In New Delhi on Wednesday, the world’s cheapest Ringing Bells Freedom 251 smartphone was launched.
It is a 3G smartphone with features similar to entry level smartphones, which rate is about Rs 5,000. This smartphone was launched by BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi. The bookings of this smartphone will start from Thursday 18 February and go on till 22 February 2016. The Noida-based company announced that the delivery of phone will finish by 30th June. 
Ringing Bells will charge extra Rs 40 in order to deliver the product; therefore the total rate of the Ringing Bells Freedom 251 is Rs 291.
Few amazing features
Freedom to Explore
Freedom 251 arrives with 1.3 GHz Quad core Processor capable of responding and fast performance. It has 8GB internal memory and 1GB RAM. It can support SD card (up to 32GB). This smartphone is dual-SIM 3G capable mobile.
Freedom to Connect
You can share your precious moment with others. You may enjoy the limitless freedom of staying connected to followers, friends or family wherever you are with the amazing connection that provides you everything you need at good speeds.
Freedom to Talk
If we talk about battery, then you will be happy to know about it as it has a 1450 mAh battery. It provides you more time to watch videos, Play, text and talk without any worry about running out of power.
Freedom to Capture
With 0.3MP Front camera &3.2MP AF Rear Camera capture precious moments of your life. Its inbuilt touchless technology is good for best Selfie. If you are Selfie lovers, then this phone will be best for you.
The Bookings for the Ringing Bells Freedom 251 smartphone has started from Thursday 18 February and it will finish on 21 February at night. However, the users have reported that the site kept crashing, and they were not able to make payment for the amazing phone.
The President Ashok Chaddha of Ringing Bells said that the manufacturing cost of this phone is around Rs 2,500, which will be recovered through a series of measures such as
- Creating an e-commerce marketplace
- Innovative marketing
- Economies of scale
- Reduction in duties
“We may save on 13.8% duty by going for Made in India components. Moreover, we will sell this Ringing Bells Freedom 251 smartphone online first so that the costs incurred on a large network of distribution will be saved,” he added.
“The Freedom 251 phone will be manufactured in Uttaranchal and Noida. With a capacity of five lakhs smartphones, the two plants will be set up for Rs 250 crore each. The fund will arrive in the form of debt and equity,” he added.
If they will provide for quality the phone will become a great challenge to the whole phone industry. You can buy the phone via http://www.freedom251.com/.
