In an attempt to fend off the dangers posed by the novel coronavirus, India has been under lockdown for more than a month. Even the e-commerce setup based in the country was non-operational except for some essential goods involved. However, from the fourth of May, the Indian government has announced that relaxation will be given with regards to some essential products – and within this definition of the products can also be found purchasing of smartphones via online as well as offline retail stores. Smartphone sales resume on the other side of the border.
And following this rule, smartphones manufacturers in the country have started the process of selling their devices! Companies like Xiaomi, Realme, Vivo as well as Samsung have started the process of taking orders their respective online stores.
However for now, these brands won’t be fully operational as they will only be allowed to offer their services on regions that have been marked green and orange by the Indian government. The same rule also goes on to apply for Flipkart as well as Amazon India – both of whom have also resumed their respective services.
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Customers will have to enter their pin code in order to check on the availability of products that are based in their specific region. On top of this of course, the delivery for products may also be delayed.
Vivo has also introduced a new service thereby which users will be given the opportunity to order smartphones simple via SMS, which will be delivered by 20,000 retail stores that are found across the country. Also, some of the local retail mobile shops have also been reopened in several regions within the country.
Xiaomi also seems to be making its move as the company recently announced that it will be launching the Xiaomi Mi 10 in the country this coming Friday – the 8th of May.
