Nokia 8800
- Y
- Yud
- N7a
- 14 Oct 2005
Hello I want to know the price of Nokia 8800 if possible in Italy.
Thank you in advance dude.
- K
- Kaz
- Tj%
- 14 Oct 2005
It's nice to see that you can afford to by Vertu's and i'd prolly buy one if I could afford it, but unfortunatly myself like alot of other ppl can't. So i bought myself, in my eyes the next best thing, the 8800.
I never actually said that the Loudspeaker is awful, I just said it's not as good as the 9300.
People are complaining that they can't save ringtones for caller groups, by this do you mean that when you add family members to say the group "FAMILY" and then assign a ringtone, when they call it's playing the normal ringtone, and not the one you assigned? Because i assigned the "Pinky & The Brain theme" as my Family Ringtone, and Ameno as my main ringing tone, so when my g/f calls me it's ringing as Pinky & The Brain, So if this the Caller group thing ppl are talking about, I don't seem to be having any probs.
Usually there's a code you can key in, which allows you to see all the details of the phone, imei no. Date of manufacture etc, does anyone know the code for this?
- c
- coffee
- M7m
- 14 Oct 2005
Hey Kaz, thx for the reply eh. Im good2, in fact im really2 good, urself? I bought myself one of these, and still waiting for it to come. Probably next wednesday! This waiting makes depressed me so much! Cant you just imagine it. You're waiting for thing that you really want but you cant get it now? Lol, i got a pretty good deal, bought it for $820 actually. And i was wondering why Nokia 8801 cost much less than N8800? I bought myself the 8800 one coz i dont like 8801 personally. Take care all..
- W
- What a metal toy!!!
- P%G
- 14 Oct 2005
Kaz :
FYI, I still have two Vertu with me ( one steel & one white gold ) & six (6) 8800 for my family members.
Nowadays, I rarely use the Vertus because it is difficult for me to see the small numbers on the screen ( I am at the age of 48 now! ).
Any more questions?
.
- K
- Kaz
- Tj%
- 14 Oct 2005
Hey Coffee, how are u?
Re: the price of the 8800, in Malta it costs roughly $1120, but here is usually more expensive than say, the U.S,and Ty said it costs $1000. So i'm guessing that it costs anywhere between $900 - $1100 depending on where you shop,I've NO idea what deal and price you'd pay if you'd get one with a Contract deal, as they don't do Contracts + mobiles here. Just buy the phone and then get a line separatly.
- T
- Ty
- Q$5
- 14 Oct 2005
Nokia 8800 vs. the 2005 Vertu Pink Edition. And the winner is...
My wife has the Vertu 2005 Pink Edition and I must say, I think my 8800 is at least equal to her phone. She really wanted the concierge service which, I suppose, makes up for the price difference ($1,000 for the 8800 vs. 5,900 for the Vertu).
The other thing is, most of her friends have a Vertu - so the 8800 is more exclusive in her circle. Both phones feel great, both phones say to the world "I am special".
For those of you that have the 8800 and the vertu, I would like to know if you agree with me - when you factor in the price difference, the cheaper phone (8800) wins!!!
- B
- Billy
- myf
- 14 Oct 2005
Today eyeglasses and wristwatches are more than simply functional; they are items of jewellery too. Normally a pricey watch has fewer functions than say a bulky plastic techno model. A designer spectacle frame does not attempt to offer the same protection as for example a pair of safety goggles. Would it be fair to compare a Ferrari with a Focus in terms of boot size and fuel economy? I think it is unfair to compare this phone in terms of technology when it was clearly designed for a totally separate market. As a phone it most certainly is functional, but the combination between superior design, materials and manufacturing techniques makes it very desirable. Excluding phones like the Vertu, this phone is completely in it's own class. I'm disappointed that the phone is equipped with a radio, mp3 player and camera. I'm delighted that the phone does not offer memory expansion or access to iTunes. For those of you who disagree, please do not use this phone in public as I'm afraid you will damage its image for the rest of us. Thank goodness it's so expensive!
- K
- Kaz
- T4r
- 13 Oct 2005
How can you EVEN Compare a VERTU to an 8800? The Platinum Vertu (20k) is like 20times as much as an 8800 it's like comparing the cost of a Ferrari 250GTO and an ENZO (10million & just over 1 million) For the cost of an Vertu, i'd expect to have the Band playing live infront of me, do you happen to own either phone?
- W
- What a metal toy!!!
- P%G
- 13 Oct 2005
Kaz :
It is absolutely NOT true what you said about this 8800......"the ringing quality is second to none". I am sorry to say you have not seen much yet!!! Pls. go to a VERTU shop & listen to the ring quality of any Vertu phone & revert back to me at this website.
All 8800 have "manufacture quality control problem".......your 8800 have quiet loud speaker......my 8800 speaker is very loud & clear!
Some of my friend's 8800 have good to excellent speaker & some have quiet & lousy speaker like what you have.
As I have said, Nokia 8800 have very bad quality control.
PS. There are lots of different other problems encounter by different users with this 8800 model......e.g. you can't even set up "group caller" ringtones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- K
- Kaz
- Tj%
- 13 Oct 2005
Lots of ppl have been grumbling about the battery life, and praising the Loudspeaker, for me it's the other way round, no prob re: battery, but loudspeaker, doesn't seem as loud as other Nokia's i've had, for me, best Loudspeaker was on the 9300 & S.E 910i. But having said that, the ringing quality is second to none, i have "AMENO" by ERA as my tone, and i'm still impressed by the sheer sound quality every time it rings, Even the quality of the music player is Excellent.
- l
- luke
- mH7
- 13 Oct 2005
this is the most beautiful but worst phone I have ever had, the biggest problem is the battery life I go through 2 batterys a day which is a real pain if as I allways have to have another battery on me, also it is not very loud and heats up like crazy, I can't believe that nokia can bring out an advancement that is actually a step backwards I will go back to using my old phone a 8910i I still get 2 to 3 days out of a battery and can hear people talking, just what you want a phone to do, so do not buy one no matter how beautiful you think they look.
- F
- Floor Hirschfeld
- ixE
- 13 Oct 2005
I dont know where you live butt here in the netherlands you can send a sms with the following text in it
" clear " and send it to 5040
butt dont know how it is in your country
greatings floor i love my nokia 8800
- K
- Kaz
- Tj%
- 13 Oct 2005
Have had the 8800 for a coupla days now, and ok i haven't used it much for calls or msg'n, but i've been using the Bluetooth like theres no tomorrow, and so far the battery has been PERFECT, went down to 3 bars, before i left it to charge whilst I slept. So in my opinion the phone has NO faults whatsoever (maybe I got lucky?).
Can someone tell me where to get a Blank Operator Logo from, and how to install it pls? as i've tried various sites, but when i save them,then try and use it, keeps saying "NO OPERATOR LOGOS ON PHONE"
- T
- Ty
- P%G
- 13 Oct 2005
Friendship
Kaz, since you and I both love this 8800, which means that we have common interest, Bravo.
ty
- F
- Floor Hirschfeld
- ixE
- 13 Oct 2005
Well i have mine 8800 now for about 3 day and i love it and i hate it.
the only down site of the 8800 is the battery time suck and they know that that is why they give you 2 battery with this phone.
overall I love it just love it
- s
- scottie
- MSR
- 13 Oct 2005
iv just ordered mine from member services and it cost me 179 pounds , i know its just a phone for show but its a nice phone ,iv had a 8910i for a while and it did its purpose,all i want is to call and text on a phone that others dont have and im lookin forward to it negativity or not.
- c
- coffee
- M7m
- 13 Oct 2005
Thx for the reply Kaz! It so makes me really wanna buy the phone rite away!!! Lol..Thx again!
- K
- Kaz
- T4r
- 12 Oct 2005
Coffee, from past experiences, Nokia never really lower their prices, which is good and bad, bad if you want to buy a new phone, good if you want to sell one secondhand, Maybe you should check out phone stores, they might have the odd 2nd hand one, if not, leave your name and contact no.and tell them to contact you asap if one DOES come in.
- G
- GAME PLAY BY NOKIA
- P%G
- 12 Oct 2005
Once the 8800 price drop, the attraction drop too, this is the same tatic always play by Moto & Nokia to limit production of the so called "high class" phones in the beginning for sale....after that?....just look at the V3!!!
- c
- coffee
- M7m
- 12 Oct 2005
Yea we probably could get along, and hopefully he'll give us free N8800 phones, *wooow*. Hey, i dont thing Ty put his attention on all of our postings about his poorness eh? ANyway, from Paresh to Kaz and Kaz to me, and me so wanna get the phone rite away! Im so in love with this phone. I just totally agree with what Kaz says. I know this phone is expensive and all especially about the part of "not so good features", thats what i love about it. Its a simple phone Yet elegant. I really have to get one of these, just have to wait for a while, *huuf*..Anyway, somebody have any idea when will the phone's price fall? Not for a while eh? thx in advance