FIRST LOOK! Freedom 251 booking site crashes, protests reported in Noida; other controversies!

New Delhi :

Fans were in for a disappointment on Thursday morning after Freedom 251 website failed to open. The much-awaited sale of Freedom 251 which started from 8 AM faced criticism after the site crashed failing to huge traffic.

Failing to book the phone, some protests were reported in Noida at Ringing Bell's office.

Peopl at Noida's Ringing Bells- a mobile maker's office, protesting for failing to book R251 smartphone. @htTweets pic.twitter.com/3knIchAnEl

— vinod rajput (@vinodrajputs) February 18, 2016

After the glitch on Thursday, the booking was closed for at least 24 hours to upgrade the server. The message on the site appears for those who are willing to pay for the phone, it read:

"Dear friends, we are very greatefull for your enormous response and your kind patronage and would submit that as of now we receive approx 6 Lacs hits per second as a result of which due to 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 respectfull thanks and gratitude for your support and patience. We look forward your return as soon as we are back online well within 24 hours."

#Freedom251 Booking Closed ! pic.twitter.com/FRWMYS6ZXX

— pradeep kr srivastav (@pradeepkrsrivas) February 18, 2016

On Wednesday, at the launch of the cheapest phone, Ringing bell company said that the smartphone priced at Rs 251 will now be available for online booking.

However, on Thursday morning the site was unaccessible at 8.55 AM. This comes at a time when online shoppers from all over India were racing to register themselves among the first list of buyers.

With a price as cheap as Rs 251, few would like to miss the opportunity.  

Controversies:

• The company claimed that all orders will be processed and delivered by June 30. A similar initiative was made by tech manufacturers Datawind in 2011, which turned into a blunder after the company launched a series of extraordinarily cheap tablets, Aakash, priced at Rs 2500.
• Notably, Aakash's advertising techniques are quite identical to the newspaper ads published by Ringing Bells. 
• Some experts have also claimed that the design of Freedom is quite similar to Apple's which might raise a copyright issue with the tech giant soon if the sales will hit a high in Indian markets.

Twitterati goes gaga

Its so hard to get #Freedom251, imagine how hard it is to get real freedom. copied

— Abhishek Bharti O+ (@bharti141osho) February 18, 2016

Once in a while i will be called as #Martyr if a get a #Freedom251 today. Struggling for it since morning, and it continuously crashes :-/

— Sathish @ Sasi (@iSathishKumarS) February 18, 2016

COMMON @RingingB FIX THIS DAMAGE WEBSITE. I AM WAITING. #Freedom251 .

— AKAARUN (@SoumyaSourav99) February 18, 2016

3R's of #Freedom251 Reload,Refresh, Repeat.
A Make In India product kills Digital India.

— NISHANT SINGH (@cutynishant) February 18, 2016

I have booked 4 #freedom251 smartphone today... Yahooo! pic.twitter.com/vFMt6fHdU2

— Navneet Kumar Singh (@Navneet_K_Singh) February 18, 2016

Yayyyyy #Freedom251

Finally BOOKED.
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Train Ticket for my week end Trip 😂😂😂😂

— Kirti Dixit (@iamkirtidixit) February 18, 2016

Yesterday:
I will buy 5 mobile
I will buy 10 mobile
I will buy 50 mobils

Today
How can I buy at leaset one mobile?#Freedom251

— Bobgally (@Krishnan_Masi) February 18, 2016

After 4 months, Ringing bell pvt ltd owner :)) #freedom251 pic.twitter.com/kTnM6wueQj

— Merlion (@eestweets) February 18, 2016

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