An ultra cheap Android smartphone has gone on sale in India, costing just 251 rupees (£2.77). The Freedom 251 is an Android phone advertised by Ringing Bells will ship in batch of 200,000, but the company will make loss on each handset. The specifications are impressive for such a low price: camera on both front […]
An ultra cheap Android smartphone has gone on sale in India, costing just 251 rupees (£2.77).
The Freedom 251 is an Android phone advertised by Ringing Bells will ship in batch of 200,000, but the company will make loss on each handset.
The specifications are impressive for such a low price:
Since February, Ringing Bells has faced increasing scepticism. At the launch of the phone the company showed off supposed “prototypes”, which turned out to besmartphones made by another Indian manufacturer with the branding covered.
A government investigation led to a raid of the company’s offices over tax and the lack of certification for the device with the country’s telecoms regulator. Ringing Bells was also accused of cheating and threatened with lawsuits over therebranding of Adcom smartphones.
