India is 2nd largest population in the world and it smart phones market is also one of the largest in the world. It is developing nation with low per capita GDP. Therefore people here can’t afford a smart phone and majority is using feature phone. Indian Govt. lead by PM Moodi, wants to digitize whole country therefore they are rigorously promoting made in India campaign. One of the highlights of this campaign will be Freedom 251 smart phone.
The 251 one in the name of the smartphone indicates the price of the phone which in 251 Indian rupees. In USD this will be only 4 Dollars making its world’s cheapest smart phone. With ridiculously low price this phone really will attract masses. Now let us look at some specifications of Freedom 251.
Freedom 251 has a removable plastic back cover with Indian flag printed on it, which clearly shows that phone’s low price in subsidized by the Indian govt.(although the comapany denies any such support from Govt.) Inside it has a removable battery of 1400mAh which would not be sufficient for a day long use but at this price you cannot ask for more.
It is worth mentioning that before introduction of the world’s cheapest smart phone, India had also introduced world’s cheapest car and cheapest tablet for students also.
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| Orders Closed for Freedom 251 |
The 251 one in the name of the smartphone indicates the price of the phone which in 251 Indian rupees. In USD this will be only 4 Dollars making its world’s cheapest smart phone. With ridiculously low price this phone really will attract masses. Now let us look at some specifications of Freedom 251.
Freedom 251
The Freedom 251 comes with a 4 inch IPS qHD screen with a resolution of 960*540 which is really good for a 4’ screen.
It had .3MP front facing camera and 3.2MP rear camera with LED flashlight which is capable of capturing decent photos.
It comes with 8 GB internal storage capacity and 1GH of RAM, phone is equipped with 1.3GHz quad core processor and it comes with android 5.1 Lollypop. It has a removable battery of 1400mAh which would not be sufficient for a day long use but at this price you cannot ask for more.
It had .3MP front facing camera and 3.2MP rear camera with LED flashlight which is capable of capturing decent photos.
It comes with 8 GB internal storage capacity and 1GH of RAM, phone is equipped with 1.3GHz quad core processor and it comes with android 5.1 Lollypop. It has a removable battery of 1400mAh which would not be sufficient for a day long use but at this price you cannot ask for more.
Freedom 251 has a removable plastic back cover with Indian flag printed on it, which clearly shows that phone’s low price in subsidized by the Indian govt.(although the comapany denies any such support from Govt.) Inside it has a removable battery of 1400mAh which would not be sufficient for a day long use but at this price you cannot ask for more.
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| Backside of Freedom 251 |
Problem with Online Orders
As this phone is aimed for the deprived majority of the country, which have no access to internet, so how can there people will order it online as they had no previous exposure to internet, let alone online shopping. So this would be main hurdle for phone to reach its targeted consumers with no internet or no experience of online shopping.
It is worth mentioning that before introduction of the world’s cheapest smart phone, India had also introduced world’s cheapest car and cheapest tablet for students also.
Order Closed
Due to its really cheap price and online availability people rushed to put an order online. But the overwhelming response and huge traffic the website freedom251.com crashed on 18th of Feb. 2016, and went online again on 19 of the month. In just two days company had received 60 million orders online and after then the booking is closed for any new orders.
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