Consolidated Gulf Co (CGC), the Nokia partner for Qatar, has introduced top-of-the-class Nokia 8800 Gold Arte phone in the country.

Equipped with 18 carat gold plating and genuine white leather padding, the luxurious Nokia 8800 Gold Arte has uniquely-composed video ringtones, living wallpapers and unique motion sensitive and tapping command features unite to create an elegant and intelligent command.

The user of Nokia 8800 Gold Arte can tap twice on front display to light up the dock, or rely on the ambient light sensor to automatically adjust the brightness of the OLED display - and illuminate the admiration of those around you.

The phone has 3.2 megapixel camera and 4GB of internal memory which helps make capturing and storing images easy and convenient. Nokia 8800 Gold Arte offers excellent messaging functions allowing its user to keep in touch with friend and family in a variety of ways - email, MMS, chat or SMS.

Anil Mahajan, COO, CGC, launched the new artistically designed Nokia phone in Qatar. He said: 'It gives us tremendous pleasure to offer this golden Nokia phone to the fashion-savvy mobizens in the country. Made for exclusivity, Nokia 8800 Gold Arte is sure to make a difference the way people live and interact.'

Featuring a USB port, as well as Bluetooth and WCDMA internet connection facilities, this elegant phones helps keep its user connected to what matters most with a host of call features, including integrated hands-free speakerphone, number screening for messaging and calls, automatic answer with headset or car kit, any key answer, call waiting, call hold, logging of dialled, received and missed calls, speed dialling, voice dialling, contacts with images, talking ring tones and conference calling.

And then, there are many music and audio features like digital music player, MP3, MP4, AAC, eAAC+ and WMA playback file formats, polyphonic ring tones, voice and audio recording, voice commands, voice dialing, digital stereo microphone among others.