Jio Android Phone to launch by early 2021, could be priced around Rs 4,000
Earlier this year at the Annual General Meet (AGM), Mukesh Ambani had announced the partnership with Google to release a new Android smartphone at an affordable price. Google and Jio are both eyeing to make affordable low-range 4G and 5G phones available for the Indian consumers soon. Some latest leaks tell more details about the expected low-price smartphone by Google and Reliance Jio.
According to a recent post in Bloomberg, Reliance Industries is quite passionately working to meet its target of manufacturing 200 million entry-level smartphone sets in the next two years. Subsequently, the company has also asked all the local manufacturers to accelerate their production.
The report indicates that these phones may present various optimizations from the Android operating system and Play Store. Other features of these smartphones will include cheap data packs and start at just Rs 4,000 ($54). As of now, the all new Jio-Google phones may witness the light of the day only by the end of 2020 or by early 2021.
More information on Reliance Jio Android phones
There have been more details released regarding the upcoming 4G and 5G Reliance Jio Android phones. As per an insider, Mukul Sharma, an exclusive Google and Jio Android smartphone has been listed on Google Console.
According to the available image, the phone might be revealed as ‘Reliance Orbic RC545L’ and may come along with Android 10 OS out-of-the-box paired with Qualcomm Snapdragon QM 215 SoC chipset, which is also included in Android GO smartphones. Moreover, the device may also boast an HD+ display with 720 x 1440 pixels screen resolution.
Additionally, Reliance Jio is also planning to launch low-price devices in the upcoming 5G range. The report further elaborated by another tweet from tipster Abhishek Yadav who disclosed the telecom giant’s three different 5G smartphones.
According to the tipster, these devices are predicted to be ‘Orbic Myra 5G’, ‘Orbic Magic 5G’ and ‘Orbic Maui’. All these phones are expected to come bundled with Android 10 with no unwanted software or OEM skin. While Orbic Maui might come in 4G and 5G models, two of the phones are supposed to be the 5G-only devices.
