It seems that Nokia will be upgrading its high on price and low on features, 8800 soon. Its dubbed as Nokia 8800 Sirocco Edition and is expected to feature a 2 megapixel camera and a new keypad with some new exterior styling.
The word is not out from Nokia but a German website is taking pre-orders of this phone which is expected to come in two variants, black and silver. The site sells them for 831.20 Euros which comes to around 1069 USD.
UPDATE: Another German portal is selling the Sirocco Edition at a higher price which says that there will be no cam upgrade.
UPDATE 2: Carphone Warehouse will also start selling it from September. Article here.
UPDATE 3: Nokia announces 8800 Sirocco Edition
UPDATE 4: CNET reviews 8800 Sirocco.
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Wow! I’m looking forward to this one!
The current 8800 is a stunning phone to look at but is seriously lacking in features.
I hope the Sirocco Edition has atleast a 2MP Camera with expandable memory as that’s where the current model really falls down.
I get the feeling this phone is gonna cost a small fortune though grrr, still I expect Xpango.com will add it to their range of free phones you can get, which for me is a much better option than paying over a $1000 for a phone!!
I have the current 8800. This new one looks sexy!
So I just hope the battery life is better than my one. Tends to die within a few hours of regular use.
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its nt worth da price!da fone is nt as good as it looks! a 2 m.p camrea?for wt $1000?haha thats just silly!
Why is it so expensive not good for nokia’s outcome, good looking phone though
Anyone own the Olinari customized nokia 8800 sirocco? It looks sweet on the site, but i wanna know how it looks in person.
http://olinari.com
Nokia 8800
i bought nokia 8800 but its battery is very weak why?