Jio mobile specifications

It’s August 24 today, and Reliance Jio will kick start the pre-bookings for the JioPhone later today. The company officially said that it will open the pre-bookings at 5:30 PM today. Interested customers can pre-book the device by heading over to Jio.com. As an advance amount, Jio is charging Rs. 500 while pre-booking, and the rest Rs. 1,000 should be paid while picking the device.

Specifications of JioPhone

The official specifications of the JioPhone are not much different from the rumoured ones. The JioPhone flaunts a 2.4-inch QVGA display with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels. The device runs the KAI OS and comes with a single SIM slot. Yes, the JioPhone, for now, is available in a single SIM variant. It was rumoured that the company will launch a dual SIM variant of the phone later this year.


Internally, the JioPhone is powered by Spreadtrum SC9820A/QC8905 SoC, paired with Mali-400 GPU and 512MB of RAM. The JioPhone has 2000mAh battery and is rated to offer a talk time of 12 hours and standby time of 15 days.

• DISPLAY Screen Size: 6.09cm (2.4)
• Screen Resolution: QVGA (320 x 240)
• GENERAL FEATURES Operating System: KAI OS
• SIM Slot: Single SIM
• SIM Size: Nano Sim (4FF type)
• Color: Black
• Box Contents: Handset, Removable Battery, Charger Adaptor,
• Quick Service Guide, Warranty card, SIM CARD
• PERFORMANCE Processor (CPU): 1.2GHz Dual Core
• Chipset: SPRD 9820A/QC8905
• Graphics (GPU): Mali-400 @ 512MHz
• RAM: 512MB
• BATTERY Capacity: 2000 mAh, Li-Po
• Talktime: 12 Hours
• Standby Time: 15 Days
• STORAGE CAPACITY Internal Memory: 4GB
• Expandable: Upto 128GB
• CAMERA Rear Camera: 2MP
• Front Camera: 0.3MP
• Video Recording: Yes
• MULTIMEDIA Music Player: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR, WB-AMR, MIDI, OGG
• Wireless FM Radio: Yes
• Video Player: 720p, MPEG4, h.263, h.264
• Loudspeaker: Yes
• Alert Type: Ringtone + Vibration
• CONNECTIVITY Operating Frequency: BAND3(1800)/BAND5(850) LTE-TDD BAND40(2300)
• 4G: Yes, LTE Cat4
• True 4G (LTE Support): VoLTE (Video & HD Voice Call),
• Wi-Fi: Yes, NFC: Yes, Bluetooth: BT 4.1 with BLE, GPS: Yes, USB Connectivity: USB 2.0
• EMAIL SUPPORT Microsoft Exchange: Yes
• INDIAN LANGUAGE PACK SUPPORT: 22 Indian official languages
• Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri,
• Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu
• JIO APPS: MyJio, JioTV, JioCinema, JioChat, JioMusic, JioXpressNews
• VOICE ASSISTANT: Voice enabled search (English, Hindi) Compose SMS, Search on Google. Open app, call connect
• CONNECT TO TV: Yes. Via JioMediaCable
• OTHER FEATURES: Torch, Connect Import via Gmail

Special Features

As it was announced at the launch event, the JioPhone can easily connect to your TV with the help of JioMediaCable. That said, the JioMediaCable has to be purchased separately.

Another best part with the JioPhone is it comes preloaded with several Jio apps such as MyJio, JioMusic, JioCinema, JioTv, JioXpressNews, and JioChat. Yes, the JioPhone comes preloaded with JioChat to always stay connected with your friends.

Another interesting feature added by Jio in the feature phone is the Jio Assistant. At the launch event, Jio showed a demo of the features of Jio Assistant, which was impressive. With Jio Assistant, you can remotely call some one, message some one, play a music track, access JioCinema app, and browse the web. It’s interesting to see how the Jio Assistant works in real life.

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Jio Phone booking

Jio has updated its website for the people who are interested in buying the Reliance Jio feature phone. Jio updated its website with ‘Keep Me Posted’ page.

Jio has updated its website for the people who are interested in buying the Reliance Jio feature phone. Jio updated its website with ‘Keep Me Posted’ page. The page says, “Introducing India Ka Smartphone JioPhone”. It is the first step to register your interest. When you click on Keep Me Posted tab, it will show you a form. The form says, “Register Interest, Share your details with us and we will get back to you.” The form asks you to fill First name, last name, email and phone number. Also, it says, ” We hate spam and promise to keep your data safe.” Moreover, it asks you to tick ‘I accept terms & conditions’ box. Once you fill correct details, it will say, “Thank you for registering interest!”. After this, you will get an email from Jio. The email reads, “Greetings from Jio! Thank you for your interest. We have received your details and our team will contact you shortly. Thank You, Team Jio.”

JioPhone will be available for user testing in beta form from August 15 and for pre-booking from August 24. JioPhone will be physically available to those who have pre-booked, on a first come first serve basis, September onwards. The company will make available 5 million phones every week and manufacture all JioPhones in India from last quarter of this year. The phone, targeted at 50 crore feature phone users in the country, will be available on payment of a refundable security deposit of Rs 1,500. This deposit will be refunded after 36 months on return of the phone

Reliance Jio, the fourth-generation telecom arm of Reliance Industries, will provide unlimited data on the phone for Rs 153 per month. Jio already has 125 million users since its launch in September last year.

Reliance Jio Introduces Jio Prime Membership Service For Rs. 99

While Reliance Jio just crossed the 100 million subscribers in just 170 days, the company has now announced the Jio Prime enrolment service for its existing customers.

Reliance Jio has announced the launch of the Jio Prime enrolment service for all its existing customers availing the Jio Happy New Year Offer. The service would offer existing Jio subscribers extension of the Jio Happy New Year Offer till March 31, 2018. Additionally, users would also get free access to Jio’s suite of apps including JioCinema and JioTV.

To enlist the Jio Prime enrolment service, users need to pay a nominal membership fee of Rs. 99 between March 1 to March 31. Starting from April 1, 2017, users then need to pay just Rs. 303 monthly to continue enjoying the unlimited benefits for another 12 months. New subscribers enrolling before March 31, 2017, can also avail the service.

While the free Happy New Year offer ends on March 31st, voice calls, including roaming will remain free across India for all customers. Subscribers not opting for the Jio Prime enrolment service can avail any other regular tariff plan to use the services.

Speaking about the service, Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, RIL, said, “We are putting together of line up of attractive deals and offers from Jio and our partners for Jio prime members. We are committed to returning your trust in us and committed to give u back many surprises in coming days.”

Reliance Jio Crosses 100 Million Subscriber Milestone In Just 170 Days

Just as expected owing to the controversial extended free offers, new-comer Reliance Jio has now officially crossed the 100 million subscriber goal it had set before the launch.

Reliance Industries Limited Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani has announced that Reliance Jio has hit the 100 million subscriber’s milestone. He asserted that the company managed to achieve this feat in just 170 days of its commercial operations which began on September 5, 2016.
According to Ambani, Reliance Jio has been adding subscribers at an average rate of 7 customers every single second of every single day for the past 170 days. He claimed that this was an unprecedented level of acceptance for any technology company, anywhere in the world.

Speaking about the achievement, Mukesh Ambani, MD, RIL, said, “Jio has added 7 customers every single second of every single day. This is an unprecedented level of acceptance for any technology company, anywhere in the world. 170 days later, Jio has crossed 100 million customers mark on its 4G LTE all-IP wireless broadband network.”

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TRAI gives Reliance Jio clean chit; Says tariffs do not violate regulations

In what may seem to be a blow to rival telecom operators, TRAI gave a clean chit to Reliance Jio’s extended free welcome offer.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has affirmed that the tariff plans of Reliance Jio are in compliance with its regulations and the existing tariff orders. The decision was quite expected and comes soon after the Attorney General had asked the regulator not to intervene in the Reliance Jio tariff case.



However, the matter is still pending with TDSAT and is scheduled for hearing on February 6. Rival operators including Airtel, Idea and Vodafone have been accusing TRAI of favouring newcomer Reliance Jio for allowing the operator to continue the free promotional offer beyond the 90 days’ period.

Speaking about the decision, TRAI said, “TRAI has examined the tariffs and has found that the tariffs are in compliance with regulations and existing tariff orders.”

Reliance Jio Dish TV set-top box leaked

While we have been constantly hearing Reliance Jio’s plans of launching DTH services, the company’s set-top box has now been spotted.

According to Gizmo Times, Reliance Jio is indeed working on a DTH service based on the images of the alleged Jio TV set-top box (STB). The image reveals a round STB which can be apparently connected to the Jio Dish TV or even the Jio Fiber. Also visible is the remote control which would be used to control the STB.

As per the source, the Reliance Jio STB has an S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format) port, an Ethernet port, an HDMI port and a USB port. While there has been no official confirmation in this regard from the company, sources in the know claim that the service is in the final stages of testing and could be launched in March-April.