How will a 4G feature phone change things? The Economic Times reported last year that Reliance Jio is preparing to launch a 4G feature phone, priced at Rs 1000, and possibly being launched with unlimited voice and data. It had reported that Reliance Jio is working with Lava and Chinese OEMs to manufacture such phones. Feature phones lack the processing power of a smartphone, and thus lack significant Internet access features and the ability to run heavy apps, but do still have basic Internet access features. An example of a feature phone with significant Internet access features was the now-discontinued Nokia Asha series, which also came with Whatsapp. The Nokia 210 even had a dedicated Whatsapp button, although these typically ran on 2G networks. When asked about this 4G feature phone, Airtel India CEO & MD Gopal Vittal said that…
