Reliance JioPhone pre-booking suspended – All you need to know

Reliance Jio website says that it will inform the customers when the pre-booking resumes.

New Delhi: Though “millions” of people have pre-booked the Reliance JioPhone on its website, the registration for the same remains suspended now.

The Jio website says “We will inform you when the pre-booking resumes.”

The pre-bookings for Reliance's 4G feature phone named JioPhone crossed over three million mark, within just a couple of hours of opening on Thursday, media reports said.

A store in central Delhi claimed to have booked about 100 phones in offline mode within 15-20 minutes.

However, website of Reliance Jio crashed soon after the pre-bookings opened. The website displayed "Content Server Error" a couple of minutes after commencement of pre-booking.

Reliance Retail started pre-booking of JioPhone though its stores, franchisees, Jio website and application against refundable deposit of Rs 500. The customers will be required to pay another Rs 1,000 at the time of delivery of the phone in September.

The entire Rs 1,500 will be refunded to the buyer after 36 months on returning the phone.