China based Letv has announced today that 550,000 units of its recently launched Le 1S smartphone was sold out on ecommerce portals Lemall.com and JD.com – China’s largest direct sales platform, within an hour. The sales also registered several records, such as the “most sold single branded” product on all Chinese e-commerce portals. Letv recently launched its 2nd generation Le IS on October 27th in China, and within the first 7 days, recorded 11 million presale bookings.
The Letv LE 1S comes with high-end hardware. It flaunts a 5.5-inch full-HD (1080×1920 pixels) ISP display, 2.2GHz octa-core MediaTek Helio X10 processor, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of internal memory, 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and phase-detection autofocus, 5-megapixel front-facing camera, 3000mAh battery, USB Type-C with fast-charging Speed Volt technology, fingerprint sensor below the primary camera on the back. This phone supports 4G LTE bands and Dual-SIM and also offers other standard connectivity options. This phone runs Android 5.0 Lollipop based EUI 5.5 UI of Letv.
Letv is the creator of the “ecosystem products” concept in China as all its products can interact with each other. For example, its phone can interact with its TV and control the future Letv green car. Furthermore, with a single membership, users can enjoy unlimited resources of Letv, like applications, movies, sports, TV shows and so on.
Speaking of this achievement, Letv Founder, Mr. Jia Yueting said, “The overwhelming enthusiastic response from Letv fans proves that the “phone with an ecosystem” has been wildly accepted by all!”
Letv has already announced that it will be entering India with its smartphones in January, 2016 and Le 1S will be the first smartphone to debut in India.
