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Nokia unveils the Nokia 8800 Arte duo |
kimot01
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In a new artistic approach, Nokia has created the brand new Nokia 8800 Arte and Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte. Made of exquisite materials they continue the tradition of the luxurious 8xxx-series but add something of their own too.
With "Arte" standing for "art", the new Nokia premium handsets both include some new design solutions plus some software and hardware innovations. The tap-for-time feature allows users to see the clock on the display of the new mobiles with a couple of gentle taps on the steel surface below the display. The living wallpaper, seen for the first time in Nokia 7900 Prism, which by the way is now available, is present here too. A unique silencing feature allows you to silence an incoming call just by turning the handset face down on the table thanks to the integrated
Traditionally, the 8800-series of Nokia are not known for their high-end characteristics, however the new Arte handsets are about to change that. Beside 3G functionality, the handsets also flaunt 3 megapixel cameras with auto focus. No memory card slot yet, but the 1GB of internal memory might just do the trick this time. All wired connectivity uses the integrated microUSB port.
The handsets are pretty much twins - the single substantial difference is the whole piece sapphire crystal used of the confirming center of the D-pad of the Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte. The Nokia 8800 Arte, codenamed Gina, comes dressed in black, while the Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte, codenamed Virginia, will be stylishly brown. Their panels are covered by goat hide from Eastern India, which is manually embossed and has several protective coats to prevent the daily wear-and-tear. The body of the Arte mobiles is again made by metal and glass much like the Nokia 8600 Luna. Supposedly, that glass and metal body should be covered with some top-secret anti-fingerprint coating, but we will believe that only after we see it with our own eyes.
Both handset will ship with several interesting accessories such as the Nokia BH-803 Bluetooth headset, which features noise cancellation and touch sensitive volume control. Additionally each handset comes with a leather pouch with a linen-lining and a desk stand.
The Nokia 8800 Arte will start shipping by the end of 2007 with an estimated retail price of 1000 EUR before taxes and subsidies. The Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte will follow in the first quarter of 2008 and will retail for approximately 1150 EUR before taxes and subsidies.
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source: http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia[....]kia_8800_arte_duo-news-358.php
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Merc_Man
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Beautiful, another stylish phone by Nokia, well done!!
Will definatly be getting one of these.
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b19.dps
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Just caught a glimse of this on GSM arena. Amazingly good looking!
Wouldnt mid having one! |
Vein
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Sapphire yes please  Black one looks too much like the Luna 
Vein Autostyling (+28 -0) |
leeboy13
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yes, i would actually consider a nokia again now 
these look amazing to be fair, but they wil be pricey |
dancingfate
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According to gsmarena, this phone has accelerometer.
make.believe.it's.me |
Merc_Man
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Will be normal Nokia pricing, £500-600 when launched, then they will come down.
£75/month on contract etc etc
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below24
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I like the turn-over-mute feature. More phones should have this. And have a light on the back which falshes like the blackberry.
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bbasra
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Oh Yes! |
Cycovision
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Wow! They look so much better than the siroccos. Now I've got something else to save up for 
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p900 lover
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wow now this is a very nice phone, this is the only thing that could replace my original 8800. These have a few nice extra bits like the turn the phone over to cancel a call, its weird that no one else has thought of this |
mo-00786
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NightBlade
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Nice phone. Crap form factor.
Why innovate (although it's not new) when it's for the worse? I mean, your fingers should hurt when typing on that thing!
They could have used the space beneath the keypad more optimally, too!
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fatreg
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oooooooooooooooooooooooh....
*drools*
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Dextrr
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So simple and minimalistic and yet a STUNNING design!
It comes with a 3MP Auto Focus camera, did I read it right? |
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Posted: 2007-11-13 12:22
