Nokia 8800 Arte - Expert Reviews

Review summary: Stylish, silver and sleek -- but if you want a feature-packed phone and/or you're not sheikh-rich, look elsewhere

Pros: Beautiful to look at ; smooth sliding mechanism ; small and thin

Cons: Heavy ; mono earbud ; no memory expansion ; VGA camera without flash or mirror ; no RDS on radio ; absurd price tag

Review summary: Here is the new flagship of Nokia. Excellent performance, quality dislpay, camera and matt steel body. It is luxurious and beautiful... and you will have to clean it every five minutes. Who will posses it, will be exceptional. Do you want it? Street ...

Pros: luxury design ; steel body ; fine TFT display with 262 thousand colours ; exclusive ringing tones ; camera with 800 Ã- 600 resolution ; EDGE ; Bluetooth

Cons: high price ; no memory card slot ; EDGE and GPRS only Class 8 ; no standard system connector

Verdict: . None of the mentioned above is still on sale, while the world of successful bosses in luxury limousines already needs another expensive toy

Pros: Scratch-resistant screen ; fantastic design ; cool sliding mechanism

Cons: Super expensive ; short battery life ; quirky performance

Review summary: The Nokia 8800 has been created to meet the demands from consumers for premium handsets, both in terms of features, design and quality. Many manufacturers currently design their handsets to meet the mainstream market, although, Nokia has continued its ...

Verdict: While there's no doubt that there is a demand for the 8800, with many retailers reporting it outstripping supply, it has to be said that there is no real technical reason why you should want to own an 8800. Its old technology in a new shell and even ...

Review summary: Nokia's fashion department keeps Sindre Lia busy; this time, the stainless-steel 8800 and its pop-up slider receives a solid work-out. Open, close. Open, close. Open, close...

Pros: Stylish looks ; crisp and clear display ; spare battery bundled

Cons: A tad on the heavy side ; poor battery life