The immense push Chinese firms are putting for the promotion, including discounts, price drops, of their models during this festive season can’t be overlooked and with this, robust shipments numbers could be projected by the end of this year. With a number of choices, better specifications, affordable price bands, Chinese companies are giving tough competition to all other handset companies in the country today.

OPPO Mobiles has come out with its OPPO F1s Diwali customised limited edition smartphone with its price at Rs 17,990.  Xiaomi’s ‘Diwali with Mi sale’ has gone down well with online customers and as a result,  Xiaomi has already sold about one million smartphones in India during the festive season.

Gionee  has launched new smartphones P7 max and S6 Pro, especially targeting the festive season. LeEco has come out with its ‘LeMall For All’ – Diwali edition that promises to offer deals and discounts on LeEco superphones. Along with a 10 per cent cashback on ICICI and HDFC credit and debit cards, customers can avail discount of Rs 5,000 on purchase of Le Max2 and Rs 1,000 on Le 2.

As part of the festive season, OnePlus is kick-starting a contest on October 24th, under which it is offering gold variant of OnePlus 3 for free under its Diwali Dash sale.  Lenovo is offering Zuk Z1, priced at Rs 13,499, for Rs 10,999.  All these moves are giving an upper hand to the Chinese players,  giving us enough room to speculate that why amid ban rhetoric, Chinese handset players have a reason to smile.