Jio smart phone may be available for pre-bookings by this week: Specs, expected India price

Jio smart phone India

 

Reliance Jio is launching its new affordable smartphone on September 10. The pre-bookings for the same are expected to start this week.

India’s largest telecom operator Reliance Jio could open its much-awaited JioPhone Next for pre-orders from next week. It has been reported that the telecom company is already in talks with its retail partners to line up the pre-orders.

JioPhone Next is the latest phone in the Jio phone lineup. JioPhone Next is a low-cost smartphone that has been developed in a joint collaboration between Reliance Jio and Google. Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani had confirmed the development of the JioPhone Next at the 44th Reliance Industries Annual General Meeting event, which was held virtually on August 28. At the event, it was announced that the JioPhone Next would be available from September 10 on the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • The JioPhone Next is in talks with retail partners to line up the pre-orders.'
  • The smartphone has been developed in collaboration with Google and will run on Android 11 (Go Edition).
  • JioPhone Next will sport a 5.5 inch HD display along with a 13-megapixel primary camera.

Specifications (expected)

  • Processor Snapdragon 215 quad-core processor with a 1.3GHz clock speed
  • RAM 2GB / 3GB
  • Internal storage 16GB / 32GB
  • Display 5.5-inch HD display 
  • Resolution  720 x 1440
  • Battery 2500 mAh
  • Rear camera 13-megapixel 
  • Selfies camera 8-megapixel 
While there is no official word on the pricing of the new JioPhone Next smartphone by Jio and Google, according to several rumours and reports the smartphone could be priced at Rs. 3,499.


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