We have mobile phone made of steel, titanium, plastics, gold and so on, but Nokia added today a new material on the list of possible innovations in the mobile phones market.

Called Nokia 8600 Luna, the phone is melding nearly opaque smoked glass with unique, soft-touch stainless steel and it will surely become a must-have for the trend-setters.

Adding to its mysterious allure, a gentle keypad illumination pulsates from beneath the glass case while the phone awaits a call. When a call does beckon, the signature slide movement is carefully balanced to smoothly raise the ergonomic keypad from within its glass cocoon.

"An obsession to every detail marked each step in the development process of the Nokia 8600 Luna. We took painstaking effort to ensure that the experience delivered by every surface - from the smoothness of glass against the face to the warmth of stainless steel in the palm to the superior tactile feedback of the keypad - would surpass any and all expectations," said Heikki Norta, Senior Vice President, Mobile Phones, Nokia. "Even the name holds special significance. Much like the Nokia 8600 Luna that we named in her honor, Luna, the goddess of moonlight, was often represented by the Romans as a mysteriously captivating beauty encircled in a soft, yet radiant light."

From technical point of view Nokia 8600 Luna is a Quad-band GSM slide-phone with a 2 megapixel camera and it uses a single micro-USB port for charging, audio and data connectivity.

The phone it will be available in the 2nd quarter of 2007 and its estimated retail price is €700.