Freedom 251: Adcom Reveals It Sold Handsets To Ringing Bells At Rs 3,600 Per Unit
After grabbing limelight as the world’s cheapest smartphone, the Rs 251 phone finds itself embroiled in one controversy after another ever since it announced the mobile. In another twist, Advantage Computers (ADCOM), a domestic handset maker, Friday, said that it sold mobile handsets to Ringing Bells (the company behind the world’s cheapest smartphone) for Rs 3,600 a unit and was unaware of its plans to resell the device at Rs 251.
ADCOM also warned that it could take a legal action against Noida-based Ringing Bells, if the ongoing fiasco impacts ADCOM’s brand name or it subsequently faces any other kind of losses.
“We sold the handsets to ‘Ringing Bells’ earlier, like we sell ADCOM mobiles to lacs of users. We were absolutely unaware of the reselling plans of the company in question,” ADCOM founder and chairman Sanjeev Bhatia said in a statement, adding, “Furthermore, we still haven’t been able to evaluate their pricing policy, as we sold the handsets at Rs 3,600 per unit.”
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He further added, “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.”
Bhatia said he would like to assert that Adcom is in no way connected or linked to Ringing Bells or Freedom 251 and bears no responsibility whatsoever, in the whole swindle and regret the inconvenience caused to its customers from all over the country.
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Ringing Bells had unveiled what is being touted as the world’s cheapest smartphone. Already mired in a number of controversies over ultra-cheap pricing, and legal battle with their BPO partner Cyfuture, Ringing Bells has also faced queries from Income Tax department, the Enforcement Directorate and Department of Electronics and IT.
The devices, which were showcased, resembled that of Adcom’s Ikon 4, which is already available in the Indian market at Rs 3,999.
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Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had already said the government was monitoring Ringing Bells and would take action if it fails to deliver the Rs 251 handset. Telecom Ministry said the price of the device with the said specifications could not be below Rs 3,500 even after a subsidized sale.
Despite controversies, Ringing Bells managed to receive over six crore registrations in just two days. And it is to be seen if the company will manage to make the promised cash on delivery shipments by June.