Keepin' it real fake, part CCVII: NOKLA Batman Mobile phone gets all its signals crossed

Look, in real life, we all know that Batman's car is called the Batmobile, NOT the Batman Mobile, and to be perfectly honest, we don't know why it ever seemed like a good idea to name a phone after an auto anyway, but then again: it does look rather... awesome. No, it doesn't look like the most comfortable phone, but as the Dark Knight himself would surely tell you, life is full of pain. This GSM bad mother's boasting a whole host of whack features, including an FM radio, and a "pixel high definition camera," plus "basic functions," but we all know this one's purely about style -- which it's got to spare. This bad boy seems to be currently available in China, and while we doubt we'll ever see it on shores of the U.S., we can tell you this: we'd be willing to pay at least twenty-five dollars to add this to our NOKLA collection. There are a few more stunners after the break.

[thisisit @ May 16th 2009 4:35AM]

OFFICIAL BATMAN 3 PHONE!!!

[Schweppes @ May 16th 2009 8:15AM]

the Bat-Phone...

ergonomic shape
epic status lights
multiple BadMan symbols

This thing has WIN written all over it...
Have fun Motherfakers! Woo hoo! woo hoo! woo hoo!!!

Badman!

[Monkey with glasses @ May 16th 2009 10:52AM]

No it's Bat Mobile but the touch screen slides over the number keys. *sigh*

[Tiptup300 @ May 16th 2009 1:22PM]

Batman with more badonkadonk

[yasoumalaka2003 @ May 16th 2009 4:43AM]

Yeah but flake he is gay and likes the bobby sue transform

[glenskey @ May 16th 2009 4:44AM]

and i thought the dreams chin was bad..

[maty @ May 16th 2009 4:45AM]

I don't know whether to like it or whether to cry...

[Gad Get @ May 16th 2009 6:26AM]

I've made up my mind. Waaaahhaahhaahaa!!! Sorry, it sorta turned into a laugh partway through.

[The Longhorn Engineer @ May 16th 2009 4:46AM]

Thriller Diller

[joshua_w @ May 16th 2009 4:50AM]

I know it's probably crap, but I'd buy it anyway.

[loopyoyo @ May 16th 2009 4:56AM]

haha..damn..this one dont got anything on this phone

http://www.ipmart.com/main/product/Rong,Zun,758,Razor,Phone,with,Bluetooth,,Silver,100312.php?prod=100312

[Obi-Habby @ May 16th 2009 6:02PM]

That is epic. I wanna see someone driving down the highway rubbing their phone all over their face shaving.

[ruff365 @ May 17th 2009 5:12PM]

To hell with the shaver.. that mother has a spotwatch!

[ruff365 @ May 17th 2009 5:15PM]

That must mean it can shave around spots. Or something.

[baeta @ May 16th 2009 8:43AM]

looks ergonomic

[bebop @ May 16th 2009 5:09AM]

It's got port and starboard running lights!

[Mattvega @ May 16th 2009 5:27AM]

It means it can navigate! :D

[alexster404 @ May 16th 2009 5:34AM]

hahahahahahahahaha how is this supposed to stack up against zee iphone!?

[ultimatepwnage @ May 16th 2009 5:35AM]

asian kirf phones would have been the most awesome mobiles around... if they had some proper firmware/os. if you have ever had one of those in your hands you know what im talking about. they're all masterpieces, dual sim, you always get 2 batterys with your phone, all adapter cables you would ever need are included... but the os's are pieces of crap.

[Tinilk @ May 16th 2009 6:07PM]

Yeah some of them are quite cool, a few do (rarely) at least try to dress up that same-old-OS so it looks slicker than usual.

On some of them the charger plugs tend to stop working after 2 weeks.

But my biggest complaint is that most of 'em, this one included, are GSM 900/1800 only. Anyone in USA/Canada who orders it, after excitedly tearing open the box, is gonna be glumly staring at that big unhappy "NO SIGNAL" message after putting in their AT&T or T-Mo SIM. Hello eBay UK!

[edan @ May 17th 2009 7:34AM]

I couldn't agree with you more. As an American working and living in China, I see all sorts of crazy KIRF phones with many great and many ridiculous features. Problem is, when it comes down to it, the implementation and software are usually crap. Cheap plastics, poorly done injection molding, cheap feel and of course, the worst OSes out there.

Mobile phones are to be changed with your mood here and a large percentage of service is pay as you go (and only two carriers, both GSM) so there is no incentive to sign contracts or take subsidies on phones. The mobile phone hall below my office boasts some 20 different sellers with every type and combination of brand name and never heard of phones for sale, with another hall in the adjacent building. The selection is amazing and I've had my choice of phones that never make it stateside. Phones in the states are predictable, the majority coming from the carriers under contract/subsidy, and the models shared between the carriers using the same tech (Sprint and Verizon on CDMA, etc). Here there is never a day that I don't see some random off the wall phone with little or no branding and half the time I have no clue who makes them.

[Emmet @ May 16th 2009 5:37AM]

Slow news day, huh?

[JP @ May 16th 2009 5:56AM]

Everyone knows and loves KIRF

[Imran @ May 16th 2009 5:50AM]

I NEED this phone.

[Gad Get @ May 16th 2009 6:29AM]

*Nobody* needs this phone!


Lovin' the avatar, BTW.

[Imran @ May 16th 2009 6:59AM]

Ha thanks mate

[superhobo @ May 16th 2009 6:34AM]

iPhone-killer

[Gad Get @ May 16th 2009 6:35AM]

Whose idea was the fat butt? I mean, seriously?! Dude, you better have a grappling hook and a taser built into that thing, and maybe a high-capacity hard drive and big honkin' battery, otherwise that's some inexcusable design fail.

[Gad Get @ May 16th 2009 6:37AM]

(I know, the phone itself isn't that big, but those proportions are outrageous!)

[mocax @ May 16th 2009 6:53AM]

and this is fake because of .....?

is there an original?

[G @ May 16th 2009 7:46AM]

It seems to be based on this concept phone: http://www.symbian-freak.com/news/008/11/nokia_s_shape_bringing_ergonomics_to_phones.htm


although i don't think the concept was eventhe work of nokia, the finnish designer just put his favourite brand name on it

[Patriks7 @ May 16th 2009 7:01AM]

Now this is BADASS!

[apple nerd without a cause @ May 16th 2009 8:40AM]

is there a phone with 10 gigapixles

[Moses Jiggetts @ May 16th 2009 9:15AM]

rebrand this phone as the next tokusatsu morpher and we're good.

[Moses Jiggetts @ May 16th 2009 9:16AM]

my bad.. i meant to say sentai henshin device.

[Alex C @ May 16th 2009 10:49AM]

Looks like a remote control.

[Fais @ May 16th 2009 11:11AM]

To make things worse the sign is from that piece of crap film Batman & Robin!!!

[darkmax @ May 16th 2009 11:27AM]

why batman phone? Gives Batman a bad name.

[Britain @ May 16th 2009 11:31AM]

Why is it a Joel Schumacher "Batman & Robin" phone? Really that's the "Batman & Robin" logo, font, everything.

[ckarasiewicz @ May 16th 2009 12:58PM]

It looks my girlfriends heels.

[Joseph Singer @ May 16th 2009 1:08PM]

This was modeled after that Renault model with the big booty back yes?

[NoAndThen @ May 16th 2009 1:33PM]

Keepin' it WTF?

[Mikey @ May 16th 2009 1:35PM]

It looks like one of those old NTL box remotes.

[KEROLiUKAS @ May 16th 2009 3:42PM]

WANT!

[Swahilli Joe @ May 16th 2009 7:18PM]

Looks like an upside down penis.

[Bill @ May 16th 2009 7:43PM]

All your NOKLA are belong to us!

[strider_mt2k @ May 16th 2009 9:00PM]

Excuse my language but...

HOLY SHIT BATMANMOBILE! HAHAHAHAHALOLOLO!!!1!

Awesome.

[Pockets @ May 16th 2009 10:26PM]

Dang, and I just got my new every two phone. If only I had seen this earlier

[Theodore Wirth @ May 17th 2009 9:21PM]

NOKLA is amazing! Day after day, they manage to put a smile back on my grim, laid-off-by-banksters face!

[Richard @ May 18th 2009 8:04AM]

Robin "Ge-willikers Batman, it's the evil Knockoff"
Voice Over "Yes bat fans the evil Knockoff, the master copier of low grade electronics strikes again"
Batman "Its so evil that it might actually work"
Knockoff "You no you want some, only $19.95 and look at the flashing LEDS"
Batman "muuuuuuuuussst resist temptation........aaaaaaaaaaargh, will you take Diners Card"
Voice Over " Will Batman have all his credit cards maxed out by the evil Knockoff, stay tuned, same bat channel same bat time"