Reliance Jio in talks with Flex, UTL for ultra-low cost smartphone

If discussions fructify, smartphone would be made at Indian plants

Reliance Jio is in talks with Singapore-based electronics company, Flex, and home-grown UTL Neolnycs (makers of Karbonn mobile phones), amongst oth­ers, to make them contract manufacturers for its new, ultra-low cost android smart phone named Jio Next, acco­rding to sources. 

Mukesh Ambani in his AGM speech recently, anno­unced that the smart phone would be launched on Sept­ember 10. If the discussions with Flex and UTL Neolnycs fructify, the phones would be made in India, as both the firms have plants in various locations in the country.

A Flex spokesperson decli­ned to comment on the mat­ter, and a query to Sudhir Has­ija, chairman