Freedom 251 smartphone website down on 2nd day; people face booking issue

 

The smartphone's website is down on day 2 of pre-booking owing to which the excitement around the phone seems to be fizzling out.

When we tried to book the phone through company's website

http://www.freedom251.com/, we were led to the cart page. However, the cart page didn't open despite several attempts.

 

The company has put out the sale date of Freedom 251 smartphone on its website now. It says, “All deliveries will be made by 30th June, 2016 through courier”

The smartphone went on sale at 6 am on Thursday morning but the company had to later stop accepting orders after its website crashed.

Even before the server crashed, many people faced problem in booking the phone because of glitches in the payment window within an hour of opening of the bookings.

Freedom 251, hailed as India's most affordable smartphone was launched at just Rs 251.

The 3G handset, Freedom 251, features a 4-inch display, Qualcomm 1.3-GHz quad-core processor and 1 GB RAM.

The Android Lollipop-based handset has an onboard storage of 8 GB with support for expandable memory of up to 32 GB. It features a 3.2-MP rear and a 0.3-MP front facing camera and a 1,450-mAh battery.

Freedom 251 smartphone website crashes; gets 6 lakh hits per second on 1st day of booking

 

Even before the server crashed, many people faced problem in booking the phone because of glitches in the payment window within an hour of opening of the bookings.

The company has said that it is halting the booking as of now and will soon resume services.

The website reads:

“Dear friends, we are very grateful for your enormous response and your kind patronage and would submit that as of now we received approx. 6 Lacs hits per second as a result of your kind overwhelming response, servers are over loaded.

We humbly submit that we are therefore taking a pause and upgrading the service and will revert within or before 24 hours.

Once again our respectful thanks and gratitude for your support and patience. We look forward your return as soon as we are back online well within 24 hours.”

Notably, the booking opened at 6 am today and will get closed on February 21 at 8 p.m. The company says deliveries will be completed by 30th June 2016.

Freedom 251, hailed as India's most affordable smartphone was launched at just Rs 251.

The 3G handset, Freedom 251, features a 4-inch display, Qualcomm 1.3-GHz quad-core processor and 1 GB RAM.

The Android Lollipop-based handset has an onboard storage of 8 GB with support for expandable memory of up to 32 GB. It features a 3.2-MP rear and a 0.3-MP front facing camera and a 1,450-mAh battery. 

Booking for Freedom 251 smartphone paused; online services to resume within 24 hours

 

The moment you try to click the “buy option” it will direct you to the following message:

“Dear friends, we are very grateful for your enormous response and your kind patronage and would submit that as of now we received approx. 6 Lacs hits per second as a result of your kind overwhelming response, servers are over loaded.

We humbly submit that we are therefore taking a pause and upgrading the service and will revert within or before 24 hours.

Once again our respectful thanks and gratitude for your support and patience. We look forward your return as soon as we are back online well within 24 hours.”

Since early morning we have been trying to book the device. However we were thrown back to the same "YOUR CART" screen everytime we wanted to proceed towards payment.

Notably, the booking will get closed on February 21 at 8 p.m. The company says deliveries will be completed by 30th June 2016.

Also, the company is charging Rs 40 for shipping. So if you book a device of Freedom 251, you will have to pay Rs 291 which includes the shipping charges too.

Freedom 251, hailed as India's most affordable smartphone was launched at just Rs 251.

The 3G handset, Freedom 251, features a 4-inch display, Qualcomm 1.3-GHz quad-core processor and 1 GB RAM.

The Android Lollipop-based handset has an onboard storage of 8 GB with support for expandable memory of up to 32 GB. It features a 3.2-MP rear and a 0.3-MP front facing camera and a 1,450-mAh battery.

India's cheapest smartphone Freedom 251 faces booking issues

 

Freedom 251 began on Thursday at 6 am onwards through the company's website,http://www.freedom251.com/.

However, when we tried to book the device, we faced the following problems.

1. We went to the buy now option which took us to "YOUR CART"
2. We filled the quantity to be booked along with the SHIPPING ADDRESS.
3. It took us to terms and conditions options and then payment option.
4. The moment we clicked on the payment option it threw us back to the same "YOUR CART" screen.

Notably, the booking will get closed on February 21 at 8 p.m. The company says deliveries will be completed by 30th June 2016.

Also, the company is charging Rs 40 for shipping. So if you book a device of Freedom 251, you will have to pay Rs 291.

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