Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Freedom 251: Parody website freedom651.com created for the world’s cheapest smartphone, delivery promised in 10 years via drones


The Freedom 251 smartphone has created a lot of buzz, and while people are still waiting to get their hands on the device, others are not leaving the opportunity to take a dig at it. A spoof website has been created with the address freedom651.com with the intention of poking fun at the worlds cheapest smartphone. The webpage is an exact replica of Ringing Bells website, but the text have been changed to things like, Freedom 651, Indias most affordable smartphone by Doesnt Ring a Bell.

The folks behind the website have changed the name of the smartphone to Freedom 651, which is priced at Rs 651. The Buy button has been changed to Dont Buy Now and deliveries are promised after 10 years via drones.  There are other funny elements including stuff like the Freedom 651 has been made from components found on Mars, which is the reason it is cheap, it runs on Android Zucchini, the companys customer care number is 0420-420420, and how its service centers are only found on Mars.

The About Us section of the spoof website mentions that it is indeed a parody website with no intentions of making a smart or any other smart move towards making one The Social media links on the website direct to a Places near Pune tourist information page on Facebook, seemingly created in late 2010.

Ringing Bells has managed to garner a lot of publicity by launching a smartphone for only Rs 251. While much of this seems fishy, the Noida-based company continues to promise delivery of 50 lakh handsets by June 30. Despite having received over seven crore registrations, it only plans to sell 25 lakh units online, and another 25 lakh units via offline stores.


The government and especially the telecom authorities continue to be wary and have ordered an investigations into this matter. Their concern is how a 3G smartphone that costs more than Rs 2,300 to manufacture in the first place is being sold at such rock-bottom prices.

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