Meet this #1,200 Android phone, the Freedom 251.

The Freedom 251 has to be the cheapest Android phone to ever grace the Android market. It is so cheap that you become suspicious of its contents, so suspicious that a typical Naija guy will think its one of those phones with fufu as its hardware, packaged and sold by Computer village fraudsters (By the way this a true story), frankly this was the suspicion aroused within me upon seeing the price tag of this phone.

I know your itching to find out where this phone is being sold and who manufactured it. Here is your answer, Freedom 251 is manufactured in India by ‘Ringing Bells’, a tech company situated in India, and the phone is currently available only in India. You may wonder why a phone was made this cheap, this is owed to the Indian smartphone consumer market who place a lot of importance on a phone being cheap – did I hear you say who doesn’t. In order to meet the needs of the masses who like using smartphones but want very cheap ones, Ringing Bells created the Freedom 251.

If you are wondering what kind of specs a phone of $3.6 (approx. 1200 – rice is dependent on current exchange rate) or perhaps you have already concluded that the specs will be very awful, the impressive thing is that the phone’s specifications are pretty good considering the price. Freedom 251 sports a 4-inch qHD (960 x 540) display, 1.3GHz quad-core CPU, 1GB of RAM, 8GB internal memory, microSD slot, 3.2MP camera, 0.3MP front shooter, 3G connectivity, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, GPS, and a 1450mAh battery and runs on Android 5.1 lollipop – I hope you are slightly impressed.

The Freedom 251 is being offered with support from the Indian government increasing the likely-hood that the phone is subsidized, therefore, it may not be sold outside of India. Nevertheless, the phone is headline worthy, especially its price.

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Source: Ringing Bells