Inlight of rising concern due to recent coronavirus cases in India realme has call off the Realme 6 and Realme 6 Pro on-ground launch event, which was supposed to be held on 5th March in Delhi .
At the same time Realme made an announcements that the event will be hosted online now at the scheduled venue. The event will be streamed online via Realme official social media handles and YouTube . Xiaomi India has also announced that they will launch their next Redmi Note series online on 12th March.
Madhav Sheth CEO realme India announced the news about cancellation of offline event via a Twitter post,
Inlight of current reports of #coronavirus impact & related advisory by health officials to maintain social distance as a precautionary measure, I’m calling off our biggest event. Will still give live speech in stadium with you watching #realme6series event online.
#HealthFirst
In light of current reports of #coronavirus impact & related advisory by health officials to maintain social distance as a precautionary measure, I'm calling off our biggest event. Will still give live speech in stadium with you watching #realme6series event online. #HealthFirst
— Madhav 5G (@MadhavSheth1) March 3, 2020
Earlier GSMA was cancelled world’s biggest Mobile event MWC (Mobile World Congress) which was supposed to be held between 24-27 February.
realme started selling the launch event tickets from 28th February at Rs. 599 and promised that it will provide some goodies worth Rs. 2500 and complimentary snacks at event venue, But now as the offline event has been cancelled and no fan will be allowed to enter the event hall, realme India CEO Madhav Sheth announced that they will provide full refund for the tickets and as a special gesture they will be also giving a free realme Band for all those who had purchased the event tickets.
Providing full refund of ticket value.
I know how excited you were for #realme6series launch,
so as a special gesture will be giving a #realmeBand to every single person who booked a ticket.
Details will be sent via mail.Livestream at 12:30PM, 5th March.https://t.co/Xclg5ILkHl pic.twitter.com/BiMmMaawr7
— Madhav 5G (@MadhavSheth1) March 3, 2020
We at TechTrend will try to bring you all the updates on realme 6, Realme 6 Pro and Realme Band on 5th March stay tuned. Till then I’ll suggest you to take care and be safe.
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