Reliance Jio Phone 4G mobile launched: Specs, features, pre booking, data plan, date of sale, availability; 15 things to know
Jio Phone launched: Mukesh Ambani has
unveiled the JioPhone at the Reliance Industries Annual General Meeting (AGM)
2017. Here are the Specs, features, pre booking, 4G data plan, date of sale,
availability and everything else you need to know.
Jio Phone specs, features, pre
booking: Mukesh
Ambani has unveiled the JioPhone at the Reliance Industries Annual
General Meeting (AGM) 2017. The JioPhone is a 4G VoLTE enabled feature phone.
The Reliance Industries Limited chairman called the new JioPhone ‘India ka
smartphone’, and it comes loaded with features like expandable SD card slot,
4-way navigation, and more. Ambani, in his address, was expected to bring out a
new 4G VoLTE enabled feature phone. The feature phone has been a point of much
anticipation after leaks and rumours started doing the rounds. The JioPhone
comes with an Alphanumeric keypad and features a headphone jack, microphone,
speaker, and supports FM Radio as well. The 4G VoLTE-enabled JioPhone supports
all languages, and users can speak to the device via voice commands. The
company is giving people an option to browse the Internet on the new JioPhone
as well, and it comes pre-loaded with Jio apps. The JioPhone’s effective price
is Rs 0. This means, you can buy the phone at Rs 1500, which will be refunded
after 3 years, Ambani said. The phone will be sold as first come-first serve
basis from September 2017. From features, availability to price and data Plans,
here is a list of 15 things you should know about JioPhone.
Price and data plans:
1. Reliance
Industries Limited chairman Mukesh Ambani on Friday announced the JioPhone, a
4G VoLTE feature phone which he called ‘India ka Smartphone’.
2. The
JioPhone’s effective price is Rs 0. This means, you can buy the phone at Rs
1500, which will be refunded after 3 years.
3. The
phone is a feature phone, but with a larger screen, access to apps and of course
4G data and 4G VoLTE calls and will effectively cost the customer Rs 0 for the
device.
4. JioPhone
users will have to pay just Rs 153 a month, including the cost of the phone.
There will be a weekly plan of Rs 54 and a two-day plan of Rs 24 with all the
same features.
Features:
5. The
highlight of this phone is the 4G VoLTE, it has a voice command interface, and
comes pre-loaded with Jio’s apps loaded on it.
6. JioPhone
has 2.4-inch display, and can play the JioCinema app as well. So users can
watch movies on this feature/smartphone smash.
7. It
has an SOS feature as well, which can be activated by pressing 5. There is
support for NFC that enables quick payments, and the ability to cast content.
Availability and date of sale:
8. The phone will be available for beta testing from August 15 and for prebooking from August 24.
8. The phone will be available for beta testing from August 15 and for prebooking from August 24.
9. The
phones will be available for sale at a first come, first serve basis from the
last quarter of 2017. The target is to make 5 million phones available every
week.
10. The
JioPhone will always have free voice calls. From August 15, the JioPhone will
come with free unlimited data.
Made in India JioPhone:
11. The
phone has been created by Indian engineers for an Indian audience.
Other things to know:
12. The
phone will offer an innovative cable link to television to help users view
content on a big screen at home. Users will need to buy the Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan
package of Rs 309 to get the extra data needed for this.
13. The
phone also responds to voice commands, which is unprecedented for a feature
phone anywhere in the world.
14. Jio
will be the greatest accelerator of the Bharat-India connectivity, said Mukesh
Ambani.
15. Mukesh
Ambani declared 15th August 2017, as ‘DIGITAL FREEDOM’ for all feature phone users
with JioPhone.