Lenovo's entry level 4G smartphone A6000 has created record by becoming the highest selling 4G smartphone in India, beating other mid-range devices such as Xiaomi Mi4, Micromax Yu Yureka, and Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G.
According to a spokesperson for Flipkart, the e-commerce company that exclusively sells Lenovo A6000 in India, a record 1,80,000 units of the smartphone have been sold, making it the highest sold 4G smartphone in India.
The Chinese smartphone maker unveiled Lenovo A6000 at the CES event and started selling it on 28 January through flash sale.
Thousands of units were sold through several rounds of flash sale that ended on 18 March before resorting to open sale from 23 to 25 March.
Lenovo A6000 has been out of stock for a couple of weeks now but Lenovo has said that it will return to the market soon along with the more powerful device, A6000 Plus.
However, the company hasn't announced when A6000 and A6000 Plus will be available in stores.
There are several mid-range 4G smartphones such as Xiaomi Mi4, Micromax Yu Yureka, and Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G that are sold in India. These devices were also sold through flash sale and thousands of units were reportedly sold out in seconds. However, Lenovo A6000 seems to have beaten all of them in terms of sales.
Lenovo A6000 is a 4G LTE duel SIM smartphone with a competitive price of ₹6,999. It sports 5-inch IPS capacitive touchscreen with 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi pixel density), powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor and runs on Android 4.4.4 KitKat. It comes packed with 8 GB internal memory expandable up to 32 GB and 1 GB RAM, houses an 8MP main camera and 2MP front snapper and has a Li-Po 2300 mAh battery.