Jio 4G phone booking starts: Here is how you can book

NEW DELHI: For just Rs 500, you can book Reliance's Jio 4G feature phone.

At the Reliance Industries' 40th AGM, Mukesh Ambani had announced that interested consumers will be able to book the new 4G Jio feature phone at an "effective" price of Rs 0. The company had announced that a refundable security deposit of Rs 1,500 will be taken for the device to stop misuse. The deposit will be refunded after three years.

Here is how and where you can book Jio 4G phone:

1. You can book the phone either online -- on jio.com and MyJio mobile application -- or offline Jio retailers, multi-brand device retailers and Reliance Digital stores.

2. Phone can be booked by paying Rs 500 on the first-come-first-serve basis. The remaining Rs 1,000 can be paid at the time of delivery. Customers can get a full-refund of the security deposit of Rs 1,500 by returning the used JioPhone after 36 months.


3. The payment for phone booking can be made through UPI, credit card, debit card and net banking.


4: You can track the status of the booked phones through “My bookings” button on the app. You have to enter the mobile number and delivery PIN code. Once this is done, you can tap on the “Proceed” button.



5. After payment of booking amount, you will get a pop up of confirmation and a SMS will also be sent to the registered mobile number indicating that the device has been booked.

6. Here is a 5-point checklist you should keep in mind for booking the phone.



The phone runs on VoLTE network and comes preloaded with all Jio applications like Jio Cinema, Jio Music. Here are some of the key features of the phone:

1) Alpha numeric keypad; 2.4 inch QVGA display

2) FM radio; Headphone jack; Torch light

3) SD card slot; Battery with charger

4) Four way navigation system; Phone contact book

5) Call history facility; Jio apps

9) Microphone and speaker


The device has digital assistant along with the support for voice commands and supports 24 Indian languages. Reliance says that users can long press on the '5' key to directly call their near and dear ones. Furthermore, the company will bring NFC feature on Jio-branded phones as well later this year. The feature will arrive as part of a software update.

The company had announced that the users can avail the Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan offer at just Rs 153 per month for free voice and SMS and unlimited data. Apart from that there are weekly plan of Rs 53, a two-day plan of Rs 23 having same unlimited data, unlimited talk time and unlimited SMS offer.

Telecom major Airtel, Idea and Vodafone are also planning to come up with its own bundled 4G devices. According to reports, Airtel is planning to launch 4G smartphone priced at Rs 2,500 before Diwali.


The launch of Jio services since last September has led to a wide-range changes in the telecom market and the today's 'cheapest 4G feature phone' by Jio may continue to bring further disruption in the telecom market.

Over the past year, telecom tariff has fallen 25-32 per cent on average and 60-70 per cent for heavy data users, after Reliance Jio Infocomm entered the market with a free launch offer and ultra-cheap tariffs after the initial months. Analysts and industry insiders feel the tariff may further fall by 25-30 per cent over the next year.

To counter Jio onslaught, the big three of Indian telecom — Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular — has also heavily cut prices to prevent migration, which has resulted into an intense price war.

But booking the phone might take some time because the site was not opening, most probably due to heavy traffic.