The Jio Phone booking process was halted[1] roughly a day-and-a-half after the company [started taking pre-orders for the handset on August 24[2]. Now sources close to the company have revealed to Gadgets 360 that Jio Phone bookings crossed 6 million units within a day, a figure that apparently exceeded Reliance Jio's expectations, though Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani[3] had said at the Jio Phone launch the company is aiming to make 5 million units of the phone available to the public every week.
Earlier, Reliance Jio[4] had halted bookings for its first feature phone saying “millions” had already booked the Jio phone, but it did not give a concrete figure. Apart from the 6 million bookings, an additional 10 million people have registered interest in the device via the Keep Me Posted form on the company's site, Gadgets 360 has learned.
How to Pre-Book the Jio Phone[5]
Reliance Jio reportedly aims to sell 100 million units of Jio Phone[6] in the first year, and another 100 million units the next year. With these 200 million units, the company would be able to bring on board consumers who did not join the Jio telecom network that was launched last year, likely due to the prohibitive costs of smartphones. At the July 21 AGM, Ambani had announced the company has a user base of 125 million.
Jio Phone deliveries will start on Navratri, which begins on September 21 this year, the sources say. This will end the confusion about the Jio Phone delivery date as the company has not officially given a schedule yet, except that it will start shipping sometime in September. Bookings for the first Jio-branded phone...