Norway's Socialist Left Party wants a new Samsung mobile phone withdrawn from sale - Brickbats - Brief Article

Reason, June, 2002 by Charles Oliver

Norway's Socialist Left Party wants a new Samsung mobile phone withdrawn from sale in the country because it has a body-mass calculator and counts calories. The party worries that the phones could hurt the self-esteem of the overweight, especially women.

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