ET BureauNEW DELHI: Homebred smartphone maker Micromax has already sold about 20,000 units of its first Android One smartphone, Canvas A1, through the Amazon website after it went on sale a day earlier, while the device, along with a similar one from Spice, is already available on resale sites such as eBay, Quikr and OLX.
Micromax’s Canvas A1 was sold out within a few hours of the start of sale at 3 pm on Monday, though Karbonn and Spice’s Android One devices – which also started selling at the same time on Snapdeal and Flipkart respectively – were still available on the ecommerce websites. Karbonn and Spice didn’t say how many devices they had sold till now.
While Karbonn’s Sparkle V and Spice’s Dream UNO Mi-498 were listed with Rs6,399 price tags, Micromax, India’s second largest smartphone vendor, was selling Canvas A1 at Rs6,499, bundled with an Airtel data plan. Karbonn is India’s third largest.
A search on online retail platforms ebay, OLX and Quikr threw up several sellers across the country, including Chattisgarh, Mumbai, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, offering sealed or unopened Canvas A1 Android One and Spice’s Android One Dream UNO handsets at prices ranging between Rs 5,800 to Rs 8,000.
Google has initially tied up with the three handset vendors for the Android One project who had launched their respective Android One smartphones yesterday, through their exclusive tie-ups with the ecommerce websites. The phones will be available through the traditional retail channels soon.
Apart from the Android One devices, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi’s popular Mi3 and Redmi 1S smartphones are also available on these three sites at up to Rs 19,000 (original price Rs13,999) and Rs 11,000 (original price Rs5,999) respectively.
Xiaomi also has an exclusive agreement with Flipkart to sell all of its devices only through the e-commerce website. While the company has temporarily stopped selling Mi3, citing supply issues, demand for the Redmi has also far exceeded supply. Xiaomi is slated to sell another 40,000 units of Redmi 1S at 2 pm today.
Micromax’s Canvas A1 was sold out within a few hours of the start of sale at 3 pm on Monday, though Karbonn and Spice’s Android One devices – which also started selling at the same time on Snapdeal and Flipkart respectively – were still available on the ecommerce websites. Karbonn and Spice didn’t say how many devices they had sold till now.
While Karbonn’s Sparkle V and Spice’s Dream UNO Mi-498 were listed with Rs6,399 price tags, Micromax, India’s second largest smartphone vendor, was selling Canvas A1 at Rs6,499, bundled with an Airtel data plan. Karbonn is India’s third largest.
A search on online retail platforms ebay, OLX and Quikr threw up several sellers across the country, including Chattisgarh, Mumbai, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, offering sealed or unopened Canvas A1 Android One and Spice’s Android One Dream UNO handsets at prices ranging between Rs 5,800 to Rs 8,000.
Google has initially tied up with the three handset vendors for the Android One project who had launched their respective Android One smartphones yesterday, through their exclusive tie-ups with the ecommerce websites. The phones will be available through the traditional retail channels soon.
Apart from the Android One devices, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi’s popular Mi3 and Redmi 1S smartphones are also available on these three sites at up to Rs 19,000 (original price Rs13,999) and Rs 11,000 (original price Rs5,999) respectively.
Xiaomi also has an exclusive agreement with Flipkart to sell all of its devices only through the e-commerce website. While the company has temporarily stopped selling Mi3, citing supply issues, demand for the Redmi has also far exceeded supply. Xiaomi is slated to sell another 40,000 units of Redmi 1S at 2 pm today.
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