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.

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 brother of infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar is taking on Samsung with a new foldable smartphone called the Escobar Fold 1. He also has his sights set on suing Apple next year. Pablo Escobar ’ s brother made a folding smartphone and he says it’ s unbreakable.

"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.

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As 2019 draws to a close, one of the highlights of the year from a mobile technology perspective has to be the advent of foldability that started to become a fixture across the industry this year. Consumer electronics giants from around the world, from Apple to Samsung as well as Chinese brands like Huawei and Xiaomi, have all experimented with foldable tech in one form or another, be it by securing patents for a design, tinkering behind the scenes, and in some cases releasing a full-fledged device like a foldable smartphone.

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“ He saw Pablo Escobar with a phone beyond anybody’ s imagination.” In addition to claiming he will "beat Apple," Roberto is using several scantily clad Escobar , who claimed the cartel spent ,500 a month just on rubber bands for its money and was imprisoned for his role in his brother ' s drug

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."