The Clash of the Ultimate 4G Feature Phones: JioPhone 2 and Nokia 8110 4G

Reliance Jio launched the second generation of its popular feature phone, JioPhone 2. The new JioPhone came with a striking new upgrade with a QWERTY keypad which bears an uncanny resemblance with the BlackBerry phones. Although, the hardware inside the phone wasn’t upgraded the phone has also been touted to come with WhatsApp support soon. However, Finnish giant HMD Global has also launched its new 4G feature phone, the Nokia 8110 4G or better known as the banana phone. Both these feature phones come with similar features. Down below, we give you a detailed comparison between both these devices to help you decide which one is a better bang for your buck.

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Design and Display

In terms of design, the JioPhone 2 and the banana phone differ quite a lot. While the JioPhone 2 features a QWERTY BlackBerry-like design which comes with a 2.4-inch horizontally placed screen, a 4-way navigation key and a dedicated voice command key, the Nokia 8110 4G has a curved banana-shaped design with a slider to cover the keypad. The keypad comes with T9 predictive text input, and the display is a 2.4-inch vertically-placed screen.

Hardware, Software and Imaging

On the software front, both the phones boot the KaiOS. As for the processor, the Nokia 8110 depends on Snapdragon 205, whereas the processor on the JioPhone 2 remains a mystery as of now. Both the phones support dual-SIM with the option of using one nano-SIM and the other slot allowing for a micro-SIM. The resolution on both these phones comes off to be 240×320 pixels, however, like we mentioned above, the JioPhone 2 comes with a horizontal screen whereas the Nokia 8110 4G comes with a vertical screen. Speaking of RAM, both the phones come with 512MB of memory paired with 4GB of internal storage which is expandable by microSD card.