Samsung has slashed the price of its
2013 flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S
in India. The Samsung Galaxy S4 will be
officially available via dealers at Rs.
17,999, compared to the previous price
tag of Rs. 21,900 - a price cut of Rs.
3,900.
At the time of writing, the official
Samsung online store still listing the old
price of Rs. 21,900. However, NDTV
Gadgets has learnt Samsung has
communicated the new dealer price of Rs
17,999 to its offline retailers and the ne
price should soon reflect on the
company's official India e-store as well.
(Also see : Samsung Galaxy S4 vs. Samsung Galaxy S5 )
To recall, Samsung launched the Galaxy
S4 in 2013 at a premium price of Rs.
41,500. The handset started receiving
Android 5.0 Lollipop update earlier this
month. The Android 5.0.1 Lollipop
update for the Exynos-based GT-I9500
variant rolled out over-the-air (OTA) and
was about 990MB in size. The update,
apart from bringing the Material Design
UI of Lollipop, featured Samsung's own
TouchWiz interface skinned on top, and
brings changes to the notification panel,
includes Guest mode, and adds Android
Smart Lock, apart from improving overal
performance, security and battery life.
Samsung last year slashed prices of
several Galaxy-series smartphones in
India including Samsung Galaxy Grand
Neo , Samsung Galaxy Grand 2, Samsun
Galaxy Ace NXT, Samsung Galaxy Star
Advance, Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo ,
Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo , and Samsung
Galaxy Note 3 Neo .
In October, Samsung slashed the price o
its 2014 flagship smartphone, the Galax
S5, alongside the LTE-variant of the
handset. The Samsung Galaxy S5 price
was slashed to Rs. 37,500 while the
Samsung Galaxy S5-LTE price was
reduced to Rs. 40,300.
At the time of writing, the Samsung
Galaxy S5 is available at Rs. 32,900
while the LTE-variant is not listed on th
company's India e-store.
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