印度24元智能機將發售 太像iphone外媒都笑了

The $4 Indian phone that some thought might never materialise reportedly does exist, but only because the startup producing it is making a loss on each one.
據報道，很多人以爲不可能成真的4美元（約24元RMB）印度手機真的面世了，但那只是因爲生產這種手機的創業公司每賣出一隻手機都會虧本。

The Ringing Bells Freedom 251, initially announced at a price of £5, is apparently set to ship this week to customers who preordered the phone in February for – ($3.70 or £2.77). At that price – the one the company originally pledged – it is losing the Indian startup Rs 150 ($2.2 or £1.65) on each smartphone.
看起來，最初聲稱售價5英鎊的Ring Bells Freedom 251手機本週就要向消費者發貨了，它們都是二月份預訂好的（售價3.70美元或者2.77英鎊）。以公司最初聲明的價格計算，這家印度創業公司在每部手機上都會虧損150盧比（2.2美元或者1.65英鎊）。

Ringing Bells founder and chief executive Mohit Goel told the Indian Express:"We will have a loss, but I am happy that the dream of connecting rural and poor Indians as part of the Digital India and Make in India initiatives has been fulfilled with Freedom 251."
Ringing Bells公司創始人和總監Mohit Goel在接受《印度快報》採訪時說：“我們會受到損失，但我很高興Freedom 251實現了我們的夢想，那就是把印度農民和窮人納入到數字印度和印度自主製造領域中來。”

The 3G Android 5.1 smartphone has a 4in screen, 8-megapixel rear camera, 3.2-megapixel selfie camera, a 1.3GHz processor, 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage, with a microSD card slot for adding more.
這款3G版安卓5.1操作系統的智能手機搭載了4英寸手機屏幕、800萬像素後置攝像頭、320萬像素前置自拍攝像頭和1.3Ghz處理器，容量爲1GBRAM+8GBROM，並支持SD拓展卡。

The company says that it has nearly 200,000 Freedom 251s ready to ship, with plans to open up orders again in the near future and ship 200,000 handsets a month, although to date no phones have been made available for scrutiny.
公司稱他們有將近20萬部Freedom 251手機準備發貨，並打算在不遠的將來再次開放預訂，每月發出20萬部手機，但目前還沒有可供檢驗的現貨。

Should Ringing Bells be able to ship a working Android smartphone to customers on the 30 June as planned, it will be quite an achievement, although whether a startup can sustain losing £330,000 a month at its planned shipment schedule remains to be seen.
如果Ringing Bells真的能夠在6月30日如期將可以正常使用的安卓智能手機發到顧客手裏，那真是一項了不起的成就。然而，按照發貨計劃，這家創業公司將會每月損失33萬英鎊，它到底能否維持下去還有待進一步觀察。