[Device Reviews and Information] vicstarman:
Thank you for your thoughtful reply. Yes I'm a regular modder, so I am familiar with all of the steps of using custom recovery, titanium backup, etc. Full disclosure, I'm currently pursuing old hobbies like playing the bass again and getting back into my vinyl collection, so a lot of that is taking the time I used to use to screw around with all the current phones. I was just stupid enough to think that I would be able to buy this Chinese phone and use it as a daily driver without unlocking, rooting, modding this phone. It needs a lot of work!

But maybe you're right. If I give it a little time maybe the over the air updates will fix these issues.

Oh, and about the size, I was not clear. I was referring to the fact that it's nearly 10 millimeters thick vs 5 which I'm using now. And the last half dozen phones I've had this year alone have maxed out at about eight point nine. And all of them weighing about half or less of what this one weighs. It's straight up hard to hold up comfortably for long. It's not a big deal in the scheme of things. But when I said the phone was huge I was referring to the thickness. I really like the overall dimensions and I agree that it makes really good use of its body, considering that the display is 5.5 inches. The build quality certainly feels very solid but I don't like the way the screen is just placed on top with really sharp edges. Maybe it's just the model I got. Also bear in mind I did not get the metal pro version. Perhaps the glass to plastic transition is a little bit rougher that on the X 800?

It's definitely fun checking out the device, and oppomart has been extremely communicative, always responding within a few minutes of my emails. They're willing to take the phone back for a full refund but I'm going to be out $70 and shipping here and back to China. So maybe you're right and I should just keep it as a backup and have fun with it. I just put my sim card back in it and I'm getting full bars HSPA+ which I believe is actually running on LTE. But I'm still having extreme connectivity issues. Again, this may be fixed with an over the air update. And maybe I'll break down and spend an evening rooting it and waiting for someone to build a perfect custom ROM for it. I'm going to take it out tomorrow and test out the connectivity to my car's bluetooth and use GPS to see if it's as good as my current devices. That will be the deal breaker. (Other than it needing to run Android Wear)

Thanks again for your insight!

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The bezels are significantly larger on the letv one than on my G3. The best comparison of the devices I've owned this year would be the 5.5" Asus Zenfone 2. My Find 7 is somewhere in between. The phone isn't huge in the hand, but the "looks" annoys me when the bezels are so large. Just a matter of preference. But if you like the G3, you'll dislike the LeTV if bezels if your thing (or lack of).

Honestly I don't even think it would have bothered me as much if their marketing team had not put a bunch of emphasis on the fact that this device is "bezleless" (their words)