World's cheapest smartphone is cheaper than expected, launches in India for $4
 

A little-known Indian company is launching the cheapest smartphone in the world today. The Freedom 251, manufactured by Ringing Bells, is priced at just Rs 251 (under $4). Affordable and feature-rich, it could play a significant role in connecting India, where smartphone usage and Internet connectivity still remain a work in progress.

The Freedom 251 has a 4-inch display, 1.3GHz quad-core processor, 1GB RAM, and a 1,450 mAh battery. It comes with a 3.2-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel front camera. The phone also comes with 8GB of internal storage, which can be expanded by another 32GB using a microSD card.

Surprisingly for its price, the Freedom 251 will run on Android Lollipop 5.1 and comes pre-installed with several apps. Besides Facebook, YouTube, Google Play and WhatsApp, it has apps that will be useful to farmers, fishermen and women, such as Swachh Bharat, Farmer, Medical and Women Safety.

Founded in 2015, Ringing Bells has launched four smartphones until now, including a 4G phone priced at Rs 2,999 ($44). It says that the phone has been developed with the support of the government's Make in India campaign that encourages local manufacturing. It still remains to be seen how the phone is so cheap, and whether it has been subsidised by the government.

Ringing Bells has said that the phone comes with a one-year warranty and be serviced at over 650 centres across the country. Bookings for the Freedom 251 open on Feb. 18 at 6 a.m. and close on Feb. 21 at 8 p.m., with the deliveries being completed by June 30.

The launch is significant for India, the second-largest smartphone market in the world after China, and the fastest growing smartphone markets in the world.

In the last few years, the Indian government has been trying to make computing products more affordable and accessible. In 2011, the previous Indian government had launched low-cost Android tablets at Rs 2,500 ($36) under its Aakash project. The tablets were available to colleges and universities at a subsidised price of Rs 999 ($14) to promote e-learning. The tablets turned out to be duds and users found them almost unusable with poor hardware specifications.

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Data plans starting at only $500 a month.

$4..... That's insane.

Prices for phones are going to start dropping in a huge way. My iPhone cost me a $1. It's a 5c, but it's brand new.

4 inch screen?

you crush it and snort it after one use. straw is on the back! :thumbsup:thumbsup you'll be high for hours!

Surprised they warranty it instead of saying "Nigga please you ain't got another $4?" :2 cents:

Unbelievable, can't beat that

Lol lol lol

But with a 2 year contract?

I mean...all things considered if that WAS the use for it you'd still come out pretty good for $4 compared to other things that are snorted...

i still cunt a4d $4... :(

Where do all those Indian surfers come from then!?.

I dread to think what it will be like when they are ALL connected to the net, better get another server.....

Deliveries made only to India. They'll be lots of these available on ebay for twice the price, plus int. shipping :2 cents:

Is there a limit on how many can be purchased by an individual?

im guessing they will be locked :2 cents::2 cents:

A typical Indian family will live for a month on that money.

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The real price it's not $4. The phone is subsidised by the government.
Also, the phone can be also free when you buy a two years plan. $4 it's just symbolic.

Probably doesn't have a selfie camera.:)

your name pls
whats your boobs size
r u virgin girl
give me number
i want you milk
ur ass my feviret one
ur bussy photo sent me
girls have vagina

Real charmers, those Indian guys...

Probably thats marketing trick

I can afford one of those ...

Indians just want incest: moms, aunts, sisters, daughters and fathers - they will not fuck anyone else than relatives (not even your teacher if she's not a cousin too or at least a friend of your mum, there must be a relative link). Sex to happen before or during the wedding of someone, like, I fuck my sister/daughter the night before her marriage and she's virgin/first time. Or if she's not virgin, that's always after wedding, underlining that the relative you fuck is also cheating husband as she's married (again, underline she's married with someone else).