North Korea’s Arirang smartphone reflects “the unsociable and backward characteristics of North Korea,” the South Korean Dong-A Ilbo paper said Tuesday, dubbing the device the “half-smartphone.”

The Arirang phone costs around $300-400 and is considered a product from China, although South Korean experts have confirmed that the Taiwanese semiconductor business MediaTek produced its CPU, GPS, Bluetooth and other parts. 

Manufactured in 2013, at the “Chosun Computer Center,” the Arirang is protected under the North Korea’s Computer Software Protection Law. Using a South Korean SK Hinux memory card, its operating system is Google Android’s