Indian company: $4 smartphone is a reality

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An Indian company has launched what it claims is the world’s cheapest smartphone.

It’s called Freedom 251, because that’s how much it costs, just 251 Indian rupees which comes out to less than four dollars.

CCTV’s Shweta Bajaj reports.


Professor David Alan Grier on explosion of the smartphone industry

CCTV America’s Mike Walter spoke to David Alan Grier. He studies the industry globally and writes a blog called “Errant Hashtag” on Computer.org. He’s also an Associate Professor at George Washington University.