Nokia N95: Compare "Made by NOKIA" & "Made in Finland" models

Okay heres the deal, I recently shopped online(ebay), to get a new nokia n95, and realized that there are a lot of different versions out there, from nokia n95-1, n95-2,n95-3, n95-4, to made in china, made in korea, to made in Finland version, so confused, but I know what the number stand for, except that I don't know if the made in China version, is it fake or is it real nokia manufacture phone? and the finland one has GPS and wifi and the china one doesn't so does it mean the china one is the replica version or fake??? and the US version( made in korea), has all the features also??? and how can you verify the AUTHENTICITY of the phone, to assure that it is 100% made by nokia and from nokia and not some fake ones? because I hate buying replicas or fake phones, one person told me that the watermark or the sealed box sticker that has the nokia sign on it, can prove the authenticity, is it true??? and can I use the 3g network from a made in finland version in US??

My best advice on getting an authentic Nokia is from Nokia itself or their authorised resellers because with Ebay it is either hit or miss. I have seen sellers on Ebay swearing that they have an authentic Nokia while they themselves do not even know what an authentic Nokia looks like LOL I have asked guys selling phones for hundreds of dollars brand new and they were scared to give me the info I asked for to verify authenticity. There are so many things that can be done to make the fake ones seem authentic it worries me, the chinese are getting a lot better at paying attention to detail it is quite scary and I have seen real comparison pics but their quality still sucks! Remember codes, boxes, internals, housings etc can be tampered with quite easily and can give even the professionals some trouble to identify and can therefore fool the amateur or the beginner quite easily especially from what I have seen ! I can package up a fake Nokia with a watermark, sealed original box etc and you won't even know the difference especially from just a picture or even several pictures ! The other things to bear in mind are poor flashes/poor firmware updates and tons of bugs !!!

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Okay heres the deal, I recently shopped online(ebay), to get a new nokia n95, and realized that there are a lot of different versions out there, from nokia n95-1, n95-2,n95-3, n95-4, to made in china, made in korea, to made in Finland version, so confused, but I know what the number stand for, except that I don't know if the made in China version, is it fake or is it real nokia manufacture phone? and the finland one has GPS and wifi and the china one doesn't so does it mean the china one is the replica version or fake??? and the US version( made in korea), has all the features also??? and how can you verify the AUTHENTICITY of the phone, to assure that it is 100% made by nokia and from nokia and not some fake ones? because I hate buying replicas or fake phones, one person told me that the watermark or the sealed box sticker that has the nokia sign on it, can prove the authenticity, is it true??? and can I use the 3g network from a made in finland version in US??

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Hi there,
Is there any way that we can identity whether nokia made in Finland or China ?
Now a days there are lot of fake also. How can we identify it? Is there any code for it?

Is the phone made in Korea good?

[Nikos Kartalis]

Originally Posted by Chinmaya

Hi there,
Is there any way that we can identity whether nokia made in Finland or China ?
Now a days there are lot of fake also. How can we identify it? Is there any code for it?

Is the phone made in Korea good?

If the phone itself or the box says "Mady by Nokia" then the phone is made in China. If it says "Made in Finland" its made in Finland.

If you ever seen a real N95 then its very easy to spot a fake one.

I am not sure if a "Made in Korea" version is available.

why does th n95 (made in finland) have the profile in web that says china mobile? and does the n95 is have short time of battery?

[Nikos Kartalis]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

why does th n95 (made in finland) have the profile in web that says china mobile? and does the n95 is have short time of battery?

Can you be more specific?

[Nikos Kartalis]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

why does th n95 (made in finland) have the profile in web that says china mobile? and does the n95 is have short time of battery?

Can you be more specific?

[Nikos Kartalis]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

why does th n95 (made in finland) have the profile in web that says china mobile? and does the n95 is have short time of battery?

Can you be more specific?