How to Become 'Smart' During Festivals?
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COVER STORY How to Become ‘SMArt’ DURING FESTIVALS? On This Festive Season Take A Look on schemes and offers On These Smartphones – Jyoti Bhagat [email protected] he mobile companies in India have announced • Flipkart offer: if an individual buys the phone on the exciting festive offer for its smart phones. Flipkart, he will get a guaranteed exchange value by This offer is available mostly in online shopping paying a token Rs 9. Twebsites like Amazon, flipkart and different • In case of the buyer wishes to exchange the iPhone cash back platforms. Hence With festive season around 8 Plus (64 GB) for another Apple handset within six- the corner, every handset manufacturer is trying to entice eight months he will get a Rs 38,000 credit. more and more customers with discount coupons, gift • An exchange happening in a 9-12 month period will assurance and much more. fetch Rs 30,000, while between 12-15 months the credit would be Rs 23,000, BS reported. Apple iPhone iphone 8 Plus (64 GB) has been priced at a whopping Rs The newest offering from technology giant Apple is the 73,000. ‘iPhone 8’--, online retailers, Citibank and Jio, Flipkart and Amazon have lined up impressive exchange and Other top deals on iphone buyback deals. Items Paytm Mall Amazon Flipkart Apple iPhone 6 32GB 19,476 19,499 25,398 Apple iPhone 7 32GB 37,490 37,499 37,499 Apple iPhone 7 Plus 128 GB 45,490 58,499 55,499 Apple Macbook Air 42,499 46,490 48,490 MQD32HN/A Apple Macbook Air 62,899 70,490 70,490 MQD42HN/A Xiaomi Xiaomi has allredy started selling its products through offline retail outlets and its own branded stores, but the With the Reliance Jio offer, if one purchases an Apple focus on online market still remains strong. After the iPhone 8 (64 GB) at a price of Rs 64,000, the consumer will get around Rs 39,500 if he upgrades to the new model within a year. Jio has come up with a Rs 799 a month plan for the new iPhone that buyers need to take if they want to avail the Jio iPhone 8 offer. Top Deals • CitiBank offer: flat Rs 10,000 cashback on the new iPhone available for pre-booking, the cheapest offer. • Reliance Jio offer: 70 percent of the iPhone’s value (before tax) if you upgrade to a new one within a year. • Jio has come up with a Rs 799 a month plan for the new iPhone that buyers need to take if they want to avail the Jio iPhone 8 offer. 20 PCQUEST OCTOBER 2017 pcquest.com twitter.com/pcquest facebook.com/pcquest linkd.in/pcquest [email protected] recently concluded Big Billion Days sale by Flipkart and Moving away from the flagship range to the mid- Great Indian Festival sale by Amazon, Xiaomi has recently range smartphones, Samsung Galaxy On Max isavailable come up with a three-day Diwali with Mi sale (27-29 at Rs. 15,900, Rs. 1,000 discount from usual price of Rs. September) on its own online store Mi.com offering 16,900, as part of the sale. On the other hand, the 64GB discounts on smartphones. Besides direct discounts, variant of the company’s Galaxy on Nxt smartphone is there are plenty of other deals which can save you a few available with a Rs. 2,000 discount at Rs. 13,900 as a part bucks. SBI credit and debit card users will get an extra of this sale. There will be an additional 5 percent discount 5% cashback on transactions of more than Rs8,000. The for the ICICI credit card holders who would purchase bid to win offer allows users to bid for a product (the bid these handsets as part of this sale. cannot be more than the actual price of the product) and Jumping into the budget range, the Galaxy On7 Pro take away a product at a lower price. Xiaomi is also giving and the Galaxy J3 Pro smartphones are available as part away discount coupons of up to Rs500 on accessories of this sale at Rs. 7,590 and Rs. 7,090 compared with bough through the Mi shopping app. the usual prices of Rs. 8,990 and Rs. 7,990 respectively. The Galaxy On7 and Galaxy On5 Pro smartphones are Top deals available at Rs. 6,590 and Rs. 6,490, compared with usual • Amazon, Flipkart, Tata Cliq, Paytm Mall, Mi.com, and prices of Rs. 7,200 and Rs. 7,490 as part of Samsung Shop Mi partner stores. Anniversary Sale. The Galaxy On5 can be purchased at Rs. • Redmi Note 4- Rs 10,999 (earlier Rs 12,999) – 5,990, discounted from usual price of Rs. 6,900, as part of • Redmi 4- Rs 9,499 (Rs 10,999) the sale. • Mi Max 2- Rs 14,999 (earlier Rs 16,999) • Details of offers on Xiaomi smartphones: Top Deals • Redmi Note 4 (3GB + 32GB); (4GB + 64GB) will get a Items Paytm Mall Amazon Flipkart price drop of INR 1,000 and INR 2,000 respectively and Samsung Galaxy J3 Pro 6,381 6,381 - will be available for INR 9,999 and INR 10,999. Samsung Galaxy J3 Pro (2 GB RAM 6,381 38,400 6,381 • Redmi 4 (3GB + 32GB); (4GB + 64GB) will get a price & 16GB ROM) drop of INR 500 and INR 1,500 respectively and will be Samsung Note 5 34,400 - 38,399 available for INR 8,499 and INR 9,499. Samsung A9 Pro 21,755 21,490 22,900 • Mi Max 2 (4GB + 32GB); (4GB + 64GB) will get a price drop of INR 2,000 each and will be available for INR Intex Mobiles 12,999 and INR 14,999 respectively. Intex Comes with Extensive Offers this Festive Season for Consumers. The brand has come up with discounts, Samsung exchange offers and attractive deals. Samsung is offering Galaxy S8+ smartphone (4GB RAM Intex has recently partnered with Reliance Jio to variant) at Rs. 60,900 and the Galaxy S8 at Rs. 53,900 as provide additional 25GB 4G data to its 4G smartphone part of its Samsung Shop Anniversary Sale. Notably, apart users. The 25GB free data will be spaced out as 5GB per from the price cut, the company is also offering Rs. 4,000 recharge for a maximum of five recharges. Users will have additional discount for HDFC Bank credit card holders on to recharge with Reliance Jio’s Rs 309 plan or above. the purchase of these handsets. Note, the offer for these Intex has a host of affordable 4G VoLTE-enabled two smartphones is identical to the Navratras Special phones, which start for as low as Rs 4,000. In fact 4G VoLTE Offer unveiled last month. capabilities is now available across feature phones as well pcquest.com twitter.com/pcquest facebook.com/pcquest linkd.in/pcquest [email protected] OCTOBER 2017 PCQUEST 21 COVER STORY thanks to Reliance Jio JioPhone. The one of a kind feature six recharges of Rs 309 or above. Additionally, Gionee has phone is effectively free, supports 4G VoLTE, and comes partnered with Paytm to give users two Paytm cash back pre-loaded with Jio’s suite of apps. vouchers worth Rs 250 each on a minimum purchase of Rs 350 from Paytm Mall. Top Deals • Turbo+ 4G feature phone at Rs 1,999. Top Deals • Turbo+ 4G offer similar features as that of JioPhone. • Festive discount- worth Rs 3,000 on its flagship smart- It packs a 2.4-inch QVGA display, and runs KaiOS phone, A1 software. Intex Turbo+ 4G is powered by a dual-core • Customers buying the A1 smartphone on Reliance Jio processor with 512MB RAM and 4GB internal storage network can also get additional 60 GB 4G data on first (expandable up to 32GB). There’s a 2MP rear camera, time recharge of Rs 309. and a VGA camera on the front. It is backed by a 2,000 • The handset maker has also joined hands with Paytm mAh battery. to offer 2 cash back vouchers worth Rs 250. • Gionee users will get two Paytm cash back vouchers Mobiles: Diwali worth Rs 250 each on a minimum purchase of Rs 350 Product Offer from Paytm Mall. Feature Phones 180 days replacement Panasonic Select Smartphones 1 year screen replacement warranty The festive season for Panasonic has already begun with Intex with RJio 1. 5GB data with Recharge of ₹309 and above Onam and the brand is receiving a very encouraging 2. 25GB 4G data over next 5 recharges w.e.f response. The company is targeting targeting a growth of Sept 8 20% sales during this period and plans to introduce eight new smartphones, 360 degree marketing campaigns Gionee focused towards ATL, BTL and digital will be seen around Gionee is now offering a special festive discount worth Rs the same. 3,000 on its flagship smartphone, A1, which is now priced at Rs 16,999. Customers buying the A1 smartphone on Reliance Jio network can also get additional 60 GB 4G data on first time recharge of Rs 309. The handset maker has also joined hands with Paytm to offer 2 cash back vouchers worth Rs 250. Customers buying the A1 smartphone on Reliance Jio network can also get additional 60 GB 4G data on first time recharge of Rs 309. The handset maker has also joined hands with Paytm to offer 2 cash back vouchers worth Rs 250.