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Jio Phone Running Android OS to Launch in India by December, to Come Bundled with Data Plans

Reliance Jio planning to launch more the 100 million Android low-cost smartphones in India.

Published On: Sep 9, 2020 | Last Updated: Sep 9, 2020

It seems Reliance Jio is eyeing for something big, as the company is reportedly planning to manufacture and outsource part of more than 100 million low-cost smartphones. According to the Business Standard report, these Jio Phones are going to be launched in December or at the beginning of 2021. The report also suggests that the phone will be bundled with a data pack.

Citing the sources the report claims that the launch of the budget smartphone will play an important role for Jio to make India a “2G-mukt Bharat”. Also, these affordable Jio Phones are said to run on Google Android platform. However, it’s still unclear whether these JioPhones will support 4G or 5G connectivity.

Google to Invest in Reliance Jio

To recall, at the starting of this year Jio and Google announced that both the company will join hands to launch the cheapest 5G smartphone in the country. Google also announced that it’s ready for an investment of $4.5 billion in Reliance Jio.