Ringing Bells, the $4 smartphone maker, is officially under police investigation
Last month, the Internet was set ablaze by the official unveiling of the Freedom 251, an entry-level Android smartphone with a quad-core processor that costs just $4 unlocked in India, the only country where the phone is available for pre-order. Marketed as the world's cheapest smartphone, the Freedom 251 has managed to create quite a stir in the tech community.
According to Somaiya's complaint, it is not possible for a smartphone maker to sell a smartphone for just $4 without any carrier subsidies. As such, Somaiya believes that Freedom 251 is essentially fooling its customers. This is not the first time that Somaiya has publicly attacked Ringing Bells. Back in February, the BJP leader said that the Freedom 251 is little else than a Ponzi scheme.
Mohit Goel, Managing Director at Ringing Bell, tried to clarify the situation through a statement, although we must say that the wording is rather vague and the statement as a whole fails to explain how an inexperienced smartphone maker can afford to sell an unlocked smartphone at just $4.
source: NDTV
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