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The JioPhone Prima 2 is priced at Rs 2,799 and is available on e-commerce platform Amazon. The feature phone is offered in Luxe Blue colour

Announced at India Mobile Congress 2023, the JioPhone Prima 4G is a feature phone based on KaiOS. It will come with apps such as WhatsApp, YouTube, and UPI (JioPay) for smartphone-like experience

During the 46th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Reliance Industries Limited, Isha Ambani, director of Reliance Retail, said that the retail company saw around 1,000 million transactions last year

Indicating a forthcoming announcement, two Jio smartphones have recently received certifications from Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)

Jio is offering its customers a Rs 149 plan which can be a value for money deal for users if that they are searching for something affordable and of short-term validity

In which we munch over the week's platter of news and views

Reliance launched Jio Bharat V2 4G smartphone in collaboration with Karbonn to produce India's cheapest smartphone at Rs 999. The device has pre-installed apps like Jio Cinema, Jio Pay, Jio Savan, etc

Also announces a monthly plan of Rs 123, against rivals' cheapest plan of Rs 199

The company said that apart from Reliance Retail, other phone brands (starting with Karbonn) will adopt the 'Jio Bharat platform' to build 'Jio Bharat phones'

Decision on differential 5G pricing may be taken after 6-9 months: Vittal

The Nothing OS 1.1.5 version update is rolling out in phases, and it will be available on Nothing Phone (1) before October 24

Leading market research firm Counterpoint Research has refuted certain reports that used its findings to convey that Reliance Jio is set to launch the 5G version of its Next affordable smartphone

Experts say the partnership will give JioMart access to over 487 million WhatsApp users in India. Experts say that the total annualised active e-commerce users in the country are only 200 million.

On 5G, RIL may provide a timeline on rollout of its 5G services in 13 cities; Analysts believe the firm may revive plans for an O2C demerger which was shelved last year

Jio gained 9.7 million mobile subscribers in the June quarter, after witnessing a decline for three consecutive quarters

In addition to the storage space of 20 GB available at present, Reliance Jio users can now have extra 10 GB space on DigiBoxx by signing up through the JioPhotos app

The acquisition of Gambit brings together Glance's scale and lock screen centric innovation with Gambit's expertise and understanding of the gaming ecosystem

Reliance Jio's smartphone, JioPhone Next, was expected to be a disruptor, but its price has made some analysts a tad sceptical. Let's understand if JioPhone Next can live up to its hype