Last year, in December, almost 26 years after the death of the notorious drug lord, a smartphone dubbed Pablo Escobar Fold 1 was launched. The smartphone, claimed to have a durable design, launched as the cheapest foldable phone having starting price of $349.

Now, the company inspired by Pablo Escobar has released a new foldable smartphone that looks very similar to the Samsung Galaxy Fold — Escobar Fold 2. However, instead of $2,000 price tag of Galaxy Fold, the device is priced at just $399.

The smartphone comes with a 4.6-inch outer display that opens to become a 7.3-inch tablet screen. Similar to the Samsung‘s first foldable phone, this one too has the same type of cutout in the right corner for housing camera sensors.

Escobar Fold 2 has a triple-camera setup on the back panel that consists of a 12-megapixel wide-angle lens, a 12-megapixel telephoto lens and a 16-megapixel ultra-wide lens. On the front side, it features a dual-camera setup with an 8-megapixel sensor and a 10-megapixel camera on the unfolded tablet display.

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Under the hood, the device is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 octa-core processor and packs 4,380mAh battery. The device is also running the latest Android 10 operating system out-of-the-box.

It comes with a side-mounted fingerprint sensor and has a USB Type-C port for charging. The smartphone is now available to order and the company says that it will keep the initial production run to 200,000 units.

As for the pricing, the Escobar Fold 2 smartphone starts at $399 for the base model with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage. The higher variant with 12GB RAM and 512GB internal storage is priced at $549. It is expected to start shipping from next month.

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