Reliance Jio has really been blowing up lately and understandably so. The company recently announced its plans to offer really competitive tariff plans in India, generally priced lower than the competition. Reliance's main concept seems to be to provide most basic services like voice calls and SMS, essentially for free and pamper users with additional bonuses, like a slew of smart apps, while only requiring payments for data. On the surface, this sounds like a great approach to take the ever-expanding India market by storm and for most users, this might turn out to be a hundred percent true. However, there are a few specifics we feel you must know in order to avoid an abrupt debarking off the hype train.
First of all, let's cover the basics. When we said Reliance Jio is launching a data-first 4G service, this is actually a quite literal description. The company's network only offers LTE service. That means that no fallbacks are present to 3G or 2G, eliminating the possibility to natively use an older device. Voice calls within the network will be done through VoLTE (which must be present on both sides of the conversation, otherwise additional charges do apply) and when you combine the aforementioned two conditions, you can quickly get an idea as to why there has been such a fuss about supported devices lately.
Now, we definitely see why finding if your current handset is supported is a major concern and we wish that there was an easy list or method we could quote. However, there are also a few other factors, like TDD and FDD LTE technologies and LTE Bands that come into play. From what we can gather, Reliance is keeping things as broad as possible, by using 1800 MHz, but the info is unclear on this point as well. That being said, there are at least a few devices that we can already confirm will work on the network with some certainty. Of course, the list also includes the company's own LYF branded devices.
First of all, let's cover the basics. When we said Reliance Jio is launching a data-first 4G service, this is actually a quite literal description. The company's network only offers LTE service. That means that no fallbacks are present to 3G or 2G, eliminating the possibility to natively use an older device. Voice calls within the network will be done through VoLTE (which must be present on both sides of the conversation, otherwise additional charges do apply) and when you combine the aforementioned two conditions, you can quickly get an idea as to why there has been such a fuss about supported devices lately.
Now, we definitely see why finding if your current handset is supported is a major concern and we wish that there was an easy list or method we could quote. However, there are also a few other factors, like TDD and FDD LTE technologies and LTE Bands that come into play. From what we can gather, Reliance is keeping things as broad as possible, by using 1800 MHz, but the info is unclear on this point as well. That being said, there are at least a few devices that we can already confirm will work on the network with some certainty. Of course, the list also includes the company's own LYF branded devices.
| BRAND | PHONES |
| LYF | Earth 1 |
| LYF | Earth 2 |
| LYF | Wind 1 |
| LYF | Wind 2 |
| LYF | Wind 3 |
| LYF | Wind 4 |
| LYF | Wind 5 |
| LYF | Wind 6 |
| LYF | Wind 7 |
| LYF | Flame 1 |
| LYF | Flame 2 |
| LYF | Flame 3 |
| LYF | Flame 4 |
| LYF | Flame 5 |
| LYF | Flame 6 |
| LYF | Flame 8 |
| LYF | Water 1 |
| LYF | Water 2 |
| LYF | Water 4 |
| LYF | Water 5 |
| LYF | Water 6 |
| LYF | Water 7 |
| LYF | Water 8 |
| LYF | Water 10 |
| Apple | iPhone 6 |
| Apple | iPhone 6 Plus |
| Apple | iPhone 6s |
| Apple | iPhone 6s Plus |
| Apple | iPhone SE |
| Samsung | S7 |
| Samsung | Galaxy Note Edge |
| Samsung | Galaxy S6 Edge Plus |
| Samsung | Galaxy Note Edge |
| Samsung | Galaxy Core Prime 4G |
| Samsung | Galaxy Note 4 |
| Samsung | Galaxy Note 5 |
| Samsung | Galaxy A5 |
| Samsung | Galaxy A7 |
| Samsung | Galaxy A8 |
| Samsung | Galaxy S6 |
| Samsung | Galaxy A7 (A710FD) |
| Samsung | S7 Edge |
| Samsung | A8 VE |
| Samsung | Galaxy J5 |
| Samsung | Galaxy J2 |
| Samsung | Galaxy J7 |
| Samsung | Galaxy On5 |
| Samsung | Samsung On7 |
| Sony | Xperia Z5 Dual |
| Sony | Xperia Z5 Premium Dual |
| LG | Spirit 4G |
| LG | Google Nexus 5x |
| LG | G4 Stylus 4G |
| LG | G3 4G LTE 32GB |
| ZTE | Blade S6 |
| ZTE | Blade S6 Plus |
| Lenovo | Vibe Shot |
| Lenovo | A6000 Plus |
| Intex | Aqua Ace Mini |
| Intex | Aqua 4G Strong |
| Intex | Aqua 4G |
| Karbonn | A71 |
| Motorola | Moto G (3rd Gen) |
| Motorola | Moto E 2nd Gen |
| Motorola | Moto E 2nd Gen |
| Motorola | G Turbo |
| Micromax | Yu Yunique |
| Micromax | Yu Yuphoria |
| Micromax | Canvas Sliver 5 (Q450) |
| Micromax | Canvas Amaze (Q491) |
| Micromax | Canvas Mega 2 Q426 |
| Xiaomi | Mi5 |
| Xiaomi | Redmi Note 3 (H3A) |
| Xiaomi | Redmi 2 Prime |
| Xiaomi | Mi Max |
| Xiaomi | Redmi 3S 8GB |
| Xiaomi | Redmi 3S 16GB |
| Alcatel | Pop3 |
| OPPO | F1 |
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