iPhone 4 gets KIRFy with an antenna
By Nilay Patel 
posted June 2nd 2010 10:22AM
posted June 2nd 2010 10:22AM
posted June 2nd 2010 10:22AM
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its MAGICAL.
@potretr
Antenna magically plays flash
@potretr Maybe it can help with all those dropped calls.....zing!
@ThatDudeSolo the iPhone can make calls?
@potretr
its to help iPhone get more coverage from att
@Jollybee
Yeah cause atts fault apple cant make a phone keep the damn signal, blackberrys, windows phones and others have amazing signal, get it through your head that the iphone doesn't like being anything but a computer. I had mine for a year to realize that crap.
@circarider
I know lots of people with iPhones here in Finland, and none of them is having problems with dropped calls. So yes, I think it's att's fault.
@circarider I and most iPhone owners dont experience dropped calls any more than any other phone, don't get me wrong there are a lot of iPhone owners experiencing dropped calls in a few markets, But you Apple haters are so brainwashed by reading each others posts, be orginal for a change and quit sounding like a broken record, "Oh an Apple story, let's go go and comment about flash, dropped calls, Steve Jobs, ETC, maybee it'll make feel better cause Ive got an inferior phone" Oh Puuleez people get a brain.
@circarider as someone who HAS used windows mobile phones, blackberry and regular ole Sony Ericsson C902 and most recently the iphone...I can safely say that the iphone is no better or worse when it comes to dropping calls on 3 G signal loss.
It's most definitely an ATT thing. In any case, the iphone is by far the most pleasant phone to use compared to any other phone I have used. No question about that!
@potretr
It's not just magical and its magical and TV. China KIRF can do TVs, they don't put antena for FM, not yet at least.
Btw from this angle it looks like if China division is giving Steve a finger!
@circarider,
I have an iPhone in Canada, with Rogers Wireless. I've never had a dropped call.
There is one area of my city that has bad reception, but everywhere else that I get a signal I've kept it for the entire call.
The iPhone works great for me as a phone, you'll see the difference when another carrier is allowed to carry it.
What does KIRF actually mean? Where does the word come from?
@Armchaircritic KIRF = Keeping It Real Fake
@Nilay "Well, it was bound to happen: a flagship device released as a KIRF well ahead of its official launch. Unfortunately, that's what happens when you delay a product that already leaked months in advance."
http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/30/keepin-it-real-fake-n8-available-now-only-not-from-nokia
Since you didnt quote your colleague I did the job for you...
You are very very welcome. Now repeat after me... I love apple.
@Armchaircritic keeping it real fake
@Mikeserena
You can say most don't but you have to back that somehow. I live in Chicago and have a lot of trouble with dropped calls and no signal areas. This is a huge city and market, and yet I can stand in front of my office on LaSalle and Wacker and have absolutely no signal. It drives me nuts.
@potretr it could even help me stir my fredo!
@potretr
I don't know about you, but its incredibly chic.
@potretr Thats not a KIRF, its the new Apple TV!
@Duke
I live in a smaller town in Arkansas with full signal 3g and/ or edge, and I'm a 3rd party AT&T rep, and I can't carry on a conversation without dripping calls a few times. FULL SIGNAL AT&T !!!! FULL!!!!!! Yes I use an iPhone.
@Duke How about you back the claim that most do have dropped calls, Just because you have problems doesn't mean anyone or everyone has problems.
@potretr i want this phone. Where can i find it???
here we go, more Engadget UNF UNF UNF on the iPhone.
I figured the most likely, and optimistic, use of the antenna would've been for DMB, however I see no such mention in the source article.
That's KIRF with a capital RF.
@koehler83
well played
is that your cellphone, or are you just happy to see me?
@mrstef
...nah I'm just happy to see you.
just release the damn thing
I'd buy it.
Look, no seams!!
to bad phones out NOW are already better than the next gen Iphone.
Nexusone/incredible/EVO
@audi2009 N1? Really? I think even without that you are being a bit presumptuous but obviously you're just asking for it.
@juanvaldez as an N1 user.. i fail to see what you mean by this statement.. ive had one since day 1 of its inception and now even running the "leaked" android 2.2 (froyo) build.. rooted of course..its an absolute beast.. oh i bet that iphone 4 has a jit compiler.. or flash.. or cloud to device capabilities.. oh wait..
@audi2009 btw, Galaxy S blows the N1 out of your superphone list, beating it by at least 10% in all benchmarks and more than doubling its FPS in a graphics test:
http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/mobilephones/0,39050603,62200389,00.htm
@audi2009
The next generation iPhone isn't even out yet... quit trolling.
@TailsNeon556 the point is that hardware-wise we don't know what the next gen iPhone will be. To think that it *can't* beat or match the N1 is just being too dismissive. Software wise, I think the iPhone OS is fairly streamlined and responsive, so while it might be nice to have some of what you point out it still has the user experience that most of its customers are looking for.
It was the OP's arrogance of a statement I was speaking to, I'd personally rather have an N1 that an iPhone 3GS and most likely the next Gen iPhone as well.
@juanvaldez Sorry, but the N1 with Froyo beats the Galaxy S by a longshot.
Plus, Galaxy S comes with the crappy TouchWiz UI. That's NOT GOOD at all.
@juanvaldez I apologize, I figured using CNET Asia would bring a more reliable, well-known source to these figures. I had quoted a similar spec sheet in the latest Galaxy S article, however, that article was kind enough to compare the Galaxy S versus the N1 running 2.2 (I think it's a more valid comparison for what you will get out of the box, versus this one showing more of a potential of hardware). On this revelation, I would've used the other article or both, but it's not *that* important for me to break out the other one. Galaxy S still won, and nearly as resoundingly in the graphics FPS.
@guitarkid OK, I was typing something up when you sent that, since you seem to be under a false impression I'll post the Froyo comparison.
N1 ~ 29 FPS
Galaxy S ~ 56 FPS
http://androidcommunity.com/samsung-galaxy-s-benchmark-galore-20100531/
@guitarkid Reportedly you can turn off Touchwiz in the settings.
@juanvaldez i have read articles that said you cant turn off the touchwiz
and samsung is not realesing all the proprietary drivers and fulll kernal because of security issues with there other devices tvs, feature phones ect so that means its harder to develop roms and stuff for it.
@audi2009
really there better phone out already so there's other phones with the a4 chip that the upas has and the 4g has the highest res screen out of all smartphone, but yes of corse your right…arrogant people. I'm not a apple fan. I do think there tech is cool but way to expensive. I have a 3gs and to be honest I don't miss flash at all. Hardly use it on my pc. So why does everyone keep on about it.
The main use for flash is online gaming most websites don't use it anymore. So what's the big deal?!
@juanvaldez
Why would you care about how many FPS a cell PHONE gets? If I wanted to play video games I would get a hand held which is made for that like a PSP or DS
@maribo
I'm sure you'll enjoy that a4 and new resolution screen for 4 hours at 20% brightness, because I already know Apple will screw up as always and make the battery internal.
Its a magic detector
And now the real iPhone is feeling insecure about its penis size.
It is for old TV broadcast.
@ZeCoder it can be used for DMB, which is by no means old, but "TV", "Television" and "DMB" didn't turn up in the source article.
OTA TV signal, of course.
@cygnusx no mention in the source article.