Jio smartphones launch soon
Reliance Jio is expected to launch its first-ever smartphone in the affordable price segment for a while now. In addition to the existing rumours, the latest buzz talks about the telecom operator's further plans on the same in India. Read on to know more about it.
It is suggested that Jio is aiming to manufacture 200 million smartphones by 2022, suggesting that it will launch its first smartphone in about two years. To recall, previously, Jio was rumoured to produce 100 million smartphones by the end of this year. As per a report by Bloomberg, unnamed people close to the plans have suggested that the Jio smartphone will be priced at Rs. 4,000.
It is also suggested that the telecom operator is in talks with various Indian smartphone companies such as Lava, Dixon, and Karbonn for the local manufacturing of the smartphone in India to promote the 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' vision. The aim to make 200 million smartphones instead of 100 million will also help boost local factories.
Taking the previous rumour forward, Jio is expected to pack its smartphones with Jio plans with an aim to attract more users in the country. Additionally, the Jio smartphones will run Android for which the company even joined hands with Google. The Google-Jio partnership involved an investment of $4.5 billion by Google and an aim to launch budget 5G smartphones. To recall, Jio currently has two 4G features: the JioPhone and the JioPhone 2 available for users.
Jio's plan to launch a smartphone under Rs. 5,000 will help it compete against the likes of Xiaomi, Realme, and Samsung. With smart features and inclusion of Jio plans, the smartphones can help attract more users and possibly become a hit, much like the prepaid plans launched by Jio.
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Reliance is aiming India’s low budget smartphone segment with millions of new Jio Phones: Report
The Indo-China political tensions forced a widespread boycott of Chinese products in the Indian Subcontinent and put forth a new opportunity for Indian manufacturers to shine in the market. And if anyone in India looks in the position to avail of this opportunity first, it is the Mukesh Ambani owned Reliance Industries. And that is exactly what is happening, at least according to a new Bloomberg report.
According to the report, Reliance has requested multiple local suppliers to increase the production capacity to manufacture 200 million smartphones in the next two years.
Indian Government’s recent campaign encouraging self-reliance (Atmanirbhar) has motivated Indian manufactured goods and services and has called for Indian citizens’ support to made in India products. Reliance Jio, after receiving long and heavy investment rounds, has enough capital to develop in the Indian smartphone market that is mostly dominated by Chinese smartphone companies. Among its big backers is Google as well, which will provide its Android OS for use in these low cost smartphones.
The sources say Reliance is making a Rs 4,000 (~$54) Jio phone that will be powered by Google’s Android and will come with low-cost Jio wireless plans. The company is already in contact with domestic assemblers regarding the manufacturing of these phones. It is being said that Reliance has been secretly working with the assemblers on developing a prototype for two years now, and an announcement could be made very soon but not until Diwali. The sources add that Reliance is in talks with at least to domestic assemblers for now.
Reliance will probably gain support from its tech giant investors such as Google and Facebook, to develop its new phone. It has already received over $ 20 billion in investments this year and the added tech experience of its investors can yield pretty good results for the Indian telecom giant in the smartphone industry.
Neil Shah, research director at Counterpoint Research said, “Jio has an opportunity to target more than half-billion Indians who don’t own a smartphone and trigger a blue ocean market opportunity. With Reliance expected to work with Indian vendors, Chinese brands will lose out on a potential opportunity and market share.”
Indian local assemblers recently produced 165 million smartphones in the year that ended in March. The production requirements of 150-200 million smartphones of Reliance would be a huge boost to the local Indian manufacturers.
If Reliance does succeed in this new endeavour, it will add another big entity to its massive Jio Platforms, that is already spread across telecom, e-commerce, games and social media. It would bring a huge competition to the current low-cost smartphone market leaders like Xiaomi, RealMe, Oppo and Vivo.
India is a country where smartphones have now become a basic necessity, especially during the pandemic where students need phones to attend online classes and working people need it for virtual meetings. Reliance’s low-cost smartphones will enable the lower class to afford smartphones in these needy times as well as adhere to the Make in India movement at the same time. This target set by Reliance of producing 200 million smartphones in the next two years, if achieved can make the Indian telecom company one of the largest smartphone manufacturers in India.
India’s biggest carrier could soon launch a $50 Android phone
Reliance Jio is reportedly developing a Rs. 4,000 (~$54) smartphone.
It’s expected to return bundled with affordable data and calling plans.
Jio is additionally getting to make around 200 million phones within the next two years.
India’s biggest telecom carrier Reliance Jio is ready to launch one among the world’s cheapest Android smartphones within the country. Google’s huge $4.5 billion investment in Jio could soon yield fruit within the sort of a Rs. 4,000 (~$54) smartphone running Android. Bloomberg reports that Jio has been performing on prototypes for the phone secretly for the past two years.
Jio is predicted to bundle the low-cost Android phone with affordable data and calling plans. the corporate has also reportedly asked local component suppliers to amp up production so it can structure to 200 million phones within the next two years.
This should go an extended way towards fulfilling the telco’s ambition to accumulate half a billion mobile subscribers by 2023. It’ll also help boost India’s smartphone user base that’s currently under 50% of the country’s population.
When Google acquired a 7.7% stake in Jio back in July, the 2 mammoths announced they might also build a “value-engineered Android-based OS.” Android Go immediately involves mind, but the Jio-Google partnership may end in something completely new and customised for the Indian market.
For now, there’s no official word on when Jio will launch the $54 Android phone. Bloomberg reports that it’ll shoot past the 2020 Indian festive season that kicks off in November. it might are an honest opportunity to launch the phone given what proportion Indians shop during that point . However, the device’s cheap tag should be lure enough whenever it goes official.
It’s also unclear if Jio has planned only one such inexpensive Android phone, or if this is often a part of its bigger push to convert feature phone users into smartphone users.
Jio’s partnership with Google remains undergoing regulatory review. However, as long as the company’s billionaire chairman, Mukesh Ambani, has strong ties with the Indian government, the method shouldn’t take that long.
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