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Reliance Jio announces Diwali offer: JioPhone price slashed to Rs 699

New Delhi: Reliance Jio today announced a special one-time offer called the JioPhone Diwali 2019 Offer. Jio is making the JioPhone available for a special price of only ₹699 as against the current price of Rs. 1500 during the festive season of Dussehra and Diwali.

“This is a clear saving of over Rs. 800 without any special conditions like having to exchange your old phone,” Reliance Jio said in a statement.

The company said it will also offer data benefits valued at Rs 700 to customers who buy the JioPhone during the offer period. “For first 7 recharges that the customer does, Jio will additionally add Rs 99 worth of data,” Jio said.

With the Rs 800 savings on the purchase price and Rs 700 worth of free data, the company pegged the total benefits for JioPhone buyers at Rs 1500.

Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, said: “Jio will ensure that no Indian is deprived of affordable Internet and the fruits of the Digital Revolution. By offering the ‘JioPhone Diwali Gift’, we are making an investment of Rs 1,500 towards bringing every new person from the Bottom of the Economic Pyramid into the Internet Economy.”