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(jù)報(bào)道,，很多人以為不可能成真的4美元（約24元RMB）印度手機(jī)真的面世了,，但那只是因?yàn)樯a(chǎn)這種手機(jī)的創(chuàng)業(yè)公司每賣出一只手機(jī)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(jià)5英鎊的Ring Bells Freedom 251手機(jī)本周就要向消費(fèi)者發(fā)貨了，它們都是二月份預(yù)訂好的（售價(jià)3.70美元或者2.77英鎊）,。以公司最初聲明的價(jià)格計(jì)算,，這家印度創(chuàng)業(yè)公司在每部手機(jī)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(chuàng)始人和總監(jiān)Mohit Goel在接受《印度快報(bào)》采訪時(shí)說：“我們會受到損失,，但我很高興Freedom 251實(shí)現(xiàn)了我們的夢想,，那就是把印度農(nóng)民和窮人納入到數(shù)字印度和印度自主制造領(lǐng)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(tǒng)的智能手機(jī)搭載了4英寸手機(jī)屏幕,、800萬像素后置攝像頭、320萬像素前置自拍攝像頭和1.3Ghz處理器,，容量為1GBRAM+8GBROM,，并支持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(jī)準(zhǔn)備發(fā)貨，并打算在不遠(yuǎn)的將來再次開放預(yù)訂,，每月發(fā)出20萬部手機(jī),，但目前還沒有可供檢驗(yàn)的現(xiàn)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(jī)發(fā)到顧客手里,，那真是一項(xiàng)了不起的成就。然而,，按照發(fā)貨計(jì)劃,，這家創(chuàng)業(yè)公司將會每月?lián)p失33萬英鎊，它到底能否維持下去還有待進(jìn)一步觀察,。（滬江英語）