Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte: It's this or a plasma TV

It seems Nokia is rather partial to its luxury 8800 range, and while we'd like to say the Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte is a welcome departure from its predecessors, we would be lying harder than a desperate real estate agent.

(Credit: Nokia)

This is another attractive, yet ultimately boring, phone that tries to allure wallet-bulging buyers with the increasingly tired combination of a preposterous price tag and high-end materials such as carbon fiber, metal, and glass. It's not that we don't like it; we'd just prefer to see something a little less "BMW interior" sometimes.

Feature-wise, you get a 3.2-megapixel camera, 3G, an OLED display and expandable memory. As with older models, Nokia says the Carbon Arte has an anti-fingerprint coating so you won't need to spend hours polishing--and that's about it. There's not as much as you might expect in a luxury phone, but perhaps less is more (or at least you'd hope so).

If you're a yak herder, thinking to yourself that with those kind of features and a fairly old design you're only going to have to trade in a few yaks, think again. The Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte will set you back around 1,100 euros SIM-free--that's abut 1,608 of your precious dollars. To put that into perspective, you could buy a 42-inch plasma TV, such as the Panasonic Viera TH-42PX80B, for that money. Yikes is all we can say.

(Via Crave UK)

[tech_junky48]

Huh?

I thought US dollars were worth less than the Euro right now? I think you missed a 1, the correct amount should be around $1,621.30

Check your numbers.

[Leslie Katz]

Yes, a 1 dropped off there. Thanks for the catch!

[jpayork]

Dude, they said 1100 Euros, ABOUT $1608. Check your own numbers!

[tech_junky48]

@jpayork

look at the comment on my post. They edited it. Read comments before you comment.

[bornlikethis38]

For that kind of money it should have every feature known to man. Its probably only the OLED screen that makes it that expensive. But OLED...MMMM...is like an orgasm for the eyes.

[richardmajor86]

It's very expensive, but is delicious to look at.

You're paying money for better build quality and materials. Its like the difference between a Casio Calculator watch, and a nice Rolex. The Casio has loads of amazing watch features, but the Rolex, well that's a Rolex. I know which one I'd have....


....The Rolex, then sell it on and buy a Omega. - I'm just not a Rolex fan.