Freedom 251: India firm to launch 'world's cheapest' smartphone

Found on BBC News on Wednesday, 17 February 2016
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Ringing Bells said their Freedom 251 phone would be priced under 500 rupees (£5; $7.3), but Indian media reports said it would cost just 251 rupees ($3.67; £2.56).

"This is our flagship model and we think it will bring a revolution in the industry," the AFP news agency quoted a spokeswoman as saying.

Rare earth materials cannot be that rare yet it seems.