Reliance Jio[1] continued to be India’s fastest 4G network[2] in the month of September in terms of download speeds according to TRAI’s MySpeed portal. With 18.433Mbps 4G download speed offered by Reliance Jio, Vodafone, Idea, and Airtel follow with 8.999Mbps, 8.746Mbps, and 8.550Mbps respectively. As for 4G uploads, Idea Cellular leads the pack followed by Vodafone, Reliance Jio, and Airtel. Idea clocked 4G upload speeds of 6.307Mbps in September, Vodafone was second at 5.776Mbps, Jio third at 4.134Mbps, and Airtel was fourth at 4.088Mbps, according to MySpeed.
In other news, there's an update on Reliance Industries' plan to launch Jio Payments Bank[3] as a joint venture with SBI. Reports suggest it could launch in December and users only require an Aadhaar card to open an account with it. Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Industries Limited, apparently wanted to launch Jio Payments Bank along with the Jio Phone[4] but meeting RBI compliance and regulations meant a delay.
BlackBerry Motion with 5.5-Inch display, 4,000mAh battery launched
The BlackBerry Motion[5] smartphone is now official[6]. After rumours aplenty, this mid-range Android smartphone launched at Technology Week conference in Dubai. It will be priced at around $460 (approximately Rs. 30,00) and be available in the UAE and other Middle Eastern markets first. The BlackBerry Motion is a dual-SIM Android 7.1.1 Nougat smartphone with a 5.5-inch HD (720x1280 pixels) display. There’s DragonTrail Glass protection and a physical home button below the display. The BlackBerry Motion is powered by a Snapdragon 625 SoC processor with 4GB of RAM and has a 4000mAh battery. The handset has 32GB of inbuilt storage, expandable via microSD card (up to 2TB) should you want more space.
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