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Vodafone India has partnered with India’s leading e-commerce platform Flipkart to offer entry level smartphones at an effective price starting at Rs 999. The scheme is valid for existing and new Vodafone prepaid subscribers only and is valid until March 31, 2018.
To avail this special price, customers have to do a recharge of at least Rs 150 per month for 36 months (the recharges can be of any denomination totaling to a minimum of Rs 150 per month). At the end of 18 months, customers would receive a cashback of Rs 900 and after another 18 months, a cashback of Rs. 1,100/- respectively, thus availing a total cashback of Rs 2000. The cash back would be credited to customer’s Vodafone M-Pesa wallets.
The scheme is currently live on Flipkart and the e-commerce platform is offering the Vodafone cashback on host of smartphone from various brands including Micromax, iVoomi, Yu mobiles, Xolo, Intex, Alcatel, Swipe etc.
Here are some of the eligible devices currently available under the offer:
| Brand | Model |
|---|---|
| Micromax | Micromax Spark 4G (Black, 8 GB) (1 GB RAM) |
| Micromax | Micromax Spark 4G Prime (Cosmic Grey, 16 GB) (2 GB RAM) |
| Micromax | Micromax Vdeo 2 (Champagne, 8 GB) (1 GB RAM) |
| Micromax | Micromax Vdeo 2 (Grey, 8 GB) (1 GB RAM) |
| Yu | Yu Yunique 2 Plus (Champagne, 16 GB) (3 GB RAM) |
| Yu | Yu Yunique 2 Plus (Coal Black, 16 GB) (3 GB RAM) |
| Yu | Yu Yunique 2 (Champagne, 16 GB) (2 GB RAM) |
| Yu | Yu Yunique 2 (Coal Black, 16 GB) (2 GB RAM) |
| Ivoomi | Ivoomi Me4 |
| Ivoomi | Ivoomi Me4 |
| ivoomi | ivoomi Me 4 |
| Ivoomi | Ivoomi Me1 Carbon Black |
| Ivoomi | Ivoomi Me1 Sunshine Gold |
| Ivoomi | Ivoomi Me3S Champagne Gold |
| Ivoomi | Ivoomi Me3S Mid Night Black |
| Ivoomi | Ivoomi Me3S Teal Blue |
| Ivoomi | Ivoomi Me3 Mid Night Black |
| Ivoomi | Ivoomi Me3 Champagne Gold |
| Ivoomi | Ivoomi Me3 Teal Blue |
| Xolo | Xolo ERA 1X -4G with VoLTE (Black and Gun Metal, 8 GB) |
| Xolo | Xolo ERA 1X -4G with VoLTE (Chocolate Brown, Gold, 8 GB) |
| Xolo | Xolo ERA 1X Pro (Black, 16 GB) (2 GB RAM) |
| Xolo | Xolo ERA 1X Pro (Gold, 16 GB) (2 GB RAM) |
| XOLO | XOLO ERA 2V |
| XOLO | XOLO ERA 3X |
| XOLO | XOLO ERA 3 |
| XOLO | XOLO ERA 3 |
| Intex | Aqua 5.5 VR Plus |
| Intex | Aqua 5.5 VR Plus |
| Intex | Aqua A4 |
| Intex | Elyt E6 |
| Intex | intex Aqua Style III |
| Intex | intex Aqua Style III |
| Swipe | Swipe Elite Power (Champagne Gold 16 GB) (2 GB RAM) |
| Swipe | Swipe Elite Power (Space Grey 16 GB) (2 GB RAM) |
| Swipe | Swipe Elite Star - 4G VoLTE(Gold8GB) (1 GB RAM) |
| Swipe | Swipe ELITE Sense- 4G with VoLTE (Champagne Gold 32 GB) |
| Swipe | Swipe ELITE Sense- 4G with VoLTE (Space Grey 32GB) |
| Swipe | Swipe ELITE Sense- 4G with VoLTE (Ivory White 32 GB) |
| Swipe | Swipe Elite 4G (Black 8 GB) (1 GB RAM) |
| Swipe | Swipe Elite 4G (Grey 8 GB) (1 GB RAM) |
| Swipe | Swipe Elite 4G (Gold 8 GB) (1 GB RAM) |
| Swipe | Swipe_Elite Star (Black 16GB) |
| Swipe | Swipe_Elite Star (White 16GB) |
| Swipe | Swipe Elite 3- 4G with VoLTE (Silver 16 GB) |
| Swipe | Swipe Elite 3- 4G with VoLTE (Space Grey 16 GB) |
| Swipe | Swipe Elite Max (Onyx Black 32 GB) (4 GB RAM) |
| Ivoomi | Me 5 |
| Ivoomi | Me 5 |
| Ivoomi | i1S |
| Ivoomi | i1S |
| Ivoomi | i1S |
| Ivoomi | i1 |
| Ivoomi | i1 |
| Ivoomi | i1 |
| Alcatel | U5HD |
| Alcatel | U5HD |
The tie-up with Flipkart is another take by Vodafone to take on Reliance Jio and retain the customer base. Not just Vodafone, other incumbent operators are also forging partnerships with handset makers so as to make smartphones affordable and within reach of a large section of society.
India’s leading telecommunication operator Bharti Airtel is also offering similar deals in partnership with smartphone manufacturers. However, the deals are not yet available through e-commerce platform.
