Chip Shortage Pushes Reliance, Google to Delay India Smartphone Launch

Chip Shortage Pushes Reliance, Google to Delay India Smartphone Launch
A Jio mobile phone is on display inside a digital store of Reliance Industries Ltd. in Mumbai, India, on Oct. 7, 2020. Niharika Kulkarni/Reuters
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BENGALURU—Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries delayed the launch of a low-cost smartphone it is developing with Google to November, citing an industry-wide semiconductor shortage.

The “ultra-affordable” smartphone, developed jointly by Reliance’s telecom arm and Google, was set to be rolled out from Sept. 10.