Jio Phone Users Will No Longer Get Rs. 153 Prepaid Recharge Plan

With the latest update, Jio Phone users have the Rs. 185, Rs. 155, Rs. 125, and the Rs. 75 as the four recharge plans to choose from.

By Jagmeet Singh | Updated: 15 January 2021 16:39 IST

Jio Phone Users Will No Longer Get Rs. 153 Prepaid Recharge Plan

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Jio Phone users have the Rs. 155 prepaid recharge plan as the closest alternative to Rs. 153 plan

Highlights

Jio site is showing the updated Jio Phone recharge portfolio
Rs. 153 Jio Phone recharge plan was received an update in February 2018
Jio recently leveraged TRAI’s update to ditch off-net voice call charges

Jio Phone users no longer have the Rs. 153 prepaid recharge plan that used to provide 1.5GB high-speed data benefit on a daily basis for 28 days. The Rs. 153 plan was introduced back in July 2017 and received an update in February 2018 — alongside the arrival of the Rs. 49 prepaid plan. It also provided unlimited voice calling and 100 SMS messages per day to Jio Phone users. The new change comes just days after Jio ditched charges on off-net domestic voice calls that it imposed as a result of the Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC) last year.

The Jio site is reflecting the removal of the Rs. 153 prepaid recharge plan. With the latest update, Jio Phone users have the Rs. 185, Rs. 155, Rs. 125, and the Rs. 75 as the four recharge plans to choose from.

Jio is offering the Rs. 155 prepaid recharge plan as the closest option to the Rs. 153 plan. However, the former brings 1GB high-speed data per day, that is unlike the latter that included 1.5GB daily data allocation.

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Details available on Web archives suggest that the Rs. 153 prepaid recharge plan existed at least until December 31. Some news outlets reported that alongside the Rs. 153 plan, Jio has removed the Rs. 99, Rs. 297, and Rs. 594 prepaid recharge plans. However, that isn't apparently the case as those plans aren't visible on Web archives at least until November 2019.

Gadgets 360 has reached out to Jio for clarity on the removal and will update this report when the company responds.

At the beginning of this month, Jio started offering free voice calls to other networks again — after ditching its earlier off-net call charges at 6 paise per minute. That move came as a result of the Bill and Keep regime that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has implemented since January 1.

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Jio Phone

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Value for Money

Good
Low upfront cost
4G and VoLTE support
Jio Apps with free subscription
Excellent battery life
OTA update capability

Bad
Low quality screen
Plenty of fine print

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Display 2.40-inch

Processor Spreadtrum SC9820A (SPRD 9820A/QC8905)

Front Camera 0.3-megapixel

Rear Camera 2-megapixel

RAM 512MB

Storage 4GB

Battery Capacity 2000mAh

OS KAI OS

Resolution 240x320 pixels

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