Reliance Jio phone booking begins; here is full list of specifications of a handset expected to set market afire

The pre booking for Reliance Jio feature phone started today at 5:30 pm. Mukesh Ambani's ambitious phone will be available free of cost. All you have to do is deposit Rs 1500 which will be refunded after 3 years as told by Ambani at this year's Reliance AGM.

The pre booking for Reliance Jio feature phone started today at 5:30 pm. Mukesh Ambani's ambitious phone will be available free of cost. All you have to do is deposit Rs 1500 which will be refunded after 3 years as told by Ambani at this year's Reliance AGM. Before the Jio phone pre bookings started, its features were made available on the website. Jio which was called ‘India ka smartphone’ by RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani, can be booked online via MyJio app or Jio’s website as well as offline by walking into Jio retail stores or multi-branded outlets. You have to pay only Rs 500 while booking the phone and the rest Rs 1000 will be paid after the phone is delivered. As soon as the booking started, the Jio website crashed which probably because of the traffic load.

Here is a look at the Reliance Jio feature phone specifications:

1. Design: Just like some other features phones in the market, Reliance Jio too gets a candy-bar design with an Alphanumeric keypad and a 3.5mm headphone jack. The feature phone will be available in black colour option.

2. Display: This phone has a 2.4-inch QVGA display with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels. JioPhone is a single SIM phone that supports a nano SIM. With JioPhone, users won’t be able to use SIM cards from other telecom operators like Idea, Vodafone, Airtel

3. Camera: Beating your expectations, the Reliance Jio Phone will have a 2MP rear camera along with a 0.3MP front shooter. The 4G-enabled feature phone supports video recording as well.

4. Processor: Reliance Jio JioPhone is powered by a Dual-core SPRD 9820A/QC8905 processor clocked at 1.2GHz with Mali-400 GPU.

5. Memory: The phone has 512 RAM which should be enough for a feature phone and comes with 4GB of internal storage which is expandable up to 128GB via a microSD card.

6. Battery: Reliance promises to deliver on the battery front as well. It is backed by a 2000 mAh Li-Po battery said to offer 12 hours of talk time and 15 days of standby time.

7. Software: Reliance Jio JioPhone runs KAI OS, which is a forked version of Firefox OS. It ships with voice assistant, which enables voice-based search in English and Hindi.

8. Apps: Jio phone comes pre-loaded with Jio’s suite of apps like MyJio, JioMusic, JioCinema, JioTV, and JioXpressNews. People can connect Jio phone to their TV via JioMedia Cable to watch movies on big screen. JioMedia Cable will sell as a separate accessory and the company has not announced its price yet.

9. Calling: As expected, the Jio Phone comes with true 4G or LTE support and offers VoLTE (Video and HD Voice Call) as well. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, NFC, Bluetooth 4.1, and GPS.

10. Cost: The phone is effectively free but as explained above you will have to pay Rs 1500 which will be returned after three years.