Reliance Jio is all set to make its entry level phone, JioPhone Next, available for sale on September 10. The phone was unveiled two months ago during the 44th Annual General Meeting of Reliance Industries in June this year.
The phone has been developed in cooperation with Google Inc.
Also, some new leaks have hinted that the phone will come with the Android 11 (Go Edition) OS.
Read on to find out all the details about JioPhone Next!
JioPhone Next: Leaks Suggest Android 11
The JioPhone Next is supposed to be the most affordable phone on the market globally, as assured by Mukesh Ambani, the Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance. As per new leaks, the JioPhone Next will come with Android 11 (Go Edition).
As we reported to you earlier, the new 4G-capable device will try to entice users of basic phones, who are “trapped in the 2G era,” to make the transition to more advanced hardware, according to Mr Ambani.
If we talk about Google’s efforts, then it marks another effort toward making Android friendlier to more frugal devices, further making it accessible to a wider audience of potential users of its services.
Moreover, Google Cloud technologies will form the basis for Jio’s upcoming 5G wireless solutions.
It will also assist in serving the internal needs of online services such as Reliance Retail and JioMart. For more than nine months, the engineers from the two companies worked to co-develop the JioNext hardware specifications in sync with a modified version of Android, so that it would maintain a high-end experience without recourse to expensive components.
JioPhone Next: Specifications, Features, And Price
It will also be equipped with a single rear camera, and an HD+ display. This smartphone will reportedly have a 1440×720 resolution display and Qualcomm’s entry-level 215 chipset which also is found on the Nokia 1.4.
Reliance Jio will reportedly pre-install Google’s Camera Go and Duo Go apps
About the specifications of the phone, there will be 2 GB LPDDR3 RAM and 32 GB of eMMC 4.5 storage. Multiple features will also be present, such as dual SIM support, dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth 4.2. The camera on the phone will be a 13-megapixel OmniVision OV13B10 lens at the back that supports HDR, FHD+ video recording and night mode as well! The front camera will sport an 8-megapixel GC0834W by GalaxyCore.
The phone is expected to be launched at less than Rs. 5000 in order to align with Ambani’s promise of being the cheapest 4G phone in India.