What happens when a phone priced at Rs 251 is launched in India? Records are broken, people go mad trying to buy one (or maybe three or four) for themselves. However, for the company, it is a nightmare that can be overcome only if they have the resources to manage the demands of a country with billion population.
Flipkart experienced the pitfalls of offering the price vs product mantra to buyers in India with its Big Billion Day sale in 2014, and then in 2015. The online shopping site had to endure the wrath of buyers who bought phones for as low as Rs 81.
But this here is not a discounted deal. The company, Ringing Bells, has publicly rolled out a fully-functioning Android smartphone for Rs 251 called the Freedom 251.
We at The Quint have been flooded with queries asking about the product and how to go about buying it as consumers were faced with a peculiar problem on freedom251.com.
This here below is the freedom251.com page where the phone should be listed with a Buy Now tab. Instead, you get a blank screen that has left many prospective buyers quite irritated.
Most of you have tried ( a lot) and yet failed to buy the phone. So, if you really want to buy the most affordable phone in the world, here’s a neat trick that should help you.
- Open the freedom251.com
- Once you see the blank screen, repeatedly press Ctrl + F5 until you can see the product listing page (like the one below).
If you still have trouble booking the phone, then we’d suggest you wait till tomorrow for the server to work in full force.
Key Specifications: Freedom 25
Display: 4-inch qHD 960x540 pixels- Operating System: Android 5.1 Lollipop
- Processor: 1.3 GHz Quad-Core
- RAM: 1GB
- Rear Camera: 3.2MP
- Battery: 1500mAh
- Price: Rs 251
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