The new 8600 Luna has wowed the world by its fashionable and stylish design. It all started with the 8810, a phone entirely clad in chrome, and after going through various materials including titanium.
Nokia has again come out shining with the most radical material to grace an 8000 series device – glass. The Luna comes in an all black color scheme. Any other color and Nokia would have committed fashion suicide. Encased in an all glass front and all steel back, the Luna is a gorgeous phone. The glass front has been made scratch and smudge resistant, ensuring it looks perfect all the time. Our first impressions of the 8600 are good. The 8600 manages to look
more sophisticated than the Sirocco - it's a more futuristic appearance
with less bling. The stainless steel body and the solid 140g of weight
make the 8600 a good phone to hold in your palm (if you don't mind
carrying a phone this heavy.) The smoked glass cover looks suitably
mysterious, but you can access many of the phone's functions using the
exposed exterior buttons even with the phone closed.
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Unfortunately, the matte black steel back of the Luna is not resistant
to scratches at all, so users will still have to be careful with where
they place the device. Inside, the phone is very well featured too,
although not at the cutting edge of technology. The camera has 2
megapixels and performs well. There's a music player and an FM radio
too, which is nice. The 8600 is compatible with an (optional) Bluetooth
wireless headset. The music player is a handy feature but won't ever replace your iPod as there is insufficient memory. The internal memory of 128 Mbytes is sufficient to hold around 30 songs only and cannot be expanded with a memory card. Typing on the numeric keypad is somewhat flawed because the edges of the bottom half obscures the "7" and "9" keys as well as the bottom row of the keypad. So we ended up using the tips of our fingers instead of thumbing away. Also, those with big digits may find the keypad a handicap.
In summary, this is an excellent alternative to the 8800 Sirocco phone - it costs about the same, and it's going to be just as exclusive. In many ways it's a better phone with an improved LCD screen, a better keypad and the benefit of quadband. |
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Pros and Cons
Pros: Finishing, Easy to use, Stylish, New Features
Cons: Built Quality, Screen resolution, Smoky Glass, Heavy, Some Old Functions, No Memory Card Slot
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Nokia 8600 Luna Specifications
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