In the afternoon of October 23, according to media reports in Taiwan, the 4G smart phone Jio Phone launched by Hon Hai Group and India's richest man, Ambani's telecom operators, has sprung up since last year. This year's shipments are expected to grow to 3000. 10,000, jumped to the world's tenth largest mobile phone brand.
Reliance is a telecommunications company founded by Ambani, the president of Reliance Industries of India. It is seen that Indian functional mobile phone users also have the need to browse the Internet and enjoy audio and video entertainment. They commissioned Hon Hai Group to manufacture and operate with KaiOS. System, producing 4G smart phone Jio Phone for the Indian market.
In July last year, local media in India reported that Reliance saw that 600 million people in India still have 600 million people using feature phones. Therefore, Jio Phone was launched and negotiated with Hon Hai Group, hoping to manufacture mobile phones with Hon Hai. The ability to produce Jio Phone in India in response to the local 'Made in India' policy.
Research institute DIGITIMES Research estimates that Reliance launched Jio Phone in September last year, with a low monthly fee plan, estimated that approximately 18 million units will be shipped in 2017. With the launch of the second generation Jio Phone in 2018, it is expected to drive The overall mobile phone shipments grew to 25 to 30 million units, making Reliance Jio the tenth largest mobile phone brand in the world.
The hot sale of Jio Phone also drives the rise of the emerging operating system KaiOS. The goal of KaiOS is to provide some services and applications for smart phones for functional mobile phone users. According to this goal, the operating system with low power consumption and low memory requirements is designed. Let feature phone users also enjoy Google Maps, Youtube, Facebook and other services.
According to DIGITIMES Research, KaiOS for 4G smartphones is expected to continue to grow in emerging countries, with a $22 million bet on Google, and DIGITIMES Research estimates that KaiOS is expected to operate in the global mobile operating system in 2019. A 3% share in the market.