T-Mobile goes high-end with the Nokia 8801

by Chris Ziegler, posted Jun 12th 2006 at 8:01PM

Granted, the Nokia 8801 is nothing new, but its availability on a US national carrier is. The tri-band stainless steel 8801 sports both American GSM bands, EDGE data, an 800 x 600 camera, and 64MB of internal flash -- meager specs considering the asking price, but let's be honest, buying a phone at this price point has nothing to do with the spec sheet and everything to do with appearance. Well-heeled T-Mobile customers looking to take a chance with questionable scratch resistance can sign up now for a hair under $550.

[Thanks, supes]

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, T-Mobile, GSM, GPRS, EDGE

Tags: 8801, nokia, t-mobile

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Sean Kearns @ Jun 12th 2006 9:29PM

This doesn't make sense to me. Why would T-Mobile release such an old phone? It just seems unmarketable to me.

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Sam K @ Jun 13th 2006 1:47AM

T-Mobile has put up ads inside subway cars in NYC that take up the entire length of the subway car. When I first one of them a few days ago, I was thinking "Isn't that a really old phone, they must not have updated the ad in this car in a long time." Then I saw another car with it. Now Engadget has confirmed that they just started selling this phone. Anybody who pays $550 for this phone is either an idiot or has money to burn.

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