DUBAI The Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) has lit up the city with fun, festivities and shopping. Loads of it.
And like every time, electronics is top of the heap on shopping lists.
While Gitex may hold monopoly on electronics, DSF is not far behind, especially given the fact it comes a good three months after Gitex when many new launches take place and prices of products launched recently come down.
Nadeem Khanzadah, Head — Retail, Jumbo Electronics told XPRESS DSF comes at a perfect time. “Due to the nature of the electronics industry, products get redundant fast. So the timing of DSF is great. Long enough after Gitex to allow for prices to fall or newer products to be on offer.”
Ashish Panjabi, COO of Jacky’s Electronics agreed: “We enter a post-Christmas period so launches that we may have struggled to get availability during the season because we were competing with Europe and the US, we’re able to get a lot more of during DSF.”
Neelesh Bhatnagar, CEO of Emax said DSF offers value added bundles and deals and unmatched discounts on technology products. “This year we are offering up to Dh20 million worth of giveaways as rewards to our customers. Televisions and SLRs along with smartphones, tablets and laptops are doing well this DSF,” he said.
According to Panjabi, a lot of traction is seen in smartphones, tablets and bigger screen size television category this DSF.
Khanzadah said as DSF is popular, people from all over the globe descend on Dubai adding to big numbers. “Unlike Gitex, which is a week of concentrated offers, DSF lasts a whole month. This gives vendors time to mix up offerings and keep consumers on their toes.“
Khanzadah said. DSF acts like an indicator for buying trends for the rest of the year. “Smartphones, tablets, DSLR cameras and televisions continue to lead the market. Samsung, iPhone, Sony and HTC are popular smartphones, while Vaio, Apple Macs, HP and Lenovo are in-demand laptops. Cameras include Canon, Nikon and Sony. In TVs, it’s Sony, Samsung and LG.”
So what are you waiting for? Go, grab the biggest bargains. And in case you are confused, XPRESS sifts through the lot to bring you the best deals in town this DSF.
Other great offers to look at:
Cameras
Get the Nikon D3200 (18-55mm, 24.2 MP, 4FPS, 11-point AF system, 6400 ISO) for Dh2,999 and get the VR 55-200mm lens+Dh500 worth photography training+8GB card and case (Dh800 savings).
Fujifilm X-A1 (XC16-30mm, 16.3 MP sensor, WiFi connectivity, 5.6FPS, ISO 25,600, 1/4000 shutter speed for Dh2,399 and Fujifilm X-M1 (XC 16-50mm, 16.3 MP, advanced sensor, WiFi, 1/4000 shutter speed, ISO 25,600, 5.6 FPS, tiltable LCD for Dh2,999 and get a leather case, extra battery and 16GB card worth Dh500, free desert safari with onsite professional training for two (worth Dh700), 7” tablet (Android 4.1, 1.2GHZ dual core worth Dh799); dhow cruise with onsite professional training for you and your partner (worth Dh700) and a three-year warranty worth Dh295.
Sony has launched a new action cam (HDR-AS30V) for Dh1,599 with built-in WiFi+waterproof housing, 16 GB card, tilt adapter, waterproof headband and wrist mount-strap.
Televisions:
Save Dh1,100 on the Sony 40” Full HD 3D LED TV (KDL-42R500). (Original price Dh2,999, revised price Dh2,099+Dh200 Plug Ins voucher.
Buy the Samsung 75” f6400 smart LED TV for Dh19,999 and you get a 46” LED TV (F5,000)+2X3D glasses+ Sharaf DG voucher worth Dh500.
Buy the LG 42LA6130 3D TV for Dh1,999 and get a LG 3D Blu-Ray player and four 3D glasses and Lulu shopping voucher worth Dh200.
Dh800 off on TCL 55” 3D LED smart TV (Dh3,699 compared to Dh4,499) and Dh500 off on the 50” 3D LED smart TV (Dh2,999 compared to Dh3,499).
Smartphones
Sony Xperia ZR 3G (1.5 GHZ quad-core processor, 2GB RAM, 13MP camera, HDR video) for Dh1,399 (original price Dh2,099) and get a Bluetooth handsfree, multi-charger, memory card, power bank, Bluetooth speaker and Sim card.
HTC One LTE: Get Dh400 off on the HTC One LTE (Dh2099 – instead of Dh2,499). Also HTC has exclusively launched the dual Sim HTC one (price Dh2,199). The HTC Desire 500 is going for Dh999 (Original Dh1,099).
Blackberry Q5 for Dh599 if you take a du plan (10 GB data+250 national and 250 international minutes) and trade in a BB Bold 9900. Or just take a du plan and get the Q5 for Dh999.
HiSense U912 (dual SIM, Android 4.0, 1GHZ processor) for Dh399 and get 8GB memory card and Dh100 Lulu shopping voucher.
Lenovo S820 Smartphone (1.2 Ghz quad core, dual SIM, 1GB Ram, 4.7”) for Dh999 and get a Lenovo tab worth Dh399+powerbank, SIM card, memory card and Bluetooth speaker for free (savings of Dh777) at Plug Ins.
Lenovo Vibe XS960 (4.2 jelly bean, 2GB RAM, 16GB memory, 5” full HD display for Dh1,699 and get a Dh400 Plug Ins voucher and a SIM card.
Miscellaneous:
Carrefour is offering between 14-25 per cent shopping vouchers on purchase of cellphones.
Music systems
Save almost Dh2,600 on the Onkyo amp (TX-SR313) and Jamo 5.1 speakers (A102HC56) by paying Dh1,599 compared to Dh3,963) and get a free USB Bluetooth adapter. Also save Dh400 on the Onkyo HT-S3500 (Dh999 against Dh1,399) and get a USB Bluetooth adapter worth Dh179 for free.
Sony Electronics
Buy from a range of Sony Electronics products and get a chance to win a full 2014 World Cup package to Brazil (10 prizes) or 60” Sony Bravia LED TVs. Everyone gets a scratch and win coupon to win headphones, cameras and power vaults.
Mediacom offer:
Get two 2 karaoke players and 1 M-Droid at a Karaoke Sing & Win Contest (Plug-Ins January 16-18)
Dh100 voucher on MCI Infinite 7000+ 1 Corded Mic, 16GB SD card and 8GB SD card with MCI 3400. With M-Droid get a 1 4GB USB free; Dh160 off on Jukebox (Dh999 compared to Dh1159) with free extra corded mic. Free Corded Mic with Porto Travelite
