Reliance Jio & Google reportedly working on an affordable 4G smartphone under 2000 Rupees

According to a report by The Hindu Business Line, Jio has been secretly working with Google on an affordable smartphone, which the company plans to launch by the end of the year. The smartphone is question will work exclusively on Jio's network and will come with Jio applications like JioTV, JioMusic, JioCinema and JioMags built-in.

This comes hot on the heels of reports that Jio could launch a feature phone with 4G LTE built-in less than Rs 1,500.

While Reliance has already forayed into the Android smartphone market with its LYF range of 4G enabled smartphones, a partnership with Google could help prove more successful and help Jio reach a larger audience.

The budget smartphone segment is extremely important to Google. The companies' CEO Sunder Pichai, during his India visit, had said that 30 dollars (Rs 2,000) is the idyllic price for smartphones in the country.