An Indian company launches Wednesday a smartphone that comes as the world's cheapest.
Priced at less than 500 rupees ($ 7.30), the smartphone Freedom 251 Bells Ringing manufacturer, it costs a hundred times less than the latest iPhone from Apple.
Ringing Bells was created last September and started selling mobile phones on its website a few weeks ago, a spokeswoman said.As for the new product, "is our flagship model, and we will bring a revolution in the sector," he said.
In the Indian market can be found cheaper models of smartphones, many of them made in China, but local manufacturers do not stop to gain ground, with models that sell for less than $ 20.
India is the world's second largest mobile phone market, according to the national telecoms regulator in October the country reached one billion users.
The outlook varies by state, and the poorest, such as Bihar, only 54% of people have a cell phone.