While trying to book the world's cheapest smartphone 'Freedom 251' various problems were faced by buyers. According to a tweet from #freedom251, the company was ordering even half of it!
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Thursday, 18 February 2016
Freedom 251 booking: How are Twitterati Reacting to world's cheapest smartphone
Freedom 251' started at 6 AM Thursday but most of the buyers were left frustrated due to inefficiency of the website www.freedom251.com. As per reports, many people faced problem in booking the phone because of glitches in the payment window within an hour of opening of the bookings.
Some major tweets are given below:
Two minutes of silence for those who woke up early in the morning to book#Freedom251 smartphone tongue emoticon pic.twitter.com/tpzu4bdSaQ— Nitesh Mishra (@niteshmishra_) February 18, 2016
— The-Lying-Lama (@KyaUkhaadLega) February 18, 2016
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First site crash now stuck on payment.
— Harish Hadiyal (@HarishHadiyal) February 18, 2016
Yesterday
Guy 1: I will buy 5 mobiles
2: I will buy 10 mobiles
3: I will buy 50 mobiles
Now
All: How can I buy atleast 1 mobile?#Freedom251— Alekhya Das (@iAlekhyaDas) February 18, 2016
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.
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