Photos: Nokia goes state of the Arte with carbon fibre

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    …and titanium, polished glass and stainless steel

    Nokia may be focusing on growing its business by shipping large volumes of lower-end phones to the developing world but the Finnish mobile maker has added a new line in luxury to its 8800 Arte series of fashion phones, announcing 'Carbon Arte' - a mobile made of carbon fibre, titanium, polished glass and stainless steel.

    The Mighty Finn describes carbon fibre as "an ultra-light and strong material that expresses a woven pattern that is both high-tech and sensuous". It is also eye-wateringly expensive: the mobile will have an estimated retail price of €1,100 exclusive of subsidies and taxes.

    Photo credit: Nokia

    Caption by: Natasha Lomas

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    As with the rest of the 8800 Arte range, the 3G slider phone offers features such as 'tap-for-time', where tapping the surface below the display twice causes a clock to appear, and a 'turn-to-mute' mechanism, which means a ringing phone can be silenced by turning it screen-side down.

    Photo credit: Nokia

    Caption by: Natasha Lomas

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    The phone also features a 3.2 megapixel camera, and built-in memory has been expanded from previous offerings in the range to 4GB.

    The device will be available in the third quarter of 2008, in plenty of time for Christmas.

    Photo credit: Nokia

    Caption by: Natasha Lomas

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…and titanium, polished glass and stainless steel

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…and titanium, polished glass and stainless steel

Nokia may be focusing on growing its business by shipping large volumes of lower-end phones to the developing world but the Finnish mobile maker has added a new line in luxury to its 8800 Arte series of fashion phones, announcing 'Carbon Arte' - a mobile made of carbon fibre, titanium, polished glass and stainless steel.

The Mighty Finn describes carbon fibre as "an ultra-light and strong material that expresses a woven pattern that is both high-tech and sensuous". It is also eye-wateringly expensive: the mobile will have an estimated retail price of €1,100 exclusive of subsidies and taxes.

Photo credit: Nokia

Caption by: Natasha Lomas

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