Reports about the Indian telecom giant Reliance Jio working on an affordable laptop called JioBook first surfaced in early 2021. Now, the company has silently launched the laptop in the country.
The JioBook is already on sale via the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) and is also on display at the ongoing India Mobile Congress (IMC 2022) at Pragati Maidan in Delhi. The JioBook is reasonably priced and ideal for individuals on a limited budget. Unfortunately, it appears that only government employees can buy the laptop at the moment, though we predict that this will change quickly and it will be available to everyone soon.
JioBook specifications
The JioBook has a plastic body and the back panel along with the Windows key on the keyboard has the Jio branding. The main highlight for many is the inbuilt 4G LTE support in the laptop.
The device has an 11.6-inch TN display with an HD resolution of 1366×768. The laptop is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 chipset that brings along the Adreno 610GPU. It comes with 2GB of LPDDR4X RAM (not expandable) and the listing reveals it has 32GB of memory on board. Its operating system is listed as JioOS.
Other than that, it features a dual speaker setup along with dual microphones and a two-in-one combo post for the headset. Speaking of posts, the laptop features a USB 2.0 port, a USB 3.0 port, and an HDMI port. It also has support for Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.0, and features a Micro SD card slot.
Price & availability
The JioBook laptop is priced at Rs 19,500 and is on sale via the Government e-Marketplace (GeM). Currently, the laptop is only available to be purchased by government department employees, however, rumors state that it could make its way to a broader customer base starting Diwali.
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