JIO COULD SOON LAUNCH ITS BUDGET LAPTOP - JIOBOOK

 Jio had already revealed its plans about introducing a budget laptop ( an initiative similar to that of JioPhone) last year, but owing to the success of previous Jio's initiatives and widespread demand for budget and affordable laptops for rural students for online classes, Jio could be speeding up its launch as per few online reports.

 The planned laptop would provide 4G LTE support and is contemplated to be called "JioBook". Though exact specifications of JioBook are not available, few speculations are already in air which will be discussed below.

 

The new affordable laptop could be using Android Operating system and most of the Jio applications which are avaialble on the Jio Phone will be available in this laptop.

It is also speculated that Jio is working along with BlueBank Communication technology, a china based tech firm which develps third party softwares.

 

As per the report from XDA Developers, the planned Jio Book prototype is currently using Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 665 (sm6125), an 11nm chipset that was announced in early 2019. The chipset features a built-in 4G LTE modem called "Snapdragon X12". This feature will allow JioBook to provide cellular connectivity to Reliance Jio’s expansive 4G network. As per few leaked speculative images, the laptop was of small-to-mid size, sleek black in colour.

 

Jio Book has been said to have tested in various iterations and two models were revealed by the report-- the first one with a 2GB of LPDDR4X RAM paired with 32GB of eMMC storage and the second one with a 4GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 64GB of eMMC 5.1 storage. The design aspects are expected to be completed before Jun 2021 and most are speculating that new product will be launched in September 2021.

 

Coming to the connectivity options, the laptop may feature a mini HDMI connector for video output, support for WiFi over 2.4 and 5GHz frequencies, Bluetooth, a three-axis accelerometer, and a Qualcomm audio chip. Last year, Jio partnered with Google to work on low-cost Android smartphones. The phones which will be bundled by data packs are speculated to launch in the first quarter of 2021. The move came after Google invested Rs 33,737 crore in Jio Platforms for a 7.7 per cent stake, last year.

 

If these speculations are to be true, India's rural population, especially rural students and poor parents could now afford a 4G enable laptop. It will also give direct boost to business sector in rural areas of India. We will get a clear picture in around 6 months from now.