Realme Cellphones to be available with Exciting Offers during the Flipkart and Amazon's second wave of festive sale

Offers exciting deals including 10% discount with Axis Bank Credit/ Debit cards on Realme 2 and Realme 2 Pro

Realme 1 variants with 4GB RAM | 64GB storage and 6GB RAM | 128GB storage will be given away at INR 9990 and INR 11990 respectively

Realme, the smartphone brand that specializes in providing high quality products for youth, is all set for the second Big Billion Days sale. The ‘Proud to be Young’ brand recently created a milestone by selling 1 Million devices during the first round of Big Billion Days sale on Flipkart, this festive season. The brand is again geared up to create another mile stone by opening sale for the much loved devices Realme 2, Realme 2 Pro and Realme C1 on Flipkart with No EMI cost. Realme 2 and Realme 2 Pro will come with an attractive 10% discount offers with Axis Bank Credit and Debit cards.

Speaking on the success Realme has witnessed so far, Madhav Sheth, Chief Executive Officer, Realme India, said, “After witnessing a huge success by selling 1 million devices in the last Big Billion Days sale, we are now determined to create another milestone with another 1 million stocks ready for our fans. Realme offering multiple devices in all segments with best features, we are very confident that Realme will keep achieving multiple milestones going forward.”

Realme’s first ever device Realme 1 will be again open for sale on Amazon during it’s Great Indian Festival. Realme 1 variants with 4GB RAM | 64GB storage and 6GB RAM | 128GB storage will be given away at INR 9990 and INR 11990 respectively. With the Helio P60 and 6RAM+128ROM, Realkme 1 is a strong device with the most powerful performance under 12K segment. The offers will be available from 24th to 28th October on Amazon's Great Indian Festival.

Realme C1, the king of entry-level smartphones, will be open for sale on October 24, 2018 from 12:00 Noon onwards. The smartphone is the first device to have a notch full screen in its price segment and has a 6.2-inch super large screen. The device has been priced at INR 6,999/-.

Selling 1 Million devices in just 40 days, Realme 2 has created a specific space for itself in the market having the highest rating in 10K segment on Flipkart. The customer favorite smartphone with shiniest diamond cut design and the full notch screen will go on sale fro 00:00 Hours (October 10 midnight) on October 24.

With ‘Max Power, Max Style’ proposition, Realme 2 Prio has become a benchmark in the mid-range segment. The flagship device of the young brand will go on sale from October 24, at 00:00 Hours (October 10 midnight) onwards. Realme 2 Pro is equipped with up to 8GB RAM and 128GB ROM, and supports 256GB microSD card extension. It comes with LPDDR4X four-channel memory, that increases the processing frequency, consumes 40% less power, starts apps faster, and runs multiple apps smoothly. With 128 GB storage users can access 27000 photos or 200+ movies in this phone.

Offers	Realme 2 Pro	Realme 2	Realme C1
10% Discount on Axis Bank cards	Yes	Yes	No
Complete mobile protection	Rs.99	Rs.99	Rs.99
Buyback guarantee	70%	50% for all brands	No
No-cost EMI	Yes	Yes	Yes
Jio offer	Up to Rs.4450	Up to Rs.4200	Up to Rs.4450
Exchange offer	Minimum Rs.500 for all brands	Minimum Rs.500 for all brands	No
Free case cover and screen protector	Yes	Yes	Yes

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Airtel customers to get Rs 2000 cashback on purchase of new 4G smartphones

Airtel India today followed the footsteps of Reliance JIO and announced Rs 2000 cashback on purchase of new 4G smartphones. The cashback will be credited in user's MyAirtel app in form of 50 Rs coupons, 40 in number. 

These digital coupons can be redeemed on subsequent recharges on select prepaid packs of Rs. 199 & above or postpaid bill payment of Rs. 399 & above. Vani Venkatesh, Chief Marketing Officer said, “As customers upgrade their smartphone this festive season, we want to delight them with exclusive benefits under our recently launched customer program #AirtelThanks. We invite all our customers to make the most of the offer.”

Customers can buy the new 4G smartphone from any online or offline store. To avail the offer, customer will have to insert a 4G SIM in a new 4G smartphone on or before October 31, 2018. The coupons will auto-apply on every subsequent recharge or bill payment via My Airtel App and will be valid only for the first 40 months of being credited to the customer’s account. Only one coupon can be availed at the time a recharge or bill payment. For more details, log on to www.airtel.in

#AirtelThanks is Airtel’s biggest customer program which aims to delight its valued customers with exclusive benefits. Under the program, Airtel mobile and home broadband customers will get access to privileged benefits including premium content, offers on devices and red carpet customer care. The benefits will be digitally delivered through MyAirtel App, Airtel TV & Wynk Music 

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Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing is back with second edition of Pen to Publish Contest

Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) Pen to Publish Contest which celebrates the work of self-published authors, across all genres, will launch its second edition this year. The contest will be bigger than ever as it is now open to writers in Hindi and Tamil languages in addition to English. Winning authors in each language for long-form content (more than 10,000 words) will receive a prize of ₹5 lakh and a merchandising deal for the winning work, as well as 1-on-1 mentoring by a popular author.

Additionally, the contest will also accept entries for short-form content (between 2000 to 10,000 words) in Hindi, Tamil and English languages. Winners in the short-form segment, one for each language, will win ₹50,000 each. All shortlisted finalists across both forms of contents win a Kindle E-reader. To participate, authors need to publish their original and new work through Kindle Direct Publishing on Amazon.in from 10^th November 2018 to 9^th February 2019.

In addition to customer feedback, contest entries will be judged on creativity, originality and quality of writing. Up to 5 finalists will be short-listed for each language and content form combination, and one winner will be selected from each segment. The judging panel for the contest includes best-selling authors Ashwin Sanghi, Rashmi Bansal, Divya Prakash Dubey, Sundari Venkatraman and Pa Raghavan.

Sudha Nair, who won the contest last year has since published 3 more bestselling titles, says “The KDP Pen to Publish Contest has been a stepping stone in enabling me to take up writing as a full-time career. I believe that it will empower more writers sitting on the edge to turn their passion into a career.”

“After a successful first year, we are delighted to make the contest even bigger this year. This time, we aim to unearth great stories and storytellers in Hindi and Tamil languages too and make them available to readers across the world” said Sanjeev Jha, Director – Kindle Content, India. 

KDP is a fast, free and easy service for authors to self-publish their books in digital format to a global audience and receive up to 70% royalties on the sale of their eBooks. At present, nearly 20% of the Top 100 books on the India Kindle Store are self-published through KDP.

The contest is open for submissions of original and previously unpublished content across all genres in English, Hindi and Tamil languages. Participants need to visit kdp.amazon.com to self-publish their book on amazon.in while enrolling it in KDP Select program. All eBooks entering the contest will be available on Kindle as well as the free Kindle app for iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets, PC and Mac as well as Kindle E-readers. For more information, authors can visit www.amazon.in/pentopublish.

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SHINCO launches affordable Premium Smart range of 4K Ultra HD SMART LED TV’s with starting price of Rs 26,990

Videotex has announced its launch of  it’s new brand Shinco with a range of 4K Ultra HD Quantum Luminit SMART LED TV’s which comes with an enhancement in the Design industry, R & D functioning and Hardware-eminence with Ultra-slim screen fluency, for the Indian Consumers. The S43QHDR10 model of Shinco, is exclusively available on Paytm Mall (INR 26,990)(25% Cashback on Paytm) , the model S55QHDR10(INR 36,990) is exclusively available with Amazon and S50QHDR10(INR 29,990) is available on both Amazon and Paytm mall, embracing amazing cash backs on (PAYTM only) and No Cost EMI offers. The price range of the 4K Ultra HD SMART LED TV’s is from INR 26,990/ to INR 36,990/-, making Shinco as a stiff competition for other Domestic and Global Players. 

Shinco 4K Smart TVs

The range of 4K Ultra HD SMART LED TV’s - S43QHDR10, S50QHDR10, and S55QHDR10 - with cutting edge Quantum Luminit display is fused with a Wide Color Gamut that supports 95% NTSC and the HDR10 is available in 109cm (43 inches), 124cm (49 inches), and 140cm (55 inches) screen configurations respectively. This range further enhances picture quality and colour expression experience with the help of its 4K-HDR Technology to deliver a lifelike and awe-inspiring experience for the viewers. 

The range of 4K Ultra HD SMART LED TV’s is empowered with AI powered by SENSY. The Sensy TV guide Application installed in the Shinco Tv’s allows you to create a wall of moments as you view content from your Set-top box. From recently watched to upcoming movies, your favourite tv shows to your scintillating music, everything comes on your Smart TV, allowing you to operate your TV with just your tv remote, by fixing the detachable Sensy IR Cable, which comes along with the TV. This is not just it, Shinco has accomplished to root ‘Voice Recognition’ feature into the Smart TVs, that allows the users to command the TV via the Sensy App installed on the user’s smartphone. Speaking of the Remote, Shinco comes with an “Air Click Remote” designed with a QWERTY Keyboard, which allows seamless operations possibly from any corner of the room. 

Shinco’s TV model S43QHDR10 comes with Box Speakers and the Model Nos. S50QHDR10 and S55QHDR10 offer a Built-in Sound Bar powered with Boosted Tweeters- which simply raises the Bar of Sound with a cutting edge in the Domestic and Global Marketplace. Talking about memory capabilities, installation and downloading potentials on the part of users goes limitless in the presence of 1 GB RAM and 8 GB ROM. A click is all you need!

The 43 inch 49inch, 55 inch range of Shinco Smart TVs operates using Android 7.0 Nougat which allows the customers to explore the internet be it videos, applications, music, and other online content. Shinco enhances not only the user experience but also the size of viewing from a 6 inches mobile screen to now the 43 inch ,49inch, 55 inch tv screen vieiwing, be it Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar and other similar entertainment applications as a soothing sight for the eyes. 

Having a network of more than 800+ service centres, Shinco offers its services PAN India. The 'Shinco' app is available on Google Play Store allowing you to easily drop-in a request for installation/repair of your device or register your product online. The app also helps you find a service centre near you and contact an agent for fast repair turn-around.

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ASUS set to launch its latest flagship Zenfone 5Z on July 4 in India: Specifications and Price Expectations

ASUS has started sending out media invites for its much awaited Zenfone 5Z Flagship smartphone. The smartphone is marketed with a tag line of "Flagship Redefined". The smartphone will be exclusively available on Flipkart .  The device is said to be running on Qualcomm's powerful Snapdragon 845 Chipset with Artificial Intelligence Engine, the same processor which powers mighty OnePlus 6 . 

ASUS Zenfone 5Z

What is known about device:

Apart from powerful processor, the device is known to be sporting a 6.2 inch Full HD+ display i.e. 2246x1080 resolution, with extremely thin bezels and having a notch as per latest trend. The display is protected by 2.5D curved Corning Gorilla Glass. The body is entirely covered with Glass, and is likely to attract more customers for its aesthetic appeal. 

In global market the device has three variants for RAM/Storage viz. 4 GB/64 GB , 6 GB/128 GB and 8 GB/256 GB. It is not known as of now about what variants will see the light of Indian markets. 

On the camera department ASUS is banking on with AIE engine of Snapdragon 845 which is utilized in imaging department as the device is also promoted with tagline "AI Cameras that Think for you". By now you might have already guessed that the device comes with Dual Cameras at rear. One Primary 16 MP sensor with f/1.7 aperture supported by 13 MP dual pixel sensor with f/1.8 aperture. The camera is also loaded with PDAF, OIS and LED flash support.  On front there is an 8 MP camera with f/2.0 aperture.

The device runs on ASUS ZenUI5 on top of Android Oreo and comes with a plenty of apps pre-installed. This is one thing which takes the device a step backwards to pre Zenfone Max Pro M1 era, where first thing to complain about ASUS devices was its own UI and bloatware apps. The ASUS Zenfone 5Z comes with 3300 mAH battery with AI and scheduled charging support for battery protection.

Price Expectations: As per the specifications and design language of the device it certainly comes in league of Flagship devices of today and expected to bear a starting price tag of 31000 Rs to 33000 Rs. 

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