The Nokia 8800 (pronounced eighty-eight-hundred) is a luxury mobile phone produced by Nokia, based on the Nokia Series 40 operating system. The 8800 features a stainless-steel housing with a scratch-resistant screen and has a weight of 134 grams.[1][2] According to Nokia, the 8800's "sophisticated slide mechanism uses premium ball bearings crafted by the makers of bearings used in high performance cars".[5]
The Nokia 8800 was first introduced on 7 April 2005[6] and was commercially available in the United Kingdom in October 2005 on the O2 mobile phone network. The Nokia 8801 was introduced in North America and uses the frequencies predominant in North America of 850MHz and 1900MHz. In most respects the Nokia 8801 is identical to the Nokia 8800 other than the use of 850/1800/1900MHz rather than 900/1800/1900MHz on the Nokia 8800.[3][7]
Features
Screen protected by scratch-resistant glass window.
Integrated SVGA camera, with Video recording (H.263QCIF format) and streaming.[8]
Active TFT display with 256K colors (208 x 208 pixels) with 3D image engine for enhanced graphics.
The 8800 comes with two BL-5X (600 mAh) batteries, with a manufacturer-specified talk time of up to 1.5–3 hours or up to 8 days standby time per battery.[2][8] However, users found this was very optimistic and most users have to charge their phone several times a day.
Nokia 8800 Sirocco Edition
Nokia 8800
The Nokia 8800 Sirocco Edition (88 redesigned fascia and in "gold" and "queen black", was released in 2006. This version of the phone has a 2-megapixel camera and slightly updated keypad layout. The phone chassis was slightly modified to include the upgraded 700mAH BP-6X battery. It features ringtones composed by renowned electronic musician Brian Eno, who also composed the Windows 95 startup sound.[9]
In early 2007 Nokia released the 24ct gold plated version of the 8800 Sirocco, which became the most expensive phone (RRP $2049.00) in Nokia's catalogue of cell phone models up until the newest generation of mobile phones.[citation needed]
The Nokia 8800 Arte is an updated version of the 8800. It features a 2.0inch scratch resistant OLED screen, a 3.15MP camera with autofocus, and comes in four different models:
Model
Body
Internal Memory
Original Arte
stainless steel and is only available in black
1GB
Sapphire Arte
stainless steel, leather and a sapphire stone replacing the navigation button
1GB
Carbon Arte
stainless steel, carbon fibre and titanium
4GB
Gold Arte
18K gold-plated body
4GB
As with previous editions, it continues the trend of having ringtones composed by popular electronic artists, with the ringtones being composed by Austrian downtempo duo Kruder & Dorfmeister.[10] Visuals were created by Fritz Fitzke.
References
1 2 3 Nokia 8800, review, Bonnie Cha, CNET, September 6, 2005. Accessed on line December 6, 2007.
1 2 3 4 5 Nokia 8800, review, Juniper Foo, CNET Asia, July 18, 2005. Accessed on line December 6, 2007.
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