Ringing Bells, the Noida-based company that courted controversy after announcing a phone at an astonishingly low price of Rs 251 five months back, today claimed it has begun delivery of the world’s cheapest smartphone in five states including Haryana, West Bengal and Bihar.
“Of the 5,000 units of Freedom 251 phones that we committed to deliver in the first phase, we have started the delivery of 2,240 phones today through distributors and couriers,” Ringing Bells Director Mohit Goel told PTI.
Once the delivery in UP kicks off on July 11, Goel claimed that the company would start working on plans for delivery of the next lot of 200,000 smartphones.
“The parts have already arrived at the factory,” he pointed out.
In February, the company announced the Freedom 251 phone which saw a mad rush of over 70 million people jostling to register but when the prototype was presented to media it turned out to be produced by another manufacturer with its logo covered.