Jio’s phone will run Android and cost about $54

Re:Jio’s phone will run Android and cost about $54 by Aperocky on Thursday September 24, 2020 @10:55AM (#24579192)

Can anyone with context tell me how far 4000 rupees go in India? It feels cheap enough (like a fire device) but also that did not turn out hot.

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Re:Jio’s phone will run Android and cost about $54 by ramshanker on Thursday September 24, 2020 @11:03AM (#24579263)

A roadside restaurant on highways (called dhaba) should server Full stomach meal for usually INR 50. So that Rs.4000 is 80 Meals.

Another reference, Minimum wages for Unskilled Labour is INR 400/day. [1]

https://clc.gov.in/clc/node/645

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Re:Jio’s phone will run Android and cost about $54 by neophyt3 on Thursday September 24, 2020 @12:29PM (#24580345)

are u living in 2009 year.. for 50 bucks u get 2 plain naan on road side dhaba in Maharashtra

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Re:Jio’s phone will run Android and cost about $54 by motabhai on Thursday September 24, 2020 @11:02AM (#24579260)

Give anything at a cheap price and it will be a hit here in India.

Jio will mostly bundled this with their sim card sales. Everybody will then buy it. It will come preloaded with all their apps. Therefore, Jio users will use it. Then all non-Jio users will be forced to use it.

Thanks to Jio, bandwidth prices are insanely low here. That's the only good thing that has come due to their existence.

A few years ago, they gave away calls and internet access totally free for a year if you download all their 10 apps from the play store. Each of their apps got 50-100 million downloads. Which forced competitors to reduce prices drastically, and since then it is been an insanely competitive market here.

There is a reason Facebook and Google have invested in Jio. It's going to get into the advertising business in 1-2 years.

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Re:Jio’s phone will run Android and cost about $54 by lolsal on Thursday September 24, 2020 @01:05PM (#24580835)

For reference, a teacher that I know in Maharashtra is paid about $9000 USD yearly, or ~630,000 rupees.

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Re:Jio’s phone will run Android and cost about $54 by pratik661 on Thursday September 24, 2020 @03:22PM (#24582483)

That actually sounds like a lot (R52.5k/month).

What type of teacher is this? College lecturer? Private tuition teacher? Government teacher?

The average seems to be R20k

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