Reliance Retail will start the second phase of booking JioPhone after Diwali this week, an industry source said. The company will resume the booking after completing delivery of six million units that were booked in August.
“The second phase of JioPhone booking will start after Diwali. Likely from October-end or November first week,” a Reliance Retail channel partner told PTI.
About six million JioPhones were booked by people in just three days when the company opened bookings of the 4G feature phone from August 24 in the first phase.
Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani had announced that the 4G phone will be “effectively free” for users, but to prevent misuse of the scheme JioPhone buyers will need to pay one-time fully refundable deposit of Rs 1,500. The entire money will be refunded to customer after usage of the phone for 36 months.
The company has further relaxed refund scheme. Under the new condition set by Jio for the users, handset buyers can get refund of Rs 500 if they return the device in the first year, provided they have made recharge of Rs 1,500 during the year.
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