Flipkart Republic Day Sale announced, set to Rival Amazon Great India Sale

Flipkart, one of the biggest E-commerce websites in India, has announced its Republic Day Sale. Flipkart's republic day sale starts just a day after Amazon revealed the dates of their Great Indian Sale. Amazon is known to be Flipkart's arch rival and one presently neck to neck in terms of popularity and retail figures for India. No surprise there that the dates of the sales by both websites are clashing. Flipkart's sale starts on January 21st and ends on January 23rd. On the other hand, Amazon's sale starts at the same time but ends a day later on January 24th. All the popular products ranging from smartphones, TVs, laptops and other electronics to fashion and home décor products will be available on discount in the Flipkart sale.

Flipkart Sale Offers on smartphones

Flipkart is offering great discounts on smartphones as part of its Republic Day sale. These offers include flagships as well as budget smartphones. The Pixel 2 XL will be available at Rs 48,999 which is after a discount of Rs 10,000 off on HDFC Bank credit card transactions, Samsung Galaxy S7 at Rs 26,990. There are also additional exchange discounts such as that of Rs 3,000 on Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 effectively, the sale price of Rs 29,999. Many devices such as the Honor 9 Lite, which have been teased for a couple of weeks now will be launched as part of the Republic Day sale. Flipkart says “stay tuned for more” deals on premium phones. This leads to the expectation of more discounts and offers on the high-end smartphone segment to be revealed in the upcoming days.

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In the budget segment, the Samsung Galaxy On Nxt 64GB variant will be available for Rs 10,999 and the 16GB variant will be available at 9,999. This means they will be getting a discount of Rs 7,000 from their original launch price. There are other offers such as Xiaomi Redmi Note 4(4GB RAM variant) at Rs 10,999, Lenovo K8 Plus at Rs 8,999, Moto G5 Plus (4GB RAM variant) at Rs 10,999 and Smartron t.phone P at RS 7,999. The Flipkart sale will also offer the Infinix Note 4 at Rs. 7,999 and the Panasonic Eluga A3 at Rs 6,499. iVoomi i1 and iVoomi i1s will also be available at Rs 5,999 and Rs 7,499 respectively.

Other Offers on Flipkart Sale

Offers on other electronics such as laptops, TVs and other electronics have not been revealed yet. Flipkart will be unveiling more offers as the days go by. Citibank credit and debit cardholders will get 10 percent cash back on the sale. The complete terms and conditions haven't been yet revealed by CitiBank.

Flipkart will be offering some offers it is calling Grab or Gone deals. These are limited-time offers.Also, there will be offers bringing the price of the product down to Rs 690 and offer a minimum of 69-percent off on select products. This is to commemorate India’s 69th Republic Day.