Bipartisan support is all well and good, but let’s be honest with ourselves: How many of us would trade it for a cheap, unauthorized cell phone bearing the likeness of our Commander-in-Chief? If you raised your hand, boy does Mi-Fone have the handset for you. The company created an Obama Phone for the African market, and immediately sold out of its sole run of 5,000.
Fortunately, the company had a model on hand at this year’s Mobile World Congress, and Sascha Segan had a chance to play with the device and take a couple of shots. The handset features a small color screen, a flashlight, an FM radio, and an Obama logo key.
He also spoke with Ken Yiptong, a representative from the company, who told him, “We did it for fun. I don’t want people to think we just want to make money on someone else’s name; it was just fun.”
Check out the full hands-on, over at PCMag.com.
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