Ringing Bells promises Freedom 251 deliveries: I’m waiting, but not so hopeful

However, it doesn’t seem like Ringing Bells will be able to stick to a delivery date. Ringing Bells initially said it would start deliveries on June 28. Now, it has delayed the date of delivery to June 30. This has made me doubt the company’s intentions. Yet, I still wait patiently for my Freedom 251 to arrive (or company CEO Mohit Goel to change his mind, again).

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Also, I can’t seem to find the Freedom 251 website anymore. Typing Freedom 251.com automatically takes me to ringingbells.co.in and surprisingly the phone isn’t even listed on it. While it has other product listings, including a Smart 101 phone, Master and 4u; looks like all traces of a phone called Freedom 251 have been wiped out.

This gets me worried because then I can’t enter my order number to check what the delivery status is. But I’m still trying not to lose hope and will check the delivery status on June 30.

Moreover, Ringing Bells says it received seven crore registrations for Freedom 251, and all they will deliver is 2 lakh units in the first phase. This makes it more of a lucky draw. And I might not be able to check if the 2,00,000 people actually managed to get one of the phones.

Also, we still don’t know what the phone looks like as the ones showed at the launch event were Adcom units — as acknowledged by the company.

I’m still trying to get over the fact that a smartphone can actually be bought for Rs 251. And now I’m on the verge of believing such a smartphone doesn’t actually exist.