Hi, I'm planning to purchase an N900 tomorrow; I already contacted a few stores to inquire the country of manufacture and a couple of them swears that it says "Made in Finland" under the battery cover

I came to know that almost all mass-produced N900s come from Korea (this thread)

Someone even suggested that N900s with "Made in Finland" are in fact the fake ones ....Whereas other threads mentioned the first 300 phones being manufactured in Finland (this thread)

So, how do I distinguish between the two (early release vs fake "Made in Finland")?
And what other country of manufacture, besides Korea, should I look for before buying if I want decent build quality?

There are no differences in N900.
400 and some more for Nokia testers were made in Finland. (you won't get one of those...)
The rest is made in Korea.
On the back you can read "Designed in Finland".
You won't get a fake N900 until you buy a dual sim or something else from ebay. but these are fairly easy to distinguish.
The first batch had some problems with the build quality (dead pixel, loose usb port, loose keyframe, and so on). You won't get one of those, they were only sold in US and UK. And just the first batch of a few hundred...
(I was one of the firsts (preodered month before sales start) in germany and got already one from a later batch).

Thanks for the input; so I guess these shops cannot be having one of those early models.

Yeah, but this is on the back of the display when you slide the keyboard out. When I called the ppl at the stores I specifically told them to give me the country under the battery cover....and they said it says "Made in Finland".

Anyways I'll be heading over to these stores tommorrow - once there, I guess I'll check the IMEI on numberingplans.com

under the battery COVER is nothing, no text.
under the BATTERY there is written made in korea.

btw. where do you live/want to buy the N900?

Yup, that's what I meant.

I live in Sri Lanka, planned on getting it from Dubai- UAE via a friend, but the prices are almost the same so I opted to buy it here.

behind my display is not made in finland.its designed in finland so stop to worry about so stupid things.if you buy it in an big company like amazon or maybe at nokia you wouldnnt have any problems with it.


so dont worry be happy