India’s $4 smartphone arrives June 30th
▻https://www.engadget.com/2016/06/26/india-4-dollar-smartphone-ships
We wouldn’t blame you for thinking that the $4 Indian smartphone was just a pipe dream, but it’s apparently quite real. Ringing Bells tells the Indian Express that its ultra low-cost Freedom 251 (named based on its price in rupees) will start shipping on June 30th, with nearly 200,000 units in the early batch. As before, the hardware is no great shakes. You’re looking at a 4-inch 960 x 540 screen, a modest 1.3GHz quad-core processor, 1GB of memory, 8GB of expandable storage, an 8-megapixel rear camera and a 3.2-megapixel front cam — it’s even running Android 5.1 instead of 6.0. Price really is the selling point here.
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The main mystery is whether or not the phone is any good. A terrible experience (say, through unreliable hardware) might sour people on the whole concept, no matter how tempting the price might be.