Jio Phone booking starts today: Here's what you need to know

Reliance Jio recently announced its first 4G VoLTE enabled feature phone and the company is now set to ship the devices. The company wants to sell at least 100 million devices by the end of 2017 and they have started the pre-booking for the same. Pre-booking for the JioPhone starts Thursday, August 24 at 5:30 PM. Earlier this month, JioPhone was rolled out for beta testing and was provided to limited customers for feedback. But starting today the devices will be made available to everyone.

Where to pre-book?

Reliance Jio allows pre-booking at their offline stores as well as their website. Customers can easily visit Jio's official website in order to pre-book the device. If an offline Jio store is nearby, people can walk in and get the pre-booking done.

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How much to pay?

As per Reliance Jio, the JioPhone is free of cost and they take Rs. 1500 as a security deposit which users can get back after one year or 36 months by handing over their JioPhone back. In order to pre-book the device, customers have to pay a sum of Rs. 500 and pay Rs. 1000 at the time of delivery.

Offers

Those who purchase the JioPhone will get free voice calls and for the data, users need to pay Rs 153 monthly. In the Rs. 153 monthly plan users will get free voice calls, unlimited data and 300 SMS. Also, there are two sachet packs for Rs. 54 and Rs. 24 which is same as the Rs. 153 pack, except for the validity being decreased to seven and two days respectively. With these packs, users also get to use a bunch of Jio Apps for free like the JioTV, JioCinema, JioMusic and much more.