Jio Is Developing an Ultra-Low Cost Laptop Dubbed "JioBook"

reliance working on low cost laptop jiobook

Later on launching its anticipated JioPhone device at an ultra-low price tag, Reliance Jio now aims to capture the laptop market place. Equally per a recent report by XDA Developers, Jio has been working on a depression-toll laptop with cellular connectivity dubbed JioBook. It will reportedly exist a budget laptop running on Google's Android Os instead of Microsoft's Windows platform.

Back in 2018, the Senior Director of Production Direction at Qualcomm, Miguel Nunes, reportedly discussed the Jio laptop with Reliance. Following that, however, there were no reports on the same. At present, the folks at XDA report that the company started work on the JioBook in September last year. Jio will commencement assembling the device in mid-May, as per the report. So, Reliance might launch the device at the cease of this year or early on next year.

The publication attained a live image of the unfinalized model of the JioBook, which you can check out correct below:

Jio working on low cost laptoo Jiobook — Epitome: XDA Developers

To develop the laptop, Jio has partnered with a Chinese engineering business firm called Bluebank Communication Engineering science. The firm has reportedly tested several iterations of the JioBook with low-cost components, notably from Samsung and Qualcomm.

As per the report, the JioBook will pack the Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 SoC inside and run Android. Information technology is mainly because the Snapdragon 665 is one of those processors that does not support Windows 10 on ARM. And Reliance is using the processor to cut down on the toll of production.

So, Reliance volition reportedly integrate Google'southward mobile OS into the laptop and slap a skin on top of information technology, calling it JioOS, as per XDA.

Equally for other internal specs, the report says that Bluebank Advice Applied science has developed a couple of JioBook models. These include a model with 2GB of LPDDR4X RAM with 32GB of eMMC storage and another one with 4GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 64GB of eMMC 5.1 storage. All the same, we do non know if these will exist the concluding specs of the JioBook.

Furthermore, every bit per a listing of components, JioBook might feature a mini HDMI connector for video output, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi support over 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequencies, a three-axis accelerometer, and a Qualcomm audio chipset.

Now, the report also says that there volition be no Google apps pre-installed on the JioBook. It is because pre-installing Google's app suite requires a license to distribute Google Mobile Services. And as Reliance is trying to cut downwards on cost, it is unlikely for the company to include Google apps onboard. However, there volition be a host of Jio apps pre-installed on the device. Also, at that place will also be a few Microsoft apps, including Microsoft Teams, Border, and Office.

Coming to the price of the JioBook, there are no mentions of information technology anywhere as of now. The device, however, is expected to retail at a actually low cost in India as information technology aims to capture the lower-income groups of the population. Plus, the company plans to expand the adoption charge per unit of its digital services in the country. And then, a bigger-screen device in the hands of millions of people in the country will surely boost the adoption of its digital services.