Arirang (smartphone)

Arirang
Manufacturer North Korea
Type Smartphone
Form factor Slate
Operating system Android
Data inputs Multi-touch, capacitive touchscreen
Push buttons

Arirang is an Android smartphone announced by North Korea on 10 August 2013. It's named after the "Arirang" Korean folk song.[1]

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), North Korea's state news agency, reported the phone is produced entirely within North Korea, utilising a touch screen and camera with "high pixels."[2] The phone appears to run a derivative of the Android operating system. Blogger Martyn Williams has expressed skepticism, commenting that the phone may actually be produced in China, and then inspected or completed in North Korea.[3][4] Kim Jong Un has expressed his excitement and support of the smartphone, believing it will support the country's economy and "instill national pride and self-respect".[5][6]

The phone, model number AS1201, is a re-branded and re-badged Uniscope U1201[7] and runs a slightly modified version of Android 4.04.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Arirang, le smartphone nord-coréen". Lesnumeriques.com. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  2. ↑ Ashley, Coates (12 August 2013). "Is North Korea to take on Apple with its version of the iPhone?". Telegraph UK. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  3. ↑ Fisher, Max (12 August 2013). "Kim Jong Un inspects North Korea’s first smartphone, an Android clone". Washington Post. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Skepticism as North Korea launches 'home-grown' Arirang smartphone". News Corp Australia. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  5. ↑ Rieser, Bennett (12 August 2013). "North Korea Unveils the Arirang, the Painfully Ironic Android Smartphone". WebProNews.
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ "Uniscope U1201（GSM+CDMA dual mode）_手机_uniscope". En.uniscope.com. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  8. ↑ koryolink Arirang AS1201 (North Korea's Smartphone) - Review. Youtube.com. Retrieved 2015-11-09.


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