Blackberry 8800 vs Nokia 8800 Arte
The cell phones, Blackberry 8800 and Nokia 8800 Arte are matched on the stands of their basic styling and wide characteristic. You can buy Blackberry 8800 at around Rs. 30,000 ($714) and Nokia 8800 Arte comes at around Rs. 62000 ($1476)
- Mobile Type
Blackberry 8800 is a Bar type mobile phone and has a user friendly design with QWERTY as input type. On the other hand, Nokia 8800 Arte also a Bar type mobile with Keypad as input parameter.
- Display Properties
Blackberry 8800 has a display resolution of 320 x 240 and 65K colours. This is in contrast to Nokia 8800 Arte which has a display resolution of 240 x 320 and contains 16M colours. Most of the Nokia phones are 16M colour enabled.
- Battery Talk Time / Standby Time
Blackberry 8800 is supported by Lithium Ion batteries and has a talk time of 300 minutes with a 528 hours of standby time. On the other hand, Nokia 8800 Arte’s talk time is 180 minutes and a standby time of 300 hours. Nokia 8800 Arte operates on Lithium Ion battery.
- Memory / Expandable Memory
Nokia 8800 Arte has a Inbuilt memory of 1024 MB and expandable memory is not available. Compared to, Blackberry 8800 which has Inbuilt memory of only 64 MB, altho memory expansion is supported.
- Camera / Flash
Blackberry 8800 has no camera, Whereas Nokia 8800 Arte supports 3.15 MP camera but has no flash for fine snaps. A minimum of 3.2 MP camera with flash is required to have a clear pirntable picture, digital zooms are not that effective.
- Connectivity / Network Details
| Feature | BB 8800 | 8800 Arte |
| WiFi | No | No |
| Bluetooth | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared | No | No |
| EDGE | Yes | Yes |
| USB | Yes | Yes |
| GPRS | Yes | No |
| WAP | Yes | No |
| Yes | Yes | |
| Dual Band | Yes | Yes |
| Tri Band | Yes | Yes |
- Music / FM Radio Details
Nokia 8800 Arte does not support FM Radio, Blackberry 8800 also does not support FM Radio. Both the models support Music player and multiple format play.
- Mobile Dimensions / Weight
BB 8800 – 66x14x114 (WxDxL) – 134 grams
Nokia 8800 Arte – 45x14x109 (WxDxL) – 150 grams.
PS: Mobile rates are subject to change with different markets. Currency rates are taken at $1= Rs. 42