Every year, high school seniors in South Korea take a national college entrance exam called suneung that will essentially determine the rest of their lives. Unlike the SATs, which only play a small part in college admissions, the idea of suneung is battered into students’ heads as the determining factor of how successful they’ll be in a deeply hierarchical society. That’s why it makes sense that Samsung is releasing a smartphone that can’t connect to the internet, so students don’t get distracted and can focus on studying.
The Galaxy J2 Pro has the bare essentials of a smartphone. You can text and make calls with it and take photos with the 8-megapixel rear camera and 5-megapixel front camera. It also has an offline DioDic4 English dictionary app, a calendar app, calculator, and an FM radio. It comes in two colors, black and gold, and costs about $190.
It runs on a 1.4GHz quad-core processor and has a 1.5GB RAM. It also has a 2,600mAh battery and a microSD slot. The most intriguing part of the Galaxy J2 Pro is that they’re currently running a promotion for students taking the 2019 and 2020 suneung exam. Once students have completed the grueling test, they can actually trade in the phone for a Galaxy S, Note, or an A-series phone released after 2018 and have the cost of the J2 Pro reimbursed. There are no plans to sell the phone outside of South Korea yet.
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