Jio Phone 2 booking starts tomorrow: Things to know before you order it

The Jio Phone 2 will be available at an introductory price of Rs 2,999, and pre-booking would start tomorrow (August 15) on Jio.com and My Jio app

Reliance Jio, the Mukesh Ambani-owned telecommunication service provider, announced the Jio Phone 2 at the Reliance Industries’ 41st Annual General Meeting, which was held in Mumbai on July 4. The successor to the JioPhone, the Jio Phone 2 is also a 4G LTE-enabled feature phone. However, it boasts a new form factor, inspired from Blackberry devices with a full QWERTY keyboard and a horizontal screen. The phone comes preloaded with several new apps such as Facebook, WhatsApp and YouTube. The phone will be available at an introductory price of Rs 2,999, and pre-booking would start from tomorrow (August 15) on Jio.com and My Jio app.

Unlike JioPhone, the Jio Phone 2 is expected not to go through a lengthy pre-registration process. Instead, customers can pre-book the device by making an upfront payment of Rs 2,999 at either on the Jio website or on the app, and collect the device from Jio retail stores after furnishing the required documents and booking receipt.

Here is how the Jio Phone 2 fares in comparison with the JioPhone

Screen

Both the JioPhone and the Jio Phone 2 sport a 2.4-inch screen, but have different orientations. The JioPhone screen has a vertical orientation, in line with other feature phones. The screen in the JioPhone 2, on the other hand, is set to horizontal orientation, which makes it wide and convenient for watching multimedia content.
Keyboard

While the JioPhone features an alpha-numeric keyboard with 4-way navigation keys, the Jio Phone 2 features a full QWERTY keyboard with a 4-way navigation key and a dedicated key for voice commands.

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Operating system

Both the feature phones run on Kai OS, but the Jio Phone 2 would come pre-installed with social media and instant messaging apps (Facebook, YouTube and WhatsApp), whereas the apps would be added to JioPhone sometime later as a software upgrade or side-loaded apps.

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Mukesh Ambani announces high-speed broadband, Jio Phone 2 with WhatsApp, FB

In his speech, RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani also spelt out the milestones achieved by Jio, which has disrupted the telecom industry and triggered a price war

 

Reliance Industries Limited announced on Thursday the launch of Jio Phone 2, which will have popular social media apps, and high-speed Jio GigaFibre, a broadband service that aims to boost fixed-line connectivity in India.

At its 41st Annual General Meeting in Mumbai, the company demonstrated the new features on screen, explaining how YouTube, Facebook and WhatsApp on the upgraded Jio Phone 2, which boasts a horizontal screen display, will respond to a customer’s voice.

Jio Phone 2, priced at Rs 2,999, will hit the market on August 15. Under a monsoon offer, the company said, feature phones can be exchanged for Jio Phones for Rs 501.

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RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani, India’s richest man, also spelt out the milestones achieved by Jio, which has disrupted the telecom industry and triggered a price war.

“We have more than 25 million Jio Phone users in India. We are now taking the Jio Phone to the next level, with added capabilities and functionalities,” Ambani said.

He spoke at length about his vision for broadband in India. “We will now extend fibre connectivity to homes, merchants, small and medium enterprises and large enterprises simultaneously across 1,100 cities to offer the most advanced fibre-based broadband connectivity solutions.”

The fixed-line broadband will offer “ultra high-definition entertainment on large screen TVs, multi-party video conferencing from your living room, voice-activated virtual assistants, virtual reality gaming, digital shopping, immersive experiences,” he said.

Jio GigaFibre trials are on and registrations will start this Independence Day. The company will prioritize the launch in areas that will send the highest number of applications.

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Prebooking starts from August 24 onwards, phone will go on sale starting September

 

 

Mukesh Ambani-backed Reliance Industries has launched the JioPhone for free during the 40th annual general meet that was held in Mumbai on July 21. The feature phone with smartphone alike features will go on testing beta phase starting August 15 and the preorder will begin starting August 24. The phone will go on sale in September to users who prebook the device. ( The details on how to pre-book with device have yet not been shared by RIL).

Even though the phone is effectively free, there is a catch in the form of one-time security deposit fee of Rs 1,500, which is refundable only after 36-months, that the user need to pay.

In a bid to bring the 50 crore feature phone customers of India on to Reliance Jio network, the company launched the phone with cost-effective tariff plans. Reliance Jio is offering free voice, data, Jio apps and SMS to its users at a monthly recharge of Rs 153. Jio will also offer a weekly Rs 54 plan valid for 7-days and Rs 24 plan valid for 2-days with the purchase of the phone. Both these plans come with free voice, data, apps and SMS.

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The phone is the first long-term evolution (LTE) ready device that can play videos too using Reliance Jio apps. The phone is equipped with 22 Indian regional languages and can be operated using voice commands.

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