[6] A Japanese blog compared North Korean Arirang AS1201 with Chinese Uniscope U1201.
[12] These updated Arirang smartphone didn't allow Bluetooth file transfers from foreign phones.
[15] The phone runs on Android Nougat and has a Core 2.6 GHz MT6797 chip from MediaTek, 5.5-inch panel, 4 GB of RAM, dual-rear camera 13MP lens, 8MP front-facing camera, 32 GB of ROM, a fingerprint sensor and support for 4K video recording.
[17][18][19] According to a Danish software developer in 2018, Arirang has features including Bluetooth, 3G connectivity, a microSD slot and "encrypted" messaging.
Christian Budde Jensen said that phone comes with multiple games which are five versions of Angry Birds, Super Mario and Plants vs.
[23] In October 2023, a smartphone called "Arirang 221" appeared in a Korean Central Television video.