Nokia has just launched the 8800 Gold Arte, the gold-plated luxury mobile phone. The 8800 Gold Arte is available in China as the 8800a Gold Arte. The 8800 Gold Arte and 8800a Gold Arte are exactly the same except that the latter comes with only 1GB internal memory, compare to 4GB of former.

Chinese website ZOL has got a 8800a Gold Arte and unboxed the elegant phone that has 18 carat gold plating and genuine leather padding.

While Nokia has the official 8800 Gold Arte, UK luxury gadget maker Goldstriker offers the Nokia 8800 Princess Edition.

Goldstriker’s Nokia 8800 Princess Edition has …

Other than the Sirocco Gold, Diamond editions, Nokia shows us the new Nokia 8800 Arte and Sapphire Arte special editions 3G phones. Nokia 8800 Arte and Sapphire Arte has the same features such as a 2-inch OLED  display, a 3.2 Megapixel camera, 1GB internal memory anti-fingerprint coating.

The Arte edition is priced at Euro 1000 while the Sapphire Arte for Euro 1150.

Few days ago, Nokia introduces the 8800 Sirocco Gold Edition, here is a video preview on the Gold 8800. The Nokia 8800 Sirocco Gold is encased in 18-carat gold plating. It is a tri-band GSM phone featuring a LCD display, a 2 Megapixel camera, integrated MP3 player and Bluetooth.
Video after the jump.

We have seen some special editions of the Nokia 8800 Sirocco, the Lamborghini edition and Diamond edition. This time, the 8800 Sirocco turns Gold. The Nokia 8800 Sirocco is a tri-band GSM phone with a color TFT LCD display, a 2 Megapixel camera, integrated M3 player, Bluetooth, EDGE and GPRS.

“Encased in a luxurious 18-carat gold plating, the precisely crafted Nokia 8800 Sirocco Gold combines timeless design with a contemporary flair, resulting in an exclusive display of personal style and elegance.”

The phone will be available in selected marker with a price tag of 1000Euro.

While RIM just officially announced the BlackBerry 8800 Smartphone, LaptopMag is fast enough to have reivewed the new Blackberry.

The BlackBerry 8800 is a quad-band GSM/GPRS and EDGE-enabled phone with built-in WiFi and GPS receiver, a large 320 x …

Research In Motion (RIM) offcially announced the BlackBerry 8800 Smartphone. The BlackBerry 8800 is a quad-band GSM/GPRS and EDGE-enabled phone and has built-in WiFi and GPS receiver, a large 320 x 240 LCD display, Bluetooth 2.0, a QWERTY keyboard.

The 8800 has also a media player supporting both audio and video playback, 64MB Flash memory and a microSD card slot.

It will be available in FED 2007 via some carriers.

Got some cash but don’t know where to spend them, here you find they way. Just get the limited Nokia 8800 Sirocco Diamond Edition which is design and made by Sayn Design in Germany. The phone’s cover is made of high-quality high-grade steel, 24 carat hardgilds, 999er Feingold and high gloss. It has a 2 Megapixel Camera, a 256k colors TFT with 208 x 208 resolution, Bluetooth, Java, MP3 player and 100MB of internal memory.

The phone measures 107 x 45 x 16.5 mm and weighs 139 g. The most important, it costs $3450 USD. Can you afford it?

More pictures after the jump.