Keepin' it real fake, part CCIV: Nokla beats Nokia to the touchscreen N98 punch

Good ol' Nokla, with its punny branding and utter shameless, has taken upon itself to build the touchscreen N98, based on a sketchy Nokia concept that was making the rounds last year and never materialized. There's a 3-inch QVGA screen and dual-sim support, but things lean into the realm of Nokia parody with the complete lack of 3G or EDGE data. The worst part is that this phone actually looks kind of nice. All this unintentional humor can be yours for a mere $78.

[Via SlashGear]

[Ohse Posted Apr 30th 2009 4:41PM]

I'm pretty sure its "shamelessness" not "shameless".

Other than that, the KERF looks pretty nice from the front view. Decent design for a rip-off.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2009 5:05PM]

I'm pretty sure it's "KIRF", not "KERF".

[mac404 Posted Apr 30th 2009 5:21PM]

No, he's just trying to create his own knock-off brand of KIRF. He was really hoping you didn't notice, but you had to go and ruin it...

[retarded commenter Posted May 1st 2009 1:23AM]

Its like typing out querty

[(Unverified) Posted May 2nd 2009 12:16PM]

Almost picked up on the grammar myself but you pipped me to the post! ;-)

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2009 4:43PM]

it wasn't even an official concept, just some random guy photoshopped a nice looking phone with his wishlist of specifications. and this was quite some time ago.

here's the original picture: http://mobilenet.cz/aktuality/img/a647/n98.jpg


i can't believe the chinese are lame enough to make phones based on some random person's drawing

[Peytral Posted Apr 30th 2009 4:46PM]

That is one sexy mockup pic.

[Imran Posted Apr 30th 2009 4:53PM]

That is.... actually quite nice O_o

[feraligatr8 Posted Apr 30th 2009 11:06PM]

It looks nice but Chinese knockoff phones have terrible quality. Super slow bluetooth, bad coverage, they break easily and the tpuch screens aren't the least bit accurate.

[GingerFox Posted Apr 30th 2009 4:54PM]

alot of these KIRF's have stopped looking like tacky rip off's shame the OS is probably horrible like the rest of the older KIRF's

[iLoveApple Posted Apr 30th 2009 4:57PM]

I'll bet the screen is more responsive than the crappy 5800's...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2009 5:01PM]

Weird. I'm getting this on Google Reader but not on Engadget main page.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2009 5:14PM]

Seriously, this looks better than some of the real Nokia handsets out now.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2009 5:59PM]

I have the N95 8gb and its a POS to use. Yeah it has 8gb and an awesome camera but other than that it sucks interface is slow. Nokia needs something that looks this nice and sexy.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2009 6:00PM]

Also works as a clone of the Philips Xenium X800 http://www.pmptoday.com/2008/05/07/philips-xenium-800-edge-to-edge-touch-screen/

[Ryan Trevisol Posted Apr 30th 2009 6:47PM]

Shiny KIRF is shiny.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2009 9:58PM]

Guys,

Has ANYONE of you have ever ordered from solomobi.com ? its one of the chines phones website which looks cool and have excelent prices but i cant see any reviews.

also does anyone have any GOOD experience ordering from any other similer websites?

many thanks
Waz

[Hieronymous Posted Aug 4th 2010 5:56PM]

The option to "Sgin in" on the front page inspires me with confidence.

[Nismode Posted Apr 30th 2009 10:06PM]

That actually looks decently nice.

[Grusic Posted Apr 30th 2009 11:26PM]

All your Nokla are belong to me! :D

[mocax Posted May 1st 2009 12:30AM]

anyone checked up on Nokla's financial background?

i've a feeling it's more profitable than Nokia....

[(Unverified) Posted May 1st 2009 8:43AM]

Hello everybody,

I have a small blog dedicated to the nokia N98 (in Italian language) where I try to gather information on this new phone for my Italian audience. Does anybody have any news on the release to market of this cell phone Nokia N98?
Please let me know.
Thanks if you can share any information

Nokia N98 Fan
http://www.n98.it/
PS So it is a fake or it is real the image of the Nokia N98 in this article?