Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte c/w BH803 Bluetooth headset

Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte is the third Nokia handset that comes to fill the gaping chasm between regular fashion phones (LG Black Label series, Samsung co-branded offerings) and out-of-this-world-expensive handsets (read: Vertu and the likes). Dressed to kill and priced to draw blood, Arte is so impressive it’s intimidating.

Key features

• Yells expensive (and it does cost an arm and a leg)
• Body made of the highest quality materials
• 2-inch 16M-color OLED display of QVGA resolution
• 3G support
• 3 megapixel camera with autofocus
• Full-house retail package
• Decent battery life
• Fingerprint resistant surface on the back
• Turn-to-mute
• Tap-for-time
• 4GB internal memory
• Series 40 5th edition user interface

Main disadvantages

• Smallish display with poor sunlight legibility
• Tri-band only
• No memory expansion
• Costs an arm and a leg
• Below-par camera performance
• No video calls

Prices for the Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte in Malaysia:-

Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte priced at RM4500.00