How dare North Korea produce things albeit with less quality instead of importing everything and being economically enslaved?

  • dannoffs [he/him]
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    3 months ago

    The phones come with a pirated copy of Super Mario Galaxy on them. Amazing

    • ashinadash [she/her]
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      3 months ago

      Uncritical support to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in their heroic struggle to liberate occupied Korea Nintendo IP from its "owners"

  • viva_la_juche [they/them, any]
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    3 months ago

    They have to push their trains :( but also lol smartphone isnt iPhone 23 smuglord

    I already know there’s probably a lot of “they’re not even real phones just bricks with pictures of an OS on them! 🤣🤣🤣” type comments in the comment section

    • Roonerino [they/them]
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      3 months ago

      Fuck I love treats so much America has the best treats and everyone is jealous of our treats I might be spending half my income on rent and I'll immediately go bankrupt if I have to go the hospital for any reason but I can still absolutely roast your tankie ass for only having second tier consumer electronics.

      • viva_la_juche [they/them, any]
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        3 months ago

        *bridge collapses in the distance * *electrical grid flickers * *cops drive by in new 1m dollar deathmobile *

        • Roonerino [they/them]
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          3 months ago

          It's just like my favorite hit videogame Cyberpunk 2077! But you wouldn't know anything about the RTX ON experience from your third world shithole lol.

    • T34_69 [none/use name]
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      3 months ago

      At this rate it'll be communism is when better iPhone, in like 10 years

        • tripartitegraph [comrade/them]
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          3 months ago

          I so want either a Xiaomi or a Huawei when my current iphone dies. I don't think there's any way around the amerikkka bs though

          • SwitchyWitchyandBitchy [she/her]
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            3 months ago

            I'm currently rocking a Xiaomi in the US. People do import them and sell them here and it's pretty good. But it won't be problem free. Some carriers which do IMEI whitelisting might give you a hard time (Verizon did, ended up going with t-mobile), for me visual voicemail doesn't work, and it wasn't all that great of a deal. Most of all though, you need to look at what network bands they support and what your carrier uses or you'll frequently find yourself with poor connection. Fortunately, many of the current Xiaomi models have pretty good network compatility with T-mobile it seems. I used this site.

        • Roonerino [they/them]
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          3 months ago

          Super curious actually, how's the experience of a Huawei phone? Interface, bugginess, annoyance levels? I'll need a new phone within the next couple years probably, and Huawei is an option for me. I've only ever used Android phones so far, mostly Motorola ones since they've been the cheapest.

          • SwitchyWitchyandBitchy [she/her]
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            3 months ago

            I haven't used one it in a while, it really was a while ago. Maybe the mate 8 or 9? But it left a very good impression. Not buggy, great battery life, very responsive, solid camera. I had no complaints.

  • CyberSyndicalist [none/use name]
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    3 months ago

    cringe of North Korea to take an android phone and remove it's side loading capability so that it can only run apps signed by the manufacturer like the iphone this youtuber uses.

  • jackmarxist [any]
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    3 months ago

    These people think that North Korea is a medieval society yet somehow has the technical prowess to make smartphones.

  • Dessa [she/her]
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    3 months ago

    30 seconds in, spotted a 5.5inch phone. I am fuckin SOLD. Vring back normal sized phpnes

    • kristina [she/her]
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      3 months ago

      For real. My hands are so tiny I can barely fucking type on this shit

  • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
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    3 months ago

    Better than any smartphone manufactured in the US.

    spoiler

    I don't think any phones are made in the US anymore

    • dannoffs [he/him]
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      3 months ago

      I think the Purism phone is the only one made in the US

      • oregoncom [he/him]
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        3 months ago

        I remember a bunch of bazingas malding about them being made China????

        • dannoffs [he/him]
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          3 months ago

          I think with their "liberty phone" its assembled in the US and the only piece from China is the chassis

  • wombat [none/use name]
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    3 months ago

    uncritical support for the DPRK in its heroic struggle to liberate occupied Korea from the genocidal American empire

  • Dessa [she/her]
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    3 months ago

    He didn't even talk about the phones. He talked about the DPRK history of phones then moved on to software.

    • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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      3 months ago

      That’s the thing when it comes to news about North Korea and really any Bad Country. There’s little information in English, so at best they just pivot to irrelevant shit to pad time, or at worst they just make up shit or regurgitate Very Reliable Intelligence Sources

  • oregoncom [he/him]
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    3 months ago

    This guy is the living embodiment of r*ddit. No soul, no consciousness, just a meat markov chain trained on r*ddit comments. Him and all the midwits that watch him should be taken out back and shot.