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North Korea is making a smartphone that is probably more powerful than yours

Arirang smartphone

It's hard to believe that smartphones are made in North Korea, which is considered to be probably the most hermetically sealed country in the world. This was recently discovered by a group of young tourists who were fascinated by the phone they noticed in the hands of the guide. Contrary to expectations, it turned out to be a very powerful smartphone that even has a mosquito repellent app!

Connoisseurs know that in North Korea it is produced at home Ariranga smartphone. It is a system phone Android, which arose in 2013. Although the North Koreans like to boast that it is entirely their product, it is actually made in China (Uniscope Communication).

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The Arirang smartphone even repels mosquitoes.
The Arirang smartphone even repels mosquitoes.

Although it was thought to be running a derivative of the Android operating system, the said 2015 phone turned out to be running the OS itself Android 4.2 (Jellybean). Astonished tourists also discovered an icon for the application on it Google Drive, which it turned out to be just a copy and is really just an icon for a folder with various screensavers.

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