Flipkart's 'Big Shopping Days' teasers included the OnePlus 3 for under Rs. 20,000, much to company founder Carl Pei's surprise. OnePlus' devices have so far been exclusive to Amazon India.
Flipkart is hosting its 'Big Shopping Days' sale from December 18 to 21 and ahead of the event, the e-commerce platform is teasing OnePlus 3 on its shopping platform. In a sneak peek, Flipkart is teasing OnePlus 3 at a price lower than 20,000 but the smartphone is available only on Amazon India.
OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei expressed his surprise by directly tweeting to Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal but neither Flipkart nor its founders have offered any explanation. We reached out to OnePlus India where the company spokesperson confirmed that OnePlus 3 and the newly launched OnePlus 3T will remain Amazon exclusive and they have no plans to make the device available on Flipkart. For now, it remains a mystery how Flipkart plans to sell a device available only on Amazon India.
Flipkart has also put out a landing page for OnePlus 3 soft gold variant where it is listed at Rs 27,999. It is likely that under Rs 20,000 teaser could be inclusive of cashback and other exchange offers.
In a statement, OnePlus India says the company "is focused on creating premium flagship smartphones. We have an exclusive partnership with Amazon in India. We advice customers to purchase OnePlus products only through official channels as we cannot guarantee the authenticity of the products sold elsewhere."
OnePlus 3 is one of the most important smartphone launches this year. In our review, we noted how good the smartphone is for its sub-Rs 30K price range. OnePlus recently announced updated version of OnePlus 3 dubbed OnePlus 3T with Snapdragon 821 processor and 3400mAh battery. OnePlus has already killed OnePlus 3 in the US and European markets and it plans to continue selling OnePlus 3 here and will eventually shift focus to OnePlus 3T. OnePLus 3T is priced at Rs 29,999 for the 64GB variant while the 128GB storage model costs Rs 34,999.
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