Jio Phone 2 vs Jio Phone
E&E NEWS-SHIKHA VERMA 13/08/2018
While the Jio Phone was one of last year’s best feature phone, it felt like a slightly dull device. Yes, it had some great tech for the asking price, but it was cumbersome to type on a tiny keypad. Compared to the Jio Phone, the second-generation feature phone is drastically different, featuring the QWERTY physical keyboard and a horizontal display.
While the Jio Phone was one of last year’s best feature phone, it felt like a slightly dull device. Yes, it had some great tech for the asking price, but it was cumbersome to type on a tiny keypad. Compared to the Jio Phone, the second-generation feature phone is drastically different, featuring the QWERTY physical keyboard and a horizontal display.
Jio Phone 2 vs Jio Phone: Design, display
Jio Phone doesn’t look different from a regular feature available in the market. It has a regular candybar design with a small screen and a numeric keypad. The Jio Phone 2, however, features an all-new design. The handset looks identical to old Blackberry phones, featuring a QWERTY keypad with a four-way navigation key. This is one area where Jio has pulled out all of the stops and made the Jio Phone 2 a better-designed device. While the design of the phones is radically different, they both feature a 2.4-inch QWVGA display. However, the Jio Phone 2 gets a horizontal display, which is better suited for watching movies and enjoying multimedia content.
Jio Phone 2 vs Jio Phone: Performance, battery
The original Jio Phone is powered by either a Snapdragon 205 or Spreadtrum SC9820 processor. The phone also comes with 512GB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage. For further expansion, you will also get a microSD card slot. At the moment, Jio hasn’t fully disclosed the specifications of the Jio Phone 2, but we do know that the phone packs in 512GB of RAM, 4GB of internal memory and microSD support.
In terms of connectivity, the Jio Phone supports Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1 Low Energy, NFC, FM Radio, and 4G VoLTE. The Jio Phone 2 also supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, FM Radio, NFC, and 4G VoLTE. In addition, it also comes with support for LTE Cat.4, supporting maximum download speeds of up to 150Mpbs. Both the Jio Phone and Jio Phone 2 are identical when it comes to the battery as well. Both the phones pack a 2,000mAh battery.
