JioPhone Next roll-out before Diwali; Extra time to help ease global chip shortages
According to a statement by Jio, the much-awaited affordable smartphone ‘Jiophone Next’ is undergoing advance trials and its festive season roll-out will begin before Diwali.
Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani said earlier this year that the JioPhone Next, being jointly developed by Jio and Google, would be available from September 10.
In a statement, Jio has now said, “Both companies have started testing JioPhone Next with limited users for further refinement and are actively working to make it more widely available for the festive season of Diwali.” are doing.”
The statement further added that this additional time would also help “mitigating the current industry-wide, global semiconductor shortage”.
Jio and Google said they have made “considerable progress” towards launching the much-awaited JioPhone Next, a smartphone jointly designed for India by the companies.
JioPhone Next is the first of its kind device with optimized operating system based on Android and Play Store.
The devices and operating systems will offer “premium capabilities” that have hitherto been associated with more powerful smartphones, including voice-first features that enable people to consume content and navigate the phone in their own language, a Offers a great camera experience, and get the latest Android feature and security updates.
“JioPhone Next is built with exciting features like Google Assistant, automatic read-aloud and language translation for any on-screen text, a smart camera with India-centric filters and much more,” it said.
The companies are committed to their vision of opening up new possibilities for millions of Indians, especially those who will be experiencing the Internet for the first time.
The ‘Jiophone Next’ is expected to be one of the most affordable smartphones, though its pricing is yet to be revealed.
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