Chinese smartphones maker Coolpad has announced today that it has sold 15,000 units of its first fingerprint smartphone in less than 5 minutes on Amazon.in during the first flash sale. This smartphone is priced aggressively at INR 8,999, which was launched in India on October 9. With pre registrations starting on the day of the launch itself, the smartphone had crossed over 5,00,000 registrations on Amazon.in. in 2 days, as claimed by the company.
Commenting on the milestone, Syed Tajuddin, CEO, Coolpad India, said, ““We feel vindicated by our consumers’ decision, it is no more a cake walk to sell a smartphone to the tech savvy Indian audience, but behind our competitive pricing is Coolpad’s brand philosophy of bringing affordable technology to all, we witnessed a phenomenal response during our pre-sale registration process and knew we had connected with the people, Coolpad Note 3 is definitely a one up in its category”.
Coolpad Note 3 offers fingerprint sensor which is placed at the back. This phone supports 360 degrees finger rotation capability, fast response time and industry leading 3D image quality. Coolpad Note 3 offers a 5.5 inch HD screen, 3GB of RAM, and 16GB of internal storage. The smartphone supports 4G LTE, 3G and GSM network frequencies along with a dual-SIM slot. It features a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera with LED flash and auto focus alongside a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Both the front and rear-facing cameras feature CMOS image sensor for better image quality and powered by a 3,000mAh battery. This phone runs on Cool UI 6.0 based on Android 5.1 Lollipop OS.