Amazon joins GST clearance rush with big electronics sale

With retailers keen to clear stocks before the Goods and Services Tax (GST) kicks in on 1 July, online retailer Amazon has joined the bandwagon with three-day Smartphone Sale starting from today and will lasting till 21 July, which will cover a range of mainly electronic items.

The company is offering deals and discounts on laptops, smartphones, headphones and more under the sale.

Amazon India has special offers on brands like Motorola, OnePlus, Apple, Samsung, and others. Apart from smartphones, you can get offers and discounts on accessories, laptops, and even headphones.

Popular smartphones like iPhone 7, the OnePlus 3T (whose successor is set to be revealed this week), Moto G5 Plus, iPhone SE, and Coolpad Note 5 Lite, among others, are up for grabs at discounted prices.

The Amazon exclusive OnePlus 3T 64GB is up for sale at Rs29,999 with an exchange offer and a no cost EMI option. The exchange offer is up to Rs13,060 and there's also an offer from Vodafone included that gets you 45GB of free data for five months.

Furthermore, there is up to 70 per cent off on OnePlus 3T cases and covers as well. Amazon is also offering those buying the OnePlus 3T as part of the Amazon sale, Amazon Pay balance of Rs250 if you stream video content via the Prime Video app once you purchase the smartphone. And there's also a Bajaj Finserv No Cost EMI option applicable on the OnePlus 3T 64GB starting at Rs2,499 for 12 months.

The iPhone 7 32GB, 128GB, and 256GB are up for grabs at discounted rates of Rs42,999, Rs54,490, and Rs65,900 respectively. There's a further discount of up to Rs13,060 offered on exchange of an old smartphone. This exchange offer is also listed on the iPhone 6 32GB which is available at a discounted rate of Rs24,999.

The Moto Z is available at a discounted rate of Rs29,999, with additional exchange offers of up to Rs13,060 also applicable on the purchase of this smartphone. There are several Moto Mod discounts also listed alongside the smartphone during the Amazon India sale. A similar exchange offer is also listed on the Moto G5 Plus as well as the Xiaomi Mi Max Prime smartphones.

Coming to budget smartphones, the Coolpad Note 5 Lite has a Rs2,000 discount offer during the Amazon sale and is available at Rs6,999.The Samsung Galaxy On7 Pro smartphone is available at a discounted rate of Rs8,690 with an exchange offer of up to Rs6,712. The Samsung On5 Pro is up for grabs for Rs7,190 and the maximum exchange offer is up to Rs5,662.

All smartphone offers during the Amazon India sale can be viewed on the Amazon website.

The Amazon sale also has offers on laptops, mobile accessories, and other products. Mobile accessories like memory cards and headphones have also been listed with lucrative offers.

Laptops from Apple, HP, Lenovo, Dell, and other brands are being sold at a discounted rate, and some of them also list an exchange offer of up to Rs10,000.

Lastly, Amazon is also offering discounts on TVs and large appliances as part of its three-day sale.