JIO PHONE : Factors to be considered before buying

The delivery of the Much awaited JIO phone may begin from today 24th Sept 2017. People will soon to get their JIO phone, but there are several factors,which the users need to consider before purchasing the free Jio mobile phone.

The free JIO phone was announced in July 2017. The phone is definitely a smart thing to purchase at a very affordable price. However there are several factors which the users need to consider before buying the free JIO Mobile phone. 

I am here with some of behind the scenes facts that you should know

👉 Factors you must consider :

1. Refund of Price :

JIO phone is available at a Refundable price of 1500₹,the Amount can be claimed after using the phone for three years,but there is a condition for refund.

Customers will be eligible for the refund if

 # Phone has been in regular use
  (If an account remain inactive for Three months or more ,the user will not be eligible for the refund )

That means, your account must be recharged minimum once in every three months, to stand eligible for the refund.

2. Supported applications

Jio phone is offering users with a lot of features at a very small price,users can enjoy the Jio apps and services along with this the phone is also announced to support the Lite version of Facebook application.

However The Jio phone does not offer support for some of the most used Applications like Whats app messenger and Youtube, however users can  enjoy the Jio Tv app,on this phone.

3. Use of Other operator sim

Unlike normal mobile phones where users can use any sim card on their mobile phone,the jio phone doesn’t seem to offer the support for other operator sim cards.

That means the users of Jio mobile phone can only use the Jio sim on their mobile phone,It has a single sim slot,the phone also doesn’t supports 2G or 3G networks,only Jio 4G is supported.

4. Availability of Other Similar phones

After the announcement of the free Phone from Jio, various Mobile operators and Mobile manufacturers are craving to offer something parallel to the users,these are the announcements regarding the Upcoming budget 4G phones.

• Idea cellular has announced its Upcoming 4G phone Priced for 2500₹,
• Airtel has also been in talks with the major handset ,manufactures for a Budget 4G phone priced around 2500₹,
• Intex has announced its Turbo plus 4G phone which is expected to be priced for 1999₹.

Jio phone on the day of Prebooking got over 6 Million bookings, as a result of which the bookings for the phone were paused,the delivery of the Phone will start in next few days for all the users who have booked can track their booking status on My Jio app or by simply giving a missed call to 1800 890 8900 from their registered mobile number used for the booking.

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