Three euro costing Freedom 251 smartphone June 30 extradited – TechTastic

A smartphone for 3 euros? It appears possible because the Indian company Ringing Bells claims that it is shipping the Freedom 251 from 30th June. Cheap phone was announced in February and at that time it was thought by many that the device will never see the light of day, although that still remains a possibility.

The Freedom 251 is from Taiwan and assembled in Haridwar , a district of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Founder and owner of the company Mohit Goel aroused after the announcement of curiosity and suspicion by the unprecedented low price of 3.33 euros. Ringing Bells has been held under the strict supervision of the government, police and buyers. The company will deliver the phones to those who have made a reservation, and the money received only when the equipment is delivered.

An interview with the Times of India Goel said the following about the release of the Freedom 251 “This phone is from Taiwan. We gear imported via a third party and the product consists of 26 components. We have produced a total of 200,000 phones and they will spread within a month shipping. This is the maximum we can do at this time. “

Impossible price?

Part of the selling price is funded services and developers. The phone will be added standard 12 apps that can not be disabled or deleted. The companies behind these apps have been subsidized cost. Yet we continue to put the project questioned because several studies have shown that costs a phone with these specifications at least 30.00 euros to an amount which is significantly higher than the 3.33 euros which the Freedom 251 is offered .

According to Goel, the project but at the same time shows has also aroused the interest of investors, the government support is necessary. “I do not have the capacity to deliver more than 200,000 phones. This is currently also a pilot launch, “said Goel.

gear Ringing Bells features a 4-inch screen with a resolution of 960 x 540 pixels. Under the hood we find a 1.3GHz quad-core processor coupled with 1GB of RAM. There’s 8GB of storage that through a memory card can be expanded to 32GB. Photos can be shot with the camera on the back in a maximum resolution of 3.2 megapixels, while there is placed a 0.3-megapixelfrontcam on the front. The Freedom 251 runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop, has a 1450mAh battery and supports two SIM cards and 3G connectivity.

We are wondering if Goel at least can keep his word, because the original release date was scheduled for today

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