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6.3

out of 10

kclchua

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Nice expensive design phone but poor services from Nokia's support(SG) when encounter an issue

Oct 30, 2008

Rating: 3 out of 10 (Poor)
Pros: Very nice design with the all basic phone functions
Cons: the poor services that we encounter from Nokia's support when there is an issue
Opinion:
We have total brought 5 units of Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte with 4 units of Nokia USB stereo headphone: HS-82(as posted in nokia website www.nokia.com.sg... ).

With the trying out of the 5 units of phone and 4 unit of USB headphone, we notice that there is a sound quality issue when using the USB headphone on the different version of firmware phone.
Detail of our finding as below:
Firmware version V05.20(2 units) have no problem with Nokia USB Stereo Headphone, but it phone sometimes hang after a few days of continues use.
Firmware Version V06.20 & V06.40(3 units) all have echo & bubble sound when using Nokia USB Stereo Headphone.

Reported to Nokia's service center, they changed the parts and board, still can't solve the issue, and have to wait until we bring down 2 units of phone with both mentioned version of firmware to proof it to them(we provided the above mentioned information and we have ... Read more

rudi0504

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9 FROM 10

Jun 2, 2008

Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: THE BEST NOKIA PHONE DESIGN IN 8800 SERIES, THE BEST SPEAKER QUALITY,THE BEST VOICE QUALITY AFTER VERTU ACCENT
Cons: NO EXTENDED MEMORY CARD, NO FLASH FOR THE CAMERA, NO 3 G VIDEO CALL, I CAN ONLY HEAR WITH STEREO BLUETOOTH HEADSET
Opinion:
FROM ALL NOKIA 8800 SERIES, THE 8800 SAPHIRE ARTE IS THE BEST DESIGN AND BUILD.
I LOVE THE SOUND QUALITY FROM THE SPEAKER, I CAN HEAR MUSIC VERY DETAIL AND CLEAR FROM SO SMALL SPEAKER.
THE PROBLEM I CAN NOT TURN THE VOLUME TO LOUD, THIS IS NOT THE BIG PROBLEM, BECAUSE THE SPEAKER IS SO SMALL AND LOUD ENOUGH FOR EASY LISTENING.
I CAN ONLY HEAR THE MUSIC WITH THE STEREO BLUETOOTH HEADSET, THE PROBLEM I CAN NOT FIND VERY GOOD STEREO BLUETOOTH HEADSET ON THE MARKET NOW.
THIS THE BEST VOICE PHONE FROM NOKIA AFTER VERTU ACCENT THAT I HAVE TOO.
THE PHONE IS SMALL ENOUGH TO PUT IN MY POCKET.
INTERNET SURFING WITH MINI OPERA SOFTWARE IS VERY GOOD.

mranola

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Nice looking luxury phone

Jan 5, 2008

Rating: 7 out of 10 (Very good)
Pros: Stylish, Elegant, Light Weight
Cons: Cannot add additional memory, battery does not last long, expensive
Opinion:
I do not have this unit. I had it's predecessor the first Nokia 8800. The first time I bought it I was exhilirated. It was the "in" phone then. But as I got to know the phone, I found out that there was no slot for additional memory card. Which was a bummer. Secondly, the battery does not last long, after it's six month warranty period is over. It would be full bar the time you on it, then by midday it would be dead already, after a call or two. Even if it has an extra battery at hand, I would not reccommend this phone to people who need to be on the phone most of the time. Although it's fashionable, elegant and lightweight, the factors mentioned plus the expensive price tag side, I would not reccommend this phone. I originally was a Motorola user, but switched to Nokia ... Read more

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