Here’s How the Micromax Bharat 1 Stacks Up Against the Reliance JioPhone?

BSNL has always been on the forefront when it comes to matching its tariff plan to that of Jio. Now that the Reliance-owned telecom company has launched its own 4G VoLTE-enabled feature phone, BSNL has announced the launch of a similar feature phone in partnership with Micromax India.

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Here is how the new Bharat 1 from BSNL and Micromax contests against Reliance Jio’s JioPhone in the feature phone segment.

Specs

To start off with, the Bharat 1 comes with a 2.4-inch QVGA display and is internally powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 205 SoC. The processor is clubbed with 512MB of RAM and 4GB of internal storage which can be expanded further. The device supports dual SIM cards, and also comes with Bluetooth 4.1 and Wi-Fi.

The feature phone sports a 2MP rear camera while a VGA camera sits on the front for capturing selfies. The Bharat 1 supports 22 regional languages and comes pre-loaded with BHIM app and BSNL wallet. The handset is backed by a 2000mAh battery. Unlike JioPhone that only works with a pre-installed Jio SIM, the Bharat 1 supports all other networks along with BSNL. Micromax announced that WhatsApp will be released for Bharat 1 feature phone because it runs a forked version of Android OS.

As for the JioPhone, it features a 2.4-inch display with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. Internally, the feature phone is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core Spreadtrum 9820A/Qualcomm 8905 chipset which is paired with 512MB of RAM and 4GB of internal storage. The JioPhone also offers the option of further expanding the onboard storage up to 128GB via a micro-SD card slot.