BEIJING, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- China's OnePlus plans to make its 3T model in India from early next year to meet growing demand in the world's second-biggest smartphone market by users.
OnePlus is ranked by technology researcher IDC as the third-biggest vendor of premium phones selling for more than $300 in India, behind Samsung Electronics and China's Oppo.
Earlier this year it discontinued a 2015 contract manufacturing deal with Foxconn Technology Co to make its mid-end X phones in southern India.
Vikas Agarwal, general manager of OnePlus' Indian operations, said the company was now looking to make its new 3T phone in India, starting early next quarter.
The company, which gets one-third of its global sales from India, said it had received 200,000 registrations for buying the 3T model priced at 29,999 rupees ($442) since beginning sales last week on Amazon's India marketplace.
"We actually probably have lost, I would say, maybe 30 percent of sales because of stock-outs," Agarwal told Reuters on Friday by telephone, referring to sales of the 3T and an earlier model. "The focus is on trying our best to meet the demand."
He declined to comment on the manufacturing arrangement this time, but said that OnePlus will work with multiple partners including, possibly Foxconn.
Agarwal said OnePlus had no immediate plan to sell through retail outlets and will continue to sell only on Amazon.
But it does plan to open by early January a facility in the southern Indian technology hub of Bengaluru, where customers can see OnePlus smartphones. (Global Times)
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