JioPhone Next launch NOT happening today, Reliance Jio announces

JioPhone Next launch: Reliance Jio was scheduled to launch their ultra-affordable Android device in partnership with Google – the JioPhone Next – today. This smartphone is expected to be Reliance Jio’s key to tap into hundreds of millions of users in the world’s second-largest internet market and is clearly much-awaited. However, it looks like the wait is going to go on for quite some time. The company announced in a statement issued late on Thursday night that JioPhone Next smartphone was not going to launch on Friday (September 10).

Jio Platforms issued a statement on Thursday night where the company said it has been testing the new smartphone with a “limited set of users for further refinement” and is “actively working to make it available more widely” around Diwali, which is in early November.