North Korea likes to say that it's on the
cutting edge, even if it
usually isn't -- and that now includes a locally-built smartphone, the AS1201 Arirang. We don't know much about the Android handset, but state media claims that it's made in Pyongyang and ships with a domestically produced app. As you'd imagine, many outside of North Korea are skeptical of the AS1201's supposed roots. While it's difficult to verify
North Korea Tech's
suspicions that a Chinese firm makes the device on North Korea's behalf, the hardware is using stock Android -- you know, the OS designed by those "capitalist American pig-dogs"
at Google. There's also the question of the device's real-world usefulness. As long as North Korea
bans mobile internet use, the Ariang won't be much more capable than your
typical feature phone.
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Via: Android Central
Source: North Korea Tech,
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