Nokia 8800 “Aston Martin Edition”
Nokia 8800 “Aston Martin Edition”
Nokia’s Vertu phone, Asus’ Lamborghini laptop and now we have the Nokia 8800 Aston Martin Edition phone. This “strictly limited edition” has a stainless steel body and has the Aston Martin logo laser etched on the front, a ringtone with the Aston Martin Vantage V8 engine revving sound and one more composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto, and the regular branded wallpapers and screensavers etc.
The rest of the phone is the same: tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, a 208×208 262k color display with the Series 40 UI, a megapixel camera, an MP3/AAC player, etc. But what’s not the same is the price: £940. $1,640. €1,353. Rs. 72,160…
Yet another handset introduced by Nokia. The new eight series handset- NOKIA 8800. An extremely appealing stylish phone which anybody and everybody would like to own. Though not light in weight, it would be prefered by all because of its eye-catching appearance.
It is operated by Triband-GSM 900/1800/1900. The phone weighs 134g which is slightly on the heavier side but is sleek otherwise. It carries a brush finished stainless steel cover which when opened reveals an integrated SVGA camera (0.5 megapixel) on the back side of the phone. It thereby reveals an attractive keypad on the front. It measures 107×45x16.5mm. The Display shows off its class with the inclusion of 262K colour TFT display having a resolution of 208×208 pixels that provide clear colours in a Series 40 software. Nokia 8800 has a provision of Bluetooth facility which is now provided in almost every Nokia handsets. It can obviously send and receive messages containing text to a maximum message size upto 300 KB. Apart from this the handset contains video player of improved video recording quality along with 3D image engine for enhanced graphics. It has an internal memory of 64MB which is to be considered pretty adequate.
Nokia 8800 also has a GPRS facility with EDGE technology equipped along to provide better speed. The handset supports XHTML browser that also supports TCP/IP connection. It provides certain business options like email-SMTP, POP3 and IMAP4 protocols.
A digital music player which supports formats like AAC and MP3 comes up bundled along with the handset. The handset provides polyphonic and MP3 ringtones. The users shall also discover handsfree speaker in the sales package.
The Nokia 8800 can download and access Java based Applications and games. The other features the handset provides are, Mobile Wallet 2.0 application and device-to-device synchronization. It has exlusive user interface, themes and styles.
The 8800 stands up proudly to show off its Scratch proof screen to ensure that it keeps its elegance living up for a longer duration.
Considering that the phone arguabaly proves to be over the edge of all other Series 40 conterparts, how would someone resist this inevitable beauty? But just before we jump into any conclusions, we would like to let you know about the drawbacks of this irresistable handset.
First of all, the phone is an expensive deal. Besides the clarity of the images clicked by the 0.5 megapixel SVGA camera is not as satisfactory as it should be. The phone is made of a different phone menu, unlike the other handsets introduced by Nokia. The New Menu is introduced under the context of making the User access easier, but on the contrary it makes it difficult for the users who have been using Nokia handsets in the past, to access the Applications and Menu. Although Nokia claims a Battery life of 160 mins of talktime and 8 days stand-by time, sources revealed that the Nokia 8800 lasted for 60 mins of talktime and 2 days of stand-by time. To overcome this drawback Nokia provides an extra battery with the sales package. Imaging changing the battery while you are on the move.
But the 8800 handset doesnt loose its attractiveness, in the presence of its elegant screen, Stainless steel finishing and the luxurious lookz. So, that is Nokia unvieling the sheer elegance, the 8800.
Sales Package Contents
Nokia 8800 phone
Nokia Headset HS-15
Nokia Desk Stand DT-8
Nokia Suede Carrying Pouch CP-35
Nokia Battery BL-5X (2)
Nokia Travel Charger ACP-12
User guide
CD-ROM
Nokia 8800 story booklet
