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 world's cheapest smartphone costing just </span><span id="ext-gen147" style="font-size: small;">$4</span><br />
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The Freedom 251 device goes on sale on
 June 30 in an attempt to improve internet access for millions of 
people. The manufacturers were forced to refund over 30,000 orders after
 its website crashed earlier this year. <i>dailymail.co.uk</i><br />
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<span id="ext-gen147" style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 world's cheapest smartphone costing just </span><span id="ext-gen147" style="font-size: 1.2em;">$4 is finally set to begin 
shipping later this week in an attempt to connect poorer regions of 
India.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Aiming
 to make internet access affordable to millions of people across the 
country, the Freedom 251 device goes on sale on June 30 and will only be
 available to pre-registered users in India.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Despite
 briefly being available earlier this year, the manufacturers were 
forced to refund over 30,000 pre-orders and delay shipping after its 
website crashed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Developed
 by Ringing Bells, a technology firm based in Noida, more than 200,000 
devices will be sold during the first phase of delivery. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Customers who registered their interest in the device will pay on arrival of the product, with many certain to miss out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The gadget comes with a four-inch screen, an 8MP rear camera and 3.2MP front-facing camera.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Users of the phone will have 8GB of storage and 1GB RAM available to them, while a 1.3GHz quad-core processor powers the device.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Running
 on Android Lollipop 5.1, the gadget available in either black or white,
 comes pre-installed with Facebook, YouTube, Google Play and WhatsApp. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">First
 unveiled in February, the firm's website crashed after seven million 
people registered their interest just hours after it was announced.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">In a notice to its customers soon after the outage, the company said it was receiving 600,000 hits per second on its website. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">In comparison, Google manages only 40,000 search requests in the same time frame.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 firm was forced to withdraw the product from sale and refunded all of 
the  customers who had paid for the device following scrutiny by 
government.</span></div>
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<b>WORLD'S FIRST BENDABLE PHONE</b></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The world's first bendable smartphone made using graphene, which was first developed in Britain, is set to go on sale.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Made by a company in China, the device's graphene-based screen is so flexible that it can be worn as a chunky bracelet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The revolutionary material combines being both extremely thin – one atom - and strong – 200 times stronger than steel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Graphene
 was first isolated in 2004 by two scientists at The University of 
Manchester, who were subsequently awarded the Nobel prize.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The phone has been created by a little-known start-up company in China called the Moxi Group, which is based in Chongqing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It
 seems have stolen a march on much bigger rivals like Samsung of South 
Korea and Apple, who have been working on their own flexible handsets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Moxi says it will ship 100,000 of the devices for the Chinese market this year at a price that is equivalent to £531 ($776).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Mohit Goel, CEO of Ringing Bells, told <a class="" href="http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/mobile-tabs/ringing-bells-freedom-251-delivery-for-2-lakh-units-start-june-30-company-to-launch-cheapest-hd-led-tv-2872719/" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">The Indian Express</a>: 'We learned from our mistakes and decided to go silent until we come out with the product.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Now we have a 4-inch, dual-SIM phone ready for delivery. I feel vindicated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Let us see what can we do to bring about a real liberation of Freedom to all our brothers and sisters.' </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Once the first phase of delivery is complete, registration will open again for those wishing to buy the handset. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The company was only set-up last year, but have already been caught in a number of controversies surrounding the phone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A
 patent infringement from Apple regarding some of the built-in app icons
 was filed, while fellow manufacturers Adcom claimed they used their 
devices but masked their logo out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The firm is hoping to squash claims from critics that it would be impossible to produce a phone so cheaply.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">With
 the manufacturing cost of each phone claimed to be over £40, the firm 
is choosing to use innovative marketing techniques to showcase their 
device.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">And they are hoping for a large volume of sales to help recover costs from production.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 Indian Cellular Association (ICA) previously said that a smartphone 
with specifications such as the Freedom 251 device has can not be 
manufactured for that price.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Although the company never discussed the economics behind their operation, analysts questioned the business model.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Tarun
 Pathak, an analyst at Counterpoint Technology Research, said: 'It looks
 like it's highly subsidized by the company and it's not clear how they 
plan to sustain this.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 company is also planning to launch a 32-inch high-definition television
 next month - but not quite as cheap as their smartphones, with a device
 reportedly set to cost £110. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">India
 is Asia's fastest growing smartphone market with 103.6 million 
smartphones sold in 2015. Most Indians still buy cheap smartphones that 
cost less than £150. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Other attempts at cheap engineering in India have not been very successful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A
 laptop costing just £7.50 was announced by the Indian government in 
2008, but ended up costing over £75 by the time it reached the market. <i>dailymail</i></span></div>
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By creating an image that highlights 
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naked eye. The practical uses are expansive, from detecting heat loss 
around windows and doors to identifying overheating appliances, or flaws
 in insulation. And, it can be used to see in total darkness<br />
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The Cat S60 is a smartphone, a thermal camera, and an underwater camera all in one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It runs on Android Marshmallow, and has a 3800mAh battery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">According
 to Caterpillar, the S60 is the first phone to contain an integrated 
thermal camera, using an embedded heat visualization device made by 
FLIR.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">By creating an image that highlights temperature differences, the camera shows heat that is invisible to the naked eye.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">And, it can be used to see in total darkness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">‘The Cat S60 represents a milestone for smartphones. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'We
 are excited for thermal technology to be in the hands of Cat phones 
customers and to discover the myriad of daily time and efficiency use 
cases it will present for them,’ said Peter Stephens, CEO of Bullitt 
Group, global mobile device licensee for Caterpillar.</span></div>
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The Cat S60 is a 
smartphone, a thermal camera, and an underwater camera all in one. It 
runs on Android Marshmallow, and has a 3800mAh battery. According to 
Caterpillar, the S60 is the first phone to contain an integrated thermal
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">FLIR,
 a leading brand in thermal imaging technology, says this will bring 
smartphones to a new level, allowing users to see what they previously 
could not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">‘The
 Cat S60 presents mobile users around the world with new capabilities – a
 ‘sixth sense’ experience that only thermal imaging can offer,’ said 
Andy Teich, President and CEO of FLIR.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The S60 has a Gorilla Glass 4 display, and the touchscreen will work even if you have wet fingers, or are wearing gloves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It has even been put to the test of military spec, proving to survive a drop of almost six feet.</span></div>
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 phone has been deemed the ‘world’s most waterproof smartphone,’ and the
 brand says it can be used underwater up to depths of around 16 feet for
 about an hour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">This technology also makes the S60 dustproof, opening up the door for a multitude of settings in which this phone could be used.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">While
 the uses for construction workers or contractors are obvious, the 
versatility of thermal and underwater capabilities means potential 
benefits for anyone, from emergency responders to outdoor enthusiasts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The S60 will be unveiled at Mobile World Congress, Feb 22- 28 in Barcelona.</span></div>
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