One of India’s biggest telcos Reliance Jio, after launching its ultra-low-cost JioPhone in the country, is now aiming to launch a new entry-level 5G smartphone and a 4G laptop later this year.
As per an executive aware of the matter, the Indian telecom giant is still in talks with Google about “which version of the Android should the 5G smartphone feature.” The executive also states that the Jio 5G smartphone will be a low-cost device with entry-level specs. Moreover, the device will be able to support a 5G connectivity when Reliance launches its anticipated 5G services in the country. Other than this, there are no details about the smartphone available as of now.
Now, moving our attention to the internal specs of the JioBook, we know that there might a two storage variants of the device – a 2GB LPDDR4X RAM + 32GB of eMMC storage variant and a 4GB LPDRR4X RAM + 64GB of eMMC 5.1 storage. However, it is not final yet.
Coming to the prices of the upcoming JioBook and 5G smartphone, unfortunately, there are no details as of now. However, considering Jio’s pricing strategy to heavily cater to the lower-income population, I expect the smartphone and the laptop to be priced under Rs. 5,000 and Rs. 15,000 respectively.
