If you thought the Letv Le 1s was a very elegant phone but a tad too big for you with its 5.5-inch screen, Huawei might have something to keep you interested.
That’s in the form of a new smartphone, the Huawei Enjoy 5S, which looks a lot like the Letv Le 1s but with a smaller screen. The phone is priced exactly as much as the Le 1s at 1099 Yuan, or roughly $172 in China.
Moving on to the specs, the Enjoy 5S has a 5-inch HD (1280 x 720p) display and is powered by an octa-core 1.5GHz MediaTek MT6753T processor… which if I’m not wrong, we’re seeing for the first time.
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Other features include a 13 mega-pixel rear camera, 5 mega-pixel front-facing camera, 2GB of RAM, 16GB on-board storage (expandable) and a 2200mAh battery… besides of course, the fingerprint scanner on the rear of the Enjoy 5S.
So quite clearly, while the design and pricing remind you of the Le 1s, the spec set doesn’t quite do the same. The full-metal body combined with the fact that the Enjoy 5S comes from a brand more respectable than some others is what will take the Enjoy 5S through.
You are giving your clueless readers wrong ideas. That’s not even close to the Letv 1s.
First Gizchina compared its camera with wrong phones like OnePlus X and Mi 4c instead to comparing its camera with direct competitors like Meizu Metal and Redmi Note 2/3. Then this.
Most phones these days look alike, comparisons are always made with each new phone release. The Redmi Note 3 was compared to Meizu phones. Looking at these two though, everything is spot on from the camera and flash placement to the fingerprint scanner and even the name. Hard to look at the two side by side and not see any resemblance.
The title still says that it’s a smaller Letv 1s alternative which isn’t remotely true.
Similar design doesn’t enough to make it an alternative. Meizu Metal, Redmi Note 3 and Letv 1s doesn’t look alike, but they are all alternatives to each other.
Letv 1s’ camera compared with wrong phones then naturally give the impression to people here its camera bad for the class. To deciding this we should see it against Meizu Metal, Redmi Note 2/3 and maybe some other budget phablets at the same price range like Honor 5x and Qiku Luna.
“So quite clearly, while the design and pricing remind you of the Le 1s, the spec set doesn’t quite do the same. ”
If you bothered to read the article you would have read this line.
“Huawei’s Enjoy 5S is a Le 1s alternative with a 5″ screen”
I never said that screen size isn’t important, but the fact is that isn’t a smaller Letv 1s alternative by any means. Gizchina did gave wrong impressions about the Letv 1s twice. That also is a fact.
It’s not an alternative in YOUR opinion, that doesn’t make anything fact. For some people a phone that looks like another phone is an alternative. If it wasn’t clone phones wouldn’t be such a huge industry. The GooPhone clones don’t even come close to matching iPhone or Samsung specs but they look just like them and they sell very well. Because for some people looks matter more than anything.
It isn’t just an opinion at all. It can be traced spec by spec, build material and price.
If you are giving an OPINION about that, you can be able to listing some objective reasons to make it an alternative.
It’s YOUR opinion it’s a smaller alternative to Letv 1s, just because it has similar design and price.
Why it isn’t named as a Redmi Note 3 alternative or Meizu Metal alternative? Just because its design similar to Letv 1s, right?
I have already given you an objective reason, you just chose to ignore it because it doesn’t fit your idea of what an alternative is. For some people looks and size matter more than specs, for others brand matters more than anything. I know people who will only buy Huawei phones or Xiaomi or Samsung no matter the specs.
The fact that it is my opinion means his statement is a fact. As long as someone sees it as an alternative it is a factual statement whether you agree with that person or not. He obviously sees it as one as well. When it comes to the LOOK of the phone it is an alternative. Just like the No.1 M4 was an alternative to the Xiaomi Mi4 despite having weaker specs.
It is an opinion of those people who cares size before specs. For them smaller size and similar design alone might make this an alternative to Letv 1s/Redmi Note 3/Meizu Metal.
The title adress to people who knew Letv 1s.
Lets imagine a guy who liked Letv 1s a lot because it’s a very good looking device, had flagship worthy narrow bezels and thinnes with no compromise specs for the price and the class. Only downside is its size. That guy gonna be dissapointed when he read this.
Objectively it can’t be described as a smaller Letv 1s from different brand. Its just a similarly designed metal build phone from another brand with lower specs at the same price.
If it was reasonably close to Letv 1s spec wise it would be a smaller alternative to Letv 1s for EVERYONE, not just for the people who cares size before specs.
So those people don’t know LeTV just because they value a smaller size or different brand? Let’s imagine a guy, let’s call him Balcobomber25, who likes the look of LeTV’s but doesn’t trust the brand all that much. Huawei comes along, a brand he does trust, and offers a similar looking phone. The guy is going to be happy when he reads this. That is what we call an alternative.
Objectively it can be described as whatever the writer thinks it is. If he sees it as alternative then for his article it is an alternative. You don’t have to agree with it. It doesn’t have to be a reasonable alternative for EVERYONE to be an alternative for SOMEONE.
Seems to me that imaginative Balco character doesn’t need a smaller Letv 1s alternative because he doesn’t trust the brand.
He can be happy with that Huawei phone. It’s his choice and I have to respect that. Well, he can perveive it as a Letv 1s alternative. In that case it would be his and similar minded people’s opinion, but same is not true for everyone.
That imaginary Balco character loves the look of the LeTV but he doesnt trust the brand so he wont buy one, but if something had that same look he would definitely buy it. I have a friend who loved the look of the Mi4 but hated MiUI, he bought one of the Mi4 clones and loved it. To him that was an alternative to the Mi4, to me it never would have been because of the specs.
Of course it is not true for everyone. What you can’t seem to understand is every consumer has a different opinion. Therefore there is no standard definition of what is or isn’t an alternative. What is an alternative to me, is not for you.
No one would have questioned when somebody called Redmi Note 3 as a Letv 1s alternative vice versa. It’s clear as a day. It isn’t depends on different people’s opinions. Those two phones screams like that we are fighting over same spot. Personally you and some others won’t trust yet Letv and might be some others can hate Xiaomi, but at the end of day those are direct competitors. It isn’t depends on different people’s opinions.
When you defined a phone like that smaller alternative of another phone, it have to be broadly acceptable by almost everyone.
Look at here, I’m not the only one thinking it isn’t really a smaller Letv 1s alternative.
There is no set rules for calling something an alternative. The definition of alternative is “available as another possibility”. By definition anything can be considered an alternative to the LeTV it doesn’t have to match it spec for spec, now if he said it was an exact replica of the LeTV then you would have a point.
With that way of thinking any smartphone can be considered as an alternative to each other.
Very good your finally understanding what the word alternative means. Every smartphone is an alternative because it is another option for a consumer to buy. If you don’t like Xiaomi, there is Meizu, Huawei, LeTV, ZTE, Lenovo, Samsung etc. Those are all alternatives to Xiaomi.
*Facepalm*
Every phone can’t be an alternative to each other for certain needs of consumers. Honestly, that claim is utterly ridiculous. Did you ever thought Xperia Z Ultra as an alternative to iPhone 5s?
If you are looking for a phablet, if your budget limited to $250 top everything is included, your alternatives is limited. If you are also looking for a metal body and fingerprint scanner and certain SoC it’s even more limited.
You still have no clue what the word “alternative” means. You still seem to think it means the same for everyone. Let’s try again:
Alternative – another option.
That’s it. There is nothing else to the word other than that. For that person looking for a $250 phablet there are plenty of options on the market. What is utterly ridiculous is that you can’t seem to grasp a simple word. You seem to think the word alternative means exact copy.
You don’t get the fact that every phone can’t be ANOTHER OPTION for each other. For example Xperia Z Ultra and iPhone 5 never was an alternatives to each other which you are seemingly avoiding that.
Any sane person who has any clue about the smartphones should be laughing at you hard. You are humiliating yourself.
There is a reason brands constantly RELEASING more than a single phone, even Apple doesn’t do that anymore. Every consumer has their own priorities and budgets.
There is a reason a lot of different brands releasing phones with certain specs and prices.
Only fools couldn’t accept the fact Redmi Note 2, Meizu Metal and Letv 1s is direct alternatives to each other. With slightly different specs you can add more phone to that list from different brands. Did you ever thought that’s just a coincidence?
No it isn’t because phone manufacturers makes phones for certain audiences.
To YOU they weren’t alternatives, to SOME people they could be. Any sane person who has any clue about the English language IS laughing at you hard.
People are looking for 5 inch phones. This is a smart move from huawei. Letv is doing very well. I don’t know by comparing huawei with letv, seems that Andi prefers more letv than redmi or meizu metal.
So any sane person had reason to laugh at both of us. But at least I have an excuse, you haven’t.
No just you because a simple word really confuses you.
Nope, just I’m well aware of the fact every phone can’t be alternative to each other like Xperia Z Ultra and iPhone 5 for example.
Why can’t it be? I know people who were deadset on getting an iPhone 5 (my GF for one), we went to the store to buy one and came home with a Galaxy Note 4 instead. In your mind that could never happen, in real life it happens everyday.
Any phone can be an alternative to any other phone. Because the word (which you still can’t seem to understand) Alternative just means OPTION. As long as it is a phone, it is another option. Alternative doesn’t mean anything else other than another option. Orange juice is an alternative to Coca Cola. Why? Because they are both beverages. Pizza is an alternative to Rice. Why? Because they are both an option of something to eat. That doesn’t mean every person will choose Pizza over Rice, but it is an alternative.
There have to be some reasons why that phone named as a smaller alternative to Letv 1s.
It’s not that hard, why you can’t understand?
For the people who liked Letv 1s but size any smaller phone can’t be named as an alternative. It has be some similarities, otherwise there is no reason to mentioning Letv 1s at all.
Your fried obviously didn’t aware of either his needs or lack of knowledge about the smartphones.
You still don’t know what Alternative means. This is getting funnier and funnier as it goes on. If you spent half this time looking at a dictionary we wouldn’t be this far.
You still trying to sell your BS marketing guy, nobody here buys it.
You are still trying to sell that you are smart, nobody here buys it when
you don’t know what a simple word is or how to use a dictionary. Here let me help you, here is links to the most popular dictionaries, all of them give the definition to the word “Alternative”. If you don’t like the first link you can choose the second link as an ALTERNATIVE. And you will see in each one it means “another option” or words to that effect.
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/alternative
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/alternative
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/alternative?s=t
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alternative
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/alternative
https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=alternative
Not even a single person agreed with you in this topic. You can keep trying a million year, but nobody will buy your utter BS claim. Every phone can’t be an alternative to each other. You failed miserably marketing guy.
You have nothing except that pathetic *dictionary* last defence. You can’t talk about a single word about smartphone market which is our context. Without context words can’t give you whole meaning.
There is a reason smartphone models have been clustered around comparable specs, build, design and prices from different brands. Did you ever think it was a coincidence?
If we had just a few options then when you didn’t want a certain model, hence your options would be limited very dissimilar phones could be an alternative to each other.
Except few exceptions at any certain specs we have up to dozens of choices. So if you don’t want to get one phone which fits your needs, you can get a similar phone from different brand. That’s why every OEM releasing large selection of smartphone models.
No one needs to agree with me, it’s right there in black and white in every site I linked to you. Alternative means option. Nothing more, nothing less. Can you not read and comprehend? Maybe we found the root of your problems. You got confused by a word, it happens.
Like I said you have nothing to say other than dictionary which means nothing without context.
There is no context needed. Alternative means options. What part of that don’t you understand? As long as it is another phone available to purchase it is considered an alternative. It doesn’t have to compete spec for spec, it doesn’t have to be in the same price range. As long it is psychically able to be purchased it can be considered an alternative. It is such a basic word that you can’t seem to grasp.
Try harder marketing guy.
No trying needed you just need to learn how to read/comprehend.
Try harder.
Since you brought up marketing let me educate you a little more. In the marketing world an “alternative” is anything a consumer spends money on instead of your product which in this case would include everything from smart watches to tablets.
Try harder.
Try reading.
I think most phones all look the same nowadays.
should be less then $160 for theat resolution and no helio x10
oh and not to forget , no 3gb ram !
overpriced huawei as always …
keep shitting phones like this and soon you’ll find urself in the same portion of hell as oppo
Muhammad, this is a real quality craftsmanship, at 720p you`ll get all the performance/battery life you need and to be fair 2GB of RAM is more than enough for a year ahead.
are u sure … i mean for the hardware that they are offering , is the hardware-brand quality trade-off fair enough ?
In this case it is, because you are paying 30$ more, but getting allot more premium build quality and guaranteed software update for Android 6.0.
I mean that I would buy this at that price than anything Doogee/Elephone/Ulefone/UMI can offer.
thats more than reasonable 🙂
Huawei are in Pakistan , so i’ll take a peek how much it costs locally
The only one smart which can be compared to Le 1s is Redmi Note 3, but not to overpriced Huawei, of course. Going this way you can compare Le 1s to UMI Rome. It’s goldplated and roundcornered too.
Between the two I would choose the Huawei. It’s a brand I know and trust to deliver excellent build quality and support. But I would choose a Meizu Metal over all of them.
Looks a bit too thick for the small battery it has inside, doesn’t it? Maybe it’s just the misleading angle of the photos.
I think it’s just the angle of the photos. According to GSMarena it is 7.6mm.
What did they stock inside the phone that made it this huge.
You’re really insulting Letv with this shit from Huawei.
disappointing specs. The rumored ones were better. Compared to Le Le1s, it’s nowhere close.
Actually a pretty reasonable price for an all metal phone from Huawei.
MT6753T is the 1.5 Ghz Octa core chip, so performance should be top notch, paired with a 720p screen it should come pretty close to the gaming performance of X10 in a FHD package.
You have to realize that this phone would be more powerful than the Samsung S5 Neo which sell for over 300$ and uses a weaker GPU, and is a plastic phone!
Battery should be enough for a good day of usage as the screen will not consume allot of juice since it’s “just” an HD screen.
Letv Le 1s alternative? Is this a joke???
Enjoy 5s is not a bad phone if it released half year ago.