JioPhone 2’s Next Flash Sale Is on August 30

Aug. 17, 2018

The first flash sale of Reliance’s JioPhone 2 kicked off on August 16 at 12:00 Noon on Jio.com, and as expected, the device quickly went out of stock. For those unlucky folks who could not purchase the device in its first flash sale, there is some good news.

Reliance has announced that the next flash sale of the JioPhone 2 will start at 12 Noonon August 30. TheJioPhone 2will be available atRs. 2,999during the upcoming flash sale, provided you’re quick enough to book one for yourself as soon as the sale goes live.

If you’re not familiar with the JioPhone 2, here’s everything you need to know about the second gen ‘smart’ feature phone from Jio:

One of the most noticeable differences you’d find on the JioPhone 2 is that the second-gen device sports afull QWERTY keypadin place of a T9 keyboard found on the original JioPhone. The device, however, retains the four-navigation keys with a dedicatedvoice command button at the center to bring up the Hello Jio voice assistant.

While the JioPhone 2 features the same2.4-inch QVGA 320×240display found on the original JioPhone, it’s now in landscape orientation much like old Blackberry devices. Overall, the JioPhone 2 looks a whole lot better than its predecessor and the full QWERTY keypad will really come in handy if you use this device for messaging.

Even though the JioPhone 2 isn’t powered by Android, it has plenty of internal storage for your music, videos, etc. The smart feature phone packs in a1.2GHz dual-core processor coupled with 512MB of RAM and 4GB of internal storage. Along with that, the JioPhone 2 also packs in amicroSD card slot, which will allow users to expand their device’s storage up to 128GB.

Unlike the previous iteration, the JioPhone 2 features a2MP rear camera and a 0.3MP front-facing camera, which will allow users to make video calls. While the specifications might not sound that great, it’ll be decent enough for video calls and thanks to Jio’s VoLTE support, video calls will be free for users beyond the prepaid plan they select.

Powered byKaiOS, the JioPhone 2 will allow users to make use of social media apps like Facebook, instant messengers like WhatsApp and also video streaming services like YouTube. Along with that, there’s a bunch of Jio’s own app, which cover everything from entertainment to news. The JioPhone 2 also includessupport for 24 regional languages, which will allow more users to get onboard the Internet wave.