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Amazon Great Freedom Festival Sale: Best Deals on Smartphones and Gadgets
Amazon has teamed up with SBI Card to offer 10 percent instant discount to the bank’s credit card users (maximum Rs. 1,750). Below, you will find the best handpicked deals and offers available on tech products today so that you can get shopping without wasting any time. In case you missed out on the Prime Day sale last month, Great Freedom Festival sale is a good time to grab electronics at a discounted price.
Amazon Great Freedom Festival 2021 sale – Best offers on mobile phones
iPhone 11 (Rs. 49,999)
Apple iPhone 11 is down to Rs. 49,999 (MRP Rs. 54,900) during Amazon’s Great Freedom Festival 2021 sale in India this week. This is slightly higher than the Prime Day deal, but still worth it if you consider the available bundled offers. Amazon’s bundled exchange offer can further sweeten the deal by up to Rs. 13,400. You can also opt for a no-cost EMI payment option, available with major credit card providers.
Buy now at: Rs. 49,999 (MRP Rs. 54,900)
iPhone 12 (Rs. 67,999)
Amazon Great Freedom Festival sale brings a discount on the iPhone 12, currently selling at Rs. 67,999 (MRP Rs. 79,900). The only catch is that you may have to wait since some models will only arrive in stock a bit later. But if you want to lock in a decent price now, this is a pretty sweet offer. Amazon is offering up to Rs. 13,400 as an additional instant discount if you swap your old smartphone with your purchase.
Buy now at: Rs. 67,999 (MRP Rs. 79,900)
OnePlus 9 5G (Rs. 45,999)
Amazon Great Freedom Festival sale isn’t offering a direct discount on the OnePlus 9 5G, but you can simply tap on a simple checkbox-based coupon on the page, and receive a discount of Rs. 4,000 at checkout. You can also exchange your current smartphone and receive another instant discount worth up to Rs. 13,400. SBI credit cardholders can avail of an additional 10 percent instant discount.
Buy now at: Rs. 45,999 (effective after coupon)
Samsung Galaxy Note 20 (Rs. 54,999)
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 20 (8GB, 256GB) is currently selling at a discounted price of Rs. 54,999 (MRP Rs. 86,000) on Amazon during the Great Freedom Festival sale this week. Amazon is also offering a no-cost EMI payment option and an exchange offer capped at Rs. 13,400 with the Galaxy Note 20. The smartphone is powered by Samsung’s Exynos 990 SoC, and comes with a 64-megapixel triple rear camera setup.
Buy now at: Rs. 54,999 (MRP Rs. 86,000)
Nokia G20 (Rs. 11,990)
Nokia G20 can be purchased at an effective price of Rs. 11,990 during Amazon’s Great Freedom Festival 2021 sale this week. Amazon is offering a coupon worth Rs. 1,000 that will be applied automatically at checkout once you tap on the coupon checkbox while adding the phone to your shopping cart. Nokia G20 comes with a large 6.5-inch display, and a 48-megapixel quad rear camera setup.
Buy now at: Rs. 11,990 (effective after coupon)
Amazon Great Freedom Festival 2021 sale – Best offers on Amazon devices
Fire TV Stick (Rs. 2,799)
Amazon’s ongoing Independence Day special sale is the perfect time to grab Amazon devices at discounted prices. The company’s made-in-India Fire TV Stick (3rd generation, 2021) is now down to Rs. 2,799 (MRP Rs. 4,999). You also receive additional discounts on OTT subscriptions worth up to Rs. 2,000. Fire TV Stick lets you convert your existing TV into a smart one, by simply plugging it into an HDMI port of your TV. You can stream content from almost all major streaming services.
Buy now at: Rs. 2,799 (MRP Rs. 4,999)
Kindle ebook readers (Starting at Rs. 6,799)
If you love reading books, you’ve got to buy a Kindle for yourself. Amazon Great Freedom Festival sale offers include major Kindle models as well. The 10th generation Kindle with a 6-inch display and built-in light is currently down to Rs. 6,799 while the 10th generation Kindle Paperwhite model can be yours for as low as Rs. 10,499. Paying with an SBI Bank credit card will fetch you another 10 percent instant discount.
Buy now at: Rs. 6,799 (MRP Rs. 7,999) and Rs. 10,499 (MRP Rs. 12,999)
Amazon Great Freedom Festival sale – Best offers on electronics
Apple Watch SE (Rs. 25,900)
Apple Watch SE is down to Rs. 25,900 (MRP Rs. 29,900) during Amazon’s Great Freedom Festival 2021 sale in India. SBI credit cardholders can avail of an additional 10 percent instant discount on their purchase, further bringing down the effective price. Apple Watch SE was launched alongside Apple Watch Series 6, and is powered by Apple’s S5 processor.
Buy now at: Rs. 25,900 (MRP Rs. 29,900)
Sony WH-1000XM3 wireless headphones (Rs. 17,990)
Sony’s popular WH-1000XM3 wireless headphones are again down to Rs. 17,990 (MRP Rs. 29,990) during Amazon’s Great Freedom Festival 2021 sale in India this week. This is the lowest price we’ve seen on these popular wireless headphones. Sony WH-1000XM3 features active noise cancellation and Amazon Alexa integration. This is similar to the Prime Day sale offer we saw last month.
Buy now at: Rs. 17,990 (MRP Rs. 29,990)
Apple AirPods Pro (Rs. 17,999)
In case you missed previous sales, Apple AirPods Pro TWS earbuds are again down to Rs. 17,999 on Amazon during the Great Freedom Festival 2021 sale this week. The SBI Card bundled offer can further bring down the price by 10 percent.
Buy now at: Rs. 17,999 (MRP Rs. 24,900)
Apple Watch Series 6 (Rs. 41,900)
Apple Watch Series 6 (GPS + cellular) is down to its lowest price in India since its launch. The smartwatch is now selling at a discounted price of Rs. 41,900 (MRP Rs. 52,900). If you’re looking for a smartwatch to pair with your iPhone, with all the bells and whistles, this is the one to go for.
Buy now at: Rs. 41,900 (MRP Rs. 52,900)
Apple iPad Air 2020 (Rs. 47,900)
Apple’s iPad Air 2020 model is down to Rs. 47,900 (MRP Rs. 54,900) on Amazon during the Great Freedom Festival 2021 sale this week. The iPad Air 2020 is powered by Apple’s A14 Bionic chipset and comes with a 10.9-inch display.
Buy now at: Rs. 47,900 (MRP Rs. 54,900)
HP Pavilion 15-inch gaming laptop (Rs. 66,490)
HP Pavilion Gaming 15.6-inch laptop is down to Rs. 66,490 (MRP Rs. 77,549) during the Amazon Great Freedom Festival sale this week. The laptop comes with a bundled exchange offer that can take off another Rs. 18,150 (maximum) from the listed price. The laptop is powered by AMD Ryzen 5-4600H, supported by 8GB of RAM. It comes with a 1TB hard drive and a 256GB SSD, and runs Windows 10 out of the box.
Buy now at: Rs. 66,490 (MRP Rs. 77,549)
“At Xbox, we believe that with better tools, creators can make even more extraordinary games,” Haiyan Zhang, GM, Xbox Gaming AI, said in a blog post. “This partnership will bring together: Inworld’s expertise in working with generative AI models for character development, Microsoft’s cutting-edge cloud-based AI solutions including Azure OpenAI Service, Microsoft Research’s technical insights into the future of play, and Team Xbox’s strengths in revolutionizing accessible and responsible creator tools for all developers.”
The aforementioned AI design copilot is a toolset that will help game designers turn prompts into scripts and dialogue trees. In contrast, the character runtime will enable dynamically generated plot beats and quests. We’ve already seen heavy AI integration in games by way of procedural generation — a more recent example being the 1000+ planets in Starfield. Not to mention, enemy AI has been around for way longer.
Inworld made headlines in August when it launched a modded story mode for Grand Theft Auto V, Sentient Streets, in which players had to investigate the rise of a bizarre AI-worshipping cult — a segment loaded with characters that spoke in AI-generated dialogue, on the fly. The mod was later taken down by publisher Take-Two, leaving a permanent strike on the creator Bloc’s YouTube channel. As per The Verge, Inworld’s AI technology can also be used for narration in top-down RPGs to warn players about any events awaiting off-screen and respond to questions like we’ve seen in the past year with AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Bing Chat. Microsoft has also been heavily banking on artificial intelligence, having made a $10 billion (about Rs. 83,254 crore) investment in OpenAI. The company has also integrated AI tools into its popular suite of services and also added an AI copilot to Windows.
Despite being a Microsoft-affiliated AI toolset, it would be interesting to see whether titles using them will be allowed to thrive on other platforms. In July, Valve claimed that it would be cracking down on games that included AI-generated assets if the developer didn’t own the copyright to the piece of art. For the uninitiated, when you insert a prompt to create something in AI, the software simply repurposes existing assets found online and mushes them together — basically stealing from other artists and writers without appropriate commercial licenses. Infringing them would lead to the game not being distributed on Steam, forcing the developers to seek proper licenses for the asset by reaching out to the AI companies involved. It’s unclear how Microsoft’s partnership will play out — as long as AI content is being used as a catalyst to innovate and create something new, it should be fine.
In a post on X shared by BSNL’s Andhra Pradesh (@bsnl_ap_circle) unit, the company confirmed that BSNL users can upgrade their older 2G or 3G SIMs to a 4G SIM for free. Not only will the upgrade be free, but a promotional image shared with the post suggests that users who opt for the upgrade will also receive 4GB of free data that will be valid for three months. It is speculated that BSNL is aiming to boost its upcoming 4G services with this offer. The announcement was first spotted by Telecom Talk.
To access the free data offer and the free upgrade, BSNL users are requested to get in touch with executives at BSNL’s Customer Service Centre, franchisee or retailer stores, or contact one of their Direct Selling Agents (DSA). The promo image also adds in a finer print that the offer is available with certain terms and conditions, but hasn’t detailed any, so far.
Reliance’s Jio recently launched the 4G-supported Bharat B1 feature phone in India. The handset is priced at Rs. 1,299 in India. Alongside 4G connectivity, the phone comes with JioCinema and JioSaavn applications pre-installed.
The Jio Bharat B1 is equipped with the JioPay application, which is said to allow users to make UPI payments. Aiming to increase accessibility, the phone supports 23 languages overall, including multiple regional languages.
Realme, via Weibo, announced the arrival of the Realme GT 5 Pro in China. The display of the handset is confirmed to offer 3000 nits peak brightness. It has also been teased to offer heat dissipation with a surface area of around 10,000mm2. It is confirmed to ship with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC. The post doesn’t specify the exact launch date of the smartphone, however, given the release of the teasers, the launch could be just around the corner.
The Realme GT 5 Pro has been in the news a lot lately. It is expected to feature a 6.78-inch (1,264×2,780 pixels) AMOLED display and is tipped to come in 8GB, 12GB, and 16GB RAM options along with 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB inbuilt storage options.
For optics, the Realme GT 5 Pro is said to have a triple rear camera unit comprising two 50-megapixel sensors and an 8-megapixel shooter at the rear. The camera setup might include a Sony LYTIA LYT808 sensor, an OmniVision OV08D10 secondary sensor, and a Sony IMX890 telephoto sensor. For selfies, there could be a 32-megapixel sensor at the front. It is said to carry a 5,400mAh battery with support for 100W wired charging and 50W wireless charging.
The Realme GT 5 Pro is expected to come with upgrades over Realme GT 5. The latter was launched in China in August with a price tag of CNY 2,999 for the base model with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.
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