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Beware of thugs with Nokitel handsets – the mobile phone gun!

I caught this one in today’s Telegraph:

The weapon, which is black with a dummy screen, was discovered by Italian police during a raid on a mafia gang.

It can hold four .22 calibre rounds, contained beneath the display.

The phone is transformed into a gun by sliding the keypad section.

It might fool some folk, but it definitely wouldn’t fool any Mobile Industry Review readers, right?

10 COMMENTS

  1. These have been floating around for some time now – I first encountered this particular model around 8 years ago.

  2. Cue WhatleyDude:

    'Your firmware is out of date – come and see me later and I'll sort it out for you later'

    (Muffled pop)

  3. Can't remember the branding – but do remember the two RED buttons – both of which need to be pressed in order to fire!

  4. £30 a month with unlimited bullets*.

    *Unlimited bullets as part of a fair usage policy, after 6 bullets you will be charged at a rate of £5 per additional bullet used.

    🙂

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