Reliance may launch new 5G JioPhone around October this year

The company was expected to launch the device at the AGM 2021, but now a fresh report has suggested that the phone will be launched around October-November this year.

Reliance has been long rumoured to be launching a new JioPhone with 5G support. The company was expected to launch the device at the AGM 2021, but now a fresh report has suggested that the phone will be launched around October-November this year. Reliance will host its 44th annual general meeting (AGM) on June 24. The reports had earlier revealed that along with the JioPhone, Reliance will also launch a JioBook at the event. Last month, Google CEO Sundar Pichai had announced that the company has partnered with Reliance for an affordable smartphone. However, Pichai didn’t reveal when the phone will be available to the users in India. Google had invested Rs 33,737 crore in Jio Platforms for a 7.7 per cent stake at the last AGM."We are focused on building an affordable phone... we are committed to making progress on the project and we are working with them (Jio),” Pichai said in a virtual conference Reliance too has not made any announcement related to the phone. But the rumours now suggest that the phone will be launched around Diwali ie in November or October.