NEW DELHI: The much awaited JioPhone will be open for pre-booking on 24 August 2017 at 5pm. The device is available to customers at an effective price of zero, ie, effectively free. The JioPhone will be distributed on a ‘first come first serve’ basis to only those who pre-book starting 24th August, 2017.

On the first day of pre-bookings, Reliance Jio has released the full specifications phone on its website. The handset is free and has a refundable security of Rs. 1500. The attention that the phone garnered confirms that the customers are curious to know about the features such as expandable storage support, processor and whether it has hotspot function or not.

Jio Phone Specifications

The single Nano-SIM Jio Phone sports a 2.4 inch display and is powered by 1.2GHz Spreadtrum SPRD dual-core processor with 512 MB of RAM. It offers 4GB of internal storage that can be further expanded to 128 GB. It has 2-megapixel rear camera at the back and VGA front camera. The phone packs 2000mAh battery which has 12 hours of talktime.

Jio Phone Features

It comes with voice enabled search with Jio Assistant that allows you to open apps, search on Google and even compose SMS. It works in English and Hindi cathering to the audience. The phone can be connected through TV and comes in 22 languages.

For now, the phone is available in black and has in-box accessories which include battery, charger, handset, service guide, warranty card and SIM card.

The first Jio phone will have apps such as Jio Cinema, Jio Music and Jio TV along with social networking apps.

Technical Specification

  • DISPLAY Screen Size: 6.09cm (2.4)

  • Screen Resolution: QVGA (320 x 240)

  • GENERAL FEATURES Operating System: KAI OS

  • SIM Slot: Single SIM

  • SIM Size: Nano Sim (4FF type)

  • Color: Black

  • Box Contents: Handset, Removable Battery, Charger Adaptor,

  • Quick Service Guide, Warranty card, SIM CARD

  • PERFORMANCE Processor (CPU): 1.2GHz Dual Core

  • Chipset: SPRD 9820A/QC8905

  • Graphics (GPU): Mali-400 @ 512MHz

  • RAM: 512MB

  • BATTERY Capacity: 2000 mAh, Li-Po

  • Talktime: 12 Hours

  • Standby Time: 15 Days

  • STORAGE CAPACITY Internal Memory: 4GB

  • Expandable: Upto 128GB

  • CAMERA Rear Camera: 2MP

  • Front Camera: 0.3MP

  • Video Recording: Yes

  • MULTIMEDIA Music Player: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR, WB-AMR, MIDI, OGG

  • Wireless FM Radio: Yes

  • Video Player: 720p, MPEG4, h.263, h.264

  • Loudspeaker: Yes

  • Alert Type: Ringtone + Vibration

  • CONNECTIVITY Operating Frequency: BAND3(1800)/BAND5(850) LTE-TDD BAND40(2300)

  • 4G: Yes, LTE Cat4

  • True 4G (LTE Support): VoLTE (Video & HD Voice Call),

  • Wi-Fi: Yes

  • NFC: Yes

  • Bluetooth: BT 4.1 with BLE

  • GPS: Yes

  • USB Connectivity: USB 2.0

  • EMAIL SUPPORT Microsoft Exchange: Yes

  • INDIAN LANGUAGE

  • PACK SUPPORT 22 indian offical languages- Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri , Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu

  • JIO APPS MyJio, JioTV, JioCinema, JioChat, JioMusic, JioXpressNews
    VOICE ASSISTANT Voice enabled search (English, Hindi) Compose SMS, Search on Google. Open app, call connect

  • CONNECT TO TV Yes. Via JioMediaCable

  • OTHER FEATURES Torch, Contact Import via Gmail