Galaxy S9 for Rs 7,990? What's the deal?

While it may not wear the charm of its predecessor, Samsung’s Galaxy S9 is still one of the absolute best flagship smartphones you can buy in 2018. The S9 contains all the latest and the greatest technologies that Samsung can stuff inside a smartphone. At Rs 57,990, it is presently one of the best deals you can get in the premium smartphone category. However, Samsung wants to make it even sweeter for customers by offering a combination of discounts and exchange offers that end up adding to a total discount of Rs 50,000, thereby bring down the effective price of the Galaxy S9 to Rs 7,990 — same as that of a Xiaomi Redmi 5!

The Samsung online store is presently offering a host of discounts and cashback offers on the Galaxy S9 64GB variant. Buyers can get up to Rs 5,000 instant cashback on the Galaxy S9 64GB along with an additional cashback of Rs 6,000 if the purchase is being made by an HDFC credit card.

Samsung is offering an exchange offer of up to Rs 33,000 on select smartphones, bundled along with an additional discount of Rs 6,000 —

• Samsung Note 8 64 GB
• Samsung Galaxy S8 64GB
• Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus 64GB
• Samsung Galaxy S7 32GB
• Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge 32 GB
• Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ (32GB)
• Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge 32GB
• Samsung Galaxy On Max
• Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016)
• Samsung Galaxy A8+
• Samsung Galaxy J7 Pro 32GB
• Samsung Galaxy J7 Max
• Samsung Galaxy S6 32GB
• Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016)
• Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro
• Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017)
• Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017)
• Samsung Galaxy Note 5 32GB
• Samsung Galaxy C7 Pro
• Samsung Galaxy C9 Pro

Therefore, the overall discount on the Galaxy S9 64GB variant amounts to a sum of Rs 50,000, thereby dropping the effective price of the 2018 Samsung flagship to Rs 7,990.

Do note that the Rs 7,990 price tag refers to the 64GB variant of the smaller Galaxy S9. The S9 is powered by an Exynos 9810 chip paired along with 4GB of RAM. It runs on Samsung Experience 9.0 based on Android 8.0 Oreo. It sports a 5.8-inch Super AMOLED Infinity Display. The Galaxy S9 features an iris scanner alongside a fingerprint sensor for security verification. The rear camera is the highlight of the phone — a 12MP shooter with a variable aperture along with the capability to record 960fps slow-motion video.

Also read: Samsung Galaxy S9+ review

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