LeEco announces Le Pro 3 AI Edition smartphone with dual-camera setup in China

If you remember, there have been numerous leaks around a dual-camera equipped smartphone from LeEco. The wait is finally over. The company has announced the Le Pro 3 AI Edition in China, which is a well-equipped smartphone along with its own AI assistant.The smartphone has been announced in two variants. There is one powered by a 2.4 GHz MediaTek Helio X23 processor which has 4 GB of RAM and 32 GB of storage. The other one is a more powerful variant running on a Mediatek deca-core 2.6 GHz Helio X27 chipset with 6 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage.Rest of the features on both the variants remain the same. There is a 5.5-inch Full HD (1920x1080) display with 600 nits of maximum brightness. There is a dual-camera setup at the rear featuring two 13 MP cameras, one shoots in RGB while the other in monochrome. The cameras have an f/2.0 aperture, PDAF and a dual LED flash. You can also record 4K and 1080p videos at 30 fps as well as slow-mo 720p videos at 120 fps. The front camera is an 8 MP snapper with an f/2.2 aperture.As for the battery, there a large 4,000 mAh unit and the handset runs on EMUI 5.9, which is based on Android Marshmallow. The rest of the features include Wi-Fi 802.11 ac, 4G LTE, Bluetooth 4.2, NFC, an infrared sensor and support for dual SIM.LeEco also announced its very own AI assistant, which is called, of all things, LeLe. The AI assistant will be integrated with all LeEco apps and will work with a number of third-party applications. One can also activate it from the lockscreen. Just like most smartphone AI assistants, LeLe learns the usage patterns and improves over time.The 4 GB version of the Le Pro 3 AI Edition is priced 1,799 Yuan (Rs 18,000 approx) while the higher 6 GB model is priced at 2,399 Yuan (Rs 24,000 approx). The smartphone will be available in China from 14 of April and will be available in gold, rose gold, and black colour options.