Identifying genuine or fake Nokia 8800 Sapphire Ar...

I've just bought a new Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte. I already registered the MyNokia with the serial number and the model came out as Nokia 8800 instead of Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte. Anybody could help me on identifying this phone whether it is a genuine Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte? Thank you very much. Your suggestion/opinion/advice/experience are all welcome. I wish I can identify the phone as soon as possible.

hi guys
i also bought a 8800 arte off ebay
i really need your help to identify it as real or not
when i press *#0000#
it says
nokia 8800e-1
v 06.40
10-03-08
rm-233
(c)nokia
variant: 00.00
language
v 06.40
10-03-08
rm-233
(c) Nokia
T
when i plug it into the pc
it comes up with
filerecieved
graphics
music
photo
recordings
themes
tones
video
ddscrvry
info from numberingplans.com
Information on
Type Allocation Holder Nokia Mobile Equipment Type Nokia 8800 Arte / Carbon Arte / Sapphire Arte GSM Implementation Phase 2/2+ IMEI Validity Assessment
>|< Very likely
Information on range assignment Est. Date of Range Issuance Around Q3 2007 Reporting Body British Approvals Board of Telecommunications (BABT) Primary Market Europe Legal Basis for Allocation EU R&TTE Directive Information on number format Full IMEI Presentation Reporting Body Identifier 35 Type Allocation Code 35864501 Serial Number 407341 Check Digit 5
thanks heaps guys
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Serial No./IMEI code had been deleted. It not advisable to post such info for security reason.
Message Edited by spark11 on 11-Feb-2009 01:37 PM

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I bought Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte from ebay. i want tocheck its genuine or fake
When I enter "*#0000#", it shows:
Nokia
V
06.40
18-11-08
RM-233
(c)Nokia
Variant: 00.00
Language
V
06.40
18-11-08
RM-233
(c)Nokia
V
After I've enter the IMEI number on the website of numbering plan it shows:
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>|< Very likelyInformation on range assignment Est. Date of Range Issuance Around Q3 2007 Reporting Body British Approvals Board of Telecommunications (BABT) Primary Market Europe Legal Basis for Allocation EU R&TTE Directive

Plug the phone into your computer with the provided USB cable.
The phone will give ask you how you want to connect it to the computer.
If it offers "webcam" and "comport" choices then it's a fake.
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How to delete all sent sms in nokia 8800 sapphire ...

i have this nokia 8800 sapphire arte brown from china version.
i can send text msg very well, but in the sent box i dont see anything --- i tried everything but wont see - now end up with can not receive msg in because it's kept saying SIM MEMORY FULL CAN NOT RECEIVE SMS ... I LOOK AND DIG INTO THE PHONE TO FIND THE PLACE TO DELETE THOSE SENT MSG BUT COULDN'T FIND THEM.. PLEASSE HELP.

If your phone is refusing to receive messages claiming that the reason for this is because the SIM card is full then it is not a genuine Nokia phone that you have. Your so-called Chinese version is in fact a Chinese counterfeit.
Nobody here can help you with that.
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Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte - Desperately want 1!

Not sure if I am posting in the right place but I would like some advice please...
End of last year I looked into buying a Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte and found a good deal with Orange. However as I was going abroad for a couple of months and wouldn't be using the phone, I thought it pointless to sign up to a new contract however upon my return the phone had disappeared off their website and off every other network provider's too! I have looked everywhere and cannot find a single contract deal anywhere.
I have seen the Carbon Arte but don't like it as much as the Sapphire version so does anyone have any idea why it's not available anywhere? or if you know of a deal, please let me know asap.
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it will be available somewhere might take some searching though ,have you tried any good online retailers
heres a place ive found i dont no there rep as im not living in uk
http://www.phoneslimited.co.uk/Nokia/8800+Sapphire+Arte.html
you could contact nokia customer care about it also
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How can we figure out a fake Nokia 8800 Carbon?

What are the different between the real one and the fake?

The report saying "8800 Sapphire Arte" isn't necessarily grounds for rejection. The innards of the 8800 Arte, 8800 Sapphire Arte and 8800 Carbon Arte are all identical.
How much is the phone being sold for? The original is being sold for around £1000. Much less than that and you can be fairly sure it's a fake.
If you've been able to see the label then I assume you've had it in your hands. You don't say if a product code was mentioned (if one wasn't then it's a fake).
Connect it to a computer and see what prompt comes up on the phone's screen. If you're given choices such as "webcam" and "comport" then the phone is a fake.
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Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte

I just bought the new Sapphire Arte and it came in black. All website ad's shows it in brown. My sales rep said the new Sapphires are black and is real. Is he telling me the truth or is it a fake?

hmmmmmmmmmmm, this looks like black to me...............
http://shop.nokia.co.uk/nokia-uk/product.aspx?sku=3803321&culture=en-GB
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It's the arte sapphire you're looking at which is different altogether.
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Fake Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte

I've fallen in the small print trap with Ebay and bought a fake but.............is there any software, programs, firmware or help at all since now i have to live with this thing.
Disappointed with my fake.........

The operating system in your fake phone is not a Nokia O/S. Nobody knows what it is. Not knowing what's powering your phone, nobody can guess at what software will work with it - if any.
You will not get firmware updates either.
As you can imagine, the people in China have your money now and will wash their hands of you completely. You have no warranty and no user support. Customer support is not the main concern of these people. Customer fleecing is.
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Avoiding fake Nokia phones

Moderators: perhaps make this a sticky?
It is said that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. Except when it is used to deceive people and rob them.
There have been replicas made of some of the higher-end Nokia models, in particular the 8800 Sapphire Arte and 8800 Carbon Arte, both of which have a £1000+ price tag on them in the Nokia Online store, and then sold on eBay represented as the original Nokia product being sold at a discount price.
This short guide should help you avoid falling into the trap that scammers have laid for you.
First of all, just look at the price. There's no such thing as a free lunch and if something looks too good to be true then there's a significant probability that it simply is too good to be true. I recently saw multiple cases of people buying what they thought to be genuine Nokia 8800 Sapphire Artes but turned out to be Chinese fakes. One of them said that he paid $450 for his. Purely on that basis I would have left that phone well alone. $450 is less than a quarter of the phone's normal retail price and it therefore cannot be anything but a fake.
Secondly, the photos. Most online auction sites allow photos of the item for auction to be posted in order to give potential buyers an idea of what they're bidding for. Always be wary of sellers who only provide photos that come directly from Nokia's Press Site. You are not seeing a photo of the actual device being sold, you are seeing generic photos used for publicity's sake. Insist on seeing photos of the phone being sold and if the seller doesn't want to send you any then walk away. Obtaining such photos serves a double purpose: firstly you get to see the actual phone. Secondly, you can return the phone as non-compliant if it is evidently not the phone on the photos that you were told were photos of it.
Thirdly, the IMEI number. The IMEI number is a 15-digit unique number that identifies the phone in question. Insist upon having it. Then go to this page, enter that IMEI number, and you will be told exactly what model phone has that IMEI number. If it's not the model that's being sold then the seller is trying to pull a fast one on you. Of course, it could be that the seller does communicate the IMEI number of an authentic Nokia phone to you but sends you a fake with a completely different IMEI number. In that case, the phone shipped to you is obviously different from the one promised and you can return it and annull the sale.
Fourthly, if the phone is being represented as the "Chinese version" then it almost certainly is a fake. Nokia does have a production plant in China so "Made in China" isn't at all grounds for rejection, but "Chinese version" is. While it's true that there is a genuine "Chinese" version of many Nokia phones (they have neither WiFi nor 3G capability as demanded by the Chinese government), it's not something a seller would shout about. If they do say that it's a "Chinese version" phone then the chances are that it's not a Nokia at all and it's more like a "Chinese fake".
The four points above assume you don't have access to the phone yet because you're buying it online through an auction site or just an online retailer. A few things you can look at if you can get your hands on it before buying are as follows.
All new Nokia phones respond to the code *#7780# entered on the keypad by asking you to confirm that you want to revert to factory settings and asking you for a lock code. If the phone you're looking at doesn't do this then it's not a Nokia.
Try and get the firmware version currently installed in the phone. To do this, enter *#0000# from standby. There's no way to validate formally the information you'll see but one thing that means the phone you're looking at definitely is a fake is the date of the firmware revision in American format, MM-DD-YYYY, "02-22-2007" for example. If you're unsure, note down exactly what you see and ask on these forums.
Finally, ask if you can plug the phone into the USB socket of your laptop computer with the provided cable (assuming one is provided). There's no need to install any software on your laptop, all you want to see is how the phone reacts. A genuine Nokia phone, when connected to a USB port, will give you the options "Default mode", "Printing" and "Data storage" for some models and "PC Suite", "Mass storage", "Image transfer" and "Media transfer" for others. Or combinations thereof. Options frequently seen on fakes and never on genuine Nokias include "webcam" and "comport". If the phone you're looking at displays either of these two options then it's definitely a fake.
There are many risks involved with the purchase of an expensive piece of equipment like a high-end mobile phone. Many of them can be eliminated by not trusting auction sites with a reputation as shady in that area as the one that comes to mind first of all, who went on the record condoning the sale of counterfeit items in the name of "consumer choice". The risks diminish significantly if you purchase either online or in a real store but from somewhere that has a good reputation and a good returns policy. However, the only way to be 100% certain that you're getting the genuine article is to buy it directly from Nokia. If you do get yours from your mobile network operator then it will also be a genuine Nokia albeit tampered with by the operator.
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Nokia 8800 arte

Hey everyone, im looking to buy a nokia 8800 arte, couple of questions.
Nokia 8800 Arte, Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte, Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte,Nokia 88000 Gold.
If im correct these are all the 8800's
Just a couple of questions.
Do all of them have 4GB Memory? Just wanted to make sure because some sites state that some have 1GB memory and some have 4GB Memory?
Do every single one of these phones have the same features?
If someone could please compare and contrast them for me that would be lovely?
Also im aware their are a couple of fakes out there, just wondering if 400-500 dollars for a brand new unlocked one is gauranteed fake?
Message Edited by 613bulletproof on 12-Feb-2009 03:22 AM

Hi
Yes they are all 8800's
$500 dollars seems a little light even for the 8800 arte !
This is £348'ish in sterling and you would be hard pressed to get a used handset in the uk for that unless its on a contract.
Be safe and not sorry... purchase from a reputable online or highstreet retailer. Steer clear of auction sites in my humble opinion.
I have the original 8800 arte and it has 1gb of memory. The sapphire is the same.
3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus
Video camera
Display: 16 million colours, 240 x 320 pixels
Music player
Polyphonic ringtones / MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone
Messaging: SMS, MMS, email
Java games
WAP, GPRS, EDGE, 3G
Web browser
Memory: 1 Gbyte
Connectivity: Bluetooth, USB
Triband
Size: 109 x 46 x 15 mm
Weight: 150g
Talktime: 3 hours
Battery standby: 300 hours
The carbon arte has 4gb
3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus and 8x digital zoom
Video camera (640 x 480 pixels, 15 frames per second) with Image stabilisation and 8x digital zoom
Display: OLED, 16 million colours, 240 x 320 pixels (2.0 inches)
Music player (MP3, WMA, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+ formats)
64-voice polyphonic ringtones / MP3 ringtones / Video ring tones (7 built-in tones)
Speakerphone
Messaging: SMS, MMS, email, Nokia Xpress audio messaging
Java games
WAP, GPRS, EDGE, 3G
Memory: 4 Gbytes
Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate, USB 1.2
Internet: Web browser
Tri-band GSM 1800/1900 plus 3G WCDMA 2100
Size: 109 x 46 x 15 mm
Weight: 150g
Talktime: 2.75 hours (3G) - 3.3 hours (2G)
Battery standby: 300 hours
I believe the bling bling gold has 4gb of memory too but is way too tacky for my liking... lol
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Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte - Fake or not?!

Hello!
I am eventually interested in this offer, however I am not sure if this is a trustworthy offer:
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Best advice I can provide is to stay clear of auction sites with offers that sound too good to be true !
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Nokia 8800 Arte IMEI

Just a quick one. I have seen a Nokia 8800 Arte, used, for sale at a market for £200.
I was just wondering if there's a way of checking the IMEI on the Nokia website or something so I know it's a genuine one.
Bit suspicious because it comes with 2 batteries and a 'universal charger' although the seller is adamant it's real when I asked if it was a fake.
The IMEI is
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Message Edited by Conjoiner on 12-Nov-2009 01:59 AM

Hi,
Well the arte does not come with two batteries !
Check the contents of the box as it should come with a desktop charger and hands free headset.
Open the back of the handset
The battery will say BL-4U on it and will have a hologram.
The white label on the handset will say
Nokia Corperation
Made in Korea
Type RM-233
Model 8800e
it will also say 1GB in the top right hand side top corner.
Be very wary of fake chinese models are re badged original Nokia 8800's
Their is also a distinctive weight to the handset too.
The same kind of info should show when *#0000#
If your in any doubt then walk away.
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NOKIA 8800 CARBON ARTE

Hello, I would like to ask what is the ESN number on the Nokia 8800 Carbon arte ? Is it possible to fake this number ? What kind of manufacturers warranty is included ? 1 year warranty ?
Thank you for the answers.

It's a fake.
"ATTENTION : NOKIA PC SUITE IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THIS PHONE, BUT YOU CAN STILL ACCESS TO YOUR 4GB MEMORY THROUGH YOUR USB CABLE USING YOUR COMPUTER."
PC Suite is compatible with a genuine 8800. The only reason this phone is not compatible with PC Suite is because it's not a Nokia phone.
Plus the too-good-to-be true price of $199 is a dead giveaway. The 8800 Carbon Arte is normally worth around $1500.
The photos that are not blurry look genuine enough, but there's nothing to guarantee that you'll get the phone that's actually in those photos.
If you buy this phone, the seller will disappear off the face of the earth as soon as they receive your money and you will not be able to get your money back when you realize that you've been sold a fake Nokia.
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Nokia 8800 Original (Black Edition)

I received a Nokia 8800 Original(Black Edition) yesterday.I'm trying to figure out if it is an authentic or fake.Your assistance is appreciated.
Numbering Plans:
IMEI:35664100XXXXXXX
Type Allocation Holder : Nokia
Mobile Equipment Type : Nokia 8800
GSM Implementation Phase: 2/2+
IMEI Validity Assessment   >|< Very likely
Information on range assignment:
Est. Date of Range Issuance : Around Q2 2005
Reporting Body: British Approvals Board of    Telecommunications (BABT)
Primary Market: Europe
Legal Basis for Allocation: EU R&TTE Directive
These are the special nokia codes that I entered on the phone.
*#0000#:Nokia 8800    *#7780#:Restore to factory settings
   V 04.10    Yes No
06-04-06
   RM-13
  (c)NMP.
*#2820#:Bluetooth Info       *#92702689#erial No:35664100XXXXXXX
   0013d7bebcc             Made: 06 2006
   FHL_05w057_PU          Purchase Date: mmyyyy(I can change)
   04db        Repair Date: mmyyyy
   bc3       Life timer : 0.04
Do you know if my Nokia 8800 Original(black edition)is an authentic or fake?
Does the original Nokia 8800 original have a usb port to connect to the PC?
I don't have bluetooth on my computer to connect to the Nokia to verify if Nokia PC Suite works.
I will provide further information if needed.
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Well i got the .. 8800 Silver one.... i think if i'm not wrong that is the first 8800.
Those are the spec's:
Nokia 8800
V04.10
06-04-06
RM-13
(c)NMP
and the IMEI verify:
Type Allocation Holder               Nokia
Mobile Equipment Type         Nokia 8800
GSM Implementation Phase            2/2+
IMEI Validity Assessment                  Very likely
Est. Date of Range Issuance            Around Q2 2006
Reporting Body                                    British Approvals Board of Telecommunications (BABT)
Primary Market                                     Europe
Legal Basis for Allocation                 EU R&TTE Directive
Full IMEI Presentation                        ***************
Reporting Body Identifier                   **
Type Allocation Code                         ********
Serial Number                                     ******
Check Digit                                           *
I have to mention that the phone work's perfect... didnt find a clue that points me to the fact that is a fake..
And almoast forgot to say that i dont have USBport just Handsfree and Charger.
So... if u can help me ..ill be glad.
Thank you.
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