Jio Phone pre-booking suspended due to huge demand

Pre-booking for Jio Phone was started August 24 at 5 pm,” an SMS sent to a Jio customer read. A leading channel partner of Reliance Retail, which did not wish to be named, said the messages are being sent to all those who have registered their interest in Jio Phone.

Reliance Jio Phone pre-booking suspended of its much awaited “effectively free” 4G feature phone following overbooking of initial lot which is expected to be delivered in September. “Millions have pre-booked the JioPhone. We will inform you when pre-booking resumes,” a message on Reliance Jio website said. A company official said Jio Phone pre-booking suspended due to huge demand. However, Jio didn’t respond to queries on whether the pre-booking was stopped across all Jio stores and retailers.

“As announced by Reliance Industries CMD (Mukesh Ambani), Jio Phone will be given against payment of fully-refundable deposit of Rs 1,500. Customers will be able to book Jio Phone for Rs 500 and the balance Rs 1,000 can be paid at the time of delivery in September. The total amount will be refunded after 36 months when the customer returns the phone,” the partner said.

Ambani had announced that voice calling for customers of the “effectively free” Jio Phone would be always free and they would get unlimited data for a month against payment of Rs 153.

Jio Phone, which can be operated by speaking out instructions to dial, type messages and the like will come with preloaded Jio apps for messaging and entertainment. The phone can be connected with television sets for watching live TV using the Jio TV app. The phone will also include some of the popular instant messaging and social networking apps, the channel partner said.

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