Press the following on your mobile *#06# and the-international mobile equipment identity number appears check the 7th and 8th numbers

1 2 3 4 5 6 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Phone serial no. X X X X X X ? ? X X X X X X X

IF the digit number Seven & Eight is 02 or 20 that mean it was assembled in the Emirates which is very Bad quality

IF the digit number Seven & Eight is 08 or 80 that means it was manufactured in Germany which is not bad

IF the digit number Seven & Eight is 01 or 10 that mean it's manufactured in Finland which is Good

IF the digit number Seven & Eight is 00 that means it was manufactured in original factory which is the best Mobile Quality

IF the digit number Seven & Eight is 13 that means it was assembled in Azerbaijan which is very poor quality and potentially very dangerous to your health!

got pic of the place where worn off? i also wana know, so can be mroe careful.. 

for mine, less than 1 month of usage, i notice at the spot below the "0" key, got scratch marks, caused by i think constant slide up and down of the slider plate..
at first i thought its dirt, keep rub rub rub kenot come out, then only notice its slight scratches/worn out. 

The 4 corner/edge right below the slider plate already worn off, the first matt layer already peel off and can see the shiny layer like the top slider plate. I'll try to take picture of it but don't have camera at the moment. Doesn't bug me though cause already sien of taking care of the phont.

About the scratch marks you mention, yeah there's also scratch and worn off part, also the same when you check the underside of the slider, there's also worn off part both slide up and down area, I think every unit will be like this lo, faulty design or perhaps wrong material used, never heard of such problem with classic N95 users though.

yahoo! i just bought a crystal casing for rm8

looks so gud now....so shiny..hehe.

just a slight problem sliding. slide 1 way (show keypad) no prob. but if slide the other way (music mode) a bit tough got some resistance because of the latch of the crystal case. i expected some issues, the clearence is so small for sliding phones.

but if keep to sliding one way only, no prob. lol.

oh well... can normally turn on the music from menu.

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Added on January 1, 2008, 5:17 pm
i was scared of this. i knew from normal usage (put in pants, take out, put on table) the back will sure prone to scuffing @ worn @ gasak?. i quickly wanted to buy the crystal case because i dun like normal casing, a bit bulky (eg: leather case, etc). my 2nd option was get a cloth pouch

8gb casing also a bit hard to find (im in penang btw).

ok la...rm8 for piece of mind

Luckily mine is 01, I think the built quality is above average although not impressive, I'm satisfied anyway.

But still, why not put the phrase "made in finland" rather than "made by nokia" if the unit is 01/10/00?
I ordered invincible shield, still waiting for it. Anyway my phone housing already got scratch marks so no point to protect it now, will apply the shield when I need to change the housing.

Anyway the invincible shield is just like skinning the phone, but with excellent material to protect the phone.

is there any different with quality of camera between N95 old model and with N95 8Gb???