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February 20, 2016
Ringing Bells has finally closed the Registrations for Freedom 251 dubbed as World’s Cheapest smartphone.
The company has announced that it has received over 6 Crore (60 million) registrations in just two days of opening pre-orders.


Ashok Chada, President at Ringing Bells told IANS
“The Pre-booking numbers we received are sheer humongous. I am happy that so many Indians have responded to our “Make in India’ smartphone call. Now the onus is on us to deliver on the promise and I am hopeful that we will be able to start delivery latest by April 10 and finish well before the June 30 deadline.’’

The company created a lot of buzz around India about the pricing of this handset and its Scam, as we have reported yesterday. BJP MP Kirit Somaiya even called it as a Scam.

Now the company has answered some question what India is asking about this  handset like,
1. How Ringing Bells is selling a smartphone worth Rs. 2700 at a price of just Rs. 251?
The company is planning to recover the remaining amount through reduction in duties, innovative marketing, selling the handset online and more.

2. How is Indian government partnering with a company with no proven track record ?
The Indian Government is not partnering with the company (Ringing Bells Pvt. Ltd).

3. Why has Freedom 251 got Adcom branding on the front panel? Is it being manufactured by Adcom? And why was the branding covered by a whitener? How did the company fringe into other company products for that?
We just wanted to show a sample/prototype of what the handset will look like. This is not the final piece. Hence we obviously wanted to provide “Made in India” handsets as that is the core of our vision.
We did a quick and intensive search and located the components but re the Touch Plate, we faced a problem in view of the fragile nature in addition to the scratch-proof requirements of the piece.
ADCOM is an Indian Company and we were able to source from them. You may speak to Mr. Sanjiv Bhatia – the Director of ADCOM and he would confirm the true version to you.

4. The phone is not listed on the BIS certification page, why is this?
Application is under filling and we expect to have the Certification in hand well before delivery commences.

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February 19, 2016

Ringing Bells, an Indian smartphone manufacturer based in Noida launched the Freedom 251, which is being called the World’s cheapest smartphone is being offered by the company at dirt-cheap price of Rs. 251. The booking started yesterday and as per the company, the website received 6 Lac hits per second.


Everyone is right now ignited with the news of Freedom 251 and its price, as many peoples are attempting to book the smartphone. We tried to analyze the truth logic behind Freedom 251 and try to know whether it is a scam or the company is right and not making all the peoples fool!
At the launch event the sample unit of Freedom 251 was reviewed by Hindustan Times, and they Found that it’s a rebranded unit of Adcom Ikon 4 that was launched 2 years Ago by Adcom, a Delhi based gadgets and electronic products importer. The Adcom logo was hidden by a whitener, No genuine company shall do that…


Even according to Indian Cellular Association (ICA)  no company can sell such a smartphone below Rs. 2700, even after all discount factors. “For your kind information, the bill of material value for a product like this when sourced from the cheapest supply chain costs approximately Rs. 2700 (40 $)”, said ICA President.

Let's take a look at the specs of this smartphone, it has a 4-inch display, powered by a 1.3GHz quad core MediaTek processor and 1GB RAM, 8GB internal storage; if you will only buy a touch display for such a smartphone  it will cost more than 251 Ruppes, So it is clear that the individual cost of each component will be far more than Rs. 251. Now the company itself is not officially approved  by Indian Government, the company is not listed under Bureau of Indian standards (BIS), which means that they are not certified to sell any products in India. That is a major red alert which indicates that the company is scam.

Now. if Ringing Bells receives 1 Crore orders for the Freedom 251 then they make 251 Crore Rupees and if it is a scam and none of the buyers get it then it is very likely that many peoples will not even ask for a refund as it is just a matter of Rs. 251.


Even the company’s website is not well maintained as Freedom is taking even half orders as you can see above in the image.
Only time will tell about the truth, the company is a scam? Or they are right, which would be revealed on June 30th, when Ringing Bells will deliver the first batch of the Freedom 251 handsets.


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February 18, 2016

Bookings for the World’s Cheapest smartphone Freedom 251 have been paused due to inescapable demand of the handset. The company’s web servers have been overloaded due to the high demand. Company says that the registration process will resume in 24 hours.

“We have received approx. 6 lacs hits per second as a result of your kind overwhelming response, servers are over loaded.” Read below:

Dear friends we are very grateful for your enormous response and your kind patronage and would submit that as of now we have received approx. 6 lacs hits per second as a result of your kind overwhelming response, servers are over loaded. We humbly submit that we are therefore taking a pause and upgrading the service and will revert within or before 24 hours.



To recall the Freedom 251 is World’s cheapest smartphone, which costs only Rs. 251 ($3.66). Looking at the price point it is obvious that many peoples should have tried to buy the smartphone, and why they will not buy this one.. Well priced at only Rs. 251 it packs bunch of specs such as it packs a 4-inch display, is powered by 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor and supports 3G.

Full details of this smartphone can be read here.


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February 17, 2016
As promised, Ringing Bells has launched the Freedom 251, World's cheapest smartphone priced at Rs. 251. Freedom 251 packs a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor, 3.2MP rear camera and 3G Support.

It has a 4-inch qHD IPS Display, there is 3.2- megapixel Auto-Focus rear camera, 0.3-megapixel VGA Fixed Focus front-facing camera and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has 1GB RAM and 8GB internal storage that is expandable up to 32GB with microSD card.


Connectivity features are 3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth and GPS support and gets power from 1450 mAh battery.

The company claims that it has over 650 service-centers across India and the handset comes with 1-year warranty. The Ringing Bells Freedom 251 comes in White color and is priced at Only Rs.251.

We are not sure how the company will sell this handset at this price point, probably they will charge for shipping or they are buying outdated hardware. The smartphone will be officially launched at an event in Delhi later today.


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January 26, 2016

Airtel 4g

Airtel has today launched its 4G LTE services in 3 cities in Kerala which are: Manjeri, Tirurangadi, Thalaserry. Now,  Airtel 4G is present across 50 towns in Kerala. Airtel 4G LTE service was launched in 296 towns across India, back in August 2015.

Airtel 4G is available for customers across Smartphones,  4G hotspots,  4G dongles and Wi-Fi dongles in the city. For existing customers,  Airtel is offering free upgrade to Airtel 4G from 3G at same price. Airtel is also offering its 4G LTE packs at same price as of 3G.

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January 24, 2016

Xiaomi Mi5

Finally, Wait is over! Xiaomi's Senior VP Liwan Jiang announced that the company will take the wraps off of the much awaited smartphone the Xiaomi Mi5 on February 24th, during at an event. The executive said that more details about unveiling will be released on January 26th.
Liwan Jiang

The device has been leaked several times with a number of images. The Mi5 is expected to be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chipset, the chipset could be the reason for manufacturer to delay the launch. To recap, the Mi5 is rumored to be powered by Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 820 under the hood with Adreno 530 GPU,  will sport a 5.2-inch Quad HD 2.5D dual curved display. There could be 3GB RAM, 4GB RAM and 16GB, 32GB and 64GB of internal storage variants. MIUI latest version will be running on top of Android Marshmallow.

According to previous leaks,  the Mi5 will be equipped with a 16-megapixel rear camera and a 13-megapixel front-facing camera. It will get power from a 3030 mAh battery.

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January 23, 2016

Google in partnership with RailTel has launched Free RailWire Wi-Fi service at Mumbai Central Station and will be soon  launched in Allahabad, Jaipur, Patna & Ranchi. The Wi-Fi service will be entirely free to start, while there will be some level of free Wi-Fi available, the long term goal will be making this self-sustainable to allow for expansion to more stations and places in India.

Google said that most exciting part of this service is the speed, this public Wi-Fi network is at par with the high speed public Wi-Fi network available in developed countries. The network is built for wide coverage and high capacity usage unlike a typical Wi-Fi hotspot which offers limited area connectivity and poor experience.
Google, RailTel Free Wi-Fi

This project was first announced at Google CEO, Sundar Pichai 's first visit to India when he revealed that the 100 stations will get free Wi-Fi by the end of this year and will expand to 400 stations in future in partnership with RailWire and other partners.

To connect to free Wi-Fi users will need to connect 'RailWire Wi-Fi' network and provide their mobile phone number and then receive an OTP via SMS. The Wi-Fi is free for to be used as much time as one needs,  but to maintain speed users will notice a slight drop in speed.

Source

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January 21, 2016

Amazon has started its Great Indian Sale, on the occasion of Republic Day. The Great Indian Sale on Amazon.in starts from January 21st to 23rd January. As a part of sale Amazon is offering some great deals on Smartphones, Tablets, Accessories and more. This includes Xiaomi devices, Moto devices, One Plus and others.
Amazon Great Indian Sale

Amazon is offering Cashback on Citi debit and credit cards. Using  Amazon App users can get up to 10% cashback.  Just like Flipkart's sale Amazon Great Indian Sale is also app centric, you will find better deals using App instaed of desktop.

The sales is live now, go ahead and buy your favorite products if you find them to be affordable. The offers are limited and are available till the stocks last.[full_width]



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January 19, 2016
Moto X Force

Motorola has started teasing its much awaited  'Shatterproof' phone Moto X Force launch in India. The handset was expected to be launched at the end of this month,  but now it seems that the Motorola will launch this handset in February 2016. Moto X Force is International variant of Droid Turbo 2 which is Verizon Wireless exclusive in US.

The biggest highlight of this smartphone is that it sports a 'ShatterShield' display which comes with 4 years of warranty. The display is made of an aluminum rigid core, flexible Amoled Screen, and dual-layer touchscreen panel which makes this Smartphone's display so strong as it wouldn't break into pieces even when dropped on a slab of concrete.
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January 19, 2016
Good news WhatsApp users, WhatsApp has announced today that it will no longer charge subscription fees for using the service. The company will also not use any third party ads to earn revenue.
Whatsapp logo

It will give users option to communicate with organizations and businesses like banks to get details about your transaction.

WhatsApp was free for the first year after that the user had to pay Rs. 55 ($0.99) per year to continue the services, but in Countries like India WhatsApp  automatically extendes the service for another year. WhatsApp has also said that if you have already purchased the app it will remain free for the rest of your life.

The company on its official blog said:
For many years, we’ve asked some people to pay a fee for using WhatsApp after their first year. As we’ve grown, we’ve found that this approach hasn’t worked well. Many WhatsApp users don’t have a debit or credit card number and they worried they’d lose access to their friends and family after their first year. So over the next several weeks, we’ll remove
fees from the different versions of our app and WhatsApp will no longer charge you for our service.

Making WhatsApp free is truly appreciable as it had 900 million active users until September 2015.


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January 18, 2016
Blackberry has sent out invites to launch Blackberry Priv India on January 28th. It was originally launched back in October,  2015.

It sports a 5.4-inch Quad HD dual edge curved display with Corning Gorilla Glass 4 for screen protection, and has a Slider Keyboard.

Blackberry Priv is powered by Snapdragon 808 Hexa Core 64-bit processor  with Adreno 418 GPU, paired with 3GB of RAM and 32GB internal storage, that can be further expanded up to 2TB with microSD. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, Phase Detection Auto Focus (PDAF) and 4K video recording capabilities. A 5-megapixel camera takes care of the front of the smartphone.

Balckberry launch invite

This Dual SIM handset comes with 4G LTE, 3G HSPA+, Wi-Fi,  Bluetooth 4.1, GPS and NFC support. It is 9.4mm thick,  Weight with battery is 192g. The Priv packs a 3,410 mAh battery with fast charging support.

The Blackberry Priv comes in Black color. The smartphone will be launched in India on January 28th, price and availability details will be announced there.

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January 14, 2016
Chinese Internet Giant and one of the popular smartphone brand in China has announced that it is re-branding the company name as LeEco. The company has also unveiled a new logo at the event.
Le Eco

Originally founded in 2004 as a video website, LeEco has now become a major name in many technology based products, it offers Internet TV, Online media streaming, smart gadgets and e-commerce and many other services.

Regarding LeEco's strategic goal of globalization, VP of Strategy,  Ablikim Ablimit said:

The word “TV” has been eliminated from all sub-ecosystem logos, showing that LeEco has fully grown from a video website in 2004 into a full-featured “eco world” integrating Platform, Content, Device and Application. After the full
implementation of LeEco’s seven sub-ecosystems in 2015, LeEco’s strategic focus in 2016 will be on globalization,
global open ecosystem, and achieving perfect synergy among the sub-ecosystems. LeEco’s strategic goal of globalization is to not only make its
products available in major global markets but also bring it's entire ecosystem to major regions and countries of the world, and provide the ultimate experience and superior value to users in those countries and regions. LeEco's strategic priorities in this regard are countries and regions with huge potential for breakthrough innovation or with high- speed growth such as the U.S. and India."

LeEco will enter into Indian Market on January 20th, 2016 by launching the Le Max and Le1s smartphones.

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January 14, 2016
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), has today launched its 4G services in Chandigarh with broadband speeds up to 100 Mbps on mobile phones.
BSNL logo

The company has published an advertisement in local newspaper about the launch, the advertisement says "Now enjoy lightening speeds up to 1000 Mbps on mobile, home fixed phones and for enterprise."

BSNL has 4G spectrum in India across except in Gujrat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Kolkata. The company has also teamed up with Reliance Jio,  which holds Pan-India 4G, to offer high speed Internet to its customers.

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January 14, 2016
LG has sent out media invites for it's MWC event which is set for February 21 at MWC Barcelona.
LG MWC event

MWC is an electronic show with actual focus on new smartphones launch which kicks off on February 22nd 2016. Samsung is expected to announce Galaxy S7 and S7 edge at the event, While HTC is also expected to unveil new devices.

LG has scheduled the event just before one day when will MWC will start. The invite reads "Play begins" on that day. LG may announce LG G5 at the event,  but no wait...... LG typically announce the new "G" series flagship in April or May. So LG G5 may not be announced at MWC,  but what will we get- an gaming focused smartphone or a audio-focused device.  We still do not know what LG could unveil,  Stay tuned for updates as LG will announce any device we will let you know. Share your thoughts about this event in Comment section below.

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January 13, 2016
Xiaomi India Head Manu Kumar Jain tweeted a teaser about something excited to be announced tomorrow. The image reads "Mi Generation T-24 hours to lift off" and tweeted "An exciting announcement  will happen tomorrow :) Always believe something wonderful is about to happen."  We are not sure what exactly does it mean.
Mi Generation

Probably the company may announce a new device tomorrow, Mi TV or any other accessory or they might offer discount on already launched products. The company might also launch recently launched Redmi 3 smartphone in India tomorrow. It sports an all-metal back with textured rear panel and is powered by Snapdragon 616 processor with 2GB of RAM.

Xiaomi has also confirmed that Mi5 will be launched in February this year with Qualcomm Snapdragon 820. Since then wait for tomorrow when something excited is about to happen.
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January 13, 2016
Google CEO Sundar Pichai just announced on Google+ that the Company's annual I/O developer conference will be held from 2016 May 18th to 20th.
Sundar Pichai

He said "We held our first developer day 10 years ago at the Googleplex. To celebrate our 10th Anniversary of developer gatherings, we"ll be hosting I/O in our backyard at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA." The conference will run for 3 days. Google typically announces New Android iteration at its I/O event. Last year Android 6.0 Marshmallow  was announced at this event, this year also we expect the Android 7.0 to be unveiled at this event.

Google will also have a Live event called I/O Live, if you can't join make it in person.

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January 12, 2016
Fingerprints are getting very popular these days, Every smartphone Maker is launching devices with Fingerprint scanner. After announcing brand strategy of Moto and Vibe brand, Chen Xudong, SVP & President of Lenovo China and Asia Pacific revealed that;  the devices released this year under Moto brand will feature fingerprint sensor,  that means these will be mid-ranger or High end devices.
Motorola Smartphone

Chen also shared that phones with less than 5-inch screen size will not be launched this year by the company.  According to him, Smartphones with less than 5-inch screen size are not popular outside Europe. Also there will not be more than 15 devices launched under Moto and Vibe brand. Mr Xudong also said that Google will most definitely make a re-entry into China before
the end of the year.

Moto E 2nd Gen which has a 4.5-inch screen should be discontinued or rebranded under Vibe brand. The new announcement comes shortly after Lenovo revealed it's dual-brand strategy under which Moto brand will be used for Company's high-end devices while Vibe will be for budget devices.

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January 12, 2016
MediaTek Helio P10 which was announced back in June, 2015 is said to power 100 smartphones in 2016. According to MediaTek's Vice Chairman and President CJ Hseih,  the processor has over 100 design wins and will power 100 smartphones this year.
MediaTek Helio P10

The Helio P10 is equipped with true octa-core 8 Cortex-A53 cores that can run at maximum speed of 2.0 GHz with dual-core Mali-T860 GPU.  the chipset brings Cat. 6 LTE that can reach of  maximum download speeds up to 300Mbps. The chipset supports up to 4GB of RAM.

It supports a 12-megapixel single camera setup or a 16MP/8MP dual Camera setup. The Helio P10 has been shipping since Q4 2015, as a result we can see 100 different smartphones powered by this chipset.  Out of 100 smartphones,  there will be 50 different smartphone manufacturers to use this SoC in there devices. Most of them will be Chinese brands with good value for money.

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January 12, 2016
HTC Vive VR Headset

HTC's Virtual Reality (VR) headset, the HTC Vive,  will be available for pre-orders starting 29th February.  HTC's Co-founder and CEO Cher Wang says the company is focusing on Virtual Reality and away from smartphones. According to him, HTC is now more realistic.  HTC had also launched revised developer kit at CES 2016 for Vive VR that includes the front-facing camera that can add a dose of reality to Vive VR headset.

Cher Wang said in a statement that Pre-orders will start from February 29th and these Pre-orders will be shipped in April. He added:

" Yes smartphones are important,  but to create a natural extension to other connected devices like wearables and Virtual Reality is more important...I think
the problem was competition – Apple, Xiaomi, these companies spend tons of money on communications and marketing, they pump a huge amount of investment into the market. There are a lot of Chinese competitors."

HTC has partnered with Valve,  a video game developer company which uses Valve's steam VR technology and are continuing to work with other innovative companies to create contents like gaming,  entertainment, medical and education.

HTC has not announced any details about pricing. The release of HTC Vive's comes after Oculus Rift VR headset,  which is priced at $599 and will ship in March.

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January 11, 2016
Flipkart logo

Flipkart has announced that Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer (COO), Binny Bansal now has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Co-Founder and CEO of Flipkart, Sachin Bansal is now the Executive Chairman at the Flipkart.

"Sachin will provide strategic direction for Flipkart, mentor the senior leadership of the company and look for new investment opportunities," said Flipkart. He will continue st his position as chairman of the Board.

Binny Bansal will take care of day to day business of the Company. Business areas such as- Commerce. Myntra, Ekart and all corporate functions such as Human Resources, Finance, Legal, Corportae and Corporate development team will now report to him.

“Today, we are in a very strong leadership position with over 60% market share of the m-commerce market, 50 million customers and clear leadership in smartphones and fashion,” said Binny Bansal. “We will continue to build world-class customer experience, expand our supply chain infrastructure to reach all parts of India, drive innovations in mobile commerce and bring in disruptive technologies.” Said Binny Bansal, Co-Founder and CEO of Flipkart.

Flipkart’s management rejig comes shortly after reports that the company is looking to raise about $1.4 billion,, in a bid to continue its momentum in e-commerce segment.

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