Ringing Bells Freedom 251 was launched yesterday: BJP Senior leader Murli Manhor Joshi ,Director of Ringing Bells, Mohit Goel and CEO, Dhaarna Goel during the launch of Smartphone-Ringing Bells Freedom 251, in New Delhi on Wednesday.
The world’s cheapest smartphone, costing all of Rs 251 ($5), was launched in New Delhi on Wednesday.
The Ringing Bells Freedom 251, a 3G smartphone with specifications similar to entry level smartphones priced around Rs 4,000, was launched by senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi. Defence Minister Manohar Parikkar, who the company had said would launch the phone, could not make it due to a “cabinet meeting,” according to the event’s organisers.
While bookings for the phone will start tomorrow and go on till February 22, the Noida-based company expects says it will finish all deliveries by 30th June.
Ringing Bells is selling Freedom 251 via a special website called www.freedom251.com and says all deliveries will take 4 months to complete. Ringing Bells is charging Rs 40 extra for deliveries, so the total cost of the smartphone is Rs 291.
The smartphone with a 4-inch WVGA resolution display, features a 1.3 Ghz quad-core processor, 1GB RAM, 8GB total storage space and a 3.2 megapixel camera on the back. It will have 0.3 megapixel camera on the front and has a 1450 mAh battery.
Bookings for the Freedom 251 will start from Thursday 18 February from 6.00 am in the morning and will close on 21 February at 8.00 pm. This is dual-SIM 3G capable phone. Customers have however reported that the website kept crashing, and they were unable to complete payment for the Freedom 251 smartphone.
