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Pablo Escobar’s Brother Now Producing and Selling a Foldable Smartphone

I’m not sure how this isn’t April 1st, but apparently Roberto Escobar–Pablo Escobar’s brother and former accountant–has produced a foldable smartphone. Called the Escobar Fold 1, it runs on Android and retails for $349.

Looking at the company’s video of it, it’s hard to believe this is a real commercial for a real product:

I mean, what is with the voiceover and monologue contents? “Apple boy Steve once looked into space. He saw Pablo Escobar with a phone beyond anyone’s imagination.” Uh–what?

Okay, that’s about as far as I’m comfortable with, in terms of questioning or possibly insulting the brother of the formerly most powerful drug lord on Earth.

Here’s the phone in use:

But as I watch yet another promotional video…

…I can’t help but feel I’m being punked by 1990s Maxim magazine.

Anyways I should point out two things:

1) The phone can apparently be ordered here, and

2) Design bloggers are trifling individuals that really aren’t worth sending hitmen after.