Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, almost disrupted the market when he recently unveiled the “effectively Re 0” JioPhone. After the announcement in July, the feature phone was opened for testing and pre-booking in August, with initially announced plans of the device being available starting September. However, due to overwhelming response, the pre-bookings were stopped abruptly until further notice, and now the deliveries have been delayed too.
While reports earlier suggested just a week’s delay, BGR India spoke with a few Reliance Digital retailers in Delhi NCR, who say that the deliveries could be delayed till the end of this month. When asked the soonest we could expect the JioPhone to be up for sale, a Reliance Digital store retailer said, “We are unaware of an exact date, but don’t expect it anytime before the month-end.” Another retailer hinted at “last week of September”.
Although, one of the retailers did inform us, that the second round of pre-booking could start by next week. However, here it is important to note that the JioPhone is supposed to be delivered on a first-come-first-serve basis, which means the ones who booked first would get the device first. So the first wave of pre-bookers will get the device in the first wave of sale, and the second wave of sale will address the next batch of pre-bookings. Though, there are also some reports that suggest that the JioPhone deliveries will kick off by September 10. 
If you have already booked a JioPhone you can check the status of your order by sending a message to 18008908900 via the mobile number you used to book the device.
As for the second wave of bookings, Reliance Jio has not given any official word on when that would begin, either. However, the company did promise a second wave would take place. Just few days after the pre-bookings started on August 24, Reliance Jio halted the process, saying that over a million devices has already been booked in that time. Now, the company didn’t give an exact number to that, but some media reports believed it could have gone up to three to four million.