The New Nokia Carbon Arte Attempts to Prove the Cell Phone is Not Dead

by Annie Scott (RSS feed)
Feb 25th 2009 at 2:02PM

It's not a Blackberry. It's not an iPhone. It's just a phone. The new Nokia Carbon Arte attempts to prove that the cell phone is not dead.

It has panels crafted with leather from Eastern India. Its sister phone, the Sapphire Arte has a sapphire "select" key. Both phones include a "groovy" soundtrack by Austrian duo Kruder & Dorfmeister. Each has a 3.2 megapixel camera, 1 GB of built-in memory, and 3G capabilities. We like the weight, the way it slides open to reveal the keypad (shown), and the really cool silencing mechanism -- if you turn over the phone to screen-side-down when it's ringing, it stops.

Is the heyday of the cell phone over? At 1000 - 1500 euros, this is definitely a luxury item, but who among the elite wants a phone that doesn't surf the web?

Are Cell Phones Over?
Yes. Blackberries and iPhones, and whatever is next.	84 (53.2%)
No, cell phones are still a great luxury item	74 (46.8%)

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Greg May 4th 2009 9:52AM

I had a Nokia 8890 for years and a Luna now. These are the best phones ever. Everything you needed in a phone, nothing you didn't. Blackberry is a good mobile email device, iphone is a good Web device, but nothing beats simple, stylish, and easy.