NEW DELHI: The controversy surrounding the world cheapest smartphone Freedom 251 doesn’t seem to die down soon. In a twist to the world cheapest smartphone saga, the IT product firm Adcom on Friday said that it sold mobile handsets to Ringing Bells for Rs 3,600 a unit and was unaware of its plans to resell the device at Rs 251.
Adcom has also threatened to take action against Ringing Bells if its most touted world’s cheapest smartphone hurts its brand name or leads to any other kind of losses for the company.
However, in its reply, Ringing Bells president Ashok Chadha said that it had only given Adcom handsets as ‘samples’ to a section of the media and the real Freedom 251 will be a new product with all promised features.
Sanjeev Bhatia, Adcom's founder and chairman said, “Freedom 251 is touted to be the biggest scam of the millennium. “We are deeply grieved by this incident where our mobile phone has been presented to masses for Rs 251, and therefore, would not hesitate from taking any legal actions against the company, in case the entire fiasco impacts Adcom's brand name or subsequently we face any other kind of losses.”