Reliance Jio announces JioPhone 2 with horizontal display; WhatsApp, YouTube and Monsoon Hungama Offer announced for JioPhone

The new JioPhone 2 shares the same hardware as the JioPhone but it could support 2G/3G SIM cards as well.

Starting off with the JioPhone 2, its specifications are almost similar to the JioPhone. It features a 2.4-inch QVGA display and supports dual SIMs. The device is equipped with 512MB RAM and 4GB internal storage, along with microSD card support of up to 128GB. It sports a 2MP rear camera and a VGA front-facing sensor. The handset comes with a QWERTY keypad with a four-way navigation key, which reminds of us of BlackBerry devices, and is backed by a 2000mAh battery. 

Same as JioPhone, the JioPhone 2 also runs on KAI OS and supports VoLTE. All the features detailed till now are exactly the same as the JioPhone, however, the new handset supports LTE Band 3,5,40, along with 900/1800 MHz 2G bands and eMBMS. This means that the device is capable of receiving media multicasts and could support a 2G/3G SIM as well. The company did not disclose which processor powers the JioPhone 2 but seeing as there are very few hardware changes, it might be equipped with the Spreadtrum SP9820A or the Qualcomm 205 Mobile Platform (MSM8905), same as the JioPhone.