Huawei to sell Nexus 6P from next month in batches

NEW DELHI: Chinese smartphone maker Huawei will begin selling the Nexus 6P in India next month, in batches, to meet unprecedented demand of the new Google phone.

The high-end smartphone which was available for pre-orders on Flipkart and leading large format retail stores starting 13th October received an overwhelming response.

P. Sanjeev, Vice President Sales, Huawei & Honor India – Consumer Business Group, said, “Our supply chain is working on priority to fulfill the demand and the smartphones will be shipped out in batches. We are working closely with Flipkart and our retail partners on the availability of the smartphones to the Nexus 6P fans.”

To ensure a smooth demand-supply cycle, Huawei will be sending out the smartphones in batches to be delivered to India starting first week of November, the company said in a statement Saturday.

The high-end Nexus 6P was launched at an attractive price tag of Rs. 39,999 (32GB) and Rs. 42,999 (64 GB) with two colors Aluminum (Silver) and Graphite (Black) in India.

Running on its latest version of Android ‘Marshmallow 6.0’, Nexus 6P offers a pure android experience, sweetened by amazing apps and sandwiched by some cutting-edge hardware, available across Nexus devices.

Google launched a second device - Nexus 5X with LG - at a slightly lower price than Nexus 6P. The Google Nexus 5X was launched across online and offline channels at a price of Rs 31,990 for the 16GB variant and Rs 35,990 for 32GB version.