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Reliance Jio Phone 2 smart feature phone unveiled: Price, full specifications
Mumbai: Reliance Jio Phone users will soon be able to access WhatsApp, Facebook and YouTube on their phones, Reliance Industries Ltd chairman Mukesh Ambani announced at RIL AGM today while unveiling Jio Phone 2 at an introductory price of Rs 2,999.
Reliance JioPhone 2 will be available from August 15 for Rs 2,999. The company also introduced a new Jio Monsoon offer under which customers can replace their older feature phone for a new JioPhone for Rs 501.
Jio Phone 2, the company’s latest 4G VoLTE-enabled feature phone, was announced on Thursday at Reliance Industries Limited’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), alongside FTTH service Jio GigaFiber.
Addressing the company’s 41st Annual General Meeting, Chairman & Managing Director Mukesh Ambani said, “We have more than 25 million JioPhone users in India. We are now taking the JioPhone to the next level, with added capabilities and functionalities.”
“Since I last spoke, we have doubled our [Jio] customer base to over 215 million now. 215 million customers within 22 months of start is a record that no technology company has been able to achieve anywhere in the world,” he added.
Jio Phone 2 vs Jio Phone: What’s New and Different?
1.Design:-
Design is one of the major differentiators between the two phones. The Jio Phone 2 comes with a full-size QWERTY keyboard and 4-way navigation keys that offer a BlackBerry-style appearance. Even the display is larger and the form factor much wider. In comparison, the Jio Phone has a smaller display and a T9-style keypad. Both of them have a dedicated key to trigger the voice assistant.
2.Software
Both the Jio Phone 2 and Jio Phone run on KaiOS. While most of the apps and functionality on both handsets remain same, the Jio Phone 2 will get apps like YouTube and WhatsApp out-of-the-box. That said, these two apps will also soon be available for the original Jio Phone, starting August 15, possibly through the Jio App Store.
3.Jio phone 2: Full Specifications:-
- QWERTY Keypad with 4-Way Navigation Key: The most significant new feature of the JioPhone 2 is the QWERTY keyboard, something that is no longer very common. If you are someone who loved the design of BlackBerry smartphones with a QWERTY keyboard, the JioPhone 2’s design should appeal to you. In addition to the QWERTY keypad, the feature phone has a 4-way navigation key as well.
- Dual–SIM Support: Another key feature of the new JioPhone 2 is the presence of Dual SIM card slots. The first generation JioPhone, on the other hand, comes with a single SIM card slot. This means you can use two SIM cards on the JioPhone 2 instead of just one.
- App Store: While most feature phones do not offer any app support at all, the JioPhone 2 comes with an app store, allowing users to download some of the most popular mobile apps like Facebook, YouTube, and even WhatsApp. However, this will not be an exclusive feature on the JioPhone 2. Reliance did announce during the AGM today that JioPhone users will also be able to download these apps from the app store on August 15th.
- 4G VoLTE + VoWiFi: The JioPhone 2, like its predecessor, offers support for not just 4G LTE but also 4G VoLTE. This means you will be able to enjoy HD quality voice calls over the Reliance Jio LTE network. Additionally, the phone comes with VoWiFi as well, which lets users make phone calls over a Wi-Fi network. In terms of network connectivity, the JioPhone 2 comes with LTE Cat.4, supporting maximum download speeds of 150 Mbps and maximum upload speeds of up to 50 Mbps. Additionally, the JioPhone 2 supports 2G bands 900 and 800.
- Long Battery Life: Even though the JioPhone 2 is a “smart” feature phone, it isn’t as powerful or as capable as a modern smartphone. However, that also means the JioPhone 2 offers much better battery life than an average smartphone. While 2000mAh may sound small for a smartphone, there are few feature phones out there with a bigger battery. As a result, Jio claims the JioPhone 2 delivers a standby time of up to 360 hours.
Reliance JioPhone 2: Other Specifications
The Reliance JioPhone 2 comes with a 2.4-inch 320 x 240 QVGA resolution display, identical to its predecessor. In terms of memory, the feature phone includes 512MB of RAM and 4GB of internal storage, which can be expanded further thanks to a microSD card slot. As for optics, the JioPhone 2 has a 2MP primary camera and a 0.3MP VGA camera on the front. Connectivity features include Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1 Low Energy, NFC, 4G VoLTE, and VoWIFI. The phone runs on the KaiOS operating system.In terms of specifications, there seems to be no apparent difference between the Jio Phone 2 and the Jio Phone. Both of them have the same camera combinations, RAM capacity, internal storage, display size and resolution, as well as battery size. We will update this space when additional information becomes available, such as processor and clock speed. The feature phones can of course be expected to have different dimensions and weight.