JIOPHONE RUNNING ON ANDROID EXPECTED TO RELEASE BY END OF 2020
                     JIOPHONE RUNNING ON 
ANDROID EXPECTED TO 
RELEASE BY END OF 2020
 Reliance Jio is set to tap into the budget smartphone 
market as it is looking to outsource the manufacturing 
of more than 10 crore smartphones based on Android 
OS. 
INTRODUC
TION
Source: The Indian Express
 Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, is an Indian 
telecommunications company and a subsidiary of Jio 
Platforms, headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, 
India.
 It operates a national LTE network with coverage 
across all 22 telecom circles.
COMPANY  Founder: Mukesh Ambani
PROFILE
Source: Inc42
 The smartphone will come along with data packs and 
is set to be launched in December 2020 or in the first 
quarter of 2021 according to a report by Business 
Standard. 
DATA PACK
Source: Telecom Talk
 Earlier this year in July, Alphabet’s Google said it will 
invest 4.5 billion dollars (Rs 3,30,02,79,75,000). 
 The upcoming affordable smartphone was promised 
AFFORDAB by Reliance owner Mukesh Ambani in the company’s 
Annual General Meeting virtual event.
LE 
SMARTPH
ONE
Source: Pinterest
  Reliance is looking to make India a “2G-mukt Bharat”. 
This smartphone can either support 4G or 5G network. 
 However, 5G is yet to be launched in India by any 
telecom company despite several 5G smartphones 
2G-MUKT available in the Indian market.
BHARAT
Source: Republic World
  In the AGM meeting, Reliance also revealed that it 
has designed and developed a complete 5G solution 
from scratch which will be ready for trials as soon as 
the 5G spectrum is available and can be ready for 
5G field deployment next year.
SOLUTION
Source: Jon Vacancy
 Jio has created a complete 5G solution from 
beginning, that will enable us to launch a world-class 
HOMEGRO 5G service in India, using 100 per cent homegrown 
technologies and solutions.
WN 5G 
TECHNOLO
GY
Source: Asianet Newsable
 There is no information about the design, camera, or 
the processor used by the upcoming 4G/5G phone. 
NO  But, it will take on the likes of Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, 
Motorola, and others in the affordable segment.
INFORMATI
ON ABOUT 
FEATURES
Source: viralbob
 This will also be a major upgrade to the Jio Phone 
which ran on the Linux-based KaiOS platform instead 
of Android. 
 However, it is to be noted that this operating system 
OPERATIN was used on a 4G feature phone. 
G SYSTEM
Source: Android police
  The current version of the phone, Jio Phone 2 has a 
QWERTY keypad, 2.4-inch QVGA TFT display, and is 
CURRENT priced at Rs 2,999.
VERSION 
OF JIO 
PHONE
Source: Android Police