The First JioPhone 2 Flash Sale Will Kick Off Tomorrow (16th Aug) at 12PM

Reliance Jio launched its second generation ‘smart’ feature phone, the JioPhone 2, at its 41st Annual General Meeting early last month and its first flash sale is scheduled tostart at 12PM tomorrow onJio.com. TheJioPhone 2will be available at an attractive price ofRs. 2,999during the flash sale, provided you’re quick enough to book one for yourself as soon as the sale goes live. If you’re not familiar with the JioPhone 2, here’s everything you need to know about the second gen ‘smart’ feature phone from Jio:

QWERTY Keypad

One of the most noticeable differences you’d find on the JioPhone 2 is that the second-gen device sports afull QWERTY keypadin place of a T9 keyboard found on the original JioPhone. The device, however, retains the four-navigation keys with a dedicatedvoice command button at the center to bring up the Hello Jio voice assistant.

Updated Design

While the JioPhone 2 features the same2.4-inch QVGA 320×240display found on the original JioPhone, it’s now in landscape orientation much like old Blackberry devices. Overall, the JioPhone 2 looks a whole lot better than its predecessor and the full QWERTY keypad will really come in handy if you use this device for messaging.

Storage

Even though the JioPhone 2 isn’t powered by Android, it has plenty of internal storage for your music, videos, etc. The smart feature phone packs in a1.2GHz dual-core processor coupled with 512MB of RAM and 4GB of internal storage. Along with that, the JioPhone 2 also packs in amicroSD card slot, which will allow users to expand their device’s storage up to 128GB.

Video Calls

Unlike the previous iteration, the JioPhone 2 features a2MP rear camera and a 0.3MP front-facing camera, which will allow users to make video calls. While the specifications might not sound that great, it’ll be decent enough for video calls and thanks to Jio’s VoLTE support, video calls will be free for users beyond the prepaid plan they select. The JioPhone 2 is powered by a2,000mAh batterywhich, the company claims, will provide astandby time of 360 hours.

Connectivity

The dual-SIM JioPhone 2 includes support forVoLTE and LTE Cat.4, along with 2GB support on 900MHz and 1,800MHz frequencies. It also includes support for VoWiFi, which will allow users to make calls over WiFi. Other than that, the JioPhone 2 packs inFM, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1 Low Energy, GPS and NFC, as connectivity options.

Software Features

Powered byKaiOS, the JioPhone 2 will allow users to make use of social media apps like Facebook, instant messengers like WhatsApp and also video streaming services like YouTube. Along with that, there’s a bunch of Jio’s own app, which cover everything from entertainment to news. The JioPhone 2 also includessupport for 24 regional languages, which will allow more users to get onboard the Internet wave.

As mentioned earlier, the JioPhone 2 will go on sale tomorrow at12PM onJio.comat a price of Rs. 2,999. Thanks to Jio’s recently announced Monsoon Hungama Offer, any feature phone user will also be able to exchange their old feature phone for a new JioPhone for an effective price of just Rs. 501.

Pranob Mehrotra

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