INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
At its annual AGM, Reliance took the opportunity to launch the Jio Phone 2 in India
The feature phone saw a lot of improvements from last year's Jio Phone, bringing a QWERTY keypad,and even WhatsApp support
The smartphone is priced competitively in the country, and sales will begin on August 15
HMD Global still has faith in the feature phone market as well, and it also launched the Nokia 8110 4G banana-shaped phone as well at MWC
2018.We pit both the 4G feature phones - Jio Phone 2 and Nokia 8110 4G, together, to see which one packs more features, and is worth our
precious money.Jio Phone 2 vs Nokia 8110 4G price comparisonThe Jio Phone 2 price in India is at Rs
2,999, and the handset will be up for grabs starting August 15
The phone is only available in Black for now.To compare, the Nokia 8110 4G was launched at EUR 79 (roughly Rs
6,300), excluding taxes and subsidies
To get a better idea however, let's look at prices in the real world
It is on sale in Singapore with a price tag of SGD 98 (approximately Rs
It is available in Traditional Black and Banana Yellow colour options
On Amazon UK, the Nokia phone has been listed with a price tag of GBP 78.56 (approximately Rs
Notably, there are no details about the availability and price of the Nokia 8110 4G in India.Jio Phone 2 vs Nokia 8110 4G design
comparisonWith respect to aesthetic, both the phones sport very different designs
The Jio Phone 2 has a BlackBerry-like design with a QWERTY keypad, a 2.4-inch horizontal display, and a 4-way navigation key with a
dedicated key for activating the voice command
The Nokia 8110 4G, on the other hand, has a banana-shaped design with sliding cover that hides the bar-shaped keypad with T9 predictive text
The phone also has 2.4-inch vertical display, just like the one seen on Jio Phone - the one launched last year.Jio Phone 2 vs Nokia 8110 4G
specification comparisonThe Jio Phone 2 runs on KaiOS, and incidentally HMD Global's Smart Feature OS is also based on KaiOS as well
Both the feature phones offer dual-SIM support, but the Jio Phone 2 has two Nano SIM slots, while the other has one Micro and another Nano
Both the phones also have a 2.4-inch display with 240x320 pixel resolution, but Jio's phone is placed horizontally, while the Nokia 8110 4G
has the display placed vertically.Both the phones also have 4GB of internal storage (expandable via microSD card), and 512MB of RAM
The processor on the Nokia phone is a Snapdragon 205, while the processor on the Jio Phone 2 is unknown at the moment
To recall, the processor on the Jio Phone was sourced from Spreadtrum, and we expect the same to be on board the Jio Phone 2 as well
Both the phones have rear sensors at 2-megapixel, and the Nokia 8110 4G has no front camera
The Jio Phone 2, in comparison, has a VGA front camera
The Jio Phone 2 also has a slightly bigger battery at 2000mAh, while the Nokia 8110 4G has a 1500mAh battery
Connectivity options are almost the same; except for the fact the Jio Phone 2 also supports NFC.Jio Phone 2 vs Nokia 8110 4G conclusionBoth
the feature phones have the same operating system, same display size, same RAM, storage capacity, and even supports dual-SIM slots
However, the Jio Phone 2 has two big advantages - a front camera (albeit VGA quality), and its availability in India
HMD Global announced back at MWC 2018 it will bring the Nokia 8110 4G to India in Q3 2018, which means before October
But Reliance is all set to start selling the Jio Phone 2 from August 15.Jio Phone 2 vs Nokia 8110 4G comparison GENERALRelease dateJuly
2018February 2018Battery capacity (mAh)20001500Dimensions (mm)-133.45 x 49.30 x 14.90Weight (g)-117.00Removable
battery-YesColours-Traditional Black, Banana YellowDISPLAYScreen size (inches)2.402.45Resolution240x320 pixels240x320
pixelsHARDWARERAM512MB512MBInternal storage4GB4GBExpandable storageYesNoExpandable storage typeSD card-Expandable storage up to
(GB)128-Processor-1.1GHz dual-coreProcessor make-Qualcomm Snapdragon 205CAMERARear camera2-megapixel2-megapixelFront
camera0.3-megapixelNoRear Flash-LEDSOFTWAREOperating SystemKAI OSKAI OSCONNECTIVITYBluetoothYesYes, v 4.10NFCYes-Wi-Fi standards
supported-802.11 b/g/nNumber of SIMs-2SIM 1SIM Type-Micro-SIM4G/ LTE-YesSIM 2SIM Type-Nano-SIM4G/ LTE-Yes
