Reliance Jio unveiled JioPhone2 ,the successor to Jiophone, and JioGigaFiber, the much awaited fibre to home broadband services at the 41st Annual General Meeting of Reliance Industries. The newly listed products will be available from 15th of August.
Reliance Jio also launched a Monsoon Hungama offer to exchange the old feature phones with a new JioPhone 2.
JioPhone 2 Features, Specifications, Price, Availability:
The JioPhone 2 has a BlackBerry-like design with a QWERTY keypad. JioPhone 2 will sport same 2.4-inch QVGA display panel and a QWERTY keypad with 4-way navigation key. The JioPhone 2 will also run same Kai OS as the JioPhone.
For memory, it will pack 512MB RAM and 4GB ROM which is expandable up to 128GB via microSD. In camera, the JioPhone 2 will sport a 2MP rear camera and a front VGA camera. It will pack a 2,000 mAh battery. Connectivity options will include VoLTE, VoWiFi, Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS, and NFC. Notably it will support Dual SIM Nano. Also, the company has announced the support for Facebook, YouTube, and WhatsApp applications.
The JioPhone 2 registration will start from August 15. The JioPhone 2 is priced at Rs. 2,999.
The company also announced Monsoon Hungama offer that allows feature phone users to exchange their phone for the new JioPhone 2 for just for Rs. 501.
JioGigaFiber Specifications, availability:
After prolong testing, Reliance Jio has announced its FTTH based JioGigaFiber service. The company claims speeds of up to 1Gbps and with such speed, it will be the “biggest greenfield fixed-line broadband service” in the world. The JioGigaFiber will be extended to home, as well as small, medium and large enterprises simultaneously across 1100 cities in India.
Under JioGigaFiber, the company will offer services like Ultra HD content on TV, video conferencing, voice-activated virtual assistant, virtual reality gaming and shopping, TV calling and smart home solutions to the subscribers.
The registrations for JioGigaFiber will also start from August 15 via the MyJio app and Jio.com website.
-Vaibhav Gupta
(Some excerpts taken Credit: Gadget to use)
