Reliance JioPhone News
Samsung stood second in the feature phone category with a share of 15 per cent while domestic handset maker LAVA grabbed the third spot with a market share of 13 per cent.
The JioPhone 2 is powered with a horizontal screen display and a full keyboard.
Similarly, on return of the phone in the second year, the customer will get refund of Rs 1,000 and in the third year entire amount of Rs 1,500 will be refunded, he said.
The company has finally publicized the detailed fine print of clauses that the customers will have to stand by.
Reliance Jio Chairman Mukesh Ambani had announced that voice calling for customers of JioPhone would always be free and they would get unlimited data for a month against a payment of Rs 153.
Customers who have booked the phone will have to share their registered mobile number to know the status of JioPhone.
Reliance Jio website says that it will inform the customers when the pre-booking resumes.
Customers who have booked the phone will have to share their registered mobile number to know the status of JioPhone.
The pre-bookings for Reliance's 4G feature phone named JioPhone crossed over three million mark, within just a couple of hours of opening on Thursday, media reports said.
One can pre-book the JioPhone through online and offline channels. The offline mode comprises of Jio retailers and multi-brand device retailers including the Reliance Digital stores network.
According to CyberMedia Research (CMR), 61.8 million mobiles were shipped in the second quarter of 2017, of which 54 per cent were feature phones, witnessing 9 per cent sequential growth.
This device, that was unveiled at the Reliance Industries AGM on 21st July 2017 is available to customers at an effective price of zero, ie, effectively free.
JioPhone will be physically available to those who have pre-booked, on a first come first serve basis from September onwards.
Feature phones by other handset makers similar to the yet-to-be-unveiled Jio handset would cost Rs 2000, a mobile company official said.
Even as Reliance is all set to foray into the 4G feature phone space, domestic handset maker Intex has already done it.
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani on Friday launched JioPhone – what he called will be ''India ka Intelligent Smart Phone'.
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