INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Jio Phone 2, the successor to the highly popular Jio Phone, will become available for purchase in India starting August 16
The new handset, which sports a QWERTY keyboard, will be up for grabs via a flash sale, which hints at limited stocks
The Jio Phone 2 flash sale will be held only on Jio.com at 12pm
Interestingly, RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani had said at the company's 41st AGM that the model will become available for grabs on August 15,
but it looks the plans have been pushed to a day later
The Jio Phone platform is also receiving YouTube, while the release of WhatsApp will be in batches
Registrations for Jio GigaFiber, however, are slated for August 15 only, via Jio.com and MyJio app.Jio Phone 2 price in India, booking
details, specificationsAs announced at Reliance Industries' 41st Annual General Meeting (AGM), the Jio Phone 2 price in India has been set
2,999. The Jio Phone 2 price in India is Rs
2,999, which users will have to pay while placing the pre-order
The company hasn't revealed any details on the part of its Jio Phone 2 shipments
We can safely speculate some delay in the delivery as there is likely to be a huge demand for the affordable feature phone that sports a
QWERTY keyboard and features such as Google Assistant integration and WhatsApp support.The dual-SIM (Nano) Jio Phone 2 runs KaiOS and
features a 2.4-inch QVGA display
Under the hood, there is 512MB of RAM and 4GB of onboard storage that is expandable via microSD card (up to 128GB)
The phone has a 2-megapixel rear and a VGA front camera
Also, it supports connectivity options such as 4G VoLTE, VoWi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC, and FM radio
There is a dedicated button for voice commands that helps you activate Google Assistant while on the go
Besides, the phone packs a 2000mAh battery. Jio GigaFiber registrationsIn addition to Jio Phone 2 bookings, the Mukesh Ambani-led
company will take registrations from Jio GigaFiber from August 15
Customers will need to use the MyJio app or visit the Jio.com to register for the broadband service
The rollout of the service will be on basis of the number of registrations
In simpler terms, the company will prioritise the rollout of the Jio GigaFiber service to those localities from where it receives the major
amount of registrations.Different Jio GigaFiber plans haven't been announced yet
However, it is clear that subscribers will need to pay a refundable amount of Rs
4,500 to get the connection along with the router for the service
The service will notably be free for the first three months and is touted to offer as much as 1Gbps of download speeds.Apart from giving the
broadband service for computing devices and smartphones, Reliance Jio will offer a GigaTV set-top box to provide over 600 TV channels as
well as a large number of movies and songs to HDTVs
The Mumbai-based company is also in plans to bring a bunch of smart devices that will work on the Jio GigaFiber network to enable home
automation in the country.Will Jio Phone 2 help WhatsApp, YouTube reach the next billion users in India We discussed that on Orbital, our
weekly technology podcast, which you can subscribe to via Apple Podcasts or RSS, download the episode, or just hit the play button below.
