New Delhi: The buzz of the most controversial smartphone of the decade Freedom 251 has barely been settled, and here’s another candidate of the cheapest smartphone in India.
Docoss Multimedia Private Limited, a Jaipur based smartphone maker has launched their first ultra-affordable 3G smartphone called Docoss X1. The phone costs Rs 888 and the company promises to deliver the smartphone by May 2.
The pre-booking has already started and the company claims that one only needs to provide their name, address and pin code to book a Docoss X1 unit. One can either provide the details on the company’s website or send the details via SMS to a hotline number. Although the company links on the website do not work and show error.
After the Freedom 251 controversy another India-based brand - mPhone - made headlines about its credibility and was reportedly arrested at the launch of the brand for bank fraud.
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Even if the Docoss X1 smartphone actually goes on sale for Rs 888 it is recommend to buy a sub-Rs 1,000 feature phone than this “smartphone” with controversies.
Docoss X1 sports a 4-inch IPS display and is powered by a 1.3GHz Cortex-A7 dual-core processor paired with 1GB of RAM. It comes with 4GB internal storage, which can be further expanded up to 32GB using a microSD card. The smartphone features a 2-megapixel rear camera, VGA selfie camera, and a 1,300mAh battery. In terms of connectivity the device includes dual-SIM card slots, 3G support, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. It runs on Android KitKat 4.4.
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