JioPhone Next Tipped to Offer HD+ Display, Qualcomm 215 SoC, and More

At its 44th Annual General Meeting a couple of months back, the chairman of Reliance Industries Mukesh Ambaniannouncedthe JioPhone Next. It is an affordable 4G phone madein partnership with Google. While we have been in the dark about the technical details of the JioPhone Next so far, XDA’s Editor-in-Chief Mishaal Rahman has leaked a few key specifications of the phone.

JioPhone Next: Key Specifications

According to Rahman’s tweet on Twitter, JioPhone Next is likely to have the model name LS-5701-J. The device is tipped tofeature an HD+ display with 1440×720 pixel resolution. Under the hood, the handset may equip theQualcomm 215 chip. It is a quad-core 64-bit CPU with 4 ARM Cortex A53 cores that goes up to 1.3 GHz.

As far as the cameras are concerned,you could expect a rear 13MP Omnivision OV13B10 sensor and a front 8MP GalaxyCore GC8034W sensor. The phone will reportedly feature a new version of Google Camera Go with Snapchat integration for AR filters. You will also get the Duo Go app for video calls. In terms of software, thedevice will run Android 11 Go Edition. You can check out the boot logo of the phone below:

Interesting branding on the JioPhone Next’s boot animation: “Created with Google.“pic.twitter.com/iyFUIWjTpK

— Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman)August 12, 2021

Other details we know about JioPhone Next include voice assistant, automatic read-aloud of screen text, language translation, and the availability in Black and Blue color variants. Thedevice will go on sale from the 10th of September, which is less than a month away now. We will have to wait to know the exact price of the JioPhone Next. We will update you when Reliance reveals the price, so stay tuned for updates.

Subin B

Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.

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