Flash sale: Flipkart sells 30,000 Lenovo A7000 units in 4 seconds

Last week, Lenovo had launched its budget smartphone A7000 at a price of Rs 8,999. The device was up for grabs in its first flash sale on Flipkart today. According to Lenovo, the company sold 30,000 units in mere 4 seconds.The company also announced a special 'live flash sale' at Flipkart’s Bangalore office today, where Lenovo invited the media to see how fast these devices actually go out of stock during the online flash sale. The next sale for the Lenovo A7000 will be held on April 22. The registrations for the next sale will begin today at 6PM.Unveiled at Mobile World Congress this year, it is successor to the Lenovo A6000. The Lenovo A7000 sports a 5.5-inch HD display with a 720 x 1280 pixel resolution. It is powered by a 1.5GHz octa-core MediaTek chipset paired with 2GB RAM.On the camera front, the A7000 has an 8MP autofocus rear camera with LED flash and a 5MP front facing camera. It has 8GB of onboard storage and can be expanded further via microSD card slot. The dual-SIM smartphone will run the latest version of Google’s Android 5.0 Lollipop out of the box.In terms of connectivity, the smartphone includes support for 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, GPS/ A-GPS, Bluetooth and microUSB. The device is powered by a 2,900mAh battery. The device weighs 140 grams and will be available in Onyx Black and Pearl White.