The Le TV Le1: A Budget-Friendly Powerhouse
The Le TV Le1 has been making waves in the smartphone market with its impressive specs and sleek design, all at an affordable price. One of the standout features of this device is its processor, a Helio X10, which is typically found in flagship devices. This processor provides literally Flagship performance at a budget price point of around $180, making it a remarkable value for money.
The Le TV Le1's build quality is another area where it excels. The phone feels very premium and has an almost bezel-less design, with a beautiful clean finish that gives it a cold to the touch metal trim. The physical buttons and capacitive buttons are both excellent, feeling more solid than any device I've ever used before. However, one minor flaw is the glossy plastic on the back, which would have been better suited by a matte finish.
In terms of display, the Le TV Le1 delivers vibrant and punchy visuals, with a 5.5-inch screen and 1080p resolution that provides an immersive experience. While it's not quite the brightest I've used, it's still a great performer for its price. Unfortunately, internal storage is limited to 16 GB, which can become closer to 10 GB when taking into account the operating system. However, the phone does offer micro SD card expandability, which is a significant benefit.
One of the standout features of the Le TV Le1 is its software package. It offers a complete and polished experience that's on par with high-end devices from brands like Samsung or LG. The device runs on Android 5.1, which is a definite plus, although I couldn't see Android 6.0 coming in the near future. While scrolling through the settings, you'll find everything you need, but there are no real surprises to be found.
The Le TV Le1 also boasts excellent speaker audio that's fantastic and well-placed, firing downwards rather than backwards. This provides clear sound from almost all directions, making it a great option for those who enjoy music or watching videos on their phone. The camera is a 13-megapixel affair, which may seem low compared to some other devices, but it actually shoots at an impressive 10 megapixels when taking photos in a 16:9 ratio.
One feature that really impressed me was the shutter speed of the Le TV Le1's camera. Most Chinese smartphones struggle with this aspect, but the Le TV Le1 manages to keep up with current flagship devices, shooting just as fast and resulting in less blur. However, there is a small sacrifice when it comes to detail quality, requiring you to hold the camera very still to avoid blur.
In terms of performance, the Le TV Le1 delivers solid results that are almost exactly on par with the Redmi Note 2, which is unsurprising given its similar internals. The device features 3 GB of RAM and a Mediatech Helio X10 processor, which provide high-end components at an affordable price. This means it's one of the best performers in its class for its price.
While playing games on the Le TV Le1 is very good, with almost every 3D title running fantastically, there are some exceptions. Games like Real Racing 3 don't run particularly badly but are definitely not running at a smooth 6 frames per second. When flicking through the UI and doing day-to-day tasks, you may notice a slight difference compared to devices with more powerful processors like Snapdragon 810 or XOS 7420.
The battery life of the Le TV Le1 is also worth mentioning. With a 3,000 mAh battery, it should have provided a little more juice than what it ended up getting out of it. However, one day of usage is about what you can expect from this device.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwelcome to the ell TV ell1 you may remember not too long ago the xiaomi redmi Note 2 really shook up the smartphone market it costed about $150 and for that you were getting a helio X10 process literally Flagship performance at that budget price point and that was really really special costing about $180 which is about $30 more than the competition the one is extremely well built it feels very very premium it's got an almost bezeless design it's got a beautiful clean cold to the touch metal trim and the actual physical buttons and the capacitor buttons are both excellent they feel more solid than any I've ever used on any device and the capactive ones light up in a really nice uniform manner the only thing that stops IT being perfect is the glossy plastic on the back and matte finish would have been much much preferred but it's not a disaster there's very little to complain about when it comes to the display it's not quite the brightest I've used but it's vibrant and Punchy and 5.5 in and 1080p makes it a sharp and immersive experience unfortunately internal storage is limited to 16 GB and this figure becomes closer to 10 when you take into account the operating system but a huge benefit is micro SD card expandability something the redmi Note 2 can't boast whilst it's far from a stock experience the ear one actually offers a very complete software package it's slick polished and featur packed to be honest I think it's just as good as something from the likes of Samsung or LG this has basically got everything you want it to but having said that it's got very little on top of that scrolling through the settings you basically find everything you could want but no real surprises it's pretty dull so the phone is actually based off Android 5.1 which is definitely a plus although I couldn't see Android 6.0 coming in the near future let's have a listen to the speaker audio is fantastic and the speakers are excellently placed firing downwards rather than backwards so the sound is clear from almost all directions the camera is a 13 megapixel Affair which you've heard 100 times before but when taking in a 16 to9 ratio this has to be lower to 10 megapixels one thing I was really really impressed by is actually the shutter speed most Chinese smartphones cannot keep up with this this shoots just as fast as any current Flagship having said that it does as a result sacrifice a little bit on detail you have to hold the camera very very still to avoid blur having said that if you do find a solid surface to lean on like a tripod or a table for example then you can get quite a good level of clarity while the photos aren't exactly the mindblowing colorful vibrant Punchy photos that you see on phones like the LG G4 they're not too shabby I would say it's pretty average for about $200 smartphone and costing a little bit less than that the le1 has a solid camera the video as you can see here captured by the phone is well above what I was expecting given again some stabilization you'll be surprised at what you can produce what's kind of interesting is that the company have actually even managed to include Optical image stabilization into this budget friendly package so now let's talk about performance and while l22 isn't exactly the be all and Endor when it comes to this it's a very good place to start the comparison so we're scoring 48,000 which is actually for the price extremely good it's almost exactly on par with the redmi Note 2 which is unsurprising considering it has basically the same internals we've got 3 GB of RAM and The mediatech Helio X10 processor which are understandably high-end components and they beat out almost every other smartphone for this price performance when playing games is also really good almost every 3D title runs fantastically but there are exceptions games like Real Racing 3 although they don't run particularly badly they're definitely not running at a smooth 6 frames per second and the difference between this and a device running a Snapdragon 810 or an xos 7420 is certainly noticeable when flicking through the UI and doing things like internet browsing and day-to-day tasks you almost won't even notice a difference it feels almost every bit as fast as my Galaxy Note 5 all of this is actually backed up by a 3,000 mAh battery which to be honest should have provided a little bit more juice than ended up getting out of it battery life ends up being just about average one day of usage is about what you you'll get so there we go guys that is the Le TV or however you actually say that name Le want smartphone and to be honest guys I went in with sky high expectations on paper at least this seemed like the perfect balance between powerful budget smartphones and the premium Bill quality of higher end handsets and in almost all situations this ticked the boxes and some it's got the powerful performance of a flagship it's built probably as good or better than almost any other phone I've ever used the speaker is topnotch and the camera is also pretty good throw in USB type-c 4G LTE as well as micr SD expandability and this is a really really tough phone to resist the only thing I would say is that it does cost $30 more than the redmi Note 2 which on paper is almost identical thanks a lot for watching guys I'm Mr whoos and this is insanely c tech come on\n"
