Google to offer android phone from India partners @ Rs 6399

Google's much-awaited Android One devices will be launched in India in a few hours from now. The company says that the first android phones from its India partners will be available at Rs 6,399. With this, the competition in the Indian smartphone market is set to heat up further as ecommerce giants Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal will be launching Google’s handsets today.

In June this year, the US-based tech giant had announced the ‘Android One’ initiative to bring in under-USD 100 handsets aimed at bringing the next one billion population to the Android operating system ecosystem.

While homegrown online marketplace majors Flipkart and Snapdeal will be exclusively selling Android One smartphones from Spice and Karbonn, respectively, US-based e-commerce giant Amazon’s Indian arm will sell handsets from Micromax. All the three handset makers have come out with teasers of their launch.

It is not the first time that device makers have partnered with e-commerce firms for launching their products. Motorola and Xiaomi have successfully launched their smartphones on Flipkart, while Spice, Micromax and Intex have launched their devices on Snapdeal.