Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte review: Carbon copy
Gsmarena have posted their review of the Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte. Here are the key features, main disadvantages and final conclusion.
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
You have probably made up your mind by now about buying the 8800 Carbon Arte or not, and there is little we can say to change it. One thing is for sure - budget and Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte just don't rhyme.
The looks and the feel of this phone are awesome and you can bet attention has been paid to every detail. Even if you tried really hard there is barely a thing you can complain about as far as design and construction is concerned. We doubt it tech-freaks will get a kick of those sleek curves but they were never meant to be the target of Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte.
At this stage Nokia is the unchallenged sovereign of this niche. And they can do whatever they want as it seems - even if it's replicating the same design and swapping one piece of exotic material for the next. In the premium segment it's a different set of rules. We're talking a market where upgrading from Sirocco to Arte may as well be considered bad taste. Owning the complete set is more like it.
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
You have probably made up your mind by now about buying the 8800 Carbon Arte or not, and there is little we can say to change it. One thing is for sure - budget and Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte just don't rhyme.
The looks and the feel of this phone are awesome and you can bet attention has been paid to every detail. Even if you tried really hard there is barely a thing you can complain about as far as design and construction is concerned. We doubt it tech-freaks will get a kick of those sleek curves but they were never meant to be the target of Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte.
At this stage Nokia is the unchallenged sovereign of this niche. And they can do whatever they want as it seems - even if it's replicating the same design and swapping one piece of exotic material for the next. In the premium segment it's a different set of rules. We're talking a market where upgrading from Sirocco to Arte may as well be considered bad taste. Owning the complete set is more like it.
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