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Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale Goes Live: All the Best Offers Today
Amazon Great Indian Festival 2021 sale – Best offers on mobile phones
Apple iPhone 11 (Rs. 38,999)
Apple’s iPhone 11 is down to Rs. 38,999 during Amazon Great Indian Festival 2021 sale. This is the lowest price we’ve seen on the 64GB variant since it launched in India. Amazon’s sale is also offering a bundled exchange offer that can further add an instant discount of up to Rs. 15,000 (depending on the phone brand and model, condition, and even your location) on the iPhone 11. Paying with an HDFC Bank card can fetch another 10 percent instant discount.
Buy now at: Rs. 38,999 (MRP Rs. 68,300)
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G (Rs. 36,990)
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G is down to its all-time low price of Rs. 36,990 (MRP Rs. 74,999) during Amazon’s Great Indian Festival 2021 sale this week. That’s a pretty decent discount on the Galaxy S20 FE 5G after its last price cut. The bundled exchange offer can further sweeten the deal by up to Rs. 15,000. Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G comes with Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC, and a triple rear camera setup.
Buy now at: Rs. 36,990 (MRP Rs. 74,999)
Apple iPhone XR (Rs. 32,999)
Apple’s iPhone XR is down to Rs. 32,999 (MRP Rs. 47,900) on Amazon during the Great Indian Festival 2021 sale this month. In case you’re looking to switch to iOS at a price point around Rs. 30,000, the iPhone XR is still a great device for you. Amazon’s Great Indian Festival sale in October comes with a bundled exchange offer worth up to Rs. 15,000 on the iPhone XR.
Buy now at: Rs. 32,999 (MRP Rs. 47,900)
Samsung Galaxy Note 20 (Rs. 44,990)
Amazon is offering the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 at Rs. 44,990 (MRP Rs. 86,000) during its Great Indian Festival sale this month. Galaxy Note 20 also comes with an exchange offer capped at Rs. 15,000 along with a no-cost EMI plan and HDFC Bank instant cashback offer. The smartphone is powered by Samsung’s Exynos 990 chipset, supported by 8GB of RAM. The phone comes with a 64-megapixel quad rear camera setup and a 10-megapixel front-facing camera.
Buy now at: Rs. 44,990 (MRP Rs. 86,000)
iQoo Z3 5G (Rs. 17,990)
Vivo sub-brand iQoo’s Z3 5G is currently selling at a discounted price of Rs. 17,990 for the 6GB RAM, 128GB storage variant. The phone is available with a series of interesting bundled offers including up to 9 months of no-cost EMI plans, free screen replacement coverage for six months, and a bundled exchange offer. iQoo Z3 5G is powered by Snapdragon 768G SoC, and comes with 55W FlashCharge support.
Buy now at: Rs. 17,990 (MRP Rs. 22,990)
Redmi Note 10 Pro (Rs. 16,499)
Xiaomi’s smartphones don’t really receive big discounts during promotional sales, but that’s probably because they’re already on the affordable side. The Redmi Note 10 Pro is now selling at a discounted price of Rs. 16,499 (MRP Rs. 19,999) on Amazon during the Great Indian Festival 2021 sale. The bundled exchange offer can knock off another Rs. 15,000 (maximum) if you’re looking to upgrade from an older smartphone. Redmi Note 10 Pro is powered by Snapdragon 732G, supported by 6GB of RAM.
Buy now at: Rs. 16,499 (MRP Rs. 19,999)
Amazon Great Indian Festival 2021 sale – Best deals on Amazon devices
Fire TV Stick (Rs. 2,199)
The Great Indian Festival 2021 sale is a good time to grab Amazon’s devices at discounted prices. If you’re buying a new TV this year or already have a dumb TV at home, make it into a smart one by installing the Fire TV Stick. Amazon is offering discounts on both the third-generation as well as the 4K version. The latest third-generation Fire TV Stick is down to Rs. 2,199 while the 4K version can be yours for just Rs. 2,999 this month. In any case, getting the latter makes more sense since it’s more powerful and usable when you choose to upgrade to a 4K TV later on (considering you don’t have one already).
Buy now at: Rs. 2,199 (starting price)
Kindle e-readers (Rs. 6,299)
If you love reading, you should grab a Kindle ebook reader. Amazon is offering discounts on its range of Kindle devices during the Great Indian Festival 2021 sale this month. The 10th generation Kindle is the most affordable of the lot, currently down to Rs. 6,299 (MRP Rs. 7,999) while the 10th generation Kindle Paperwhite is selling at a discounted price of Rs. 10,299) on the Great Indian Festival sale in October. The all-new Kindle Oasis 10th generation model is also down to Rs. 17,999 (MRP Rs. 21,999).
Buy now at: Rs. 6,299 (starting price)
Echo smart speakers
Amazon’s entire lineup of Echo smart speakers are selling at a discounted price during the Great Indian Festival sale in October. The key highlights are the Echo Show 5 (2021 model) selling at Rs. 3,999 (MRP Rs. 8,999) and the Echo Studio, which normally never gets a decent discount, is now selling at a low price of Rs. 17,999 (MRP Rs. 22,999). If you’re just starting with a smart home system, the Echo Dot 3rd generation is down to Rs. 1,999, and comes with a smart LED bulb too.
Buy now at: Rs. 1,999 (starting price)
Amazon Great Indian Festival October 2021 sale – Best deals on electronics
AirPods Pro (Rs. 16,990)
Now here’s a deal that might sell out by the time you read this! AirPods Pro are down to Rs. 16,990 on Amazon during the Great Indian Festival 2021 sale this month. This is one of the lowest price we’ve seen on these TWS earbuds this year. The bundled HDFC Bank instant discount offer can further sweeten this amazing deal. In case the price kept you on the fence all this while, now is the time to claim the reward for your patience.
Buy now at: Rs. 16,990 (MRP Rs. 24,900)
Apple Watch SE (Rs. 19,900)
Another great deal during Amazon’s Great Indian Festival 2021 sale is the discount on the Apple Watch SE 40mm. The smartwatch is down to its lowest price since launch, currently selling at Rs. 19,900 (MRP Rs. 29,900). The 10 percent instant discount with HDFC Bank credit and debit cards is the icing on the cake. This deal may run out before you grab your breakfast.
Buy now at: Rs. 19,900 (MRP Rs. 29,900)
iPad Air 2020 (Rs. 42,900)
Apple’s iPad Air 2020 model is currently down to Rs. 42,900 (MRP Rs. 54,900). This is the lowest price we’ve seen on this iPad model since it launched in India. The iPad Air 2020 comes with Apple’s A14 Bionic chipset, and a 10.9-inch Liquid Retina display with True Tone.
Buy now at: Rs. 42,900 (MRP Rs. 54,900)
Samsung Galaxy Ear Buds Pro (Rs. 9,490)
Samsung Galaxy Ear Buds Pro TWS earphones are available at an effective price of Rs. 9,490 during Amazon’s Great Indian Festival 2021 sale this month. There’s a coupon worth Rs. 500 that you can claim on the product page to add the additional discount over the already-discounted price. Galaxy Ear Buds Pro earphones come with ‘intelligent’ ANC that promises to eliminate 99 percent of the nouse.
Buy now at: Rs. 9,490 (MRP Rs. 17,990)
Asus TUF Gaming F15 laptop (Rs. 56,990)
Eyeing a large gaming laptop this festive season? Asus’ TUG Gaming F15 laptop is down to Rs. 56,990 (MRP Rs. 84,990) during Amazon’s Great Indian Festival 2021 sale right now. There’s an exchange offer that can get you another instant discount worth up to Rs. 17,850. The laptop is powered by a 10th Gen Intel Core i5 processor, supported by 8GB of RAM. It comes with a 512GB SSD, and runs Windows 10 out of the box. For graphics, there’s an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 chipset with 4GB of video RAM.
Buy now at: Rs. 56,990 (MRP Rs. 84,990)
Jabra Elite 75t TWS earbuds(Rs. 7,999)
After last year’s deal on Elite 65t, Amazon is now offering the Jabra Elite 75t at a discounted price of Rs. 7,999 (MRP Rs. 15,999) during its Great Indian Festival sale this October. That’s a pretty decent price considering these earbuds come with ANC and promise a long battery life.
Buy now at: Rs. 7,999 (MRP Rs. 15,999)
Stay tuned to this page as we will regularly update this with the best tech deals during Amazon’s Great Indian Festival 2021 sale today.
“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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