Reliance announces JioPhone, an effectively free 4G feature phone for the masses
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- 22 Jul 2017
AnonD-456831, 21 Jul 2017"Some" indians can afford them but only through monthly pla... moreits not about poor country, its about empowering ourselves
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- 22 Jul 2017
Daniel, 22 Jul 2017Did you just write "500 MB 4GB data per month" that suppose... moreNo brother its per day
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- 22 Jul 2017
can you use this as a wifi hotspot? coz that'd be great, a cheap 4g hotspot capable feature phone to go with your expensive wifi only ipad.
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- Daniel
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- 22 Jul 2017
Did you just write "500 MB 4GB data per month" that supposed to mean ?
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- 21 Jul 2017
Anonymous, 21 Jul 2017Wrong on so many levels 1 Indians can afford s8 and iphone... more"Some" indians can afford them but only through monthly plans by service providers and not to actual retailers. It was already announced that Z17 will only be released in europe, east / southeast asia and some countries in the americas aka "not poor countries". And no offline store for OP, only online. Genius.
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- 21 Jul 2017
Anonymous, 21 Jul 2017You are either talking about cheap phones or going straight... moreI'm talking about the reason why companies don't release real flagships here. It's because they think our country is poor. Just look at the many ones including hugo Barra's interview on why the Mi Note 2 and the Mi Mix wasn't released in india.
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- 21 Jul 2017
Deepchand, 21 Jul 2017Dear whoever Your comment seems imaginary. India is a mix ... moreThere are more poor people here than rich. Don't be offended just because you're in the majority who ride in one of the many rusty and overloaded trains present all throughout the country. Guess what? Our government just loaned millions of dollars to japan to build better ones. You know, the one that was nuked not once but twice and yet still managed to be richer than us?
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- 21 Jul 2017
Nokia12, 21 Jul 2017it is a smart-feature phone lol.. it runs on Kai OS .. and ... morePlus 500mb data per day.
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- 21 Jul 2017
Beside it is VOLTE supported.
About 500 billion of phones in India are feature phones which are 2G enabled or rarely any 3G.
So those people using very low powered network which they can not able to use good Internet, with no video play, or even most of those have no internet facility in their handsets my friend.
So Mr. Ambani gaves a opportunity to those to enjoy high speed internet and to connect to the world. This will be the masterstoke by JIO to make INDIA a digital Nation.
As you know it supports NFC for mobile payments.
And voice assistance, wi-fi, emergancy alert with long pressing of 5 button to nearby saved numbers. In a feature phone.
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- 21 Jul 2017
Again Indian Company Reliance showed the world In what direction a company should innovative. Reliance has a history of changing the status quo. Awesome Reliance. You are the really game changer and will remembered always.
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- bam
- 21 Jul 2017
this is great!! how Is suppose to be,
affordable calling and data services.
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- Anonymous
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- 21 Jul 2017
AnonD-456831, 21 Jul 20172017. And if it's branded, it's not even flagship. Notice h... moreYou are either talking about cheap phones or going straight up to the flagships. Why are you not seeing the reality?
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- Deepchand
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- 21 Jul 2017
AnonD-456831, 21 Jul 20172017. And if it's branded, it's not even flagship. Notice h... moreDear whoever
Your comment seems imaginary. India is a mix bag of rich and poor. You can watch audi and cycle side by side. About real flagship or Apple , you should know that they does not suit to indian approach. With 200$ smartphone if you get 95 % features of 800$ smartphone, it's good to save 600$. As of apple it does not have good battery and dual Sims let alone other android features. Flagships by greedy company does not support value for money approach. Some like one plus and honor are good. India have scope but you need to make suitable products. 100 million new 4g consumers in India in 10 month proves it. Apple and htc etc charge highest here across the world. Indians are getting smart by time. Indians don't waste money on gimmicks instead they save. iPhone is a gimmick for most indians. I have used iPhone 5 in 2013 and wasn't satisfied. Nothing personal.
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- Tapan chakrabarti
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- 21 Jul 2017
I do not have either any Jio sim or a 4g phone.
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- AnonD-676179
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- 21 Jul 2017
Lol.. Samsung providing 1.5 inch phone with 2g and no cam at this price
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- suraj
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- 21 Jul 2017
Fantastic plan
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- Anonymous
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- 21 Jul 2017
AnonD-456831, 21 Jul 20172017. And if it's branded, it's not even flagship. Notice h... moreWrong on so many levels
1 Indians can afford s8 and iphones and u11s which cost twice the price of most of phones you mentioned but can't afford ZTE and stuff..... Good genius
2 ever heard of one plus? Why would bbk release x series by vivo when op5 is so successful. There's an article of first post related to that. Brands self cannibalization is unnecessary since it's model is already successful in India
3 mi5 was flop due to perception of company as one selling cheap phones plus having 25% markup on Chinese price was unnecessary
4 ZTE will release z17 like it did with z11 and other phones mark my words
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- 21 Jul 2017
Well sure it's a great news for the consumers but what no one else will comprehend is the effect of such moves from such a company (one that owns multiple businesses , has blessings from the State and tons and tons of surplus) would have on the telecom sector itself. The telecom sector in India for the employees is left with little or no hope after move such as this by Reliance. It is putting their surplus cash , giving people free phones and services and basically killing the competition. This has caused massive effect on other companies and their employee base .Employees ( majority of the workforce which are Engineers) were already dealing with non-existent increments and now companies have stopped hiring and started firing their employees. What happened with 3G in India was unfortunate, to say the least. While countries in South-America are planning their 5th WCDMA carrier, India carries on with single carrier till date; reason... non-existent traffic. This solely happened due to greed of telcos back in time of the auction, trying to demean others and in hunger of getting the most of spectrum , they ended up paying loads of it. What followed was huge prices for the services and ultimately it failed among the masses and people kept sticking to their 2G for most part of the usage. And now company like Reliance is going to seal the fate of many by making such a move and handling everyone free this- free that. May the Indian telcos RIP !!
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- 21 Jul 2017
Great. If it was available unlocked. Id be tempted to get it as a second phone in Canada
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- TechLover1
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- 21 Jul 2017
Without commenting regarding the phone per se, because it is what it is. But as a whole package, definitely it's a good news for the Indian market (customers).