OnePlus launched its flagship OnePlus 5 smartphone in India on June 22nd and the phone went on early sales exclusively on Amazon.in starting at Rs. 32,999 on the same day and it went on open sale from June 27th. Today the company has announced that the smartphone has become the highest revenue-grossing smartphone in the launch week on Amazon.in. But it did not reveal the number of smartphones sold during the launch week or revenue made by selling the phone.
Here are some stats from Amazon.in
- OnePlus 5 sale Over 3X jump in growth as compared to OnePlus 3T
- OnePlus 5 witnessed close to 1 million ‘Notify Me’ prior to its launch earlier this month
- OnePlus 5 has been delivered to 400+ cities in the launch week across major metro cities and smaller towns such as Rupar, Dausa, Theni and more
Amazon.in has an exclusive partnership with OnePlus since December 2014 and is selling OnePlus smartphones right from OnePlus One, OnePlus 2, OnePlus X, OnePlus 3, OnePlus 3T and now the latest flagship OnePlus 5.
The OnePlus 5 comes with Free 12 month Accidental Damage Insurance, and the company today said that Rs. 1500 Cashback offer on SBI credit and debit cards that was supposed to end on June 28th has been extended till July 2, 2017. It also comes with Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Kindle and Vodafone Data offers. Check out the OnePlus 5 review, if you are planning to get the phone.
Commenting on the new achievement, Arun Srinivasan, Director Electronics, Amazon India said:
The continued success is a great validation of an ever-increasing platform reach and strong partnership with OnePlus. The Notify Me registrations that Amazon.in received for the phone was overwhelming and we expect this to only grow. Smartphones are one of the fastest growing product lines and have repeatedly been one of the top selling categories on Amazon.in.
Vikas Agarwal, General Manager – India, OnePlus said:
Our mission is to make the best smartphone and the OnePlus 5 is yet another step in this direction. We are truly humbled by the unprecedented response to our latest flagship. The success of the OnePlus 5 is a great validation of our online first business model, and faith in exclusive partnership with our long-term strategic partner Amazon.in.