Smartphone retailers say Rajasthan scheme will push them into losses

New Delhi: Smartphone retailers are up in arms against the Rajasthan government’s plan to provide free phones to women, alleging that the move to distribute 4 million smartphones by October will eat into their potential market of 500,000 smartphones a month, adding to significant losses for them.

The distribution of smartphones is being handled by two agencies, bypassing an already robust distribution network set in place by the retailers, they said.