JIO has started to deliver its phone

JIO's phone which costs Rs 0 which started bookings in August which crossed 6 million bookings. Jio Phone deliveries for the 6 million units booked in August have started, and customers in rural areas and small cities will get the handset before their counterparts in urban areas, according to a PTI report citing a Reliance Jio channel partner. 

6 Million Pre-Orders

6 million people were able to book Jio Phone before pre-orders closed a day and a half after

 they opened. While customers can check the status of the delivery of their Jio Phone unit 

via MyJio, the app for now only mentions the status as Created, so it is not very easy to

 track exactly when a consumer will get their hands on the phone.

Phone to be delivered before Diwali

The users who have booked JIO phone will be receiving their phones soon.The deliveries of Jio Phone will be completed in 15 days, said the channel partner, who did not wish to be named. On Twitter, JIO's official @LYF In channel tweeted that the deliveries of the handset have commenced in a phased manner "to avoid inconvenience" and all customers who pre-booked Jio Phone will get their units by Diwali; this year, Diwali falls on October 19. As before, the company says customers will get SMSes regarding the status of their Jio Phone delivery date.

"The Chairman (Mukesh Ambani) had said that the JioPhone will bridge digital divide between rural and urban India. Therefore, delivery of JioPhone will start this Sunday in rural areas and small towns," the channel partner said.

"The delivery of first lot of 6 million will be completed in 10-15 days,"

 the PTI source said. He,however, was not aware of the dates for the 

next round of booking for JioPhone. According to CyberMedia

 Research, a total of 61.8 million mobiles were shipped in the second 

quarter of 2017. With 6 million units of sale, JioPhone is estimated to

 account for around 10 percent of India's total mobile phone market in a

 quarter.

Voice calling Always free

Reliance Jio Chairman Mukesh Ambani had announced that voice calling for

 customers of JioPhone would always be free and they would get unlimited data 

for a month against a payment of Rs. 153. JioPhone will come with pre-loaded Jio

 apps for messaging and entertainment. The phone can be connected with television sets

 for watching live TV using the Jio TV app.

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