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In a story that could only come out of an Egyptian parody of Ocean\u2019s Eleven, SICO Technology is delaying the first batch of their locally produced phones for three weeks after suffering a theft of around 15,000 batteries during a delivery, company President Mohamed Salem told Al Mal<\/a>. The theft was discovered at the battery warehouse in Assiut after the shipment arrived from China. A new shipment is on track for 10 January to keep with SICO\u2019s plan to sell 20,000 phones as an initial phase. SICO\u2019s flagship device the Nile X was supposed to hit shelves on 15 December<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a story that could only come out of an Egyptian parody of Ocean\u2019s Eleven, SICO Technology is delaying the first batch of their locally produced phones for three weeks after suffering a theft of around 15,000 batteries during a delivery, company President Mohamed Salem told Al Mal. 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