Airtel Offers 4G Smartphone At Rs 1,399. Details Here

[abhi1276]

Story Highlights

• Bharti Airtel announces partnership with Karbonn Mobiles
• Airtel 4G smartphone to come bundled with monthly recharge of Rs 169
• Airtel plans to have more partnerships with handset makers

Bharti Airtel on Wednesday announced its partnership with handset maker Karbonn Mobiles to offer a 4G smartphone at an effective price of Rs 1,399. Offering the 4G smartphone device at "the price of a feature phone", telecom company Airtel said the Android-based device will come with a "full touch screen experience, dual SIM slots and access to all popular apps like YouTube, WhatsApp, and Facebook". In a press release dated October 11, Airtel said this is the first of several partnerships that it plans to have with mobile handset manufacturers "to bring highly affordable bundled 4G smartphone options to the market and fulfill the digital aspirations of millions of Indians".

Airtel said that the 4G smartphone - called Karbonn A40 Indian, at an effective price of Rs 1,399, will come bundled with a monthly recharge pack of Rs 169. The Rs 169 recharge pack, which offers data and calling benefits, is optional. "Limited stocks available. Rush to your nearest Karbonn retail store," Airtel said on its website - airtel.in.
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Airtel Offers 4G Smartphone At Rs 1,399. Details Here

 

[Jithin91]

Important Points:

Customer will need to make a down payment of Rs. 2,899 for the 4G smartphone and make 36 continuous monthly recharges of Rs. 169, Airtel said. The customer will get a cash refund of Rs. 500 after 18 months and another Rs. 1,000 after 36 months - taking the total cash benefit to Rs. 1,500. Nd thus make it to Rs. 1399

What if you don't opt for Rs. 169 bundled plan with Airtel's 4G smartphone

A customer not opting for the Rs. 169 bundled plan will have the flexibility of recharging the phone with a coupon of any denomination and validity as per individual requirements. "However, to claim the cash refund benefit, recharges worth Rs. 3,000 must be done within the first 18 months (to claim the first refund instalment of Rs. 500) and another Rs. 3,000 over the next 18 months (to claim the second refund instalment of Rs. 1000), Airtel added.

"The ownership of the smartphone is completely with the customer and there is no need to return the device to Airtel/Karbonn at any point to claim the cash benefit"

 

[Siva]

Good that they are at least saying this in advance!!

 

[Jithin91]

Good that they are at least saying this in advance!!

Very much True..
Announcing the Phone and taking almost 3 million pre-orders and publishing the T&C before 1 week of dispatch.. That's Jio..
Announcing the phone with T&C.. That's airtel.

atleast Jio should learn this from airtel

 

[Jithin91]

Read Full T&C: Terms And Conditions

 

[Arijit.]

Nice way to sell one of Karbonn's failed product...and whom they r getting help from...obviously Airtel...with a long T&C...1400mah battery won't even last for 3hrs..