Update (August 14, 2018) The JioPhone 2 will be sold via a flash sale on Jio.com starting at 12 noon on August 16th.
Earlier (July 5, 2018):
Reliance India has today launched its second iteration of the feature-smartphone, the JioPhone 2, today, in India. Unlike the original JioPhone which came with a standard T9 keyboard, the JioPhone 2 comes with a QWERTY keyboard and a 4-way Navigation keys.
The JioPhone 2 sports a 2.4-inch QVGA display with a resolution of 320×240 pixels. It comes with 512 MB RAM and 4 GB internal storage. The phone’s storage can be expanded up to 128 GB using a microSD card. The phone runs on KAI OS.
For the cameras, the phone comes with a 2 MP rear camera and a VGA front-facing camera.
The JioPhone 2 comes with a 2000 mAh battery. The phone comes with CAT4 LTE modem which offers peak download speeds up to 150 Mbps, and peak upload speeds up to 50 Mbps. As for connectivity, it has VoLTE, VoWiFi, FM, Bluetooth LE, NFC, Wi-Fi, and GPS. The Dual SIM phone accepts only nano-SIMs. It also comes with a loud mono speaker.
Pricing and Availability of JioPhone 2
The JioPhone 2 comes with an introductory price of Rs. 2,999 and will be available soon across all Jio stores and other retail and e-commerce stores.
Additionally, Reliance has also announced the Jio Monsoon Hungama offer, which allows interested buyers to purchase the new JioPhone at a price of Rs 501 by exchanging your old feature for the new JioPhone, starting July 21st.
The company hasn’t revealed any details regarding the recharge plans for the new JioPhone, assuming it is the same as when you buy the JioPhone.
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Didn’t like it as per looks and it can only be used for making low cost calls and somewhat internet, thanks
That’s interesting with the JooPhone2 after the successor of jiophone they launched earlier it’s great with the Qwerty keyboard design with interesting specs for normal users to use it for calls and internet #GizmoArmy #JioPhone2
Not interested at all , looks expensive from jio ! Jio means less priceless ! By the way screen should be more big !
So great Jio but most of the user’s will not interested in this Jio phone better to put some extra money and buy some great Smartphone which provide amazing specs at the best price #Honor9NGizmoTimes #GizmoArmy
2999 rs seems like expensive as it is from Jio . Design looks more like old days . #GizmoArmy #Honor9NGizmoTimes
More interested in the jio giga fiber
Hard to beat the sales target set by the predecessor, wish it had some exchange offers or scheme like the 1st one
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Qwerty design remembers me the blackberry smartphone apart at pricing of ₹2999 jio phone 2 which is feature phone not feels worth to buy because you can get good 4G volte smartphone buy spend few more bucks.
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