Everything That Is Wrong With The World’s Cheapest Smartphone

Whoever planned the idea of a $4 phone is brilliant! Do you have any idea how much free publicity this story got on big tech blogs? If you are planning on getting the $4 smartphone, you might need to hold on a bit. Remember the difference in the images found on their website and their paper ad? The image below is the real deal meaning the website picture was a fluke, no-brainer, right? … But that is not it, the Freedom 251 is actually a re-branded device made by Adcom and not Ringing bell as we are led to believe. ADCOM is a New Delhi-basedimporterof IT products – the phone was probably made two years ago then repurposed and thanks to XDA, we have proof that the device shown off to the media had the Adcom branding on the front covered up with white ink. Asides that, the Freedom 251 has patent war written all over it, as they have copied a lot of the icons from the iPhone. When asked about this, Ringing Bells technical head Vikas Sharma said: “We used Apple’s icons because Apple hasn’t copyrighted its designs.” Which isn’t true. Furthermore, Freedom251.com’s page source revealed some apple icons used on their website, you can check it yourself, just right-click and select page source. Finally, NDTV found out that the phone that could bring a lot of hope to people who can’t afford to buy a smartphone is not certified by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) as being safe for use in India, which means there are no guarantees of its quality health wise. Yes, irrespective of these claims, the fact that someone has innovated something that could help a lot of people is laudable, but what is the point of using a cheap phone that might have an adverse effect on your health? Source: MissTechy