Golden Bumblebee claims to be world's smallest slider phone, dons double KIRFness

Poor Bumblebee! This is one transformation that he and his metallic chums wouldn't be proud of -- it's even got the Autobot logo on the back, presumably without permission. We're looking at the Golden Bumblebee which boldly claims to be the "world's smallest slider phone," but with that KIRF S.T. Dupont label, hint of Vertu's DNA and faux gold paint, we're not sure if it's even legal to be stoked about this. Leaving appearance aside the phone packs quadband 2G, a 2 megapixel camera, stereo speaker, FM radio, mini-USB port, Bluetooth and a whopping 8GB memory. If you can bear the humiliation then it's yours for $179.99 -- if not, see if the promotion video after the break can convince you.

[Thanks, Andy]

[Ezye1313 Posted Jan 22nd 2010 9:58PM]

Wonder who's gonna buy this phone?

[dmshocker Posted Jan 24th 2010 1:19AM]

@Ezye1313
Well just listen to the guy in the video... "It really is a beautiful phone... It is really cool... Its a really nice phone..." and so on for 8 minutes.

[MarkB Posted Jan 24th 2010 6:09PM]

If only it had a Decepticon logo...

[HairyPoster Posted Jan 25th 2010 5:54PM]

As with all KIRF (or even legitimate indie) phones, I'm at a loss. Who is the customer base? What world market permits you to bring your own device to their network? Here in the U.S. I'm not aware of any. I'm far from knowledgeable on the nature of the international phone environment, would someone please spare a quarter and help me buy a clue?

[TC Posted Jan 26th 2010 6:54AM]

CEO of dodgy KIRF company: 'right, we've got a classy sized phone, some classy italic S.T Dupont decals, some bling-bling gold textured paint. It's...it's just missing something, some sort of....emblem...to really make this whole 'luxury' look really pop....'