After receiving a good response to the launch of its new smart phone in the Indian market, LeEco has plans to launch its VR headsets in India by June. Termed as Le3D Helmet, the VR headset has a 5.5-inch 2K LCD display with a pixel resolution of 2560 x 1440p with a seventy-degree field of view. The function and design of the VR are quite similar to that of Samsung Gear VR, which was launched in India on the 5th of January this year.
The company claims that wearing Le3D Helmet would give one a feeling of sitting in the 8th row of the cinema, that is just 15 meters away from the screen. No official details on pricing of the device have been announced yet, but considering the US launch price of Samsung Gear VR of $99, we can expect its price range to be around INR 5,000 – 6,000. Earlier this month, LeEco launched two smart phones in India, Le Max and Le 1S, priced at INR 32,999 and INR 10,999 respectively. The company received a positive response from Indian consumers as it received around 3,00,000 registrations for the flash sale of phones on Flipkart on the 2nd of February.
Atul Jain, Chief Operating Officer of LeEco India, said that the company had a lot of production capacity and roughly around half a million smartphones are sold each month in China. Jain further added that he is actually expecting a bigger number by the time the sales begin. He also refused to comment on the price of the headset.
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