Airtel, Karbonn launch A1 Indian and A41 Power 4G phones at effective price of Rs. 1799 and Rs. 1849


Karbonn A1 Indian

Airtel partnered with Karbonn Mobiles last month to launch Karbonn A40 Indian, 4G VoLTE phone at an effective price of Rs. 1399. Later it launched the  Celkon Smart 4G at an effective price of Rs. 1349. Now it has launched two more Karbonn 4G VoLTE smartphones – Karbonn A1 Indian with support for 22 Indian languages and A41 Power with a 2300mAh battery
at effective rates of Rs. 1799 and Rs. 1849, respectively.

This gets the same Rs. 169 plan that offers unlimited calling and 0.5GB 4G data per day for 28 days. You need to pay upfront amount of Rs. 3,299 and Rs. 3,349 for the A1 Indian and A41 Power, respectively and do 36 continuous monthly recharges of Rs. 169. You will get a cash refund of Rs 500 after 18 months and another Rs. 1000 after 36 months, taking the total cash benefit to Rs. 1500.

If you don’t need the bundled plan, you can do any recharge, but to claim the cash refund benefit, recharges worth Rs. 3000 must be done within the first 18 months to claim the first refund installment of Rs. 500 and another Rs. 3000 over the next 18 months to claim the second refund installment of Rs. 1000.

Karbonn A1 Indian specifications

  • 4-inch (800 × 480 pixels) WVGA touch screen display
  • 1.1 GHz quad-core processor
  • 1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with micro SD
  • Android 7.0 (Nougat) OS
  • Dual SIM
  • 3.2MP rear camera with LED flash
  • 2MP front-facing camera
  • 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
  • Dimensions: 124×62.2×10.1mm; Weight: 116g
  • 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth and GPS
  • 1500mAh battery

Karbonn A41 Power

Karbonn A41 Power specifications

  • 4-inch (800 × 480 pixels) WVGA touch screen display
  • 1.3 GHz quad-core processor
  • 1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with micro SD
  • Android 7.0 (Nougat) OS
  • Dual SIM
  • 2MP rear camera with LED flash
  • 0.3MP (VGA) front-facing camera
  • 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
  • Dimensions: 121.5×66.9x12mm; Weight: 130g
  • 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth and GPS
  • 2300mAh battery

Commenting on the launch, Raj Pudipeddi, Director – Consumer Business & CMO, Bharti Airtel said:

We saw very strong demand for our first offer under the ‘Mera Pehla Smartphone’ initiative, which validates the broad appeal of this innovative proposition. We are also delighted to have Amazon on board as a partner in this exciting journey and look forward to working closely with them. We believe these partnerships will help us make a significant contribution towards transforming India into a smartphone nation.


Author: Srivatsan Sridhar

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