While bookings for Freedom 251, the world’s cheapest smartphone, soared after its Wednesday release in India, Hindustan Times (HT), a local newspaper, reported Friday the phone violates Apple's copyright by using its icons. The phone was launched for just 251 rupees ($3.60) by the previously unknown Indian company Ringing Bells and will be promoted as a part of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s "Make in India" campaign that aims to increase manufacturing on the subcontinent.
