Hugo Chavez launches ultra-cheap “penis” phone

Ilinca Nita  By on 13 May 09

Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s president, has become the world’s first country president to launch a mobile phone.

And as if this isn’t weird enough, Chavez gave the phone a funny (or maybe offensive, for some) name: Vergatorio – which is a Venezuelan slang term for… penis.    

Produced by a company that Chavez nationalized, the Vergatorio phone is a low-end model that costs only about $15.

Even so, according to Telegraph.co.uk, the handset features stuff like WAP browser and MP3 player.

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Hugo Chavez believes that the Vergatorio phone “will be the biggest seller not only in Venezuela but the world. Whoever doesn’t have a Vergatario is nothing.”

Uhm, right :)

Via IntoMobile

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  • manuelito

    hi!, im am from venezuela, and:
    1)it's vergatario not vergatorio
    2) vergatario is not exactly penis, but in this case it means like “Cool” but in a more… offensive way.
    3)this president is a F#&” communist. and is killing our country and our people…

  • manuelito

    hi!, im am from venezuela, and:
    1)it's vergatario not vergatorio
    2) vergatario is not exactly penis, but in this case it means like “Cool” but in a more… offensive way.
    3)this president is a F#&” communist. and is killing our country and our people…

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