Price estimates are not very low actually. It is in sync with similar spec phones from cheap android manufacturers (like Intex) . It is slightly lower than the usual price , but not by that much. That drop can be attributed to it using a non mainstream OS also. At least in India very few people have heard about sailfish as an OS. So if they have to sell , logically they have to price it slightly lower than similar spec mainstream OS phone. I dont think partner spaces are subsidizing it at this point. May be in the near future , it might occur so. Or who knows , may intex and snapdeal has plans already to exploit the partner space. But i think in that case the price has to be even lower than this.