Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks

The ongoing trend in the Indian market is 4G VoLTE supported feature phones. Earlier this year, when Reliance Jio was rumoured to be working on a 4G VoLTE feature phone, Lava has launched India’s first 4G feature phone.

Later in July 2017, Reliance Jio announced its own feature phone called Reliance JioPhone, which turned the tables and also forced domestic handset brands to launch 4G VoLTE feature phones. Take a look at the 4G VoLTE feature phones available to purchase in India.
1) Reliance JioPhone
At its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in July 2017, Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJIL) launched India’s smartest feature phone called JioPhone Effectively priced at Rs. 0, the JioPhone has changed the entire feature phone scenario of the Indian market.

The JioPhone offers a 2.4-inch QVGA display, a dual-core processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage which can be expanded up to 32GB, 2MP rear camera, 0.3MP front camera, and a 2000mAh battery. It runs KaiOS and comes with popular Jio apps preinstalled and has support for NFC as well.
2) Micromax Bharat 1
Micromax is the latest brand to join the 4G VoLTE Feature Phone bandwagon with the Bharat 1 feature phone. Priced at Rs. 2,200, this feature phone from Micromax comes bundled with an optional BSNL tariff plan of Rs. 97 which gives unlimited voice calls and 5GB high-speed data for 28 days.

The Micromax Bharat 1 feature similar specifications as the Reliance JioPhone- a 2.4-inch QVGA display, Snapdragon 205 dual-core chipset, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage, 2MP rear camera, 0.3MP selfie camera, and a 2000mAh battery. The Bharat 1 runs a forked version of Android, thus by it offers all the essential features such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS.
