Indians introduced Android-smartphone for 300 rubles
In today's media , the bell ringing far rang with information about the previously unknown Indian company Ringing Bells and their smartphone project Freedom 251 . The first, if not the only, distinguishing feature of this device is its cost - exactly 251 rupees, which at the current rate will be less than $ 4 or 286 rubles .
Specifications include a 4 "screen with a resolution of 960 × 540, a 1.3 GHz Quadcore processor, a gigabyte of memory and an 8 GB drive. There is also support for microSD cards up to 32 GB. The battery capacity is 1450 mAh. The phone comes preloaded with Android 5.1 Lollipop. The main camera has 3.2 megapixels, and the front - 0.3 megapixels. Pre-orders for smartphones will begin collecting on February 18.
Journalists did not fail to notice an interesting fact - in newspaper advertising, the image of the smartphone does not coincide with what is presented on the site. photo more like another product of the company - also inexpensive smartphone smart101 cost about $ 45.
It's worrying to note that the images of Freedom 251 on website and newspaper ad are completely different pic.twitter.com/zgPQy7RVhl
- Raju (@rajupp) February 17, 2016
When the resource Gadgets360 managed to get a copy of the Freedom 251 phone and it turned out that newspaper advertising nevertheless more accurately reflects reality, and, strangely enough, the wrong image of the smartphone was used on the site.
So far, few people believe that an unknown company will be able to produce a decent and efficient device at such a low price, despite the fact that Ringing Bells talks about subsidies from the Indian government.
The company promises to begin the first deliveries of finished phones in June 2016. The phone’s website mentions a one-year warranty and the presence in India of 650 repair shops capable of repairing this phone - although at such a cost, the device’s repair becomes almost pointless. For example, forThe cost of one iPhone 6 Plus 16Gb will be possible to buy 157 Freedom 251 phones.