New Delhi, Oct 13 : Google Pixel smartphone is now open for pre-orders beginning Thursday on e-tailer Flipkart at a starting price of Rs 57,000.

Customers will also get a bunch of special offers such as No Cost EMI on all major credit cards and an exchange of up to Rs 27,000 on old smartphones.

Also, first 1,000 customers who pre-order the phone will also get a chance to win a gift voucher worth 10 per cent of the phone\'s value.

Pixel is the first smartphone with Google Assistant -- a built-in Artificial Intelligence (AI) programme that works as an intelligent personal assistant and knowledge navigator.

The 5-inch smartphone is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 chipset, 4GB of RAM and runs on Android Nougat 7.0 operating system.

The device also has Pixel Imprint -- a fingerprint scanner on the back of the smartphone for quick access to all apps, texts and e-mails.

Pre-book Google Pixel on Flipkart