Google CEO Sundar Pichai today confirmed that the JioPhone Next will be launched by Diwali. He made this announcement during the earnings call of Alphabet.
“We’ve also made progress with the Made for India affordable smartphone, co-developed with Reliance. JioPhone Next device features premium localized capabilities and is on track to launch in the market by Diwali,” Pichai said.
The Covid-19 pandemic had hit the demand hard. Now Google seems to be looking for access; also there is a palpable shift from feature phones to smartphones.
So, I view it as laying the foundation. It’s a version of digital transformation and palpable, the demand we see. And I think over a 3- to 5-year time frame, it will end up having a lot of impacts, said Pichai.
But overall, India, just like the Asia Pacific continues to be an exciting market for us. We see strength across the categories we are involved in. And so you’ll continue to see us stay focused there, he added.
JioPhone Next will have the operating system ‘Pragati OS’. It was jointly developed by Jio and Google which is customised for Indian users.
JioPhone Next launch by Diwali
RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani at the group’s 44th annual general meeting had also spoken about the ultra-affordable 4G smartphone, He called it essential to make India ‘2G-mukt’ (free of 2G).
Since India still has nearly 30 crore mobile users of 2G services. Jio remains the first company that launched 4G mobile phones in India free for consumers.
Moreover, the JioPhone Next will come with a touch screen, and the device is built on Qualcomm chipsets at affordable prices for Indians.
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