Freedom 251 the world’s cheapest smartphone (at retail price) is set to debut in July in the Indian market. Putting to rest speculation surrounding its viability as it got announced early 2016, just prior to the Mobile World Congress (MWC). Our latest detailed report from the Handset Country Share Tracker (HCST) service, analyses the options with Ringing Bells, the start-up behind the US$ 4 smartphone.

Following up on our earlier report, the latest one while still being sceptical explores the possibility of the vendor replicating what Datawind did in India in the Tablets market.