印度出产全球最便宜的智能手机 售价只为3英镑!

 Getting your hands on the world's "cheapest smartphone" is not easy.

想要入手一部全世界“最便宜的智能手机”并不容易。

Freedom 251 is an Android phone advertised by Ringing Bells at 251 rupees (2.77 pound). In the hand, it feels somewhat like Apple's iPhone 5. And, surprisingly for its price, its specifications¹ are quite impressive:

“自由251”是一款安卓智能手机，由Ringing Bells公司推出，售价仅为251卢比（约为2.77英镑）。把这款手机拿在手里，感觉有点像iPhone 5。而且让人惊喜的是，就这个价位来说，这款手机的配置相当不错：

Camera on both front and back; 4in (10.2cm) wide; 8GB internal storage, expandable to 32GB. Quad-core processor providing more processing power when necessary but making less use of its battery at other times. There are two models, one black, one white.

它装载了前置摄像头和后置摄像头。4寸（约合10.2厘米）屏幕。手机容量为8G，可以扩展到32G。这款手机还搭载了四核处理器，能够在有需要的时候提供更高的处理能力，但是有时候电池电量有点不够用。这款手机有两种样式，一款白色，一款黑色。

印度出产全球最便宜的智能手机 售价只为3英镑!

As I handle the handset, it seems to work like a basic smartphone. But it is hard to really test its capabilities², as it has very few applications, covering only basic tasks.

当我试用这款手机的时候，它看起来跟一般的智能手机没什么分别。但是真的很难对这款手机的能力进行测试，因为它只有非常少的应用程序，只有一些最基本的应用。

Questions are being asked about whether the company will be able to deliver the millions of handsets it says it can.

有人提出了疑问，质疑这家公司是否能像他们所说的那样，提供数百万台这样的手机。

One member of the Indian parliament, Kirit Somaiya, has even suggested a "huge scam" is being perpetrated, while the head of the Indian Cellular³ Association has said the sale seemed to be "a joke or a scam".

印度议会成员基利特·索麦亚甚至认为一个“巨大的骗局”正在实施，而印度手机协会负责人则表示，这起销售计划看起来是“一个笑话或者一个骗局”。

Mohit Goel, the founder⁴ and chief executive of Ringing Bells, denies the allegations of fraud. His family has been in the dry fruits business for decades, and he says it was a desire to be part of the digital India dream that drove him to the idea of a cheap handset.

Ringing Bells的创始人和CEO莫西特·高尔否认了所有的欺诈指控。在过去的几十年里，他的家庭一直在经营干果生意。据他表示，想成为“数字印度”梦想中的一员的这个愿望，驱使他萌发了“最便宜智能手机”的想法。

There is no denying the demand for such a product. India is the world's second-largest mobile phone market, with one billion subscribers - many have joined those ranks thanks to other low-cost - but not this low - smartphones.

不可否认的是，人们对这种产品的确存在着需求。印度是全球第二大手机市场，拥有10亿手机用户--归功于其他廉价智能手机（尽管比不上这一款手机的低价），许多印度人得以成为手机用户。

The new handset is definitely a different model. The most obvious change is that it now has three buttons below its display, rather than just one.

这款新手机毫无疑问是一个不同的机型。最明显的变化就是，这款手机的显示屏下方有三个按键，而不是只有一个。

The phone costs about 1,180 rupees to make, and Ringing Bells claims to subsidise it via tie-ups with some of the apps that will be pre-installed. Mr Goel says the business will still lose about 150 rupees on each phone and hopes the government will step in with subsidies⁵.

这款手机的制造成本大约是1180卢比，但是Ringing Bells公司声称，他们和手机中预装程序的公司有合作，因此可以得到补贴，从而降低手机的售价。高尔先生表示，从他们目前的业务情况来看，每个手机的成本还是要比售价高150卢比的，他们希望将来政府能够给他们提供进一步的补贴。

1 specifications   

n.规格；载明；详述；（产品等的）说明书；说明书( specification的名词复数 )；详细的计划书；载明；详述

参考例句：

• Our work must answer the specifications laid down. 我们的工作应符合所定的规范。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This sketch does not conform with the specifications. 图文不符。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 capabilities   

n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力

参考例句：

• He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
• Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

3 cellular   

adj.移动的；细胞的，由细胞组成的

参考例句：

• She has a cellular telephone in her car.她的汽车里有一部无线通讯电话机。
• Many people use cellular materials as sensitive elements in hygrometers.很多人用蜂窝状的材料作为测量温度的传感元件。

4 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

5 subsidies   

n.补贴，津贴，补助金( subsidy的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies. 欧洲各国农业部长在农业补贴问题上未能打破僵局。
• Agricultural subsidies absorb about half the EU's income. 农业补贴占去了欧盟收入的大约一半。 来自《简明英汉词典》