{"id":45555,"date":"2020-07-08T14:19:25","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T05:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=45555"},"modified":"2026-04-05T14:36:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T05:36:34","slug":"north-koreas-new-chollyong-201-phone-made-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-koreas-new-chollyong-201-phone-made-china\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korea&#8217;s new Chollyong 201 phone was made in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Daily NK investigation into the serial numbers of the latest \u201cChollyong 201\u201d mobile phone released by North Korea at the beginning of this year has confirmed that the phones were manufactured by a company in China.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After obtaining a photograph of a Chollyong 201 phone, Daily NK entered the phone&#8217;s serial number on a website that tracks International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers (imei24.com). An IMEI is akin to a social security number for smartphones, and includes the manufacturer, brand, model number (TAC) and serial number (SNR).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The search revealed that the Chollyong 201 phone was manufactured by Shenzhen Oujia Electronic Technology, a firm that performs research and development, production and sales of telecommunications equipment. The specific model is the \u201cOujia 2019.\u201d North Korea may have ordered the Chollyong 201 phones from this company and received an allocation of IMEI numbers intended for the Oujia 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The IMEI numbers of other North Korean smartphones such as the Pyongyang 2425, 2426 and 2428 have previously been found to be products from firms in China, Yemen and other countries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, there are clear differences between the exteriors of the Oujia 2019 and the Chollyong 201 &#8211; at least based on photographs of the two phones.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chollyong 201 uses a water drop notch design, with the volume and power buttons on the right and a rectangular rear-facing camera in the center. In contrast, Oujia 2019 does not have a water drop notch display and features volume and power buttons on the phone\u2019s sides in addition to a rectangular rear-facing camera.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45559\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45559\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-45559 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/\uc2a4\ub9c8\ud2b8\ud3f0-\ube44\uad50-1-696x278-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/\uc2a4\ub9c8\ud2b8\ud3f0-\ube44\uad50-1-696x278-1.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/\uc2a4\ub9c8\ud2b8\ud3f0-\ube44\uad50-1-696x278-1-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Chollyong 201 (on the left) and the Ouija 2019 (in the middle) and the Huawei Mate 20 (on the right). \/ Images: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, there are no Oujia products that resemble the Chollyong 201.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead, the exterior and features of the Chollyong 201 appear to be similar to the Huawei Mate 20 X 5G. Both smartphones feature a 7.12 inch display and water drop notch design. They also have the same resolution, button positions and rear-facing cameras.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A North Korean state-media outlet recently reported that the Chollyong 201 is easy-to-use and has a long battery life. The battery capacity was not stated in the article, but the Chollyong 201 is believed to contain the same high-capacity 4200mAh battery used in the Huawei Mate 20 X 5G.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This leads to the tentative conclusion that the Chollyong 201 is really a Huawei-made phone registered with IMEI numbers from Shenzhen Oujia Electronic Technology.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fact that the Huawei Mate 20 sells for almost double the price of the Chollyong 201, however, suggests that there are likely clear differences in terms of performance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The North Korean media outlet claimed that Chollyong 201 was created at Tonggang New Technology Development Center.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The box in the Chollyong 201 photo obtained by Daily NK had Potonggang New Technology Development Center written on it. It appears that the North Korean media outlet omitted the first character in the company name by accident when listing the manufacturer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%E5%8C%97-%EC%B5%9C%EC%8B%A0-%EC%8A%A4%EB%A7%88%ED%8A%B8%ED%8F%B0-%EC%B2%A0%EB%A0%B9-201-%EA%B3%A0%EC%9C%A0%EB%B2%88%ED%98%B8-%EC%A1%B0%ED%9A%8C%ED%95%B4%EB%B3%B4%EB%8B%88\/\"><em>Read in Korean<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Daily NK investigation into the serial numbers of the latest \u201cChollyong 201\u201d mobile phone released by North Korea at the beginning of this year has confirmed that the phones were manufactured by a company in China.\u00a0 After obtaining a photograph of a Chollyong 201 phone, Daily NK entered the phone&#8217;s serial number on a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":45556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,650],"tags":[948],"class_list":["post-45555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-technology","tag-mobile-phones"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>N. 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