Airtel ties up with Karbonn to roll out 4G smartphones

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, November 16

The country’s largest telecom operator, Bharti Airtel, has partnered with Karbonn Mobiles to bring in two smartphones — A1 Indian and A41 Power — at an “effective price” of Rs 1,799 and Rs 1,849, respectively.

This is the second time Airtel has partnered with Karbonn to launch smartphones under the ‘Mera Pehla 4G Smartphone’ initiative aimed at providing affordable 4G smartphone to people seeking to move from feature phones to smartphones.

The Karbonn A1 Indian and Karbonn A41 Power smartphones, which have retail prices of Rs 4,390 and Rs 4,290, respectively, come bundled with a monthly pack of Rs 169 from Airtel, providing unlimited local and STD calls and 0.5GB of data per day, valid for 28 days.

To avail of the smartphone bundled with Airtel benefits, a customer needs to make a down payment of Rs 3,299 for A1 Indian and Rs 3,349 for A41 Power, respectively. The effective price of the smartphones is calculated after deducting the cashback from the principal amount.

Airtel said it was offering a cashback of Rs 1,500 on the two smartphones, subject to certain terms and conditions. To avail of the cashback, Airtel customers need to make 36 continuous monthly recharges of Rs 169. At the end of 18 months, the customer will get a cash refund of Rs 500 and another Rs 1,000 after 36 months, taking the cash benefit to Rs 1,500.