Jio Bharat phone launched; check price, features

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Jio claims that this new device will enable 250 million users with internet-enabled phones

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Besides Reliance Retail, other phone brands to adopt the ‘Jio Bharat platform’ to build ‘Jio Bharat phones’

Internet-enabled phone will be offered at Rs 999, lowest entry price

Monthly plan of Rs 123 for unlimited voice and 14 GB data. Jio says that its monthly plan is 30% cheaper and 7 times more data than others

Beta trial for first 1 million Jio Bharat phones will start from July 7, 2023. This trial is likely to be carried out across 6,500 tehsils

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It should also be noted that the device is Jio SIM locked, necessitating the insertion of a Jio SIM before use.

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