The world’s cheapest smartphone, costing all of Rs 251 ($5), was launched in New Delhi on Wednesday.
The Ringing Bells Freedom 251, a 3G smartphone with specifications similar to entry level smartphones priced around Rs 4,000, was launched by senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi. Defence Minister Manohar Parikkar, who the company had said would launch the phone, could not make it due to a “cabinet meeting,” according to the event’s organisers.
While bookings for the phone will start tomorrow and go on till February 22, the Noida-based company expects says it will finish all deliveries by 30th June.
