The Weird, Terrible Smartphones They Only Have in North Korea

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  • @Strykenine
    @Strykenine 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +16628

    Everyone and their mother is scared of North Korea, but once Nintendo finds out they're using an unlicensed Mario ripoff on their smartphone the DPRK will suddenly be part owned by a Tokyo law firm.

    • @coobk
      @coobk 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +813

      dang japan tryna conquer korea again?

    • @the_infinity_
      @the_infinity_ 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +693

      ​​​@@coobkonly the north this time so they have cut back on their ambitions

    • @mrfrog0913
      @mrfrog0913 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +426

      ​@@coobk No Nintendo's conquering it

    • @aryankumar9231
      @aryankumar9231 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +112

      This shit is damn funny 😂😂

    • @MrDanielcesar
      @MrDanielcesar 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +509

      Nothing is stronger than Nintendo's will to sue the heck out of everyone

  • @EnigmaticGentleman
    @EnigmaticGentleman 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2502

    Each phone coming with Super Mario Galaxy is genuinely really cool, someone over there actually has good taste in games

    • @d9zirable
      @d9zirable 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +330

      Based on their hardware I have a feeling it's not actually Mario Galaxy

    • @RoseQuartz692
      @RoseQuartz692 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No​@@d9zirable

    • @circuit10
      @circuit10 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +231

      @@d9zirableYes, there’s no way some cheap low spec phone can handle that, it’s quite intensive to emulate

    • @BubbleTea033
      @BubbleTea033 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +272

      It's likely the ARM port made for the Nvidia Shield in China. It's actually an official port. It isn't supposed to be on smartphones, but China don't care.

    • @circuit10
      @circuit10 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

      @@BubbleTea033 I feel like these phones are nowhere near as powerful as a Nvidia Shield though

  • @jangschoen1019
    @jangschoen1019 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7106

    So they get Angry Birds Star Wars and not us?

    • @RoseQuartz692
      @RoseQuartz692 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +294

      Unfair I know

    • @Nefariously_ignorant
      @Nefariously_ignorant 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +160

      I feel like I played that so long ago, I might've had to get the APK online tho, which is easy, if you do want the game

    • @vorqoo
      @vorqoo 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +66

      😮 since when it was took down? I remember playing it again like last year or 2 for a while

    • @imveryangryitsnotbutter
      @imveryangryitsnotbutter 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

      @@RoseQuartz692 This is outrageous! It's unfair!

    • @jooei2810
      @jooei2810 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

      This rubs me like the sand, which is coarse and itchy!

  • @tupcho33
    @tupcho33 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +968

    As a person who works in the field of telecom - i can assure you at least 2000 calls come out from NK daily, some seem to be legit calls and not just NK pretending to have external connectivity

    • @Sashazur
      @Sashazur 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Of course some calls are legit, the government does interact with the outside world to get things done. But I’ll still bet the majority of them are fake, same way they have actors pretending to be busy commuters when tour groups visit the train station, etc.

    • @thebasketballhistorian3291
      @thebasketballhistorian3291 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +157

      If true, my guess is they're all being made by those working in the government.

    • @anne.andromeda
      @anne.andromeda 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +144

      There are actually quite a few embassies with foreign dimplomats, as well as foreign workers, who probably have access to outside communications

    • @cehaem2
      @cehaem2 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +81

      @@anne.andromeda foreign embassies use encrypted VoiP or Sat phones. But yes, there's a considerable amount of expats living in NK, especially the Chinese. Until recently Germany would have a a resident German Tutor at the Kim Il Sung Uni. In one of the resorts there's a Czech guy running a brewery. There are Russians as well.

    • @zg3342
      @zg3342 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

      That’s not surprising. The elite and high ranking government employees of NK have access to cell phones. The NK government also has many contacts and people to talk to outside of NK. They do have an outdated cell network and outdated internet.

  • @NigelMelanisticSmith
    @NigelMelanisticSmith 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +877

    I'm a sucker for a good gimmick, and can admit that I'd love the gimmick of going to a real store just to download an app lol.

    • @NightmareRex6
      @NightmareRex6 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      i guess some developer could set that up where sell usbs or cs filled with the apps or something.

    • @NigelMelanisticSmith
      @NigelMelanisticSmith 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      @@NightmareRex6 exactly. They'd catch me hook line and sinker.

    • @malo6748
      @malo6748 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      I remember back when Sony Ericsson was still relevant you could go in some cinemas in germany, activate bluetooth and you would get a bunch of trailer videos, artworks, ringtones and little java games for running movies.

    • @Justinbill8205
      @Justinbill8205 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Boo 😒

    • @monkeyglory2905
      @monkeyglory2905 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      well it ain't app store but app goes in store

  • @KieranBorovac
    @KieranBorovac 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3056

    Just to let y'all know: TH-cam has a feature where you can upload a transcript of the video and it automatically generates a closed caption track with the right timings. Presumably you already have a script for these videos, so you can just copy that in and get accurate subtitles for very little extra work. Just noting this for accessibility :)

    • @effbar2400
      @effbar2400 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      No!!

    • @jordansean18
      @jordansean18 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +140

      Auto-generated captions always makes me turn off captions because of how distracting they are... And that's from someone who doesnt rely on them as the primary dialogue source

    • @kai-o-kai
      @kai-o-kai 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +320

      ​@@jordansean18Pretty sure auto generated captions are different. Auto generated captions listen to the video and try to hear what words you say, this would take in a transcript

    • @lessefrost
      @lessefrost 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +189

      Guys this is auto "putting the blurb from the script at the right time in the video". Not auto transcription. Different thing

    • @HappyPurpleFella
      @HappyPurpleFella 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      hehehe, reminds me of the program I am creating to download all of the transcripts from a channel.

  • @General12th
    @General12th 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2276

    Hi Sam!
    Huge shout out to Amy braving the Korean DMZ to steal one of these phones herself, just to provide the b-roll for this video. She deserves a raise!

    • @thestateofalaska
      @thestateofalaska 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +166

      nice try, amy

    • @Jomuerudoumandanberarumino
      @Jomuerudoumandanberarumino 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      I hope she's still alive and well

    • @ZaRumpelstiltskin
      @ZaRumpelstiltskin 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Amy should be vary of suspicious 📦 packages.

    • @billclockwell
      @billclockwell 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      She had to trade her ozempic prescription with kim

  • @Ridcally
    @Ridcally 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5997

    It's cool how windows recall is actually north Korean technology

    • @koimananana
      @koimananana 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +174

      Mm yes, bery bery privacy

    • @honor9lite1337
      @honor9lite1337 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Ok siap

    • @SECONDQUEST
      @SECONDQUEST 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You'd be wrong to think the North Korean civilian spying is anywhere near US spying. My guy, the NSA builds data centers on top of the massive cables that send internet traffic and they use wifi to see through walls. North Korea bad, obviously, but recall is certainly American. Microsoft wants to train its AI after all. Whomever has the strongest will control the flow of information.

    • @rubiconnn
      @rubiconnn 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +305

      Apple's walled garden approach to allowed apps is just like north korea too! So innovative!

    • @KafshakTashtak
      @KafshakTashtak 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      So far ahead of their time.

  • @clamdove3292
    @clamdove3292 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +740

    i wonder how often north korean cellphones run out of storage space because of how many screenshots the phone has taken. i wonder what you do when that happens. do you just go to the government and say "hey can you remove these screenshots so i can download another game pls"

    • @jessicaregina1956
      @jessicaregina1956 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      Very often.

    • @stephengnb
      @stephengnb 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +170

      I would say the screenshots eventually get uploaded to a NK government server, but then again, I would be surprised if NK could manage a server to store them.

    • @cabbelos
      @cabbelos 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +174

      @@stephengnb I don't think the government needs the screenshots. It's sort of like the panopticon. The user just needs to know they could be watched at any point without them knowing when. Nobody needs to actually watch them in order for this to be effective.

    • @somelokyguy6466
      @somelokyguy6466 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +111

      I do appliance service calls for a living and this old dude with a TCL TV keeps calling up saying his TV isn't working. The fault is always caused by the onboard storage filling up until GoogleTV crashes, despite there being no saved media on it.
      The guy lives remotely with no internet so all the collected data just piles up and has nowhere to go. GoogleTV is supposed to delete old data but for some reason his stopped doing that some time outside the warranty period.
      I just factory reset the TV and re-disable the data collection services, then it's good for another 9ish months lol.

    • @algirdasltu1389
      @algirdasltu1389 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Weird... reminds me of another company trynna do that. Cant recall who they are tho...

  • @theundead5419
    @theundead5419 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +200

    I am surprised to learn that they even have smartphones.

    • @Cacodevidro432
      @Cacodevidro432 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I was going to say Samsung but it came from South Korea

    • @MrLobsterity
      @MrLobsterity 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Government-watched social networks were a modern invention they could not resist to copy.

    • @zawadix9574
      @zawadix9574 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me too 😅

    • @fajarmaulanaramadan7438
      @fajarmaulanaramadan7438 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      They have touchscreen newspaper stand in their metro station

  • @carspn1
    @carspn1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4028

    Wait this isn't MKBHD

    • @GoldenBlue...
      @GoldenBlue... 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +108

      Only Sam can get his hands on north Korean phones.... with help from amy

    • @mrnarason
      @mrnarason 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +113

      Mbkhd is not technical enough to make such a video

    • @Kintah
      @Kintah 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      And thank God for that

    • @honor9lite1337
      @honor9lite1337 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      But Why 😮​@@mrnarason

    • @Hikari0307
      @Hikari0307 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      This is more of an LTT thing

  • @thelakeman2538
    @thelakeman2538 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +772

    Plugging in a keyboard to an android phone is a standard feature, as long as your device supports otg which is every device made in the last 8-10 years. Considering android uses the linux kernel, every plug and play keyboard and mice should just work, they've in my experience at least.

    • @Jump-n-smash
      @Jump-n-smash 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      What’s otg? I use a ps/2 keyboard on my android phone using a ps/2 to usb-a converter connected to a usb-a to usb-c converter

    • @noedem1690
      @noedem1690 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      ​@@Jump-n-smashusb on-the-go, it basically means that the device (smartphone in this case) can either play the computer or the peripheral

    • @victordavalos246
      @victordavalos246 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Every device in the las 8-10 "should" be compatible but not every manufacturer enables it, at least not every low end device

    • @tristan6509
      @tristan6509 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      Heck, you can even plug a USB floppy drive and read floppy disks, if you need to do that for whatever reason...

    • @Gamer3427
      @Gamer3427 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      @@tristan6509 I can't count the number of times I randomly needed to copy something off a floppy disk onto my phone. Probably because I've never had to do it even once.

  • @PsRohrbaugh
    @PsRohrbaugh 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +510

    Long-time Samsung DeX user. Connecting a keyboard and mouse to your phone is surprisingly useful when traveling light (like unplug them from someone else's computer). Can get a lot of real office work done.

    • @jameswalker68
      @jameswalker68 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Probably a dumb question - do u just connect them through the phones Bluetooth?

    • @PsRohrbaugh
      @PsRohrbaugh 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      @@jameswalker68 that's supported and I've done it, but the phone came with a dock, with HDMI for a monitor and a USB port for accessories. So you could just plug in a USB keyboard and mouse. Also supported some printers and other random things.

    • @rickrollingwithstyle3928
      @rickrollingwithstyle3928 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      I feel like I never hear about DeX except in TH-cam videos that go like "wow look it this quirky thing it's called dex lol lmao." Glad to see that it's a thing people actually use!

    • @PsRohrbaugh
      @PsRohrbaugh 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rickrollingwithstyle3928 I didn't use it often, but the times I used it, I really loved the option. Went to visit family for a week and my laptop died. Dex was good enough to hold me over until I got back home and got a new laptop from work. Also used it in hotels to watch Netflix etc full-screen just by plugging in the hdmi to the TV.

    • @PsRohrbaugh
      @PsRohrbaugh 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@rickrollingwithstyle3928 oh and the pen built into the note 9 had a button on it that would work as a remote. Only play / pause but better than nothing

  • @U.S.A.
    @U.S.A. 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +87

    0:08 You can do this with any Android phone, you can also connect a mouse to it, so if you've dropped your phone and the touchscreen isn't working, then you can plug a mouse into it and you can control your phone with that.

    • @Xiquinhodasilva99
      @Xiquinhodasilva99 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Nokias from 2008 were doing this already lol.

    • @PortocaliusMaximus
      @PortocaliusMaximus 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      also works with xbox controllers over bluetooth

    • @retrictumrectus1010
      @retrictumrectus1010 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The last part is not exactly true. Some smartphones turn OTG off by default, maybe to save power. I know because I tried all the phones and tablets I have control over.

    • @benfll
      @benfll 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      True, but it's unusual that that's a selling point of a smartphone

    • @ryan7zip
      @ryan7zip 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Todo mundo sabe disso

  • @1wJan
    @1wJan 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +65

    A phone that spy on you and take a screenshot every time you open an app... That sounds really bad... Until you remember Microsofts terrible idea of recall that takes a screenshot every 3-5 seconds 😂
    It is like Microsoft looked at this phone and thought, hey this privacy instructing feature seems really creepy, lets copy that and make it even worse 😂😂😂

  • @into_the_void
    @into_the_void 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +789

    I want to know about the underground north Korean phone rooting market... I'm sure it exists

    • @SirFaceFone
      @SirFaceFone 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Very dangerous I'd imagine, especially if they load in western media which is punishable by law. The software phones home all activity to the government.

    • @baksatibi
      @baksatibi 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      On one hand it must be incredibly difficult to find any technical information and tools without access to the internet. On the other hand this has happened before, there were Hungarian game developers and cracker groups behind the Iron Curtain in the 80's (see the Moleman Longplay and Stamps Back documentaries).

    • @davidjennings2179
      @davidjennings2179 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +158

      They probably just import phones that don't have those restrictions, otherwise they'd be restricted to the NK intranet too

    • @mikea5745
      @mikea5745 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

      @@davidjennings2179 Rooting just refers to the end-user getting root privileges which are otherwise restricted

    • @VoAviation
      @VoAviation 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +69

      ​@@davidjennings2179I don't think rooting can remove the intranet restriction - that's controlled by the cell network towers, not the device

  • @Tarkov.
    @Tarkov. 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +254

    The mosquito noise isn't to make bugs go away, it's to annoy children (originally targeted at teenagers)
    They've used it in some malls and it's obnoxious and a lot of people can still hear the sound well after being teenagers (I can still hear it and I'm in my 30s)

    • @jgunner280
      @jgunner280 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +70

      Its kind of amazing to me that they have something this heavily regulated, and still decide there is a dedicated, pure app to antagonize other people with.

    • @ToastyMozart
      @ToastyMozart 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      And people wonder why kids don't want to leave the house anymore.

    • @riggs20
      @riggs20 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      They had this outside this Sears in my local mall back in the 90s. I think it was called the cricket. At the time, my brother and I were kids. We had no idea what it was, but we always heard this annoying electronic sound at the entrance. Our parents could not hear it.

    • @estellebright2579
      @estellebright2579 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      It depends on the frequency they are using. The higher it goes the younger people in general such device will target. I can’t hear those high pitch noise anymore and I’m also in my 30s.

    • @adog3129
      @adog3129 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      @@riggs20 that should be illegal. like even if you're ok with kicking teenagers out of public spaces, isn't it literally most effective on babies

  • @PotatoGaming123
    @PotatoGaming123 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

    They got 5 angry birds and a super mario galaxy? What the fuck dude, this is unfair

  • @EliotHochberg
    @EliotHochberg 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    going into a physical store to get an app installed sounds horrible, but also sounds kind of like the best.
    Imagine if app developers knew that people had to go into the store to get Updates. They would be much more careful about rolling out an update, and we'd have less buggy software I suspect.
    It's a shame that it takes a totalitarian nation to slow stuff down like that

    • @cloed0ll
      @cloed0ll 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It sounds so early 2000s 😭

  • @afwagner
    @afwagner 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +616

    Sam, you’re not helping yourself get a season of JetLag filmed in North Korea.

    • @teelo12000
      @teelo12000 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

      The North Korea season of Jet Lag: first team to escape from North Korea without getting murdered wins.

    • @wyldrice
      @wyldrice 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I’m waiting for the jet lag Canada season

    • @丫o
      @丫o 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Why we talking about a French film from 2002?

    • @wyldrice
      @wyldrice 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@丫o huh

  • @whycantwebefriendzz
    @whycantwebefriendzz 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +263

    You already know DankPods is trying to get his hands on one of these immediately after watching this

    • @AAlgeria
      @AAlgeria 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Fr

    • @punchdrunkassassin
      @punchdrunkassassin 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A North Korean nugget 😌

    • @mxjeonsgw
      @mxjeonsgw 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      He'd love to make a video on that phone lmao

    • @thecoolestofthe834s2
      @thecoolestofthe834s2 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      to norf koreor from dank i want phone will give review good for dprk ~ dankpods probably

    • @naattxxnaattxx7055
      @naattxxnaattxx7055 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      There is no escaping the 1 grit..

  • @JoeFajita
    @JoeFajita 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +421

    4:42 I cannot explain my irrational hatred for Bobbing Icon Head Guy.

    • @Preston241
      @Preston241 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      He is incredibly hateable.

    • @Beegs164
      @Beegs164 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Bobbing Icon Head Guy is the unnecessary red circle that talks and moves.

    • @alangdplayer6314
      @alangdplayer6314 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      "Joined 17 years ago" wow

    • @XxZeldaxXXxLinkxX
      @XxZeldaxXXxLinkxX 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      ​@@alangdplayer6314finally an account older than mine!

    • @Ovenman940
      @Ovenman940 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      pngtubers need to go

  • @JanoZZZ
    @JanoZZZ 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    Sorry, but the foul at 5:20 was never a yellow card…

    • @aYTcommenter
      @aYTcommenter 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      He pulled and pushed him

  • @citratune7830
    @citratune7830 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    At least the NSA makes it inconvenient for me to know what they do, instead of making it visible on the phone.

    • @AnotherAustin-z7b
      @AnotherAustin-z7b 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      They just blame it on foreign spyware

  • @AwesomeWill28
    @AwesomeWill28 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +232

    Pink smartphone? I’m sold

  • @priyanshusharma1812
    @priyanshusharma1812 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +209

    5:57 its funny how these phones have more transparancy about their spying than western phones

    • @gredangeo
      @gredangeo 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      North Korean government has no fear of anything. As far as the public is concerned, this level of spying is normal. Westerners have to lie to themselves that the spying isn't going on.

    • @adventurefighter7501
      @adventurefighter7501 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

      Our phones also tells you. But everyone either has no choice but to agree, or being loyal and trusting the agencies behind it. They sugarcoat everything (of course), but it’s in the Terms & Conditions.
      You can randomly say “siri” and siri immediately pops up, this shows that it’s consuming that battery 24/7 at the very least, let alone the fact that they could turn it into a live mic on the other side.

    • @interstella0
      @interstella0 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      the automatic screenshot looks exactly like what Microsoft Copilot do for their Recall feature.

    • @Xiquinhodasilva99
      @Xiquinhodasilva99 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      ​@adventurefighter7501 you are not giving consent you are being forced, otherwise you cannot use anything whatsoever.
      Live mic? The propaganda your phone showsd you when you say stuff around it is not coincidence, since 2012. Snowden warned about this.

    • @Xiquinhodasilva99
      @Xiquinhodasilva99 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@interstella0 what if I tell you they have been doing shady things like this for long time, or you thing the "send diagnose to Microsoft" is optional? Even if you don't select it, it still send your info.

  • @prfwrx2497
    @prfwrx2497 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +195

    With NATISIGN and SELFSIGN, doesn't this mean its impossible to share photos even among North Korean smartphones? After all it won't have a NATISIGN and the SELFSIGN wouldn't match.

    • @traviskingful
      @traviskingful 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +68

      if thats truly how it works then yes that would be the case. I would think they would have a way to do it somehow though

    • @KafshakTashtak
      @KafshakTashtak 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +70

      Sounds like the best Anti-piracy software. Don't let Hollywood and Music Industry or anyone find about it.

    • @baksatibi
      @baksatibi 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

      If they use X.509 then SELFSIGN could be a root or an intermediate certificate and the phone could actually sign files with a unique end-entity certificate signed by SELFSIGN. This way you can share files across phones because every phone trusts SELFSING and therefore certificates signed with SELFSIGN. This is especially useful because only the end-entity certificate's private key needs to be stored on the phone and if anyone can read and use it to sign unauthorized files it can be traced back to the individual phone.

    • @dieseldragon6756
      @dieseldragon6756 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

      If I understand Juche governance correctly, this would be an intentional feature. The selfsign function is obviously aimed at making _any_ device-created content directly associable to the device (And user) which created it, but it *also* means that uncontrolled distribution of content among the populace fails at the first hurdle. No easier way to quell a revolution than by making it impossible for people to open photos/images created by anybody else, eh? 🖼⛔😇
      I get the impression that people in DPRK _might_ be permitted to share photos with friends and family members though. Unlike in the west - Where we select an image(s) and tap „Share“- The way it's done in DPRK is to take your phone to the App Store (🤣) and tell the clerk which photos you want to share and with whom. After being screened for permissibility the photos you want to share will be printed out and handed to you so you can take them down the post office and send them to friends via an envelope and stamp... 😉

    • @LostieTrekieTechie
      @LostieTrekieTechie 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Not necessarily, but it would make it possible to trace the origins of any images

  • @BernhardWelzel
    @BernhardWelzel 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +91

    This is so barbaric. We at least have the NSA/CIA wiretap all communications and datacenters, saving a lot of space on the devices and making the process so much more "democratic". Of course you can complain about this practice to a non-existing court, unless you get transported to a non-existing gov site and get tortured for not being "patriotic" enough.

    • @Renwoxing13
      @Renwoxing13 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I hope I am not ignorant here, because from what I remember:
      Even though the spirit of your comment is true, that's not how it works.
      Canada spies and holds data on the United States, the United States does the same to Germany, Germany to Canada, Britain to France, and on and on and on and on.
      In one big circle-yerk !
      So *TECHNICALLY* , the United States isn't violating any of your *"God-Given"* rights, freedoms, or privacies.
      *And they do say that "Technically Correct" is the best kind of correct !¡!•¡!¡•!¡!*

    • @BernhardWelzel
      @BernhardWelzel 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Renwoxing13 this is not true. Basically the United States spies on everybody, elect to kidnap and kill citizens of any other country at will and is generally above the rule of law. Non European countries does any of this stuff. So i disagree: TECHNICALLY the united states is constantly violating human rights and at a much larger scale then any of the "evil" countries. North Korea might kill you if you are stupid enough to enter the country, but you are pretty safe from it in your own country. This is NOT true for the United States, who happily does whatever it want on foreign soil. I am certain, if a big Oil reserve would be found in Belgium the US would invade the country within 6 months, claiming that Belgium was developing weapons of mass destruction and needed to be stopped 🙂. No other country on the planet does this kind of stuff, not even Russia ...

    • @AnotherAustin-z7b
      @AnotherAustin-z7b 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@Renwoxing13even if that were the case the end result would be the same, which would make those organizations agents of the government, making it literally illegal anyway. Like the police can't legally ask someone to spy on your phone for them because then they become an agent of the police. Can someone do it and give it to the police? Precedent says yes, but that is the legal equivalent of "we decided it's not illegal even though it totally is but it's tradition."
      And truthfully having foreign countries spying on you is even worse and would basically be an act of war to any person who isn't brain dead. The only problem is everyone spies on everyone because no one can mind their own freaking business so it's a round robin of hypocritical executions and imprisonment and prisoner exchanges.
      Ultimately though the US can access any communications through the telecom network directly, they can put a man in the middle between any communications on sms and the cell network and so can every country and literally most high level hacking collectives. The price for entry is like 10k.
      It's actually ridiculous how insecure everything is. Then you run into the government doing honeypots and selling all the illegal stuff to rug pull all the criminal organizations, hilarious but legal grey area.
      This all is basically peanuts in comparison to the absolute ultimate technical marvel achieved by stuxnet, which if someone even replicated its behavior to a minor degree they could infect every system on earth and collect data through em radiation or any number of other weird methods, especially if they can infect the supply chain or compromise the factory that produces the material.
      The ultimate hack would be infecting the electrical grid. This is something movies talk about a lot but I am skeptical of it even being possible, but potentially with a powerful enough AI or machine learning program you could manage a way to transmit data directly through the electrical grid if you can find a way to manage how it is stepped down and processed through the outlet, or by figuring out a way to compromise the power unit on a computer to feed instructions to the motherboard through it remotely.
      Assuming you had a strong enough electromagnetic source you could conceivably interact with any computer that doesn't have protective shielding, and to a certain degree you might even be able to infect a computer through an active camera if there is some critical software bug in its design and you can feed information directly to it.
      But the government doesn't even have to do any of that hard stuff. They just have access to everything because they pretty much always have. The value of America's business is so much that any company will basically acquiesce to any request they make, and they just save records for them and give them out whenever they ask. Then on top of that they can illegally infect everyone with spyware that never gets detected because it doesn't do weird identity theft bs and there you go.

    • @joebin3106
      @joebin3106 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Spot the North Korean in the comment

  • @monstrixmonstrousx2842
    @monstrixmonstrousx2842 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    5:44 It's a red flag when an North Korean smartphone take a screenshot without your consent, but it's ok and we should accept it, when Microsoft Recall does it.🤔🤔

    • @NimVim
      @NimVim 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Nobody said its ok for Recall, Everyone hated it. Stop trying to make north korea sound good..

    • @ed_cmntonly
      @ed_cmntonly 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      everyone hated the recall feature 😭🙏 how are there SOMEHOW kim glazers in this planet

    • @gamerslive1974
      @gamerslive1974 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Haven't found one person who said that. As far as I can remember, people were actually trying to get Microsoft to get rid of it due to privacy concerns. Literally every article that talks about Recall, has said it's useless and a huge invasion of privacy. Just because Microsoft said we should accept it, doesn't mean anyone did. Stop digging for problems that don't exist. It's why society today has an average IQ of a dog turd.

  • @abdullahahmedsyed6238
    @abdullahahmedsyed6238 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +187

    I need the app that makes bugs go away.

    • @nazamroth8427
      @nazamroth8427 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

      That is an ancient thing, even my W810i had it many moons ago. It does not work.
      In hindsight, I doubt the speakers can even create the promised frequencies.

    • @GraniteGolem
      @GraniteGolem 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      me too i need them out of my skin

    • @acesn8s89
      @acesn8s89 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Even if it worked you’d just be trading one type of bug for another 😂

    • @lonestarr1490
      @lonestarr1490 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

      You already have that pre-installed on your phone. It's also always running, kind of like a widget of sorts. All you have to do is to apply your phone to the bug in question with sufficient momentum. You can even do that by throwing, if you don't want your hand to get to close to said bug. But be warned: the free version of the app does not include aim assist.

    • @dieseldragon6756
      @dieseldragon6756 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So does everybody working at Microsoft. 🙃

  • @d9zirable
    @d9zirable 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +157

    3:59 IS THAT TRAFFIC RACER

    • @abishek786
      @abishek786 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Yes!!!!

    • @c7dmz30
      @c7dmz30 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      omg they can drive recklessly, thx kim jong whatever

    • @n_core
      @n_core 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Omg, yes! I used to play it all the time when I was bored as a teen. That's like a decade ago. Wow, time really flies...

    • @DrCharlesMontague
      @DrCharlesMontague 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I’m wondering if they filtered out the decadent western cars and put in Pyeonghwa Hwiparams in their place?

  • @Samuel_Butin
    @Samuel_Butin 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +171

    I'm sure Nintendo was happy to license super Mario galaxy to these north Korean phones. 😅

    • @SpaceRaccoon22
      @SpaceRaccoon22 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      Imagine if Nintendo's zealous enforcement of its copyrights is the the thing that brings down the North Korean regime 😆

    • @tranquoccuong890-its-orge
      @tranquoccuong890-its-orge 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      ok, DRPK vs Nintendo showdown:
      one has nukes, the other has lawyers

    • @Daevoz
      @Daevoz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@tranquoccuong890-its-orgenukes that don’t work & if they even thought ab attacking Japan every country would attack Korea

    • @BlazeStar2095
      @BlazeStar2095 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@SpaceRaccoon22 Reminds me a lot of how Al Capone was taken down by an unlikely group of people, not some badass super cops, but the IRS.

    • @ZaLewdWarudo
      @ZaLewdWarudo หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@SpaceRaccoon22Nintendo know better than to fuck with China or it's allies mate.

  • @DeltaHero787
    @DeltaHero787 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    0:33 I JUST WANNA BE PARY OF YOUR SYMPHONYYY

  • @DtWolfwood
    @DtWolfwood 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    Tricking Corps to build you something then immediately nationalize it is pretty funny and OK with me ngl

    • @AnotherAustin-z7b
      @AnotherAustin-z7b 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      "how dare you use my own technique against me"

    • @gappergob6169
      @gappergob6169 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It was not tricking. The contractor knew, just need some justification.

  • @Skelig
    @Skelig 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +60

    I like both computers and football and 4:47 onwards left me conflicted

    • @DragonTheOneDZA
      @DragonTheOneDZA 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Watch it twice and give him double the money

    • @aYTcommenter
      @aYTcommenter 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Me too😂

  • @taciprince7400
    @taciprince7400 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +144

    I stopped listening once he said it comes with free super Mario galaxy sign me up

    • @MexiChemia
      @MexiChemia 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I'm pretty sure it can't run it

    • @luklaair
      @luklaair 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      me too

    • @丫o
      @丫o 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I didn’t read your comment, but just wanted to say that I love apples

    • @adog3129
      @adog3129 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@MexiChemia someone in another comment thread says there's an official chinese arm port, so it's probably that

    • @MexiChemia
      @MexiChemia 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@adog3129 I didn't know that, damn, an arm port, I'd like to try that

  • @rwolfheart6580
    @rwolfheart6580 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    Visiting a physical store to get a new app is actually pretty quaint. Feels like something from Pokémon, or a promotional gimmick from the early days of smartphones.

    • @dieseldragon6756
      @dieseldragon6756 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      In some respects, this happens in the west as well. I used to have an iPhone, and when travelling found (As many do) that hostel/hotel wi-fi is terrible for updating devices or synching with YourCloud☁ or whatever platform/services you use. I soon found that Apple lay on _extraordinarily fast_ connectivity in their stores...So when on holiday I would visit the local _Apple_ Store and then proceed to open the _App_ Store. ⚙📲😁
      This might sound a bit odd...But experience on my last trip showed that updating 14 apps with an average size of 200MB each was quicker over the wi-fi in the Hamburg Apple store _even with the return trip on the U-bahn from the hostel taken into account!_ 🍎🚈📱💨👍

    • @barrettdecutler8979
      @barrettdecutler8979 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Like getting those snap spectacles from the little kiosks.

    • @LinhNguyen-ix6br
      @LinhNguyen-ix6br 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I laughed so hard when I heard it. It's sound so North Korea :))

  • @Irelandballofficial
    @Irelandballofficial 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +69

    0:35 “I just wanna be part of your symphony!!!” Ahh Home Screen 😂

  • @Orion55901
    @Orion55901 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    0:13 the conviction with which you said "DAMN" sent chills up my spine. thanks HAI

  • @Adam-326
    @Adam-326 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    4:47 Unironically, this is really cool. Would be nice to see a deeper look at the tech and how it works.

    • @yoyoyonono
      @yoyoyonono 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      There were a few very in-depth talks given at 33c3 and 27c3, but if you just search ccc north korea you should find them.

  • @moledaddy
    @moledaddy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +699

    North Korean internet: limited lies
    Regular internet: unlimited lies

    • @real_atharv1
      @real_atharv1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      what point are you tryna make here

    • @moledaddy
      @moledaddy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

      @@real_atharv1 no point, specifically. Just an observation. There are many conflicting arguments I could make based on this observation. I chose not to

    • @RizzyCatPTSD
      @RizzyCatPTSD 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

      More like
      North Korean internet: unlimited propaganda

    • @GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket
      @GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@moledaddy If you have nothing to say, then say nothing; all you did was throw shade at the free world for admitting our faults and throw praise at a despot for gas lighting. If you're account wasn't as old as it is I'd swear you were a CCP bot.

    • @roseCatcher_
      @roseCatcher_ 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

      Regular internet: any kind of propaganda you want to believe in
      North Korean internet: one kind of propaganda that the Head of state wants you to believe

  • @UwePieper
    @UwePieper 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    You can connect most Android phones to a full sized Keyboard through USB OTG with an adapter cable or dock.

    • @aa-tx7th
      @aa-tx7th 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      change 'most' to 'all'
      android perpheral support is superior to window's.
      why?
      you can connect ANY bluetooth accessory instantly.
      windows needs drivers, troubleshooting, additional downloads (malware spyware), manufaturer launchers (ads ads ads, more malware and spyware), the right planetary alignment, and some booze and a cigarrette before it "lets" you connect ANYTHING.

    • @Xiquinhodasilva99
      @Xiquinhodasilva99 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Symbian was already doing this in 2007/08. My first phone with USB otg was a Nokia x2-00 from 2010. When phones were nice and you had control over them

    • @kingeling
      @kingeling 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Tons of phones didn't support OTG until the late 2010s

    • @Xiquinhodasilva99
      @Xiquinhodasilva99 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kingeling n800 2008
      Nokia n900 2009
      Nokia x2-00, n8-00, c3-00, x7-00, e6-00, e7-00, c6-01, c7, c3-01 and x3-02 touch and type all this one's from 2010 smartphones and feature phones
      Before android reached version 2.3 gingerbread. Symbian was a good system but came Elop from Microsoft to Nokia and killed Symbian and made all Nokia phones run Windows phone. It had a huge development from 2010 to 2011 and still he decided to kill symbian, meltemi and meego. Anything Nokia n9 was doing in 2011 android or ios didn't reach till 2017. And not to forget it wouldn't connect to the Internet without your authorisation.

    • @Xiquinhodasilva99
      @Xiquinhodasilva99 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kingeling nokia n800 2008
      Phones in 2009 and 2010
      With and without symbian or maemo

  • @damlatorun6756
    @damlatorun6756 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    3:53 YOU’RE TELLING ME THEY GET ANGRY BIRDS SPACE AND NOT US??? SIGN ME UP

    • @jonathanthegoober
      @jonathanthegoober 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Good news for you, if you have an android, you can just install the APK file

    • @frozencatcake
      @frozencatcake 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We did

    • @sangramjit2966
      @sangramjit2966 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jonathanthegoober yeah, via 3rd party resources!

  • @mfaizsyahmi
    @mfaizsyahmi 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    1:44 Orascom, the Egyptian infra company: "Yallah, the North Koreans tricked us and stole our stuff!"
    Volvo: "First time?"

  • @jannuarytrash
    @jannuarytrash 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +81

    i like the screen size being measured in inches even in north korea

    • @noobartz0890
      @noobartz0890 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      measuring screen in some nonexistent unit is so stupid
      can't believe north Korea couldn't rectify that issue

    • @SrirachaChugChallenge747-jq7by
      @SrirachaChugChallenge747-jq7by 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      metric copium

    • @immikeurnot
      @immikeurnot 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@noobartz0890 Of course using a non-existent unit is stupid. That's why they used inches.

    • @noobartz0890
      @noobartz0890 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@immikeurnot but it is non existent unit

    • @dieseldragon6756
      @dieseldragon6756 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@noobartz0890 You've never visited the UK, have you?... 📏🇬🇧😉

  • @noUGames
    @noUGames 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +62

    Dang...defender got a yellowcard

  • @LzBy1
    @LzBy1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    "Every phone number starts with the same 8 digits" lol

  • @itryen7632
    @itryen7632 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    1:20 Typical vodafone

  • @CallMeVidd
    @CallMeVidd 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    Ok but who would win between the north korean army and Nintendo finding out they’re illegally emulating a game of theirs

  • @typeofguyto
    @typeofguyto 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    00:55
    There are "land mines" in more than a few parts of the country...

    • @dieseldragon6756
      @dieseldragon6756 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Both yes and no: The land _lines_ were implemented using surplus equipment bought from the GPO when they upgraded to System X. Of course - In conformance with various international trade laws - The UK only sent equipment which met their interpretation of North Korean technical standards... ☎💥😉

  • @dyanalovesnutella
    @dyanalovesnutella 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    3:25 BEN MENTIONED 🦅🦅

  • @Colour_beaks
    @Colour_beaks 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

    8:18 Super Mario Galaxy on .....mobile!

    • @SHUTENSEPC
      @SHUTENSEPC 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I've played it in like 2015 or so, it's just a simple emulator

    • @ronnelacido1711
      @ronnelacido1711 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I prefer tetris

    • @michelobala6846
      @michelobala6846 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      If Japan find out they use Super Mario without license Koreea will be conquered again by Japan (only north this time)😂😂😂

    • @demon6937
      @demon6937 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@michelobala6846that’s WW3 for sure

  • @citratune7830
    @citratune7830 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I found that tiny terrible airline site once. It has a lot of buttons and features like "Contact" or "Information", but shockingly, the only page that actually shows anything is their main page. And it flies to nowhere useful.

    • @Tyranitar66501
      @Tyranitar66501 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      reveal the airline pls

    • @Zerbey
      @Zerbey 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Tyranitar66501 It's called Air Koryo and it only flies between North Korea, Russia and China.

    • @Tyranitar66501
      @Tyranitar66501 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Zerbey I've heard of that one before.

  • @User31129
    @User31129 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    2008 is actually earlier than i expected. I in the USA didnt have a cell phone until Summer 2004, and didnt really ramp up use of it until 2006. I didn't have a modern smartphone until late 2014.

  • @HanifNGX
    @HanifNGX 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    What’s freedom, if you can’t access a ripped off version of Candy Crush??

    • @丫o
      @丫o 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What’s a ripped off version of Candy Crush, if you can’t access freedom?

  • @youtubehandlesareannoying
    @youtubehandlesareannoying 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +490

    their phones coming with a free mario galaxy emulator and five different versions of angry birds is probably the first time I've felt jealous of the north korean people

    • @melsbacksfriend
      @melsbacksfriend 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      Kim Jong Un can help me end the reign of the Nintendo Ninjas.

    • @emperortgp2424
      @emperortgp2424 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      would it even run mario at full speed

    • @lonestarr1490
      @lonestarr1490 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      Especially because those Angry Birds games are almost surely not made completely unplayable by ads and aggressive monetization.

    • @unbeknownstprofile
      @unbeknownstprofile 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      and then it runs like a slideshow at 3 frames per second

    • @melsbacksfriend
      @melsbacksfriend 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@emperortgp2424 If it has a modern SoC, which it most likely doesn't have a modern one. Modern Samsung flagships for example can run Dolphin Emulator just fine.

  • @dominic.h.3363
    @dominic.h.3363 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    My condolences to the North Koreans. As a Hungarian I know with absolute certainty based on experience that everything technological sucks even first hand, so anything that is a hand-me-down from us, must be a nightmare experience...

    • @Muffin_Masher
      @Muffin_Masher 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Could be worse... they could have bought/stolen it from Australia :D

    • @dominic.h.3363
      @dominic.h.3363 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@Muffin_Masher Yea, I really wouldn't like your internet. The ONE thing I can't complain about is my 500/300 fiber...
      ... but it's 2024 and if I take a call at my desk, the line just drops because I don't have enough bars to actually talk, I have to move around the house. I live a measly 11 kilometers from the county seat they call "gate to the west", so my coverage should be decent. Now imagine what kind of technology we sold second-hand 10 years ago, if this is what we have right now.

    • @dieseldragon6756
      @dieseldragon6756 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@dominic.h.3363 Our government in the UK has made a lot of noise for its plans to _„Level up“_ Britain to take it into a new post-EU generation... 🇬🇧🔈📈
      ...Given this means the UK will probably do away with mobile networks, restore landline telephone service to manual operators and get rid of all that „automation“ witchcraft, there's probably going to be a *lot* of used, CE-compliant mobile network equipment coming into the market fairly soon... 😉
      _„Number, please?“_ ☎🇬🇧😋

  • @jareknowak8712
    @jareknowak8712 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    This country has nuclear weapons.
    They know how to make a stupid phone.

    • @dieseldragon6756
      @dieseldragon6756 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      The USSR _also_ knew how to build atomic weapons. Atomic weapons that were clearly efficient and viable, as the presence of them formed one side of an MAD deadlock which kept the World in suspense for a good fourty years. ☢
      I once considered Soviet engineering capability and resource availability to try to determine what a USSR-developed smartphone might look like. I came up with something that would be able to withstand a nuclear holocaust...But which was at least the size of an 80s luggable PC, driven by a separate lead-acid truck battery, and could display six lines (80 cols) of Cyrillic text and practically no graphics at all... 😋
      Oh, aye: Backdoor KGB access was included as standard, and accounted for at least half the kit in the phone. 🕵

    • @jareknowak8712
      @jareknowak8712 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@dieseldragon6756
      And with all this they were still able to be first on space.....?

    • @kingeling
      @kingeling 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Completely irrelevant technologies lmao

    • @jareknowak8712
      @jareknowak8712 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@kingeling
      You just dont understand how progress works and dont know how mamy years has past since the "space wars" era.

    • @kingeling
      @kingeling 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@jareknowak8712 Oh then please explain, rationally, how a country that is specialized in developing nuclear arms is logically supposed to be good at developing phones as well. I'm sure you know better.

  • @Brasswatchman
    @Brasswatchman 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    5:25 Which also means they can track images to the exact phone that took them, provided no one strips out that metadata. Interesting.

  • @steventravels4035
    @steventravels4035 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    Once the Nebula ad comes up:
    Level 3 detected
    Automatic disconnect

  • @Mr.Not_Sure
    @Mr.Not_Sure 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +129

    "No wifi
    Limited apps
    No privacy
    24/7 tracking"
    Besides wifi, do you think your phone is somewhat different?

    • @Bob-the-1-and-only-blob-fish
      @Bob-the-1-and-only-blob-fish 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Yes because they tell you

    • @ultimate.funkypunky
      @ultimate.funkypunky 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      it is,
      phones need algorithm to adapt to you, it's not like they're prohibiting you from anything or spying your convos...
      also apps are pretty unlimited by now excepto for maybe some cracked apks that only work on android or, obviously, apps that are strictly linked to certain brand ecosystem 🍎

    • @AMPProf
      @AMPProf 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yah but no porn bots sooo

    • @SpinDuality
      @SpinDuality 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If you're stupid, the answer is no.

    • @jopansmark
      @jopansmark 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Unlimited apps

  • @konayasai
    @konayasai 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I don't know about Apple phones, but Android and Windows phones can be connected to full size keyboards just fine. Some even have mouse support, which looks really funky.

    • @kjh23gk
      @kjh23gk 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      "Windows phones" 🤣

    • @brenthaymon280
      @brenthaymon280 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Do people really use Windows phones? 🤔

  • @spartaninvirginia
    @spartaninvirginia 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +77

    So Microsoft stole the idea for Recall from the North Koreans. Sweet, very cool.

    • @smalltime0
      @smalltime0 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I had the same thought.

  • @HappyBeezerStudios
    @HappyBeezerStudios 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The biggest difference is that they can't choose who is spying on them.

  • @jasonhatt4295
    @jasonhatt4295 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    3:53 Lol what is that game next to the rat! Thats a funny picture!

  • @DaPlenThing
    @DaPlenThing 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    0:00 ok but that clock thing is actually smart

  • @technoguyx
    @technoguyx 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    6:15 Did people already forget about Google making all user data they collect from you available in a convenient folder full of creepy audio recordings?

    • @UberSpah
      @UberSpah 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Didn't know that. Any sources? I know that Google gathers lots of private data, but I hear for the first time that they make it available in a convenient folder.

  • @couruu
    @couruu 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Of course Ben would do that

  • @zombos22222
    @zombos22222 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    0:19 this illusionry happyface screams "help me"

  • @yme_1323
    @yme_1323 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I mean I would love having Mario Galaxy pre installed in my phone

  • @林義軒-j7q
    @林義軒-j7q 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    Mmmm… about that “red flag” part, it reminds me something standing with re-, end with -call. Still, not sure what it is.

    • @丫o
      @丫o 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Might have something to do with something standing with Microsoft-, end with -Windows. Still, not sure what it is.

  • @NationalCapitalRegionOfManila
    @NationalCapitalRegionOfManila 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The Weird, Terrible Smartphones they only have in North Korea.
    Meanwhile the ratings in the thumbnail: *4.7 stars*

  • @BudikahYT
    @BudikahYT 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    ... but do they come with a 3.5mm audio jack?

  • @alberteinsteinthejew
    @alberteinsteinthejew 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Nice marketing, now I wanna have those phones!

    • @丫o
      @丫o 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      you can get ‘em in north korea it’s easy

  • @iatwiatw
    @iatwiatw 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The upbeat music and lighthearted narration over the brazen display of all dimensions of evil makes this 10x funnier

  • @kaziridwanrahik497
    @kaziridwanrahik497 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Actual app store to shop 💀

  • @igormarcos687
    @igormarcos687 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    The part of the video that talks about North Korean phones ends without ending, it feels like Nebula stole it and makes me hate nebula. Why did you interrupt the train of thought to make an ad and never concluded? What an unsatisfying ending.

    • @nicitha
      @nicitha 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There isn't anything more on Nebula though.

    • @nicitha
      @nicitha 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ”because I can't see the holder of evidence”, is the last he says.
      You hating Nebula is your own problem (and I'm not sure why you make things up about it?).

  • @teodormarin2143
    @teodormarin2143 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The Nintendo vs North Korea Lawsuit will be craizy💀💀💀

  • @p_o_
    @p_o_ 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It's not sold in North Korea this model is from 2017(151)/2018(171)

  • @mfaizsyahmi
    @mfaizsyahmi 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Mom, can we get a Samsung phone?
    We have Samsung phone at home.
    Samsung phone at home: 3:12

  • @Meitary
    @Meitary 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    THEY HAVE THE ORIGINAL ANGRY BIRDS GAMES? I'm buying one.

  • @LegoSM737
    @LegoSM737 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    2020: Everybody except people in north korea: RIP Angry birds rio, classic, star wars, and epic. You will be most missed and will be the topic of Rovio hate chats for eternity.
    Meanwhile in Kim jong in’s super train: Hoobadah! (Plays Angry birds)
    Everybody else: Why is there an angry birds themed bubble pop?

  • @Idonno_official
    @Idonno_official 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    0:44 Yeah I'm good my phone I'm very skeptical about that phone is spying on me

  • @LPanic.
    @LPanic. 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Fast forward from 2008 to 2008. Whoa what a wild ride!

  • @rileymeagher8327
    @rileymeagher8327 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    First time seeing one of your videos and you have earned my subscribe

  • @KJSCalderon
    @KJSCalderon 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    Now wait till Linus Tech Tips gets that phone

    • @丫o
      @丫o 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      why HAI got it 1st

    • @mrkrabsx8669
      @mrkrabsx8669 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He's good in computers but not in phones

    • @Caesim9
      @Caesim9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And then what? Produce content slop with a soyjak thumbnail where he installs random APKs?

  • @_w_w_
    @_w_w_ 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    What a great phone OS - sounds very similar to Windows 11 CoPilot Recall!

  • @sirajnakhuda5446
    @sirajnakhuda5446 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    would have preferred Subway Surfer instead of football

  • @thestarz27
    @thestarz27 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I’m surprised they got no iPhones ☹️

  • @dimitartachkov1267
    @dimitartachkov1267 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Taking screenshots from your phone and storing them in a folder! Hmm sounds familiar --- Is this not an amazing feature of Microsoft "Recall"

  • @andrewkovnat
    @andrewkovnat 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    The narration was recorded in a NK concrete holding cell.

  • @twomillionbagels
    @twomillionbagels 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    5:15 that was obviously a foul what is going on with the referee hello??

    • @IMTENAZ
      @IMTENAZ 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He even got a yellow card tho

    • @twomillionbagels
      @twomillionbagels 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@IMTENAZmy bad, thought they were exchanging high fives

  • @MrHorkster
    @MrHorkster 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It's one thing to think all the phones are locked and the apps are secure cuz they want to keep people out but it's another to think they don't want another outside government to constantly fuck with their phone service as well. Take your pick or both.

    • @davidjamesshaver
      @davidjamesshaver 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's an incredibly biased video and I wouldn't be surprised one bit if it was funded one way or another by the US Government.

    • @DavidKen878
      @DavidKen878 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That doesn't make sense.

  • @Blister_G
    @Blister_G 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    6:25 who tried to skip the ads 😂

  • @rlbNBT
    @rlbNBT 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Dont be so harsh on it, im sure it has a great personality

  • @mattclarenzmendoza7127
    @mattclarenzmendoza7127 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    [2:20] book a flight to where?

    • @TheDelusionalOnee
      @TheDelusionalOnee 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      China or Russia, NK mostly associated with those two countries

    • @jantski5084
      @jantski5084 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@TheDelusionalOnee that could let people escape northkorea?

  • @testerbot7439
    @testerbot7439 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I wish HarmonyOS dominate that market

  • @cgt3704
    @cgt3704 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I always love that what things we currently use for granted are treated like new inventions in North Korea due to how isolated they are.
    Its like in a multiplayer game where the rookie is excited about upgrading its character while chatting with expert players who are at level 80 or whatever

    • @ultimate.funkypunky
      @ultimate.funkypunky 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      it's sad...

    • @cgt3704
      @cgt3704 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@ultimate.funkypunky Now, dont get me wrong. It still sucks for the average North Korean but its still gets me a small part of me to chuckle at this

    • @TheDelusionalOnee
      @TheDelusionalOnee 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I mean it wouldn't be that bad if North Korea didn't play along with Westerners trying to isolate them by doing nothing to change it💀 if they try some diplomatic stuff and try to befriend with other countries than other USSR in the past and China and Russia in present things wouldn't be that bad(im talking about opening market for companies to hop in and probally trying to get better acess to up to date techonology)

    • @cgt3704
      @cgt3704 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@TheDelusionalOnee that would only be possible if the North Korean Government would allow it. And their whole state ideology is based on the idea of self-reliance. So even if the west were to fly around with the idea of de-isolating the DPRK, it would still not happen.
      Plus, i think the regime would not want any western products inside their country because it may lead to discontent and eventual overthrow.

  • @Whatsoever-jb3md
    @Whatsoever-jb3md 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The only Phone Company that can help out me with my Smartphone Addiction

  • @EcoMouseChannel
    @EcoMouseChannel 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    So, basically they have "Parole/Probation Phones" where they track everything, and know when you try to deviate from the prescribed user experience.

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Let's hope Apple doesn't hear about that

    • @w.reidripley1968
      @w.reidripley1968 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Camazotz south of the Yalu.

    • @Xiquinhodasilva99
      @Xiquinhodasilva99 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Android and IOS inspired

    • @narfharder
      @narfharder 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I wonder if they actually have the option of _not_ having a phone?

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@narfharder there is always the option of not using it. that way there is no monitoring of messages, photos and app usage and only location info.