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JioPhone price likely to be increased soon, will cost Rs 999

Reliance Jio is likely to increase the price of JioPhone by Rs 300. The new JioPhone will cost Rs 999, according to an online report. The feature phone will also be sold with a mandatory recharge pack of Rs 125, sources familiar with the matter told 91 mobiles. Thus, the total cost of the feature phone will be Rs 1124. The Rs 125 JioPhone all-in-one plan offers free calls from JioPhone to any Jio number along with 500 off-net minutes and 14GB data for one month.

According to the report, the new JioPhone units will be powered by Qualcomm’s chipset. The telco will make an official announcement in the coming days. Currently, JioPhone comes at a price of Rs 699. The price has remained the same since Jio brought in the offer in Diwali 2019. As part of the offer, Reliance removed the security deposit of Rs 1500 from the phone.

Users had to buy a recharge of Rs 99 with the original cost of the phone that cost Rs 699. The telco also said it would give back Rs 299 if customers returned the handset within three years. Customers also got Rs 99 data packs for the recharges they made. With the potential price hike, it is not clear if Jio will retain all the offers for the feature phone.

Jio recently brought in three prepaid packs for JioPhone priced at Rs 1001, Rs 1301, Rs 1501.

JioPhone Rs 1001 plan: This all-in-one JioPhone plan offers 49GB of 4G data with a daily data limit of 150MB. The plan offers unlimited Jio to Jio calling with a FUP limit of 12000 minutes for non-Jio numbers and 100 free SMS. The validity of this plan is 336 days.

JioPhone Rs 1301 plan: This all-in-one JioPhone plan offers 164GB of 4G data with a daily data limit of 500MB. The plan offers unlimited Jio to Jio calling with an FUP limit of 12000 minutes for non-Jio numbers and 100 free SMS. The validity of this plan is 336 days.

JioPhone Rs 1501 plan: This all-in-one JioPhone plan gives 1.5GB data per day which totals for a total data-spread of 504GB for 336 days. The plan offers unlimited Jio to Jio calling with an FUP limit of 12000 minutes for non-Jio numbers and 100 free SMS. The validity of this plan is 336 days.

JioPhone has four all-in-one plans with 28-days validity priced at Rs 75, Rs 125, Rs 155, and Rs 185.

Jio separately offers 28-day validity plans for JioPhone users priced at Rs 153 with IUC top-up vouchers priced between Rs 10 and Rs 1000. Jio notes that for every 10 rupees its user spends on off-net calling, it gives 1GB data-free. These plans give 1.5GB data per day.

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