JioPhone Next pricing unattractive; cheaper options available in market: Analysts

NEW DELHI: JioPhone Next, the 4G smartphone jointly developed by Jio and Google, will be available in stores from Diwali and will be priced at Rs6499. The device will also be available for an upfront payment of Rs1,999 and the rest to be paid via easy monthly instalments over 18 or 24 months.

Analysts said the pricing is higher than what is available in the market and thus won’t be able to bring the disruption it was intended for. They said that Airtel and Vodafone Idea may not need to worry much about Jio’s offering as they can easily counter it with their bundled offerings with handset brands.