Shafi Shiddique/ Alive News Service:
New Delhi: In a nearly 2000-people mega launch event today, LeEco, the global internet and technology conglomerate has finally unveiled its much awaited second generation Superphones, Le 2 and Le Max2, with the company’s symbolized content ecosystem and membership being bundled, together with its marketplace e-commerce website, LeMall.
The event at Siri Fort Auditorium at New Delhi was one of the most well attended events in the recent past history. At the event, LeEco’s official song was also revealed, specially composed and produced by Pritam’s studio Jam8 and sung by Nakash Aziz.
Meanwhile, addressing people Tin Mok, VP of Le Holdings and CEO, APAC, said, “Today is an extremely important day for us in our India journey so far. It marks our entry into the thriving e-commerce industry with the launch of LeMall. Additionally, we are thrilled to bring our second generation Superphones with supertainment to India. Also, we’re happy to have achieved a significant milestone by pioneering digital lossless sound experiences. As forerunners in bringing the breakthrough technology as well as great features at a disruptive price, we remain committed to bringing best-in-class devices and services to our users in India.”
In the meantime, Atul Jain, COO, Smart Electronics Business, LeEco India, unveiled the 2nd generation of Superphones, calling them “redefine product value”. “LeEco is ushering into the ET Era, or what we call Ecosystem Technology Era. It’s time to end the practice of taking the consumers a ride and put an end to profit-oriented business models, but actually redefine product value.”
“We are focusing on the Eco Model, an integration of software, content, services, applications and hardware, he added.”
He further said as the next generation phone, Le 2, with a standard combination of 3GB RAM and 32GB ROM, is greatly improved from its predecessor. Powered by the Octa-Core Qualcomm ® Snapdragon TM 652. Le 2 provides a 16MP rear camera and 8MP front camera. The image quality is visibly better with vibrant and true-to-life colours. With technologies like PDAF, Closed Loop and other ground-breaking technologies, people can catch clear pictures in moving and unfavourable conditions. Le 2 has an In-Cell display screen which is usually featured with overpriced phones. The screen’s blue light filter helps reduce eye fatigue, while at the same time, the in-cell screen allows devices to be thinner and lighter.
It is also important to note that in addition to 3G, LTE and GSM, Le 2 supports all 4G bands in India and also will have VoLTE very soon over an OTA.
Besides Le 2, LeEco also released 2 versions of the 2nd generation of Le Max, which is Le Max2. Powered by the world’s most powerful processor, Qualcomm ® Snapdragon TM 820, the phone, featuring the high performance combination of 4GB RAM + 32GB on board memory or 6GB RAM + 64GB on board memory, pushed the limits of the industry to new heights. With a RAM three times that of the iPhone 6s Plus, Le Max2 (6G+64G) is 40% faster performance than most competitors’ models, and is also 17% faster than its predecessor, Le Max.
Le Max2 features a 5.7 inch 2K Super Retina Display, the best display for VR equipment. Its 21MP rear camera comes with blazingly fast focusing speeds thanks to PDAF technology, it also has a F2.0 aperture with OIS for blur free images even in low light. The rear camera on Le Max2 shoots pictures with great clarity thanks to improved components or technologies like 6P lens, PDAF, Closed Loop, OIS, Dual HDR and Dual-tone flash and so on. The Le Max2 is also equipped with an 8MP front camera.
Le Max2 also enjoys super-fast 802.11ac Wi-Fi connectivity. It has dual-band and dual-antenna, which means Le Max2’s Wi-Fi speeds are much 4 times faster than most of its competitors, who are on the Wi-Fi 2.4G band and twice as fast as those on the Wi-Fi 5G band.
Atul Jain announced the disruptive prices for Le 2 and Le Max2.
For Le 2, the 3GB RAM and 32ROM combination Superphone comes at a price of Rs 11,999, including one year membership, which is worth Rs 4,900 if purchased alone.
For Le Max2, the 4GB+32GB model will cost Rs 22,999, and the 6GB+64GB version will be at a price of Rs 29,000 and will include a one-year membership. LeEco will have its first flash sale for Le Max2 on June 28th, and its first Le 2 flash sale in early July. Registration for both the models will be open on June 20th on Flipkart.
LeEco now has a 24×7 Call Centre where users can reach the company’s customer service personnel via calls, live chats and even on social media. It will support queries in nine languages.
