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Samsung preparing for the upcoming festive season in India, offers ready with big discounts
Samsung is one of the leading smartphone brands across the globe. The company has its own image in the Indian smartphone market. As we know, India is the second-largest smartphone manufacturing hub and Samsung is the country’s largest and most trusted consumer electronics brand.
The South Korean tech giant has prepared its neighborhood retail stores across 1,000 cities in India for the festive season. The company aims to provide consumers a safe and hassle-free shopping experience as they venture to buy any of Samsung’s products. To make the festive purchase more convenient, Samsung is also bringing attractive never seen before financing offers to its retail stores.
Under the “My Samsung My Combo” scheme consumers purchase multiple Samsung products under one single EMI. Consumers can purchase products with EMIs starting as low as – INR 1,790 for two products, INR 2,490 for three products, and INR 3,390 for four products.
Earlier this month, Samsung launched a slew of festive offers on Samsung televisions and digital appliances. Consumers can get assured gifts with select Samsung QLED 8K & QLED TVs and SpaceMax Family Hub™ Refrigerators such as Galaxy Fold, Galaxy S20 Ultra, Galaxy Note 10 Lite, Galaxy A31, and Galaxy A21s mobile phones. Exciting product offers, coupled with attractive finance schemes including cashback of up to INR 20,000 and easy EMIs of as low as INR 990, will be valid till November 20, 2020.
“As consumers start their festive shopping this season, we have tried to make all our retail touchpoints as safe as possible for our consumers. Our ground staff has been given additional training to follow all safety procedures. We have also designed industry-first easy financing schemes to provide consumers with the utmost convenience and tailor their EMIs as per their requirements. We are confident that our unique offers will not only meet their expectations but also enrich their lives and help make their homes ready for the festive season,” said Raju Pullan, Senior Vice President, Consumer Electronics Business, Samsung India.
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