Amazon has chosen Foxconn for the production of its smartphone

The e-commerce giant has signed a contract with Taiwan's Foxconn to manufacture its future smartphone could be unveiled in mid-2013 at a rate between 100 and 200 dollars.


Although Amazon has not yet officially announced the addition of a smartphone to its range of handsets seems increasingly likely. And according to the Taiwan Economic News, the same things are very advanced as Foxconn, the subcontractor Apple was chosen to fabricate the device with an order of 5 million units.

Last month already ensured that Digitimes Foxconn was selected by Amazon for this new project. No details have filtered but it is assumed that this smartphone will run as Kindle tablets, a modified version of Android.

According to the Taiwan Economic News, the launch will take place between the second and third quarter of 2013. The selling price of between 100 and 200 dollars, Amazon sticking to its aggressive pricing strategy to serve its ecosystem (music, applications, videos, e-books).

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