It is just a theater. The brother of the richest drug lord, rats in whose walls they ate $ 2.1 billion a year, will now sell smartphones in competition with Samsung and Apple. Moreover, his first device, Escobar Fold 1, released a day ago, costs $ 350 and in some ways looks better than the last failed Galaxy Fold.
The new Fold 1 is the brainchild of Roberto de Jesus Escobar, brother and former accountant of Pablo. He was a co-founder of the Medellin Cartel, responsible for over 80% of drug trafficking in the United States. Pablo was shot dead by special forces in 1993, and his legacy is still being raked by Colombia. For example, after his death, tame hippos escaped and filled the surrounding rivers, causing a local crisis.
Two Acrobat Brothers
But Roberto Escobar escaped easily. He was caught and imprisoned for ten years. He was released in 2004, and in 2014 founded Escobar Inc, a patent trolling company. For example, he demanded from Netflix $ 1 billion for the story about him and his brother in the series Narcos. And in July 2019, he accused Ilon Mask of copying his design for the Non-Flamethrower .
Finally, on December 2, the former drug lord accountant presented his first gadget of his own. Fold 1 is a bendable smartphone on Android 9 with a Snapdragon 8150 processor, 6/8 GB of RAM and two 16 and 20 MPix cameras. A rather large device includes two 7.8-inch AMOLED screens. Dimensions - 13.4 x 19 x 0.76 centimeters, weight - 320 grams.
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The Escobar website says that the product is shipped to markets around the world, but is mainly designed for the United States. Comes with a free case. So far, only 100,000 units have been produced.
Answering journalists' questions, Roberto Escobar said that he considers his main competitor not even Samsung, which released a similar device. His main enemy is Apple.
Samsung’s smartphone is breaking, it’s not breaking. They made a mistake with a glass screen. I have a special plastic, but still a good resolution. Our plastic will not break so easily.
I have said many times that I can beat Apple, and I will do it. I removed the retail chains, I sell directly, my phone costs many times cheaper.
They are crooks, and I will sue them. They trick people and sell useless phones at overpriced prices. My lawyers have been ready for a long time, but before I filed a lawsuit against them, I wanted to show people what phones can be produced and how to do it. On January 6, 2020, I will file a lawsuit in California against Apple for $ 30 billion. I want them to give part of their illegal profits back to people. I will personally verify this. I spent more than $ 1 million only on lawyers to start this process.
The girl on the left is not happy
Roberto also says that much attention is paid to security in his smartphone:
A bending screen is good, but we also have special protection. It complicates access to data both when scanning via Bluetooth, and for the state that wants to access the device. All other smartphones, like Apple and Samsung, are 100% open to all governments in the world. We are not. The case that comes with the smartphone also contains a thin layer of metal that blocks RFID and other communications. This is unheard of for a smartphone with such a modest price, but, as I said, all thanks to the fact that we sell directly to customers, without any intermediaries.
But what Escobar does not mention is that his Fold 1 is very similar, just a rebranding of the Royole FlexPai model. Up to marketing images, design, size and all the characteristics. Only with a picture of Pablo Escobar on the start screen and with a gold rim. And for some reason, the cost is four times cheaper (FlexPai sold for $ 1300).
