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Russian tech giant Yandex unveils first smartphone
2018-12-06
[PULSE.NG] Russian internet giant Yandex on Wednesday launched its first ever smartphone in a highly anticipated move into hardware that builds on its popular service apps.
Posted by:Fred

#10  Well, after all Herb, you are the 25m target.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-12-06 14:08  

#9  It's strange, I'm more afraid of the NSA and Google being in my phone than the FSB. The Russians have no motive to mess with my life...but my own government-corporate complex I believe to be the greater threat.
Posted by: Herb McCoy   2018-12-06 13:23  

#8  The FSB cloud
Posted by: European Conservative   2018-12-06 10:48  

#7  "The good news? We backed up all your contacts. The bad? We also backed up copied all your communications, pictures, browsing, passwords, ...."
Posted by: Frank G   2018-12-06 10:44  

#6  The flaws will be a feature. But I wouldn't buy a Huawei either, and they are actually good phones.
Posted by: European Conservative   2018-12-06 10:11  

#5  That was my first thought, EC.

The security flaws alone make me shudder.
Posted by: DarthVader   2018-12-06 10:07  

#4  It will be just as good as Russian cars.
Posted by: European Conservative   2018-12-06 10:03  

#3  not to worry - it will have Kaspersky pre-installed
Posted by: Frank G   2018-12-06 08:31  

#2  Bribes probably no longer necessary. Glowing write-up in WP will do.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-12-06 06:08  

#1  Next move will be to bribe a few officials to allow it to be used by the US military.
Posted by: gorb   2018-12-06 01:14  

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