- Jio Bharat platform will enable 250 million feature phone users with internet-enabled phones.
- Jio Bharat phones come with access to 4G internet, entertainment apps, and even UPI money transfers.
- Reliance has also launched Jio Bharat plans starting at Rs 123 per month.
Reliance Jio on Monday launched the Jo Bharat phone platform, which will see affordable 4G feature phones with low-cost data plans to cater to over 250 million existing feature phone users. The Jio Bharat phone is essentially a smart feature phone that not only lets you use the internet but also make UPI payments, and access Jio’s entertainment apps. The 4G feature phone also comes bundled with Jio Bharat plans that offer unlimited calls and daily mobile data at affordable rates.
Jio Bharat phone price in India
- Jio Bharat phone is priced at Rs 999 in India. The 4G smart feature phone comes in two colour options: Red and Blue.
- Besides Reliance Retail, other brands (starting with Karbonn), will adopt the Jio Bharat platform to launch Jio Bharat phones.
- Beta trial for the first 1 million Jio Bharat phones will begin from July 7th, 2023.
Jio Bharat recharge plans
The telco has also launched Jio Bharat plans that start at Rs 123 for 28 days. With this recharge plan, you get unlimited voice calls and 0.5/GB of data per day. Then there’s the Jio Bharat annual plan priced at Rs 1,234, and this one also offers 0.5/GB per day and unlimited voice calls.
Jio Bharat Phone features
- Jio is yet to reveal the specifications of its latest phone but it has announced key features about the device. For starters, the Jio Bharat phone looks like a regular feature phone with a tiny screen and physical keypad but it’s loaded with quite a lot of smart features.
- You can make UPI payments with this phone through the JioPay app. You can also watch movies, TV shows and through the Jio Cinema app.
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- The Jio Bharat phone also comes with the JioSaavn app which gives you access to over 8 crore songs.
- You also get other basic features such as FM radio and a torchlight on the Jio Bharat Phone.
- Jio hasn’t revealed what OS the phone runs on so we don’t know if other apps like WhatsApp can be downloaded on it.
With the Jio Bharat phone, Reliance aims to empower the existing 250 million feature phone users with access to the internet. The telco also plans to expand this ‘Jio Bharat platform’ to other brands so that more entry-level 4G phones can be developed. The first brand to implement this is going to be Karbonn.
Jio said that it’s going to start beta trials for the first 1 million Jio Bharat phones from July 7th onwards. This is part of the company’s goal to upgrade existing 2G feature phone users. The trial run will be carried out in 6,500 tehsils in India.
