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Iorgane's KIRFy F9 soon available, but our hearts will go on
Can't make up your mind between an iPhone or a Touchwiz? Are you not too proud to sport a knockoff? Do you really, really like smooth jazz? Bring on the Iorgane F9, an update to the knock-off so sour that it just kept popping up again and again, soon available for purchase in 2, 4, and 8GB flavors. The orange-emblazoned F9 (it looks like a fat apple to us) is lovingly demonstrated below with the soothing strains of Kenny Gorelick -- a man better known to elevators around the world under a different name. Take it away, Kenny G...
Keepin' it real fake, part CCIII: New York Times undercover edition
When the New York Times sent one of its ace reporters to Shenzhen to check out the KIRF scene, they came to a startling conclusion: these things are really quite popular. And why not? Your iPhone might be a terrific device, but is it really $400 better than the Hi-Phone, or the iorgane? Well, it's probably $400 better than the iorgane -- we'll give you that one. The article sites a general lack of concern from the Chinese government, new technology such as Mediatek's turnkey circuit board solution, and a significant drop in the price of parts as reasons that knock-off phones are so prominent in that part of the world. There is also a bit of cultural pride at work, too: purchasing "shanzhai" technology is sometimes seen as a way to thumb your nose at the big players in the industry and throw some work to your local bandit. That said, we do have to cry foul at the way the paper lumps our beloved Meizu M8 in with the usual assortment of knock-offs: the thing sports nary an Apple (or "organe") on its handsome exterior. Check out the price breakdown on a typical $40 KIRF after the break.[Thanks, Ben]
Keepin' it real fake, part CLXIV: Apple's and iorgane's
After each iPhone KIRF we swear to ourselves, never again. But damn if China's iorgane doesn't ratchet up the absurdity and IP thievery to levels so ballsy, they've sprouted a leaf. As they shamelessly boast at the end of the video posted after the break, "Apple no, this is Orange." Or organe, but that's for Apple's lawyers to sort out.P.S. The video is a bit slow to load, but it's so worth the wait.[Thanks, EL]
