No whatsapp on jiophone?

No, there is no whatsapp support on jiophone. Sad news for all whatsapp users, the most popular messaging app will not be available on jiophone. There are lots of other features such as jio apps, YouTube, Facebook, jio tv etc. The absence of whatsapp will be a negative for jiophone, because most of the people in the world are using whatsapp. But lets hope whatsapp feature in future updates.

RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani stated in his AGM speech that out of 78 crore mobile phone users in India, 50 crore people are using feature phones.

Jio, however, is eying to leverage JioChat, a WhatsApp rival, in the new devices.
Also some media reports have suggested that the Rs 153 pack launched by the company for unlimited access to internet with half the price, will be having a daily usage cap of 500 MB after which the speed would throttled.
RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani stated in his AGM speech that out of 78 crore mobile phone users in India, 50 crore people are using feature phones and have not been able to become a part of the digital revolution.
Reliance Jio is targeting the 50 crore feature phone users that have not been able to access internet due to device affordability issues.

JioPhone will be available for trials from August 15 and the pre-booking will start from August 24.