
Every other week on the dev version. Eui 20s stable was just released. Previous models has been updated from Lollipop to MM
Hopefully someone can upload the official Indian ROM ; would be great to get rid of the Chinese apps on my current Chinese Cool1.
Try grossoshop rom if it works with the bands in your area, it’s great because it’s done by one of the best modders for leeco devices, BB72… It’s a modded eui without bloatware and with many fix here and there, everyone say it’s very good!
Anyway, can I ask you an opinion about the phone? I’m on the verge of buying it, so a report from a user would be great!
The AliExpress vendor had preinstalled BB72’s ROM (removing the GrossShop logo ofc). I ended up installing the stock LeEco ROM on it, as I had no use for multi-language support and rather wanted to be able to get OTA updates. (Also, I never can get around to trust vendor ROMs.)
Camera: Dual camera setup is mostly a gimmick. Only time both of them are simultaneously active is when using the DSLR/bokeh-mode. Normal pictures in decent lighting look good. Even pictures in poor lighting conditions are somewhat satisfying. Video is good. It seems like they fixed some of the focus issues in a recent update.
Screen: Good colors. Gets pretty dim as well as pretty bright. There’s a visible bezel around the screen ; doesn’t bother me.
Battery: Impressive. Lasts ME three days. (Have not installed Google Play Services [personally no need for it], which I think helps the battery life)
Audio: Speaker is loud and produces no distortion on loud volumes. Microphone quality is good.
Build: Metal build with plastic top and bottom for signal reception. Buttons don’t wobble. Feels great in the hand. Weight is fine (not too heavy, I guess).
OTA: Got an update two weeks ago. Have not heard if they are going to release an Android N update (to be honest, I don’t really care).
Fingerprint: Fast. Accurate.
Overall: Phone wakes up quickly. Screen is responsive. I hit something and it detects it instantly. Apps launch fast. There seems to be no RAM management issues. GPS works great.
do you have problem in when updating to 5.8.017S, your google play services stopped?
Never installed GPlayS on my device. Prefer to install APKs directly from a reliable source.
Take a look at the actual rom, maybe you were running the (bad) multilinguage rom that was spread at the beginning with the phone… BB72’s true rom does have the grossoshop logo inside the phone information and supports OTAs!
However, thanks for your report, I’m more and more intrigued by this phone!
Lack of Sd Card expansion will play against this phone. Further the uncertainty regarding LeEco is another matter to make lots of Indians hesitate. Perhaps better to let the dust settle for a month before a buy decision. By then even Honor 6X and Redmi Note 4 will be in this arena.
i owned this phone, and i had a problem in which when i update my OS to 5.8.017S, my google play services stopped. anyone had this problem? can you help me?
I would try to uninstall all google play related apps, and then only installing Google Play. You should get a popup telling you to install Google Play Services ; this way you’ll probably get the right version installed on your phone.
If that doesn’t work out, try using the Xiaomi Google Play Services installer.
thanks. i’ll try that
i owned this phone, and i had a problem in which when i update my OS to 5.8.017S, my google play services stopped. anyone had this problem? can you help me?
I would try to uninstall all google play related apps, and then only installing Google Play. You should get a popup telling you to install Google Play Services ; this way you’ll probably get the right version installed on your phone.
If that doesn’t work out, try using the Xiaomi Google Play Services installer.
thanks. i’ll try that