The LeEco was launched at a price tag of Rs 10, 999 in India. The phone looks a lot more premium compared to what the price tag suggests. A majority of those who saw and used the phone, clearly thought that it would be priced in the Rs 15, 000 to Rs 25, 000 price bracket and this is all thanks to its metal body.Starting from the front we have 5.5-inch Full HD display with Corning’s Gorilla Glass 3 screen to protect it. The look is very minimal and we have the LED notification light, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, receiver and the front facing camera on the top bezel, while the bottom bezel features capacitive multi-tasking, home and back keys that light up only when the display is on.On the back we have a primary camera accompanied by a single LED flash top left. Sitting a little below at the centre is the fingerprint reader with the Letv logo below it. Also visible are the gold coloured plastic inserts on the top and bottom that have been placed for better reception for the smartphone’s antennas.The Le 1s features a 5.5-inch Full HD(1920 x 1080 pixels) In-cell display that is capable of 500nits of brightness. Inside, we get a 2.2GHz, octa-core MediaTek Helio X10(MT6795T) processor with a PowerVR G6200 GPU. Accompanying the processor is 3GB of LPDDR3 RAM and 32GB of eMMC 5.0 internal storage that is not expandable.LeEco went with a simple layout for the camera app’s viewfinder. The viewfinder(as seen from the image above) features a settings button on the top-left accompanied by the flash settings and primary/secondary camera switcher button.On the lower side, we have a layout similar to the iPhone with selections for slow-motion video recording, standard video recording, standard photo and a Panorama mode. To the right of the shutter button are where the filters are hidden and the software allows for iOS-like live previews during filter selection.Sporting a 3000mAh battery and a 5.5-inch Full HD display, we knew that the battery would not last long and the Le 1s proved us right. With continuous WhatsApp messaging, an hour of calls and about 15-20 minutes of gaming, the Le 1s was done for. At the end of a work day with two email accounts on sync, we ended up plugging in the smartphone much before the work day ended which was a bit disappointing considering its otherwise stellar performance.Compared to the Le Max, which did a fairly decent job, we certainly felt that LeEco needs to tweak the device’s kernel that ramps up a bit too much when playing around with the camera. More surprising was the fact that the Le Max with its 6.3-inch QHD display and 3400mAh battery scored a good 8 hours and 40 minutes, while the Le 1s with a 5.5-inch FHD display and a 3000mAh battery scored just 5 hours and 42 minutes on our PC Mark work battery life test.
THE BEST PHONE EVER I USED IN MY LIFE.