Jio Phone 2 vs Jio Phone: Price, Specifications, Design, Software Compared

Jio Phone 2 vs Jio Phone: Price, Specifications, Design, Software Compared

ROHIT CHOUDHARY  IN KHIARPUR KHERABAD , 05 July 2018

HIGHLIGHTS

Jio Phone 2 has been launched in India

It is priced at Rs. 2,999

An exchange offer has been announced for Jio Phone

Jio Phone 2, the company's latest 4G VoLTE-enabled feature phone, was announcedon Thursday at Reliance Industries Limited's Annual General Meeting (AGM), alongside FTTH service Jio GigaFiber. The upgraded version comes with numerous improvements compared to last year's variant and will be sold in India alongside the original Jio Phone. The smartphone comes with a QWERTY-style keyboard and a larger form factor. Let's have a look at what all differentiates the Jio Phone and Jio Phone 2 in terms of price, specifications, software, design, and more.

Jio Phone 2 vs Jio Phone: Price, availability

Jio Phone 2 price in India is set at Rs. 2,999 as part of an introductory offer. Sales for the new smart feature phone will commence from August 15, 2018. While other details haven't been announced, we can expect Jio to take bookings for the Jio Phone 2 on Jio.com and Jio offline stores.

In comparison, the Jio Phone, launched in India last year, is priced at Rs. 1,500. However, the Jio Phone is advertised as being available effectively for free considering the fact that the amount is a refundable security deposit. The feature phone is available across Jio.com and other Jio authorised offline outlets. At the AGM announcement on Thursday, Reliance Jio also announced the new Jio Phone Monsoon Hungama offer that will enable existing feature phone users to exchange their current device with a new Jio Phone at a price of Rs. 501. This offer will be available pan-India starting July 21.

Jio Phone 2 vs Jio Phone: Design

Design is one of the major differentiators between the two phones. The Jio Phone 2 comes with a full-size QWERTY keyboard and 4-way navigation keys that offer a BlackBerry-style appearance. Even the display is larger and the form factor much wider. In comparison, the Jio Phone has a smaller display and a T9-style keypad. Both of them have a dedicated key to trigger the voice assistant.

 

Jio Phone 2 vs Jio Phone: Software

Both the Jio Phone 2 and Jio Phone run on KaiOS. While most of the apps and functionality on both handsets remain same, the Jio Phone 2 will get apps like YouTube and WhatsApp out-of-the-box. That said, these two apps will also soon be available for the original Jio Phone, starting August 15, possibly through the Jio App Store.

Jio Phone 2 vs Jio Phone: Specifications

In terms of specifications, there seems to be no apparent difference between the Jio Phone 2 and the Jio Phone. Both of them have the same camera combinations, RAM capacity, internal storage, display size and resolution, as well as battery size. We will update this space when additional information becomes available, such as processor and clock speed. The feature phones can of course be expected to have different dimensions and weight.

Jio Phone 2 vs Jio Phone comparison

Jio Phone 2

Jio Phone

Stores

-	Rs. 1,325 Buy Now
-	Rs. 1,439* Buy Now

Ratings

Overall NDTV Rating

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Design Rating

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Display Rating

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Software Rating

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Performance Rating

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Battery Life Rating

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Camera Rating

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Value for Money Rating

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Key Specs

Display

2.40-inch

2.40-inch

Front Camera

0.3-megapixel

0.3-megapixel

Resolution

240x320 pixels

240x320 pixels

RAM

512MB

512MB

OS

KAI OS

KAI OS

Storage

4GB

4GB

Rear Camera

2-megapixel

2-megapixel

Battery Capacity

2000mAh

2000mAh

Processor

-	1.2GHz dual-core

GENERAL

Release date

July 2018

July 2017

Battery capacity (mAh)

2000

2000

Removable battery

-

Yes

Colours

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Black

DISPLAY

Screen size (inches)

2.40

2.40

Resolution

240x320 pixels

240x320 pixels

HARDWARE

RAM

512MB

512MB

Internal storage

4GB

4GB

Expandable storage

Yes

Yes

Expandable storage type

SD card

microSD

Expandable storage up to (GB)

128

128

Processor

-	1.2GHz dual-core

Processor make

-	SPRD 9820A/QC8905

CAMERA

Rear camera

2-megapixel

2-megapixel

Front camera

0.3-megapixel

0.3-megapixel

SOFTWARE

Operating System

KAI OS

KAI OS

CONNECTIVITY

Bluetooth

Yes	Yes, v 4.10

NFC

Yes

Yes

USB OTG

-

No

Number of SIMs

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1

SIM 1

SIM Type

-

Nano-SIM

4G/ LTE

-

Yes

SENSORS

Compass/ Magnetometer

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No

Proximity sensor

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No

Accelerometer

-

No

Ambient light sensor

-

No

Gyroscope

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No

Barometer

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No

Temperature sensor

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No