With the commencement of the festive season, Reliance Jio Infocomm has rolled out a special Diwali Gift 2019 offer for its 4G feature phone – JioPhone – wherein customers can buy the handset for Rs 699 during the festive period between Dussehra to Diwali. This offer is aimed at helping the Mukesh Ambani-promoted telco come closer to its 500 million subscriber target and get more customers to move from a 2G platform to 4G.
Jio Phone to Get Special Price of Rs. 699
In a statement on Tuesday, the telecom giant said, “During the festive season of Dussehra and Diwali, Jio is making the JioPhone available for a special price of only Rs 699 as against the current price of Rs. 1500. This is a clear saving of over Rs. 800 without any special conditions like having to exchange your old phone.”
Jio said that it will offer data benefits valued at Rs 700. For the first 7 recharges that the customer does, Jio will additionally add Rs 99 worth of data. There are about 35 crore 2G users in India today and Jio aims to get them onto 4G and eventually push them towards higher tariff order.
The operator on Tuesday stated that seven crore 2G users have already migrated to Jio Phone so far.
The Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani said in his statement, “Jio will ensure that no Indian is deprived of the affordable Internet and the fruits of the Digital Revolution. By offering the ‘JioPhone Diwali Gift’, we are making an investment of Rs 1,500 towards bringing every new person from the Bottom of the Economic Pyramid into the Internet Economy.”
As per the Jio Phone Diwali 2019 offer, the Jio Phone price in India will be set at Rs. 699. Reliance Jio is also committed to offering data benefits worth Rs. 700 for customers recharging the Jio Phone. To avail additional data, customers will need to make the first seven recharges for which the telco will add additional Rs. 99 worth of data. The new offer will be applicable starting October 4.
Jio Phone Specification Featurs
The KaiOS-based Jio Phone features a 2.4-inch display and is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, coupled with 512MB of RAM. The phone has 4GB of internal storage along with microSD card support (up to 128GB) and includes Wi-Fi connectivity as well as a 2,000mAh battery.
Comes with Google Assistant support, the Jio Phone has 22 Indian languages. It also comes with an option to mirror content playing on the phone to an HDTV using a proprietary cable. Further, there is support for apps such as Facebook, Google Maps, WhatsApp, and YouTube among others.
