Brother of drug lord Pablo Escobar launches a $349 foldable smartphone

[piemadd]

Personal note before we begin: HAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHA llmaooooooooooooo

ok now into the news

 

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Roberto Escobar, brother of the late drug lord Pablo Escobar, has announced a foldable smartphone to take on Samsung's Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X, the Escobar Fold 1.

I think it is nice for someone to take on these brands.

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While all the foldable phones announced so far have a price tag of at least $1,500+, the Escobar Fold 1 will be available from only $349 which includes free shipping and a case as well. It will be sold unlocked and work on all compatible networks worldwide. This makes it cheaper than other non-foldable flagship smartphones available in the market right now.

I'm actually looking for a new phone, so im definitely going to buy this lmao. If you are wondering, "Why would you trust someone like this with making a phone?" 

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The drug lord's brother has been able to price the phone so low by cutting out the middlemen like networks and retailers. He is also preparing to file a $30 billion class-action lawsuit against Apple for scamming people and wants the company to "give some of their illegal profits back to the people".

Es bueno senor. I feel like if this goes anywhere, the money will either be donated to charity or into development of the phone.

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Like the Huawei Mate X, the Escobar Fold can be unfolded to turn it into a tablet with a screen size of 7.8-inches. The expanded AMOLED display has a 4:3 aspect ratio and an FHD+ resolution. The design language is different from the Samsung Galaxy Fold which features two separate displays, one of which folds.

OOOOOOO. Very nice, more than decent, exceptional! Now lets look at the specs:

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The full specs of the Escobar Fold 1 are as follows:

Display: 7.8-inch FHD+ foldable AMOLED

Chipset: Octa-core 2.8GHz Snapdragon 855

GPU - Adreno 640

Camera: 16MP f/1.8 + 20MP f/1.8, OIS

RAM: 6/8GB LPDDR4X

Storage: 128/512GB, microSD card slot

Battery: 4,000mAh

Connectivity: dual-SIM, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi ac, USB-C

OS: Android 9.0

OwO thats pretty nice. Kind of sad there is no Android 10, but 9 is fine and i'd even be happy with an update down the line.

 

Overall, I like this phone, and I'm definitely going to buy one. Wouldn't be surprised if Linus has already ordered one lol.

 

Article: https://www.neowin.net/news/brother-of-drug-lord-pablo-escobar-launches-a-349-foldable-smartphone/

Where to purchase the phone lol: https://www.escobarinc.com/product/fold1/

[Levent]

This feels like a scam to me.

[Sauron]

3 minutes ago, pierom_qwerty said:

Why would you trust someone like this with making a phone?

Uhm... you know that being related to a criminal doesn't automatically make you one...?

 

To be clear, I know nothing about this guy - but him being brothers with Pablo tells me nothing about his trustworthiness.

[TVwazhere]

5 minutes ago, pierom_qwerty said:

Es bueno senor. I feel like if this goes anywhere, the money will either be donated to charity or into development of the phone.

I seriously doubt this will go anywhere. Like trying to sue Intel for their 9980XE pricing when the 10980XE  is half the price but performs slightly better. I wonder if he'd sue his brother for his "illegal profits too" if he could, i wouldnt bet on it though.

 

Also the bend radius for that thing is horrible. And why do we need five bikini models all squeezed into frame to show off the phone in an advertisment? I know sex sells but come on. What is this a early 2000's hip hop song?

[piemadd]

6 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

I seriously doubt this will go anywhere. Like trying to sue Intel for their 9980XE pricing when the 10980XE  is half the price but performs slightly better. I wonder if he'd sue his brother for his "illegal profits too" if he could, i wouldnt bet on it though.

 

Also the bend radius for that thing is horrible. And why do we need five bikini models all squeezed into frame to show off the phone in an advertisment? I know sex sells but come on. What is this a early 2000's hip hop song?

boobs. that is the key

[piemadd]

8 minutes ago, Sauron said:

Uhm... you know that being related to a criminal doesn't automatically make you one...?

 

To be clear, I know nothing about this guy - but him being brothers with Pablo tells me nothing about his trustworthiness.

Yes I know that is true, which I was trying to imply. There are always those people though.

[slippers_]

9 minutes ago, Levent said:

This feels like a scam to me.

This is almost definitely a scam, has to be. Right?

Also I went to their website at work... For anyone wondering, this is probably NSFW....

[TVwazhere]

Just now, pierom_qwerty said:

boobs. that is the key

Yeah if your demographic is irresponsible teenaged/young males. 

 

Personally I think (and hope) this will flop. 

[Commodus]

His brother used to say "plata o plomo," silver or lead... and something tells me this is lead.  As in, it's going to sink.

 

There's no way this phone will cost $349 without serious compromises, and I'm pretty sure the judge will laugh him out of court.

[Ecchi]

The phone itself looks terrible. I'd be surprised if it actually took off.

[Zando_]

32 minutes ago, Levent said:

This feels like a scam to me.

^^^ Yep. 


How are you gonna have loss of property or just "losses" from a phone? Note 7 time? 

Also no refunds. 

[Mark Kaine]

21 minutes ago, Ecchi said:

The phone itself looks terrible. I'd be surprised if it actually took off.

Me reading this :  "It can't be so bad..."

 

Me after checking the link : "lmao wtf is this thing ugly!" 

 

 

Also what is up with those lingerie models... 

 

I'm really not against sexy ads or sexy in general but this seems tasteless and overdone,  strangely fitting to the rest of the phone.

[Mark Kaine]

7 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

^^^ Yep. 


How are you gonna have loss of property or just "losses" from a phone? Note 7 time? 

Also no refunds. 

Illegal in the EU (so not applicable there at least)

[pas008]

im interested to see how this turns out on so many levels

 

doesnt look like a product i want or anything but there are so many curiosities on the company, phone, etc

 

 

 

 

[ZXR]

No way this will be shipped at $349. Material and production costs are simply too high for folding phones with these specs right now.

 

[TetraSky]

19 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Also no refunds. 

Can always initiate a charge back for goods that weren't delivered or failure to provide the "service" paid for, when paying with a credit card.

So if the phone turns out to be a complete joke and he refuse to refund you, just go through your credit card provider.

[Gullerback]

i'd trust a Hauwei phone sooner than this guys.

[S w a t s o n]

Soooooo.... this is a reskinned royole flexpai?
 

Spoiler

 

[piemadd]

20 minutes ago, S w a t s o n said:

Soooooo.... this is a reskinned royole flexpai?
 

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holy shit that definitely is. look at the renders of the escobar. 

 

the only thing is that the royale is supposedly $1320, which is quite a bit more than the escobar. also, royale's website disappeared just a few days ago :thinking:

[PeterT]

This definitely has to be addressed in the next wan show.

Looking forward to what Linus / Luke / James / *any other host* think about it.

[Guest]

That’s a really good price I wonder if he is subsiding the phone by various means. Perhaps a shippable product? Maybe even agriculture? We’ll never know. 

[spartaman64]

2 hours ago, Sauron said:

Uhm... you know that being related to a criminal doesn't automatically make you one...?

 

To be clear, I know nothing about this guy - but him being brothers with Pablo tells me nothing about his trustworthiness.

idk i feel like its different when it comes to family run drug cartels

[Thaldor]

Admiral Ackbar probably has few words to say about this.

[Touch My Hamm]

Wait....the phone looks like a Huawei Mate X with new colors and os skin. Does this mean that the company is selling phones so they can sell the data to the Chinese. I smell a sweet conspiracy about Pablo Escobars brother selling data from smart phones to China. 

[Tristerin]

That Escobar Famlia money backing this product is why its (if its legit) potentially real.  Companies that can afford to take a loss to gain real market advantage do it all the time.

 

We (my brother and I) are doing that right now with one of our business' to prop another branch of what we do on the side lol.  Take the losses now to gain market share.  If it flops well its a complete loss.  If it doesn't, the sky is the limit.