Smartphone offers lead the Festive Bonanza this year

Diwali Festival Offers and Discount on Smartphones this Year

Diwali Festival Offers and Discount on Smartphones this Year

Smartphone lovers are in for a bonanza this festive season, as online and multi-brand retailers bend backwards in offering some terrific deals that one will find difficult to resist.

Customers have never had it so good, as newer companies have entered the market in all segments of mobile phones and each competing hard with maximum discounting to garner market share like never before.

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India is the fastest growing smartphone market in the world, next only to China in overall volumes. This is why most Chinese majors are making a beeline to set up shop in India. Newcomer, LeEco has already crossed Rs 100 crore in its first year of operation, and similarly almost all major players are clocking numbers they can’t dream of in any other market. And eager customers in India couldn’t ask for more, as most keep a hawk eye surfing e-commerce sites for the most competitive offers.

And in keeping with the sentiment, e-commerce majors are focusing a lot of marketing investment and attention on smartphone offers. Visit Amazon and the first range of offers on display are smartphones. Same is true for other majors like Flipkart, Snapdeal, Infibeam and newcomer Tata CLiQ. Multi-brand retailers like Reliance Digital, Croma, etc., too are laying out the red carpet this season with a plethora of bundled and standalone offers.

Leading the way in cashing on the festive season, smartphone market leader Apple had timed the launch of its latest range of smartphones in India – Apple iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, on 07th October. The response has been tremendous and the company has already hit gold with all variants of the two new models being snapped up within hours. Apple is slated to remain market leader as Samsung had to bite dust with its failed Samsung Galaxy Note 7, which has now been withdrawn from the market.

Apple Specifications

Apple iPhone 7 Plus:

Available in: Jet Black, Black, Gold, Rose Gold and Silver

5.5 inch diagonal display, Multi-touch display with IPS technology, A10 Fusion chip with 64-bit architecture and 3 GB RAM, Retina HD Display with wide colour and 3D touch, 1920×1080 pixel resolution at 401 ppi, 1300:1 contrast ratio, 625 cd/m2 max brightness, Dual-domain pixels for wide angel viewing, support for display of multi-language and characters, display zoom, fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating, 2900mAh battery, Height 158.2 mm – Width 77.9 mm – Depth 7.3 mm – Weight 188 gms.

Camera: 12 megapixel All-new camera with wide-angle and telephoto, Optical image stabilization, Quad LED True Tone Flash, auto HDR, Panorama upto 63 megapixels, 4k Video recording, FaceTime HD camera

Price: 32 GB – Rs 70,000 ; 128 GB – Rs 82,000 ; 256 GB – Rs 92,000

Apple iPhone 7:

Available in: Jet Black, Black, Gold, Rose Gold and Silver

4.7 inch diagonal display, Multi-touch display with IPS technology, A10 Fusion chip with 64-bit architecture and 2 GB RAM, Retina HD Display with wide colour and 3D touch, 1334×750 pixel resolution at 326 ppi, 1400:1 contrast ratio, 625 cd/m2 max brightness, Dual-domain pixels for wide angel viewing, support for display of multi-language and characters, display zoom, fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating, 1960mAh battery, Height 138.3 mm – Width 67.1 mm – Depth 7.1 mm – Weight 138 gms.

Camera: 12 megapixel All-new camera with wide-angle and telephoto, Optical image stabilization, Quad LED True Tone Flash, auto HDR, Panorama upto 63 megapixels, 4k Video recording, FaceTime HD camera

Price: 32 GB – Rs 60,000 ; 128 GB – Rs 70,000 ; 256 GB – Rs 80,000

Reliance Jio and Airtel cash in on the Apple opportunity

Joining the opportunity, newcomer Reliance Jio and market leader Airtel have both announced attractive bundled package for Apple iPhone 7 & 7 Plus.

Reliance Jio’s offer

Reliance announced a bundled offer for iPhone 7 and 7 Plus buyers. Over and above the ‘Free voice and data’ offer till 31st December, 2016, Reliance will migrate all Apple buyers (all iPhone 7 and 6 range models) to a 12-month complementary service under Rs 1,499 monthly plan which will offer its subscribers unlimited free local and STD voice calls along with 20 GB 4G data and unlimited data usage at night. The pack also offers use of 40 GB data across JioNet Hotspot and adds subscription to Jio Apps that makes the total complimentary offer worth Rs 18,000 as per Reliance.

Airtel on the other hand is offering iPhone 7 Plus and 7 users 10 GB free 4G/3G data usage every month for one year, under the myplan Infinity subscribers which ranges from Rs 949 per month to Rs 2,999 per month. This translates to 120 GB additional data during this period.

For the launch of iPhone 7 range, online retailers like Amazon were offering additional cash back on iPhone 7 purchases made with HDFC credit cards between October 1 and 5. Flipkart, too, offered Rs 10,000 cash back on purchases made using Citibank cards.

Some more exciting offers from Ecommerce majors

Amazon

Amazon has some exclusive offers on the following:

  • OnePlus3 (64 GB): Rs 27,999 – 5.5 inch screen, 6GB RAM, 820 Snapdragon processor, Optic AMOLED, 1920X1080 pixels with 401 ppi, 16 MP Sony camera, 3,000mAh battery.
  • Lenovo Z2 Plus (64 GB): Rs 19,999 – 5 inch screen, 4GB RAM, 820 Snapdragon, LTPS LCD screen with 1920×1080 pixels with 441 ppi, 13 MP camera, 3500mAh battery.
  • Moto G Play (16GB): Rs 8,999 – 5 inch screen, 2 GB RAM, 410 Snapdragon, 1280×720 pixels with 294 ppi, 8MP rear and 5MP front camera, 2,800mAh battery.

Flipkart

  • Moto X Play (32 GB): Rs 18,499 – 5.5. inch screen, 2 GB RAM, 615 Snapdragon, 21 MP Rear camera & 5 MP Front camera, 3630 mAh battery.
  • LeEco LeMax2 (32 GB): Rs 17,999 – 5.7 inch screen, 2 GB RAM, 820 Snapdragon, 21 MP Rear & 8MP Front camera, 3100mAh battery.
  • Samsung Galaxy J7-6 (16 GB): Rs 15,990 – 5.5 inch screen, S5E7870 (Exynos 7870) processor, 13 MP Rear & 5MP Front camera, 3300mAh battery.

Snapdeal

  • MI Max (32 GB): Rs 14,999 – 6.44 inch screen, 3 GB RAM, 1.8 GHz Hexa Core processor, 16 MP Rear & 5 MP Front camera, 4,850mAh battery.
  • Gionee Marathon M5 Lite (32 GB): Rs 12,000) – 5 inch screen, 3 GB RAM, 1.3 GHz quad core processor, 8 MP Rear & 5 MP Front camera, 4,000mAh battery.
  • HTC One X9 (32 GB): Rs 22,490 – 5.5 inch screen, 3 GB RAM, 1.9 MHz Mediatek Octa core processor, 13 MP Rear & 5 MP Front camera, 3,000 mAh battery.

Great offers are available with all online and multi-brand retailers to suit all budgets and specifications that a buyer could possibly want. So go out there and find the right gift to make this festival a memorable one!

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