OnePlus 3 Soft Gold model to start arriving in India from October 1

The Soft Gold variant of OnePlus 3 is all set for shipment to Indian shores beginning on October 1. That’s three months after the Soft Gold model of the handset was launched in the U.S.

It will be available to Indian consumers as an exclusive offering on Amazon India with a price tag of Rs. 27,999 ($420). OnePlus has been known as an online-only company, so the phone’s exclusive online availability doesn’t come as a surprise.

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Nevertheless, it would help Indian consumers to have a variety of sales channels to buy the OnePlus 3 from physical stores in addition to online shops. Such is the case in the United Kingdom, where OnePlus will be selling its devices in O2 stores starting today.

The scheduled arrival of the OnePlus 3 Soft Gold model in India will broaden the color selection for users in the country. Currently, only the OnePlus 3 graphite variant is available to the Indian market.

With the upcoming sale of OnePlus 3 Soft Gold, consumers in India can expect to avail of the same perks that buyers of the graphite model enjoyed. The Soft Gold variant will be offered with Rs 500 worth of Amazon Kindle credits, 12 months of double data on pre-paid and postpaid connections courtesy of Idea Cellular, and 12 months of OnePlus Care complimentary accidental damage protection from Servify.

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