251 (less than $4)will see the light of the day.
And if thats not enough, the smartphone company is also planning to launch an affordable LED TV.
251 (which is less than $4).
They invited everyone to make registrations for grabbing the smartphone at an inexpensive price.
However, their online payment model didnt work as expected and there were many bugs in their website.
The Android icons of the Freedom 251 also seemed borrowed from the iOS.
Even an FIR was lodged against the company.
Finally, Ringing Bells decided to refund the money to its potential buyers and switch to a cash-on-delivery model.
We are ready with nearly two lakh Freedom 251 handsets.
The company had in mid-February this year planned to deliver 25 lakh handsets before June 30.
However, it received over seven crore registrations before its payment gateway crashed within three days.
We learned from our mistakes and decided to go silent till we come out with the product.
Now we have a 4-inch, dual-SIM phone ready for delivery.
I feel vindicated, he said in one breath.
Our devices are completely Make in India and were manufactured at our Haridwar-based manufacturing unit.
We plan to sell two lakh devices every month.
According to Goel, he is facing a loss of Rs.
150 per unit, but hopes to make profit on volumes.
It comes with an 8GB of in-built memory and supports external memory cards of up to 32GB.
It sports an 8-megapixel rear camera along with a 3.2-megapixel front-facing shooter camera.
The Freedom 251 packs a 1,800 mAh battery and runs on Android Lollipop 5.1.
Ringing Bells have also ditched the iOS icons in favor of Android-themed ones.
It has a speaker just alongside the branding.
The gadget displays the Indian Tricolour when you switch it on.
The company has incorporated all the basic Google apps in the handset.
Goel also announced the launch of an affordable television set.
The company is also planning to launch a 32-inch high-definition LED television also called Freedom.
These will be the cheapest television sets in India and will be available for less than ?10,000.
Within two days, the delivery would be made and we will sell them online.
We have 1 lakh units in stock, Goel said.
In comparison, the cost of 32-inch HD LED TV sets normally begins from Rs.
source: www.techworm.net
