The Freedom 251, the less-than-$4 smartphone, was unveiled last February as the cheapest smartphone in the world priced at INR 251 or just under $4. It gained big momentum, but then suspicions began to pile up. The fiasco began with swapping the beautiful picture of the device with a more generic and yet accurate one. And it's all OK, since s you know, it costed $4. But then the first prototypes sent to the media were some poorly masked Adcom phones selling on the Indian market for about $50. And finally, all of the Android icons were absolutely identical with Apple's iOS ones. Ringing...
Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/freedom_251_is_happening_first_batch_ships_on_june_30-news-19025.php
