Jio had contributed major breakthroughs in the telecom sector of India. It’s so-called “effectively free” JioPhone has been one among them which made millions to have the access to blazing-fast 4G at an affordable rate. Now it seems, Jio has a plan to launch the 5G variant of its iconic JioPhone along with the JioBook at the upcoming RIL GM (General Meeting).
As per the source, the 5G-ready JioPhone
will be powered by Android OS, unlike the Original JioPhone which comes with
KaiOS. Reliance Jio is working closely with the Android owner – Google to have
an optimized Android for the JioPhone.
Indeed, the JioPhone 5G is still in
development, with the R&D speculated to be completed by June. While its
launch may be some time in the second quarter of 2021. Most probably, the debut
should happen at Reliance’s annual general meeting (AGM) which happens to be in
August or September.
While we don’t have the official details
of the hardware spec which JioPhone 5G yet; there are rumours regarding Jio
developing its JioOS. Which is a forked or custom version of Google’s Android operating
system for better integration. If done correctly, the JioOS offer optimised
performance and a seamless experience on Jio applications.
It’s likely to be powered by a Qualcomm
chipset. Interestingly, we may even see JioOS based on Android instead of
Windows 10 on the JioBook laptop. Being an entry-level laptop, it is supposed
to come with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 SoC. Moreover, it is will feature a 1366
× 768 resolution display. The laptop is expected to come with a 2GB of LPDDR4X
RAM paired with 32GB of eMMC storage. We can even expect a higher-end model of
JioBook which may come with 4GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 64GB of eMMC 5.1 storage.
