Foreword, box
Nokia made a great business with its luxury phones: they are pumping out members of the 8xxx series, which are highly popular amongst users. Nowadays I can hardly travel on the subway without seeing someone with an iPhone or a Sirocco in his hand. Of course the two handsets are not nearly the same category, but this shows one thing for sure: in Hungary a surprisingly high number of people have money for a phone with a price over 600 Euros. Interesting.
And why is a luxury phone a luxury phone? Firstly because, like all other luxury items, its price. For such a gadget we have to pay at least 600-800 Euros, which is, in my opinion, unduly much for a mobile phone, but this is the essence of luxury items. Secondly because it is "exclusive", that is – quoting the Vocabulary of foreign words and expressions – distinguished, elegant, sole, tasteful – this is expression, however, can applied to a multitude of devices. Thirdly it is assembled of quality materials, but the definition isn’t perfect here either, as in my opinion the Arte isn’t any better or more beautiful than for example the 6500 Classic, but I will detail this later on. Let’s say that that the luxury phone is a luxury phone because it is disgustingly expensive.
The test device got to me thanks to XXL GSM. We can observe on the box, that it is not everyday stuff, and accordingly the list of accessories isn’t the usual either. Besides the phone itself we find a superb quality leather case, a Bluetooth headset, and a nifty little cradle, but of course the standard accessories are here too (charger, data cable, manual, CD).
A cikk még nem ért véget, kérlek, lapozz!
