Amidst swirling rumors concerning the upcoming smartphones, we reportedly informed about the Beijing based smartphone giant which made a permanent price cut of Xiaomi’s initial Android One smartphone: the Mi A1, that is now available at just Rs. 13,999. If the recent report is anything to go by, the Guangdong based smartphone giant, Vivo, is following the same trend alike to Xiaomi. The V5s has received a permanent price cut of Rs. 2000, and now is available at Rs. 15,990.
Originally, the Vivo V5s was launched with a price tag of Rs. 17,990 in the month of July. Now with this price drop, Vivo fans will get their hands on V5s at just Rs. 15,990. This affordable price cut has been made by the company in order to aim closer to the sub-15,000 market in the Indian markets. This will definitely increase the sales figure of the Vivo V5s device alongside will have a strong competition among the budget-range smartphone manufactures in India.
At the time of reporting this news, the Flipkart page doesn’t list Vivo V5s‘s price of Rs. 15,990, instead it has been listed at the usual price. Despite this, one may expect the listing to get updated as soon as possible. To recall, the selfie-expert Vivo V5s comes with a 5.5-inch HD display with a screen resolution of 720×1280 pixels. There’s a 2.5D Curved Glass alongside Gorilla Glass protection. Underneath the hood, the device comes with an octa-core MediaTek MT6750 SoC clocked at 1.5GHz and paired with 4GB of RAM. On the optics front, there’s a 20-megapixel front camera that assures users to capture splendid selfies as well as video recording. The rear panel consists of a 13-megapixel sensor with dual-LED flash and PDAF.
Coming back to its price cut, the Mumbai-based retailer for the Vivo smartphones, Mahesh Telecom, has shared this news, stating “#VivoV5s now at a best buy price of Rs.15990/- #PriceDrop.” As of now, it remains to be seen how this price cut comes with a direct impact on Vivo‘s business, until further updates one may share this space.