Jio Low-Cost 5G Smartphone Launch Should Not be too Far

Reliance Jio, India’s number one telecom operator is expected to roll out 5G very aggressively because of multiple factors (we will not go into that again today). This could also mean that Jio would again launch a new very affordable 5G smartphone or 5G feature phone for the Indian market. It should most likely be a smartphone because, after JioPhone Next’s launch, it is clear that Jio understands the era of feature phones is fading away and it is smartphones that are going to be in demand the most. To prepare a market that is ready to consume its 5G services, Jio could launch an affordable 5G smartphone with prepaid packs specially tailored for 5G network services. How these plans would look like is completely unknown and the telco hasn’t given any hint on that.

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JioPhone Next with 5G Connectivity Support Could Come Soon

JioPhone 1 came back in August 2017, which was not even a year from when Jio launched 4G network services within India. If the telco goes by the same trend, it could launch a 5G smartphone (affordable in nature) pretty soon after the 5G network launch. One thing that’s already a bonus for the telcos this time is that millions of Indians already own 5G smartphones.

These low-cost 5G smartphones would actually help Jio in penetrating the market deeper. Most 5G smartphones today are sold in the mid-range and premium range. Jio could actually just launch the 5G version of the JioPhone Next. It would be slightly disappointing because the performance of JioPhone Next was quite underwhelming and its cost was also more than what the market expected.