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We see strength across the categories we are involved in. But overall, India, just like Asia Pacific, continues to be an exciting market for us. And I think over a 3 to 5-year time frame, it will end up having a lot of impact. It's a version of digital transformation and palpable, the demand we see. He added that the JioPhone Next device features premium localised capabilities and is on track to launch in the market by Diwali. He also said that the smartphone will have a transformational impact on the Indian market. And so part of what excites me about the upcoming partnership with Jio in building a phone really investing beyond just English and getting languages and getting the local right for people and doing it in a way that many more people can take advantages of a smartphone,” Pichai told analysts. But through it all, the people are looking for access and there's definitely been a wave of people who have adopted smartphones, and there is still - we see the demand for people looking to shift from feature phones to smartphones. “Look, I think, obviously, the pandemic has been hard.
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Speaking during the company's Q3 2021 earnings conference call, Pichai believes that JioPhone Next will lay the foundation of digital transformation in India since it has the potential to get non-English speakers on the internet for the first time.
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Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai is bullish about the affordable JioPhone Next smartphone that the company is co-developing with Indian telecom major Reliance Jio.