JioPhone Production to continue - Few improvements might be added

Few days back, there was a report in Factor Daily claiming that Jio is looking into stopping the production of its JioPhone and is evaluating options to produce a android based phone. The report also quoted the sources who attributed the production halt to KaiOS (forked version of Firefox OS), which does not support a lot of apps.

However, a Reliance Jio spokesperson, in a statement disproved the report and said that next pre-booking date will be announced soon. “JioPhone, ‘India ka smartphone’ is committed to fulfilling the country’s digital vision. Jio welcomes the initial 6 million Indians who are moving to digital life with the JioPhone and will soon announce the next JioPhone booking date.

Reliance JioPhone runs KaiOS, and it comes with Jio’s suite of apps like MyJio, JioMusic, JioTV, JioCinema, etc. Of course, more apps can be downloaded from JioStore. Notably, JioPhone doesn’t ship with popular social media and messaging apps like Facebook and WhatsApp. However, we’ve learnt that the company plans to roll out support for Facebook and WhatsApp soon, though timeline is unclear. Reliance Jio is looking to develop and app ecosystem for JioPhone, keeping in mind tier 2 and tier 3 users. We could see addition of utility apps like bus booking apps as well as entertainment apps. Details are unclear at this moment.

Reliance Jio is currently finishing up the first batch of deliveries of JioPhone. Reliance JioPhone pre-bookings started August 24, and deliveries began September 15. The company says it has received close to six million booking so far, and about 10 million expressions of interests from across the country. At the launch, Reliance Jio had said that it is targeting to have five million JioPhones available every week.

70% buyback offer on iPhone X

Get 70% cashback after one year of use - on iPhone X with Jio SIM

The telecom giant, Reliance Jio has introduced a new offer for the latest Apple flagship – the iPhone X. Earlier, Reliance Jio had offered a similar offer in which there was a Jio Buyback Scheme for Apple iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus in India.

Through this scheme, the iPhone X, which will be up for sale in India starting November 3, will be available for purchase with a 70 percent buyback on the device. In the plan announced by Akash Mukesh Ambani, Chief of Strategy, Jio, Reliance Jio will offer 70 percent buyback to those who purchase the Apple iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus or the iPhone X through Jio affiliated offline and online channels like Reliance Digital, Jio Store and Jio.com.

Under the Jio Buyback Scheme, those who purchase the iPhone X through any Jio Store, Reliance Digital Store, Jio.com, MyJio App, Amazon.in or the enterprise partners of Jio can avail a 70 percent buyback offer on the smart phones upon using them with a Jio SIM card and returning them after a year. Reliance Jio has also launched a special tariff plan for the iPhones. The Rs 799 plan provides 90 GB of data per month for postpaid users, over and above the free voice, SMS and complimentary subscription to Jio’s premium applications. The Jio-iPhone monthly plan for Rs 799 plan is also available for prepaid users with a 28-day validity.

Full talk time plans of Reliance Jio

Reliance Jio has offered several recharge plans to obtain full talk time to the users. As of 30th Oct 2017, the following jio recharge plans offered full talk time with unlimited validity.

Full Talk Time Jio Recharge plans:

Full talk time - Jio recharge plans

1) Rs 100 Jio prepaid recharge gives 100 Rs full talk time.

2) Rs 150 Jio prepaid recharge gives 150 Rs full talk time.

3) Rs 200 Jio prepaid recharge gives 200 Rs full talk time.

4) Rs 300 Jio prepaid recharge gives 300 Rs full talk time.

5) Rs 500 Jio prepaid recharge gives 500 Rs full talk time.

6) Rs 750 Jio prepaid recharge gives 750 Rs full talk time.

7) Rs 1000 Jio prepaid recharge gives 1000 Rs full talk time.

8) Rs 2000 Jio prepaid recharge gives 2000 Rs full talk time.

9) Rs 5000 Jio prepaid recharge gives 5000 Rs full talk time.

Top-Up Jio Recharge Plans

Top-up Jio recharge plans

Reliance Jio offered only 3 recharge plans as top-up:

1) Rs 10 recharge would give a talk time of Rs 7.7

2) Rs 20 recharge would give a talk time of Rs 15.39

3) Rs 50 recharge would give a talk time of Rs 40.48

Data & Voice Combo - Add On recharge plans

Data & Voice Combo - Jio Recharge Plans

Reliance Jio offered 5 recharge plans as data and voice combo offers. Note that the validity of a add-on plan would be equal to that of existing plan. Say, for example, you are on a 7 days valid recharge plan, if you buy a add-on plan the validity of the add-on plan will end within 7 days.

1) Rs 11 Jio add-on plan would give 35 minutes of talk time and 100 MB data.

2) Rs 51 Jio add-on plan would give 175 minutes of talk time and 1 GB data.

3) Rs 91 Jio add-on plan would give 325 minutes of talk time and 2 GB data.

4) Rs 201 Jio add-on plan would give 725 minutes of talk time and 5 GB data.

5) Rs 301 Jio add-on plan would give 1000 minutes of talk time and 10 GB data.