LeEco LePro 3 Release Date, Price and Specs – CNET

The LeEco LePro 3.

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Chinese company LeEco launched a slew of products and services today here in San Francisco, including a video streaming platform, four TVs and an electric car. It also unveiled two phones, the LePro 3 and the Le S3.

The more powerful device, the 5.5-inch Le Pro 3, features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of onboard storage. It has a 16-megapixel camera, a fingerprint reader and a USB Type-C port. (In 2015, LeEco was one of the first companies to integrate Type-C in its phones, starting with the Le 1 Pro Superphone.) The Le Pro 3 also boasts a massive 4,070 mAh battery — and with Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 3.0 technology, it’s supposed to charge up to 33 percent in 20 minutes.

Perhaps its most compelling feature is its price. It costs $399, significantly less than other flagships that run upward from $700 or more. (UK and Australian details have yet to be announced but that converts to around £325 or AU$520.) But it’s not the only inexpensive high-end handset. The OnePlus 3, from another scrappy startup based in China, costs $399 too. It has a Snapdragon 820 processor, similar camera specs, 6GB of RAM and 64GB of internal memory. It has a lower battery capacity, however, at 3,000 mAh.

LeEco’s second device is the Le S3. Though it also has a 5.5-inch screen, its specs are scaled back. It’s equipped with a Snapdragon 652 chipset, a 16-megapixel camera that can record 4K video and 32GB of internal memory. It will cost $229 (about £185 or AU$300).

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