Nokia’s New Luxury 8800 Artes: ‘Gold Arte’ and ‘Princess’ Editions

Nokia’s Gold Arte has 18-carats of solid gold for its ‘skin’. (I’m not sure if there is anything else I’ll need to say.) The regular Arte has a 2 inch QVGA 16M color OLED display. For the photography addicts, the camera is 3.2 megapixels. And true to Nokia form, there is plenty of memory in even such a beautiful little package – 4 GB in total.

The Princess Edition Nokia 8800 Arte features 8.2 carat diamonds on its front and rear. There is platinum and leather finish to top off the extravagance. The combination of diamond, leather and platinum also does give off a more fun-loving yet luxurious vibe.

The Princess Edition costs £12,000 and is to be launched in Colette in Paris next month.

The Gold Arte remains unpriced. For the sartorialists not so into diamonds, leather, gold or platinum, Nokia released a Carbon Arte earlier in the year as well.

• Sources: Unwired, GoldStriker