Nokia’s 8800 gets even more stylish

Posted September 5, 2006 at 09:06 PM by Adam Berger

Section: Cellphones

Inspired by, “the forces of nature and the sculptural beauty of the body,“ Nokia unveiled its latest ultra-premium mobile phone, the Nokia 8800 Sirocco Edition. Now Nokia certainty knows how to milk a good thing with this 8800 series phone. First it won a Red Dot design award, then we reviewed the 8801 version (whatever that means), next the 8800 got blinged out, and Nokia drops a even sexier model.

The Nokia 8800 Sirocco Edition draws its name from the powerful desert-born wind that originates in the Sahara when a warm, dry air mass collides with the cooler, maritime air of the Mediterrean. The striking organic shape of the Nokia 8800 Sirocco Edition references the inherent strength of the human form, a concept further implied by stainless steel polished surfaces and a scratch-resistant glass display window. Like its namesake, the Nokia 8800 Sirocco Edition consists of two variants - light and dark, the light inspired by the hot, dry air mass, the dark by the cooler, humid one.

From the sapphire coating of the 262,000 colour display to the distinctive slide mechanism which reveal a upgraded 2 megapixel camera, or even its extended battery life, every seemingly minor detail of the Nokia 8800 Sirocco Edition is honed to perfection. The Nokia 8800 Sirocco Edition also features a complementary Bluetooth headset (but we are sure that you are paying for it within the huge price tag of EUR 1000).