Another week, another set of festive sales. Flipkart and Amazon Diwali sales kicked off on October 14, with deals and discounts on smartphones, televisions, and other electronics. Usual suspects like cashback offers, exchange discounts, no cost EMIs, buyback guarantees etc. were of course there to make the deals sweeter. If we talk about the Flipkart sale offers[1], 64GB variants of iPhone 8[2] and iPhone 8 Plus[3] are available at Rs. 59,999 (MRP Rs. 64,000) and Rs. 67,999 (MRP Rs. 67,999), and Lenovo Z2 Plus[4] at Rs. 8,999 (MRP Rs. 17,999). The 40-inch Sony Bravia full HD LED smart TV[5] can be purchased at Rs. 44,998 (MRP Rs. 51,900), and Macbook Air 2017[6] at Rs. 49,990 (MRP Rs. 56,990).
As for the Amazon sale offers[7], the iPhone 7 32GB[8] variant is selling at Rs. 37,999 (MRP Rs. 49,000), Xiaomi Redmi 4 64GB[9] at Rs. 9,499 (MRP Rs. 10,999), and Asus ZenFone 3 32GB[10] at Rs. 10,999 (MRP Rs. 22,999). The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Wi-Fi version[11] is selling at Rs. 7,999 in the sale, while the Fire TV Stick[12] is up for grabs at Rs. 3,499, with additional Rs. 499 cashback if you are a Prime member. If you had your eye on OnePlus 5 64GB variant[13], the handset still costs Rs. 32,999, but there are bundled offers such as extra Rs. 4,000 off on exchanging an old smartphone, 12-month accidental damage insurance, Rs. 250 Amazon Pay cashback and no-cost EMI for 12 months.
Airtel announced a partnership this week with Karbonn[14], which brings down the effective price...