Following our recent post on the Nokia 8800 Arte Platinum, we were provided more images, and also some information on the exclusive Nokia 8800 Arte Diamond.

Unfortunately, these aren't production models from Nokia, rather carefully crafted variations of the devices by Goldstriker. At the end of January this year, Goldstriker had released a Gold Nokia 8800 Arte, showcasing 24ct  gold at a whooping price of 750 British Pounds.

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Nokia will be launching their Limited Exclusive Edition Nokia 8800 Arte covered in Platinum. Little is known about the device, but we presume it will be fully covered in a thin layer of platinum. Only 250 of them will be made.

Platinum is currently trading at 2060 US$, so now might be a good time to invest, by buying a phone covered in this precious metal.

Source: Just Another Mobile Phone Blog

Well I could have named this test S60 vs S40, or NSeries vs Extreme-luxury phone, but I think that both phones have different qualities, and therefore the results will be different.

The N95 8GB uses a miniUSB connector to USB, and obviously has a 8GB flash memory, and no memory card slot. The 8800 Arte uses a microUSB connector to USB, and this port is also used for charging. The phone has 1GB flash memory and no memory card slot.

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I've been working on my 8800 Arte's review for quite sometime now, and I just need to get it written on the computer now. I leave you with the unboxing pictures.

I will speak about everything in detail, including this stylish package and much more, the review should be up during the weekend.

A big thanks to Rudolph from MyADSL, as the review belongs more to his site than mine, without him I couldn't have the privilege to get hold of the phone, and obviously a big thanks to Nokia South Africa.

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