Nokia Unveils New Luxury Phone

source: Nokia

Nokia today announced the 8801 high-end tri-band GSM phone for the Americas. The 8801 is built using luxury materials, including a stainless steel body and stainless steel ball bearings for the unique pop-up mechanism. Scratch-resistant reinforced glass protects a 262,000-color TFT display with 208 x 208 pixel resolution. The 8801 also features special ringtones and alerts composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto. Features include an SVGA (0.5 megapixel) camera, video capture, Bluetooth, EDGE high-speed data (class 8), and speakerphone. An FM radio and music player with 64 MB of memory are also built-in. The 8801 will be available in the 3rd quarter. An 8800 version for Europe and Asia will be availble later this quarter. Nokia today also announced a Wireless Stereo Headset.