: Early access was granted exclusively to Amazon Prime members starting at 4:30 PM on June 22, with the open sale following on June 27.
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The partnership between and Amazon reached a significant milestone with the launch of the : Early access was granted exclusively to Amazon
: Before the phone even went on sale, it crossed one million "Notify Me" requests on Amazon India. 2017 . At that time
on June 22, 2017 . At that time, it became the highest revenue-grossing smartphone in its launch week on Amazon India, witnessing a three-fold growth compared to its predecessor, the OnePlus 3T .