You might not have ever heard of this Chinese brand, well they used to be known as LeTV, still doesn’t ring a bell? About 5 weeks ago I review the Le Max 2, a $230 flagship mobile with some crazy specs for the price. Full metal unibody, Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, 3GB of RAM, 1440p display, and Sony 21MP camera. Well now the successor is here, this time it has the latest Snapdragon 821 (Google Pixel has this) 4GB to 6GB of RAM, 1080p screen, still has the metal build, fingerprint reader, and a huge 4070mAh battery. My detailed video review is below:
While it’s a great all-round device with very decent battery life, it’s not perfect. LeEco still continues to believe nobody wants or needs a 3.5mm audio port on their mobile and the lack of a MicroSD card slot forces you to have to get the more expensive version if you want more than 22GB of free space. Yet again it’s another flagship that suffers from the lack of OIS on the camera. As a result, video is shaky and low-light photos aren’t particularly good. At least the dual LED flash is power and has more range than most.
But you have to remember it’s around $320 USD for a snapdragon 821 mobile with a large 4070mAh battery isn’t a bad deal, wait a few months and that price will be even cheaper. Don’t want to spend that much? Then the LeEco Le Max 2 is worth a look, the Snapdragon 820 is still a powerful flagship chipset.
Pros:
- Solid and well built
- Good performance*
- Decent dual loudspeakers
- Very good battery life
- Great audio quality via type-c
- Takes a good phone in good light
- Smooth gaming experience
- Good wifi range and speeds
- Fast 4G with good signal strength
- Call quality
- GPS works well
- Powerful LED flash
Cons:
- No MicroSD support
- No 3.5mm jack
- No camera OIS or DIS
- Poor low light camera performance
- Screen in sunlight
- Video audio bitrate is too low
- *Occasional UI stutter (lag)
- Aggressive ram management
- 720p front cam video only
Benchmarks:
Le Pro 3 rear 16MP camera samples:
