How the area's cheapest smartphone compares with its pricier cousins - Hindustan instances

Noida-based Ringing Bells grabbed headlines on Wednesday with the launch of the freedom 251 smartphone that might be available for less than Rs 251.

So is it in reality feasible to promote a half-first rate smartphone that prices the same as most telephone covers?

The promotional shots show a device with a slick, contemporary design with nearly no bezels on the side. but when it involves smartphones, it's what on the inner that counts. So let's examine the specs of the machine to a couple of universal entry-level smartphones -- the Lenovo A2010 and Karbonn Mach One Titanium.

just a few things to keep in mind: each the Lenovo and the Karbonn smartphones cost more than Rs four,500 and better specs don't always guarantee improved performance.

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1. reveal: Freedom 251 - four inch display (275 PPI) Lenovo A2010 - four.5 inch (218 PPI) Karbonn Mach One Titanium - 4.7 inch (312 PPI)

the liberty has the smallest display however sits bang in the middle when it comes to pixel density -- a measure of how sharp and clear a display is. the liberty has a pixel per inch of 275, not dangerous for a Rs 251 smartphone, mainly when the iPhone famed retina reveal has 326 pixels per inch and fees 100 instances as an awful lot.

2. Processor: Freedom 251 - (1.3 GHz Quad core) Lenovo A2010 - (1 GHz Quad Core) Karbonn Mach One Titanium - (1.three GHz Quad core)

the liberty shares the suitable spot on uncooked specs with the Karbonn, however we nonetheless don't know the make of the processor. Does it depend? sure it does. A two-year-ancient processor will run slower than a brand new mannequin, inspite of the variety of cores and gigahertz.

three. OS: All three devices - (Android Lollipop)

All three instruments run Android Lollipop (besides the fact that children Freedom spells it as 'Lollypop' on the click unencumber) and that's a good aspect. not most effective does Lollipop seem fairly however is also greater cozy and more suitable optimised.

4. Storage and RAM: All three instruments - (eight GB storage expandable upto 32 GB and 1 GB RAM)

RAM and space for storing are fairly primary on the liberty 251 but they have got evidently no longer completely skimped on it as the specs are the equal as the Lenovo and the Karbonn. 1 GB RAM capacity you won't be able to do lots of multi tasking but it surely's ample for one assignment at a time and even easy gaming.

5. digital camera: Freedom 251 - (Rear: three.2 MP/front: 0.three MP) Lenovo - (Rear: 5 MP/entrance: 2 MP) Karbonn Mach One Titanium (Rear: 8 MP/front: 5 MP)

They needed to reduce fees somewhere and the digicam looks to be the massive casualty. the freedom 251 is a smartphone with a digicam that might be more at domestic on a 2005-06 flip cell. both the Karbonn and the Lenovo slay the liberty on this spec. Don't predict to take the rest greater blurry/pixelated selfies on the freedom 251.

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Going basically via the spec sheet, the liberty 251 stands as much as its much more expensive (18 times greater costly) 'rivals'. but on paper, specs suggest nothing on a telephone with badly optimised software. The massive worry with this naturally subsidised gadget is the quantity of bloatware/crapware (pointless apps) it'll come pre-loaded with. Bloatware are loaded on most subsidised smartphones and that they can cripple its ordinary usability.

however all in all, the liberty 251's spec sheet punches approach above its weight and has no enterprise being this good whereas simplest costing Rs 251.

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