The world is now abuzz over reports that North Korea has just launched its very first smartphone, labelled the AS1201 Arirang.

North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) announced on August 11 that the anti-U.S. government would be now creating its own smartphone, a project which leader Kim Jong-Un reportedly approved.

However, skeptics remained wary if the AS1201 Arirang smartphone was indeed manufactured within North Korean soil. For one, it's not known who the official manufacturer is, plus there was no specs offered that should have come out simultaneous with the launch activity of Kim Jong-Un on Sunday.

A lone photo of the phone released by the KCNA, via Reuters.

The only apparent information that KCNA offered was that the AS1201 Arirang smartphone was built in Pyongyang, capital of North Korea, it uses Android, comes loaded with an app "produced in Korean style," and has a touch screen with "high pixels."

With details floating in oblivion, it might be suffice to say that the AS1201 Arirang smartphone was manufactured to work only as a regular cellphone.

North Korea may have indeed launched its first smartphone, however "data services are illegal in the Hermit Kingdom," according to Newser.

In his tour of the May 11 factory which reportedly makes the devices, Kim Jong-Un apparently boasted AS1201 Arirang was created using "indigenous technology."

He even said the phone "will be very convenient for their users as their camera function has high pixels."

Apart from the seemingly dubious specs, experts scrutinized the photos that the KCNA of the factory visit. Although there were workers shown with the North Korean leader, all photos however presented finished products about to be boxed. There were no photos showed of the AS1201 Arirang smartphone actually being produced or assembled.

Did or Did Not North Korea Really Just Produced Its Very First Arirang Smartphone?

Which made experts to say that the AS1201 Arirang smartphone was actually produced in China.

So why misled the North Koreans and the entire international smartphone market?

"Probably to stop demand for black market phones from outside North Korea, and get everyone on the government-approved and monitored version," Newser said, noting that Kim Jong-Un did highlight during his visit that he "praised (the developers) for developing an application program in Korean style which provides the best convenience to the users while strictly guaranteeing security."