Jio Phone Pre-Booking: Jio Server Crashes

Jio Phone pre-bookings have finally started but it seems not many people are able to book the handset right now. This would come as a disappointment to the millions of consumers who were looking forward to getting their hands on the Jio-branded 4G feature phone since it became official on July 21. The Jio.com website is slow to respond even an hour and a half after the Jio Phone pre-bookings officially started, and the MyJio app - the only avenue to make the booking online apart from official site - is not allowing consumers to order the handset. This will be a hiccup for the company that reportedly aims to sell 20 crore units of the handset over the next two years.

The Jio Phone pre-bookings were scheduled to start Thursday at 5:30pm IST, with the company finally revealing the specifications and features of the handset on the dedicated page on the website. Some consumers are reporting they still cannot see the Prebook Now button on the MyJio app after opening it, while others who did get to open the prebooking interface ended up on a blank page. The Gadgets 360 team - after several attempts - was able to make it to the next page, and was able to enter the phone number and pincode of delivery area. However, when tapping on the Pay button, we received the error messages such as Connection Refused, server is not started or has refused the connection, and Our systems aren't responding. Please try again after sometime.