Oneplus 3 vs LeMax 2: Specs, Features and Price

LeEco was the first smartphone brand to unleash a Snapdragon 820 chipset handset, the Le Max Pro at the start of the year. In April, LeEco introduced a new flagship smartphone called Le Max 2 that features Snapdragon 820 chipset and 6 GB of RAM. The newly launched OnePlus 3 also features the same chipset and RAM combination.

Here is comparison between the Le Max 2 and OnePlus 3 on the basis of their specifications, features and price. The OnePlus 3 and Le Max 2 are both equipped metal unibody chassis. The Le Max 2's weight is 185 grams and it measures 156.8 x 77.6 x 8 mm. It comes in colors like gold, silver and gray. The OnePlus 3 measures 152.7 x 74.7 x 7.4 mm and it weighs 158 grams. It is available in color choices such as gray, black and gold.

The OnePlus 3 has a 5.5-inch screen that offers a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. The Le Max 2 has a bigger screen of 5.7 inches that supports a Quad HD resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels. Both the flagships are powered by Snapdragon 820 chipset. The OnePlus 3 features 6 GB of RAM along with an internal storage of 64 GB. The Le Max 2 comes in two storage sizes. The 32 GB model variant has 4 GB of RAM whereas its 64 GB model has 6 GB of RAM.

There is a 16-megapixel rear camera on the back panel of OnePlus 3. It offers features like OIS, phase detection autofocusses and single LED flash. It has a selfie shooter of 8-megapixel. The 21-megapixel camera of LeEco Le Max 2 is equipped with OIS, phase detection autofocusses and dual-LED flash. It also features an 8-megapixel selfie camera.Both the smartphones come preinstalled with Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS. The OnePlus 3 and Le Max 2 feature their custom UI over the Android OS. Both the devices are equipped with common features like NFC and USB Type-C.

The term "flagship killer smartphones" has been misused far too often by phone makers. But the specifications, performance and user-experience benchmarks have finally been set for this genre of smartphones by the OnePlus 3 and LeEco Le Max2. In a complete design overhaul, the OnePlus 3 gets an anodized aluminum finish that gives it a premium look. OnePlus has retained the basics of a good smartphone design from the OnePlus One, such as the flat side spines and slightly curved back.

 The OnePlus 3 tips the scales at 160g, and is just 7.3mm thick. The only worry with the new design is the protruding camera module, which could get scratched if you are not careful while putting the phone down on a flat surface, such as a table.The LeEco Le Max2 could have been a mammoth phone because of its big screen size, but it isn't. It follows the tried and tested phablet design formula, but with improvements which include shaving off some thickness on the left and right sides of the screen. It is decidedly heavier at 185g, but quite slim, measuring just 8mm in thickness. Just like the OnePlus 3, the antenna lines, running on the back panel, are visible. The camera also protrudes a bit. The biggest change is the shift to the USB Type-C port, both for charging the Le Max2 as well as for headphones.

OnePlus has stuck to the 5.5-inch screen with Full HD (1,920x1,080) resolution, and has an Optic AMOLED display. The colours look rich, the brightness levels are good, and the sharpness of the written word makes it really comfortable to read Web pages and mails. Even in bright sunlight, the viewing experience isn't hampered either by the lack of screen illumination or reflections. The only shortcoming that we noticed, and this is a software optimization issue that can be resolved, is that the screen's brightness changes in response to ambient light can sometimes be a bit abrupt.