Reliance Jio has announced to make JioPhone Next available in India on 4th November i.e. Diwali. JioPhone Next is backed by industry leaders like Google and Qualcomm.
The made-for-mass smartphone will be assembled at the Neolync facility in Tirupati and Sriperumbudur. JioPhone Next will be the first smartphone to use Pragati OS.
Jio has revealed many details related to its phone except the price. But the real challenge for JioPhone Next is the competition this phone gets in the Indian market. Many market research has proved that people in India want value for money smartphones.
Not only this, they mostly prefer smartphones with better cameras and longer battery life. Meanwhile, JioPhone Next is still early and unknown to them.
Faisal Kawoosa, founder and chief analyst at research firm Tekark, said that we need to check the performance of the phone especially after running Pragati OS, how it is optimized and how it differs from Google’s Android Go. . The biggest advantage of JioPhone Next at the moment is that it has no immediate competitor in the Indian market.
We don’t have anything space-friendly right now, Faisal said, adding that if it does well it solves one of the biggest challenges of getting new customers on a smartphone.
JioPhone Next will have smart features like Voice Assistant, Read Aloud, Translate to help first-time smartphone users. The next one will come with a 13MP back camera but the selfie lens resolution is still unknown. The smartphone is believed to come in 2GB RAM and 16GB internal memory variant. During the Reliance AGM Mukesh Ambani announced the JioPhone Next.
The company aims to provide affordable phones to the lower-middle class buyers. Jio also tied up with Google to add the latest features and drive small and medium businesses into the fintech revolution. The JioPhone Next is expected to cost around Rs 3,499. Right now, JioPhone Next will not face any stiff competition from the market.
