[Android] LeTV Max

LeTV Max Specifications

• 6.33-inch 1440x2560 Sharp IPS display with 90% NTSC colour gamut, 1300 contrast ratio, and 1.6mm bezels
• 2.0GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994
• 21.46MP 1.12μm f/2.0 Sony IMX230 main camera sensor, image plane phase detection AF, OIS 6-piece lens, blue glass IR filter, dual-tone flash
• 4MP 2.0µm f/2.0 OmniVision OV4688 front camera sensor, 5-piece lens, blue glass IR filter
• 4GB LPDDR4 RAM
• 64GB/128GB eMMC 5.0 storage
• LeTV-HQ7A ESS audio chip, tuned by AKG
• FingerPrint ID
• IR transmitter for remote control functionality
• Dual LTE (MicroSIM + NanoSIM)
• WiHD
• 3400mAh battery capacity
• USB 2.0, Type-C
• EUI based on Android 5.0
• 167.1×83.5×4.8-8.95mm
• 204g

http://www.phonearena.com/news/LeTV-Max-specs-review-closer-look-at-the-bezel-less-phone_id68241
http://www.lemall.com/le_max.html
http://www.gizchina.com/2015/04/20/aston-martin-sign-deal-with-letv-for-in-car-technology/

I'm loving the design and spec sheet of this phone, especially the camera sensor used. I hope iBuygou will sell the 128GB Max version since they have a very nice Import Tax & VAT Insurance and competitive prices. With Google pushing Quad HD as the new standard, I would at least like a screen large enough to benefit from the higher resolution, despite more clunky one-hand operations. The only thing that has me worried is how well the UI fares in English given the tie-in with Chinese LeTV services. Considering LeTV is planning to bring this phone to the US, I'm assuming any issue of that nature is temporary.

 

So they have gamut rating advertised now. That's a good sign.

The basic UI won't miss any English support, but whatever is customized could be all Chinese for a while.

 

Hmm, yes, Android inherently holds multi-language capabilities, while sub-par or non-existent translations in apps and custom UI elements remain to be discovered. I guess the basic UI will rely on Android's language engine and not differ enough to be hard to navigate, as you pointed out, and installing another launcher is also an option.

I do wonder how officially selling the phone outside of China will pan out. LeTV has indiscretly borrowed design elements from HTC, Apple, and Huawei, not to mention ROM changes without LeTV services aboard, which are actually a major selling point in China. They may face the opposite problem of Xiaomi, where their software is free of patent infringements, while their hardware is not. Maybe I'm just overthinking things and the design isn't similar enough. HTC started using plastic molds before Apple, so that iconic design element should similarly be free of patent disputes.

Availability developments aside, if anyone else is interested in acquiring this behemoth as soon as possible, iBuygou will be among the most respected international resellers, unlike Oppomart:

 

The spec sheet also reveals an "infrared remote control" sensor, aka an IR transmitter. I made use of the one in my Galaxy S4 once, but there's that. GSM insider has close-ups of the Le Max in Simple Silver, where you can see it on the opposite side of the audio jack.

http://gsminsider.com/2015/04/letv-max-close-up/

 

Looks nice, a lot of the new cpu`s and camera`s support raw format so you can twiddle to your hear content to those photo`s

Hate the stereo speakers on the bottom of the phone, it`s idiotic, why have stereo if not for watching movies, most likely give this a miss.

John.

 

front-facing stereo speakers > bottom-facing stereo speakers > rear-facing speaker

Stereo speakers on a phone, especially on the bottom, doesn't mean you'll suddenly have perfect stereo surround, but it does translate to a more even sound distribution that's harder to muffle. Mono rear speakers seem archaic to me because of how easily the sound signature and volume is affected by what it's held or lying against. That said, the speaker setup is not a huge selling point to me as I'll want to make use of headphones for lengthy audio dependent tasks anyway.

 

You have to watch the China brand phones/tablets for hidden spyware.

It`s a very nice looking phone, It will teach a few of the big brands a thing of two.

John.

 

Sadly, no microSD. Looks good otherwise.

 

Double post. Please ignore.

 

Well, why exactly do you need mSD on a 64GB/128GB phone.

There's always the danger of that. Has the situation really changed from the old days though. It's not like those Chinese manufactures didn't have access to software when they were doing OEM for western vendors, from which we brought stuff anyway.

 

I was going to mention that, but at least then the western vendor/buyer has the opportunity to work with the company that is making it and have some input on what software/apps is installed, and have more chance of spotting something wrong.

John.

 

Sadly, a growing trend in smartphones.

6.5" long x 3.5" wide?

You have to use both hands just to hold it to your ear.

 

Have you ever see photo`s of people with ipad`s using them as phones, you cannot see their head, they are so big, it`s laughable, hopefully it`s rare.

John.

 

Doesn't count. Those are iSheep. They're inept to begin with.

 

Clearly its not too big. They had to circle it in RED so you would understand the point of the picture...

 

Mr.Koala, I use phone as a full-blown PC, including torrents. There's no such thing as too much storage, actually it is never enough... While I sometimes add another SD/microSD card and/or usb storage to Lapdock, it is not that comfortable to use. Moreover that, with the newer universal alternative, Casetop, you are limited to a single USB port.

 

In that case I understand.

Capacity aside, for your usage are you satisfied with the I/O performance of phone's eMMC storage? I recently tried a few Linux desktop apps on my phone. The CPU is mostly fine (even Snapdragon 410 on my backup held up reasonably well). But that I/O, it's so slooooooooooow.

Considering the very low idle power requirement of DevSlp-capable SATA/PCIe drives, I'm wondering if it's possible to put something close to that into a phone (assuming any SoC vendor is interested).

 

Mr.Koala, I always use microSD cards for torrents, since I'm afraid that eMMC will wear out much faster, and it means replacing the whole motherboard. With current phone, I am quite satisfied with torrents' performance, whereas N900 I had in the past became unresponsive when torrenting, especially at high speeds.

 

Yes, it's big. I just don't think it won't be managable since I have large hands. Maybe I'll regret it, but the thin bezels make this phone have a massive screen-to-body ratio of 80.3%, and I can think of several usage scenarios where the extra screen real estate is a welcome change.

 

I think the two dudes next to the iSheep rolling their eyes is all the evidence needed (one of them looks vaguely familiar).

 

Sounds like the size of corded handsets that I grew up using, though much slimmer. The movement toward tiny flip-phones didn't begin until I was in college. In my opinion there's nothing inherently absurd about holding something that size to your head; my generation all did it growing up.

 

^^^If Motorola marketed using that image, it would have been crucified for perversion

This was their better marketing strategy:

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Which led to this:

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Then to this:

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And will probably lead to this:

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And if we're lucky, to this:

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Be sure what camera focus if working well, somtimes vendor tell about best calibration and camera focus but such vendor like this one (I think big difference between king zone) have a lot of time issues with camera focus (very long time and big lag in little dark places)

 

The only other phones I know of that have image plane phase detection are the LG G4, ZTE Nubia Z9, Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Samsung Galaxy Note Edge, Samsung Galaxy S6, and Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. I haven't seen complaints about phone cameras being slow to focus when higher-end methods than contrast based auto focus are used, but I understand how important the camera framework is, and welcome such examples.