Nokia 8800 Arte
High class build quality and elegant minimalist design, slide action is still the best in the business, decent feature line-up make the new Nokia 8800 Arte the best in the industry. Nokia 8800 Arte is made from the finest natural materials and has a distinctly contemporary design
Nokia’s luxurious 8.xxx series has a long history starting way back in 1996, when Nokia 8810 was launched on the market. The first high-end handset that started this series, Nokia 8810, made quite an impression by starring in “Matrix” featuring Keanu Reeves.
Undoubtedly Nokia’s finest premium handset to date that oozes style and quality with a feature cast that will satisfy the rich-boy gadget geeks.
There is nothing on the front of the slider design apart from the screen and navigation key until a call comes in, or you open the slide. At this point two pairs of vertically stacked buttons light up. On the left the pair offers a softmenu and Call function and on the right they house a softmenu and End function.
Announced in November 2007, Nokia 8800 Arte was launched one month later, in December 2007. There are two available versions of the slider: Nokia 8800 Arte and Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte, but both are ridiculously expensive: $1,350 USD, and $1,600 USD respectively.
Unfortunately there is No expansion plan for the internal 1GB flash memory, high asking price I think.
Interesting features are you can mute the phone when a call is coming in simply by turning it face down on the table. That is great psychology: ‘No, I don’t want to talk to you, and actually I don’t even want to see that you are calling’.
