Reliance-backed Jio is probably best known for its India cellular network and affordable subsidized devices. Most recently, the JioPone Next and coming soon, the JioPhone 5G. A Jio-laptop has been popping up in the rumor mill for some time as well. It was recently mentioned in a hardware certification document as well. Unfortunately, the document doesn’t reveal any device specs other than the fact that it is clearly ARM-based, as opposed to x86, and is certified to run the ARM version of Windows 10.
The filing does also mention “Emdoor Digital Technology Co., Ltd.” – the OEM for the laptop in question. It is a Shenzhen-based company that specializes in such hardware.
The product name that has been given to these laptops is “QL218_V2.2_JIO_11.6_20220113_v2” and if you were to look through Emdoor’s website portfolio, you will see that this product code corresponds to the vast “218-series” lineup of devices.
All of these, however, use either an Intel or AMD x86 CPU and not an ARM chip. Their designs look vastly different, too, so we can’t quite say which chassis Jio will be using. Emdoor Digital Technology is clearly customizing specifically for Jio. Whatever be the case, one thing we can say for sure is that the JioBook will be very affordable.
