Technology Pablo Escobar's brother released a foldable smartphone that he claims can only be destroyed by fire

For years, Pablo Escobar's brother worked as an accountant in the brutal Medellín Cartel as it reinvented the global cocaine trade.

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Now, he's got his eyes set on a new market to disrupt: smartphones.

Roberto Escobar, 71, is releasing a foldable phone through his investment company, Escobar Inc. It's called the Escobar Fold 1, and it's named after his brother.

Escobar Inc. CEO Olof Gustafsson told CNN that the screen is made of a proprietary plastic that "makes it almost unbreakable," claiming that it is the "most durable telephone screen on the market."

Prices start at $349. The phone uses Google's Android operating system.

Motorola flips for its futuristic foldable phone

NEW YORK (AP) — Motorola is bracing for the future by returning to the past. The company is adapting its historical flip-phone design for a smartphone with a foldable screen. Samsung, Huawei and others have phones that fold like a book and offer a double-sized display when unfolded. Motorola’s new Razr phone, on the other hand, will be smaller than a regular smartphone until unfolded to its full 6.2 inch size. The idea is to make the phone more compact for carrying and storing when folded and not in use. © Provided by The Associated Press This undated product image provided by Motorola by Motorola’s new Razr phone.

Roberto De Jesus Escobar Gaviria, brother of the late Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar , has announced a foldable smartphone , the Escobar Fold 1 for 9. Conceptualized in the USA, the Escobar Fold 1 smartphone is being manufactured in Hong Kong. “I have made one of the first

Roberto Escobar also claims the device is 'unbreakable'. Escobar ’ s new network: Drug lord’ s brother launches foldable 9 phone to ‘beat Apple’… but would you buy a handset from him ? Roberto Escobar unveiled the 9 Pablo Escobar Fold 1 that boasts two 7.8-inch screens, folds

"Our phone has gone through rigorous testing," Gustafsson said. "The only true way to break our phone is to burn it, which I would imagine an average user would not do."

From prison to smartphones

The company was formed by Roberto Escobar in 1984 as a holding company for "assets and value protection" for the Escobar brothers, according to its website.

There were, at the time, quite a bit of them.

Pablo Escobar was reportedly responsible for trafficking 80 percent of the world's cocaine during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Forbes put Pablo Escobar on its list of the world's billionaires from 1987 until 1993. Escobar was shot and killed in December 2 in his hometown of Medellín while a fugitive from Colombian authorities.

Roberto surrendered to the police in 1992 during a crackdown of the Medellín Cartel, and he spent 10 years in prison for drug-related crimes. After his release, he set up a tour of one of his brother's homes as a business and once claimed that he discovered a breakthrough in finding a cure for AIDS.

Huge leak might’ve revealed Samsung’s price for the Galaxy Fold 2

Samsung has had a tough year when it comes to marketing and selling foldable phones. That’s not because the technology isn’t interesting to consumers, but because the first phone Samsung ever made turned out to be a lot easier to damage than we’d have liked. The Galaxy Fold required several fixes that would prevent screen damage, and Samsung had to delay the phone’s launch by five months. Even so, the handset is extremely fragile, and you do have to pay extra attention when dealing with the screen. These durability issues are all the more annoying considering the Galaxy Fold’s entry price.

Foldable phones are generally considered to be the next big thing in the smartphone market. In hopes of grabbing a piece of this growing pie, Pablo Escobar ’ s brother is entering the segment with the Escobar Fold 1. Roberto Escobar is no stranger to weird products and bold statements.

The Escobar Fold 1, from Escobar Inc, is unusual for a number of reasons. Yes, there’ s the kingpin connection. Predictably, he ended up incarcerated for over a decade. The phone ’ s product page says that units will be shipped by Pablo Phone LTD — a UK-registered limited liability company.

Now, half-blind and half-deaf from a letter bomb that went off close to his face in prison in 1993, Roberto has dreams of becoming a smartphone maker by following in the footsteps of Samsung with its Galaxy Fold.

"We want to beat the competition," Gustafsson told CNN. "We figured out very fast that if we make a good telephone that folds for a reasonable price, we can sell many units. And that is what is happening now."

VIDEO When Thierry Ardisson angry Pablo Escobar

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Guest in Hello earthlings Saturday, the son of Pablo Escobar came to talk about the history of his father, a famous drug trafficker. He did not like the joke of Thierry Ardisson, who pulled out a bag of white powder at the end of his interview.

In recent times, the story of Colombian drug cartels has come back to the fore, especially through the Narcos series, which airs on Netflix. A notoriety that did not so much please the son of one of the figures of drug trafficking, Pablo Escobar. Juan Pablo Escobar denounces today the approximations of the series and the fascination that surrounds today the bloody history of his father.

Invited in Salut the earthlings to talk about his book, Pablo Escobar my father, the son of the famous narcotrafiquant was therefore very disappointed by a joke of Thierry Ardisson. At the end of Juan Pablo Escobar's interview, the man in black pulled from under his desk a bag of white powder, all on Eric Clapton's tube, Cocaine. A little show that made the guest of Thierry Ardisson angry.

On Facebook, Juan Pablo Escobar published a message in French for the C8 animator: "I wish you were not among those who do not stop to contribute to the apology of this that you "found" under your desk on the show you invited me to shoot on September 7, 2017 ". Regretting that an "interview of this quality" is "overshadowed by this untimely end", he recalled the crimes of drug traffickers.

Juan Pablo Escobar wrote: "Please, do not glorify drug trafficking. Let us analyze rather why for decades these drugs and their prohibition have made more and more victims. The son of Pablo Escobar adds that the stories he tells in his book "are sufficiently telling and sad in view of the violence that sowed my father in his path. You do not need to add a kilo of cocaine under your desk to your show in my presence, without my consent or having informed me.

A malaise that Thierry Ardisson obviously did not understand at all. Interviewed by Le Parisien , the host did not apologize: "If he is not happy, too bad for him! I do not regret having done it, but I regret that he took it wrong, especially since the interview was really good. It's a pity he does not have a sense of humor. His father would have thought it funny, him.

Mr. Thierry Ardisson, I respectfully greet you.I would have liked that you do not belong to those who have no ...

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