World’s first 8GB RAM phone – The LeEco Pro 3 leaked


leeco 8GB RAM

So we know that LeEco are working on a new flagship, but we weren’t expecting the device to also pack the most amount of RAM that we have ever seen in a smartphone!!

Can you believe that at the start of the year we were “making do” with phone with “just” 4GB RAM? It seems like it was only yesterday that Asus shocked the world with the first 4GB RAM phone on the market, and now today we’re looking at a device with potentially double that!

LeEco are no strangers of making phones with huge amounts of RAM, however we weren’t expecting them to raise the bar!

In a recently leaked image, specifications for 2 versions of the LeEco Pro 3 have been disclosed. The ‘Standard” version has a lowly 6GB RAM, but the flagship version is listed with a huge 8GB RAM!!

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The leak reveals more than just incredible amounts of RAM though, and goes in to great detail for both versions of the unreleased Pro 3.

If we look back to the 6GB RAM version of the device we see that LeEco have opted for 64GB internal memory, a Snapdragon 821 chipset, 16 mega-pixel rear camera, 8 mega-pixel front, 4070mAh battery,and 5.5-inch 1920 x 1080 2.5D display.

What we are really interested in though is that 8GB RAM model, that actually has a large 5.7-inch 2K display and larger 5000mAh battery. In fact almost everything is bigger on the second phone such as a front facing 13 mega-pixel camera, and 256GB internal memory.

Not all the details are complete though as the pricing for each phone has been cleverly disguised.

8GB RAM!? Are you ready for a new standard of flagship Chinese phone?

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118 Comments

  1. mf1gt3r
    September 14, 2016

    They really got the battery right this time. With a well optimized OS, this phone is a winner.

    • Ben
      September 14, 2016

      And hopefully a better camera than the ones before. 😉

  2. Stiffmah
    September 14, 2016

    And Sony his flagship still uses 3GB ram

    • September 14, 2016

      Sony are not the kind to follow with these trends. They’ve become a niche in the Android market anyways. But I think that their phone would manage the RAM better than this brand of phone would.

  3. Conrad Aquilina
    September 14, 2016

    Nice 🙂

  4. MattD
    September 14, 2016

    I’m excited about batteries, more than the ram… Will the dark reign of “3000mah battery, 3.5 hours sot” flagships ever come to an end?

    • Rob
      September 14, 2016

      Literally can’t believe 2 years later 3.5-5 is considered average-good, when in 2014 the OPO could get nearly 8 in kitkat with 3000mah

      • MattD
        September 14, 2016

        Producers relied too much on antutu as a selling point: too much power, while batteries stayed the same… No wonder things went downhill from that point onwards!

  5. Yeti hand
    September 14, 2016

    so what if there is 40 gb of ram??? Bring a battery that can give us 9h sot with that useless 2k display and I’m interested.
    I’m ready to bet 5000mah isn’t enough

    • AtereJr
      September 16, 2016

      Go get a Nubia z11 max and u’ll never complain about battery.

  6. a
    September 14, 2016

    Meh
    Call me when there is a 32GB ram phone

  7. newphoenix
    September 14, 2016

    What can you today do with 8GB you can’t with 2GB RAM?

    • careeste
      September 14, 2016

      more marketing

    • Lazar Prodanovic
      September 14, 2016

      Make a whole day simulation sessions in Chrome including lots of tabs opened at the same time, make one of them Facebook & you are (after longer usage) already down to 4 GB of the free RAM.. But seriously they should pool the brake at 8GB.
      Funy thing is if you could install full Ubuntu Linux natively on the phone you would be able to compile complete 6.xx+ ROM(‘s) with this one as requirement is 8GB of RAM.

      • newphoenix
        September 15, 2016

        Tacno

    • Muhammad Yasir
      September 15, 2016

      GAMES

  8. xi7
    September 14, 2016

    or mi note 2 🙂

  9. MaxPower
    September 14, 2016

    8 GB of RAM on a pink phone…
    Marketing people, these strangers!

    • Nico
      September 14, 2016

      Hahaha definitely true. Man 8GB RAM on a phone, the market is going crazy!!! On my Asus laptop I do have 8GB RAM but most of the computers out there only have 4GB RAM. I guess that sooner or later we will have phones with 64GB RAM LOL. Even Xiaomi will release a 6GB RAM version for the MI5S to justify their high prices.

  10. Jhonny
    September 14, 2016

    i bet the price it will be up to 600$ for that 8GB ram

  11. goodwill
    September 14, 2016

    I should have waited a little.. I just got the Le Max 2.

    • September 14, 2016

      Their supply chain isn’t the best, mate. You can expect this one to release next week… but it’ll take another 3 weeks to reach resellers.

      • goodwill
        September 15, 2016

        I wouldn’t mind waiting for a month tho.

        • September 15, 2016

          A month time is just for the phones to reach resellers like Banggood, Geekbuying, Gearbest. They go unsold for a couple more weeks even after pre-sale.
          And even then it would take at least 2 weeks for delivery, so I’d say 2 months minimum.

    • Muhammad Yasir
      September 15, 2016

      lol … you should be happy :p

      Le Max 2 is a FANTASTIC phone … or so i have heard

    • Rayan Vahia
      September 15, 2016

      Don’t worry pal I just got myself a LeTV S1 x600 32gb version. It will serve me for a good 2-3 years easily. I upgraded from a ZOPO C2 and it’s an amazing phone.

  12. tommi
    September 14, 2016

    Same horrible LTPS IPS screen from Le Max 2? Move already to AMOLED!

    2K anyway useless battery waste, 1080p would given better scores!

    • quodvadis
      September 14, 2016

      lol another clueless. AMOLED pentile is far far worse than any LTPS at the same resolution.

      • goodwill
        September 14, 2016

        On paper, yes. but in real life, Amoled looks better. I’ve compared it side by side with my Le Max 2 and a friend’s OP3 on mid and max brightness. Amoled screens are more vibrant and brighter in real life. More saturated too.

        • quodvadis
          September 15, 2016

          if you like oversaturation sure.

          • goodwill
            September 15, 2016

            It’s not over saturated. It’s just more saturated (more warm compared to the dull blueish display)

            • quodvadis
              September 15, 2016

              lol sure.

            • David Košič
              September 15, 2016

              There is a reason the entire industry is moving to amoled technology. Tv’s and monitors are going OLED as well.

  13. mf1gt3r
    September 14, 2016

    They really got the battery right this time. With a well optimized OS, this phone is a winner.

    • Guest
      September 14, 2016

      And hopefully a better camera than the ones before. 😉

  14. Keen User
    September 14, 2016

    At least Make it DualOS with 8GB ram or WInPhone with Android Virtual System..with 256GB and8GB,It shouldnt be that difficult when chinese tablets are already there….then the 8GB means Sth.
    also Why again not use SuperAmloed Screen?For now they are the best Display.

    • AtereJr
      September 16, 2016

      Great minds think alike. Indeed I had a similar wish but it seems its likely not gonna happen. It just might be the only factor that stops me from getting one (along with an existent black border).

  15. Stiffmah
    September 14, 2016

    And Sony his flagship still uses 3GB ram

    • Taha Zaffar
      September 14, 2016

      Sony are not the kind to follow with these trends. They’ve become a niche in the Android market anyways. But I think that their phone would manage the RAM better than this brand of phone would.

  16. Conrad Aquilina
    September 14, 2016

    Nice 🙂

  17. MattD
    September 14, 2016

    I’m excited about batteries, more than the ram… Will the dark reign of “3000mah battery, 3.5 hours sot” flagships ever come to an end?

    • Guest
      September 14, 2016

      Literally can’t believe 2 years later 3.5-5 is considered average-good, when in 2014 the OPO could get nearly 8 in kitkat with 3000mah

    • MattD
      September 14, 2016

      Producers relied too much on antutu as a selling point: too much power, while batteries stayed the same… No wonder things went downhill from that point onwards!

  18. Yeti hand
    September 14, 2016

    so what if there is 40 gb of ram??? Bring a battery that can give us 9h sot with that useless 2k display and I’m interested.
    I’m ready to bet 5000mah isn’t enough

    • AtereJr
      September 16, 2016

      Go get a Nubia z11 max and u’ll never complain about battery.

  19. Guaire
    September 14, 2016

    Looks like 8GB model has 13MP dual camera at the back and a 16MP selfie camera.

    I’m curious about what kind of dual camera setup it carries and size of that 13MP sensors.

    IMO 6GB model will be 2099 yuan and other one will be 3099 yuan.

  20. Guest
    September 14, 2016

    Meh
    Call me when there is a 32GB ram phone

  21. Guest
    September 14, 2016

    What can you today do with 8GB you can’t with 2GB RAM?

    • careeste
      September 14, 2016

      more marketing

    • Lazar Prodanovic
      September 14, 2016

      Make a whole day simulation sessions in Chrome including lots of tabs opened at the same time, make one of them Facebook & you are (after longer usage) already down to 4 GB of the free RAM.. But seriously they should pool the brake at 8GB.
      Funy thing is if you could install full Ubuntu Linux natively on the phone you would be able to compile complete 6.xx+ ROM(‘s) with this one as requirement is 8GB of RAM.

    • Guest
      September 15, 2016

      GAMES

    • Guest
      September 15, 2016

      Tacno

  22. xi7
    September 14, 2016

    or mi note 2 🙂

  23. MaxPower
    September 14, 2016

    8 GB of RAM on a pink phone…
    Marketing people, these strangers!

    • Guest
      September 14, 2016

      Hahaha definitely true. Man 8GB RAM on a phone, the market is going crazy!!! On my Asus laptop I do have 8GB RAM but most of the computers out there only have 4GB RAM. I guess that sooner or later we will have phones with 64GB RAM LOL. Even Xiaomi will release a 6GB RAM version for the MI5S to justify their high prices.

    • Lazar Prodanovic
      September 14, 2016

      Yes but your laptops on desktop alike OSes use virtual memory to aid them. It’s not a like you can’t use SWAP on Android but still it’s not a best solution in any of circumstances. Let me show you what I actually mean.
      http://www.anandtech.com/show/10353/investigating-cavium-thunderx-48-arm-cores/17

  24. Jhonny
    September 14, 2016

    i bet the price it will be up to 600$ for that 8GB ram

  25. goodwill
    September 14, 2016

    I should have waited a little.. I just got the Le Max 2.

    • Taha Zaffar
      September 14, 2016

      Their supply chain isn’t the best, mate. You can expect this one to release next week… but it’ll take another 3 weeks to reach resellers.

    • goodwill
      September 15, 2016

      I wouldn’t mind waiting for a month tho.

    • Guest
      September 15, 2016

      lol … you should be happy :p

      Le Max 2 is a FANTASTIC phone … or so i have heard

    • Taha Zaffar
      September 15, 2016

      A month time is just for the phones to reach resellers like Banggood, Geekbuying, Gearbest. They go unsold for a couple more weeks even after pre-sale.
      And even then it would take at least 2 weeks for delivery, so I’d say 2 months minimum.

    • Rayan Vahia
      September 15, 2016

      Don’t worry pal I just got myself a LeTV S1 x600 32gb version. It will serve me for a good 2-3 years easily. I upgraded from a ZOPO C2 and it’s an amazing phone.

  26. Guest
    September 14, 2016

    Same horrible LTPS IPS screen from Le Max 2? Move already to AMOLED!

    2K anyway useless battery waste, 1080p would given better scores!

    • quodvadis
      September 15, 2016

      lol another clueless. AMOLED pentile is far far worse than any LTPS at the same resolution.

    • goodwill
      September 15, 2016

      On paper, yes. but in real life, Amoled looks better. I’ve compared it side by side with my Le Max 2 and a friend’s OP3 on mid and max brightness. Amoled screens are more vibrant and brighter in real life. More saturated too.

    • quodvadis
      September 15, 2016

      if you like oversaturation sure.

    • goodwill
      September 15, 2016

      It’s not over saturated. It’s just more saturated (more warm compared to the dull blueish display)

    • quodvadis
      September 15, 2016

      lol sure.

  27. Nolan
    September 14, 2016

    I hope the AnTuTu can cross 170,000 at least. It will be amazing!

    • David Košič
      September 15, 2016

      Not with a 2k screen

    • AtereJr
      September 16, 2016

      Not for the SD821 processor it’ll be running with but surely next year it’ll be an easy feat for the SD830 to achieve.

  28. quodvadis
    September 14, 2016

    pissing contest.

  29. Akimitsui
    September 14, 2016

    More enticed by the battery sizes than the amount of ram to be honest.

  30. Guest
    September 14, 2016

    At least Make it DualOS with 8GB ram or WInPhone with Android Virtual System..with 256GB and8GB,It shouldnt be that difficult when chinese tablets are already there….then the 8GB means Sth.
    also Why again not use SuperAmloed Screen?For now they are the best Display.

    • AtereJr
      September 16, 2016

      Great minds think alike. Indeed I had a similar wish but it seems its likely not gonna happen. It just might be the only factor that stops me from getting one (along with an existent black border).

  31. Guaire
    September 14, 2016

    Looks like 8GB model has 13MP dual camera at the back and a 16MP selfie camera.

    I’m curious about what kind of dual camera setup it carries and size of that 13MP sensors.

    IMO 6GB model will be 2099 yuan and other one will be 3099 yuan.

  32. Bleh
    September 15, 2016

    8G model could be with 128GB storage + same 5.5-inch 1080p screen from 6G model, both are 2.5D anyway 😛

    • Brookyln701
      September 15, 2016

      2K is also absolutely useless on an 5.5 Display. Just draws more power and gives pathetic users the feeling of seeing more. Kind of like hallucinations…

      • AtereJr
        September 16, 2016

        U absolutely get it.

    • AtereJr
      September 16, 2016

      Nah, its coming with 256GB storage according to most recent leaks.

  33. Angry Mobile Nerd
    September 15, 2016

    8GB!? Sweet! My Shooty Skies will never close again!

  34. Guest
    September 15, 2016

    I hope the AnTuTu can cross 170,000 at least. It will be amazing!

    • AtereJr
      September 16, 2016

      Not for the SD821 processor it’ll be running with but surely next year it’ll be an easy feat for the SD830 to achieve.

  35. quodvadis
    September 15, 2016

    pissing contest.

  36. Akimitsui
    September 15, 2016

    More enticed by the battery sizes than the amount of ram to be honest.

  37. Karly Johnston
    September 15, 2016

    My lowly Z2 Pro only has 6GB RAM. lol At least it has 128 and not a lowly 64GB.

    • AtereJr
      September 16, 2016

      The Le Pro 3 coming with 8GB of RAM is being paired with 256GB and not 64 or even 128.
      So u are definitely correct when u refer to your Z2 pro as lowly.

      • Karly Johnston
        September 16, 2016

        The 6GB Pro 3 only has 64GB internal.

  38. Guest
    September 15, 2016

    8G model could be with 128GB storage + same 5.5-inch 1080p screen from 6G model, both are 2.5D anyway 😛

    • Guest
      September 15, 2016

      2K is also absolutely useless on an 5.5 Display. Just draws more power and gives pathetic users the feeling of seeing more. Kind of like hallucinations…

    • AtereJr
      September 16, 2016

      Nah, its coming with 256GB storage according to most recent leaks.

    • AtereJr
      September 16, 2016

      U absolutely get it.

  39. Muhammad Yasir
    September 15, 2016

    hory shet …

  40. ramon
    September 15, 2016

    8GB? The same as I have in PC and never fully used, until I have run heavy PC game? Who will ever use that huge memory on smartphone? Only markets for better selling I guess…

  41. Angry Mobile Nerd
    September 15, 2016

    8GB!? Sweet! My Shooty Skies will never close again!

  42. Cynaegeirus
    September 15, 2016

    And at the same time they provide ZERO support for x800 US model that still has a L-
    Rom (only after the custom one from the resellers had trojans in and everybody was complaining in the USA site so the had to provide one…) and they deny by all means to give us the source code…

    Great phones but the worst company policy ever

  43. Karly Johnston
    September 15, 2016

    My lowly Z2 Pro only has 6GB RAM. lol At least it has 128 and not a lowly 64GB.

    • AtereJr
      September 16, 2016

      The Le Pro 3 coming with 8GB of RAM is being paired with 256GB and not 64 or even 128.
      So u are definitely correct when u refer to your Z2 pro as lowly.

    • Karly Johnston
      September 16, 2016

      The 6GB Pro 3 only has 64GB internal.

  44. Rayan Vahia
    September 15, 2016

    Man, 8gb of ram is completely useless. They should rather invest in being more price competitive using a bigger battery, work more on rom optimization and stick to 4gb ram. Also better cameras and sensors

  45. NextHype
    September 15, 2016

    PC users are used to hardware progression linked to software evolution. On Android platforms, we only see software stagnation since 5 years and exploding hardware configuration. How could we think this doesn’t come from marketing departments ?

    But yeah, it’s really cool to be able to keep Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Candy Crush, Angry Bird and a browser open on Group On without having to loose 5s to reload when switching from an app to another. I’m thrilled.

  46. Guest
    September 15, 2016

    hory shet …

  47. ramon
    September 15, 2016

    8GB? The same as I have in PC and never fully used, until I have run heavy PC game? Who will ever use that huge memory on smartphone? Only markets for better selling I guess…

  48. Cynaegeirus
    September 15, 2016

    And at the same time they provide ZERO support for x800 US model that still has a L-
    Rom (only after the custom one from the resellers had trojans in and everybody was complaining in the USA site so the had to provide one…) and they deny by all means to give us the source code…

    Great phones but the worst company policy ever

  49. Rayan Vahia
    September 15, 2016

    Man, 8gb of ram is completely useless. They should rather invest in being more price competitive using a bigger battery, work more on rom optimization and stick to 4gb ram. Also better cameras and sensors

  50. balcobomber25
    September 15, 2016

    My phone barely averages 2GB of RAM used a day.

    • AtereJr
      September 16, 2016

      U must be having 4GB of RAM or more on your phone.

  51. NextHype
    September 15, 2016

    PC users are used to hardware progression linked to software evolution. On Android platforms, we only see software stagnation since 5 years and exploding hardware configuration. How could we think this doesn’t come from marketing departments ?

    But yeah, it’s really cool to be able to keep Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Candy Crush, Angry Bird and a browser open on Group On without having to loose 5s to reload when switching from an app to another. I’m thrilled.

  52. Sned
    September 15, 2016

    Daydream support or I’m not interested.

  53. balcobomber25
    September 15, 2016

    My phone barely averages 2GB of RAM used a day.

    • AtereJr
      September 16, 2016

      U must be having 4GB of RAM or more on your phone.

  54. Sned
    September 15, 2016

    Daydream support or I’m not interested.

  55. Tommi
    September 16, 2016

    There is no point with 2K screen… really, I hope they change it before official release.

  56. Guest
    September 16, 2016

    There is no point with 2K screen… really, I hope they change it before official release.

  57. AHappyKoalaBear
    September 17, 2016

    I’m only going to buy a leeco when they release a black phone, I just hate white, and the fact that custom roms are almost not possible is an instant no buy for me

  58. AHappyKoalaBear
    September 17, 2016

    I’m only going to buy a leeco when they release a black phone, I just hate white, and the fact that custom roms are almost not possible is an instant no buy for me